So I've been talking a lot about Cursed Lands in an effort to drum up sales so that all of us can hit the USA Today bestsellers list. What I haven't done is introduce you to the line up of authors working so hard to make our dream happen.. So here they are along with a synopsis for each of their books where available.
Orion's Kiss by Claire Luana
Meriah will do whatever it takes to save her sisters from a deadly ancient curse. Even if it means killing the cutest guy she's met all year. Unless she can find another way…
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance
Synopsis:
They are ancient enemies. They are each other’s only hope.
Merope is forced to watch as her sisters die lifetime after lifetime. In his anger at their ancient rebuke, Zeus cursed the seven Pleiades sisters—six to die, and Merope, the youngest, to give witness. Through many centuries and lives, Merope has tried everything to avert disaster, but she has always failed.
For his crimes against the gods, Orion is cursed to commit the unspeakable acts Merope tries so hard to prevent. Orion has little hope against the power of the gods—he is resigned that this cruel sentence will be his eternity.
Until an unexpected twist of fate shows them both that this lifetime could be different. And that together, they may harness a force powerful enough to break the chains of destiny that bind them once and for all.
Crimson Mage by Dorothy Dreyer
The legend goes …
The ancient deity Kashmeru knew only one true love—the Lotus empress Lakshmi, who in his eyes possessed all beauty and grace the universe could hold, but Lakshmi knew that Kashmeru’s spirit was not pure, for within him dwelled an evil so corrupt it could destroy the universe.
And when she denied him her love, destroying the universe was the very thing he vowed to do.
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Synopsis:
For Mayhara, one thing is clear: using outlawed mage powers may be the only way to save the world—even if it means losing everything.
Mayhara Guatama’s world changed ever since the Purge. The New Asian Administration outlawed mages and forbade the use of their powers. With the absence of a newly reincarnated Lotus Empress, mages everywhere were lost. When the administration threatened to imprison Mayhara’s family, she made a deal with them: surrendering her mage status and agreeing to give her life to the New Order.
Years later, Mayhara is secure in a government job, earning a decent salary and adhering to the administration’s new laws, assured that her family will not be touched. That is, until she receives a mysterious message from her former guru—the guru who helped her develop her mage powers when she attended the mage academy.
When Mayhara realizes the message is a call for help, she is torn between her sworn-off loyalty to the Lotus empire and her new, secure life that guarantees her family’s safety.
Cirque de la Lune by Emma Hamm
Frank Fairwell had it all, until someone tried to kill him by tossing him in a river. But when he washes up on the shore of a Circus whose acts seem all too real, he finds his life changed. Forever.
Genre: Paranormal Romance - NA
Among Shadows by Nina Walker
Tristan thought becoming a Royal Officer would be exciting, but it’s turning out to be nothing more than glorified babysitting. That is, until he meets a Color Alchemist with wicked magic—things are finally getting interesting.
Genre: Young Adult Dystopian Fantasy
Synopsis:
Are you ready for a fresh take on magic?
Tristan is itching for something more. When he's offered an opportunity to train as a Royal Officer, he quickly becomes the top recruit in his class. Unfortunately, the job turns out to be nothing more than glorified babysitting. Tristan isn't sure he wants in, not when magic is involved. It's too unpredictable, too dangerous. Not worth it.
Everything changes the day he meets a young color alchemist with an ability that could destroy herself and others. One split-second choice launches the pair onto a path that will forever change their lives and the fate of the world.
***Among Shadows is the Prequel to the Internationally Bestselling Color Alchemist series, only available in the Cursed Lands boxset.***
Behind Glass by Elle Scott
A Nephilim with no memory of her past discovers she has telekinetic powers. When she accidentally uses her new ability in public she becomes the number one target for demons who hunt angels for their grace.
Genre: YA Urban Fantasy/PNR/Dystopian
Synopsis:
A secret race held captive, a rising rebellion, and a Nephilim with no memory who’s supposed to save them all.
Seventeen-year-old Eden remembers only one thing prior to her twelfth birthday—Kai’s blue eyes. When he appears out of her father’s secret lab, near-naked and with no memory of his own, she comes face-to-face with her past.
Together they must search for the missing pieces.
But finding out the truth brings a heavy responsibility. They’re not human, and their angelic kind are being captured and used for other’s gain. As long-forgotten abilities rise to the surface, Eden realizes she’s been missing something much more important than her memories.
Like wings…
And old friends, she’ll have to remember to save.
Daughter of Dragons by A.J. Flowers
First there were fangs, and then there were the dreams. I'm turning into a dragon... and my knight in shining armor is coming to kill me.
Shadows & Light by Krista Street
Being a supernatural healer isn’t easy, especially when a stalker wants you burned at the stake. Fortunately, Daria Gresham’s new bodyguard is the sexiest man she’s ever met, but he has a secret that could shatter her entire world.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
The Shadow Games by Alison Ingleby
Eighteen-year-old Vesper's dreams of attending the Royal Academy are shattered when she's branded a criminal and dumped on the city floor to die. In the shadow city, factions war and monsters roam the streets. But Vesper's biggest fear is the power she wields—a power she can't control.
Genre: Dystopian / urban fantasy
Synopsis:
Powers make her an outcast. Fear will get her killed.
At eighteen, Vesper is driven by one ambition – to live up to her family's expectations and win a place at the Royal Academy.
But when she fails an unexpected test, Vesper is taken from the white tower and dumped on the city floor – home to those the city outlaws. She quickly finds herself branded a slave in a shadow city where factions war and monsters terrorize the streets.
Most terrifying of all are the powers that Vesper and her new friends wield. Having killed once, Vesper is determined it won't happen again. But until she can conquer her fear, she will never be able to control her power.
Loving the Legend by B. Kristin McMichael
Andrew Lucan wanted nothing more than to get out of the night human world, but all that has changed. Now he only wants one thing in life—Arianna to notice him. First she needs to learn that monsters do exist and he’s one of them.
Genre: YA paranormal and urban fantasy
Synopsis:
Andrew Lucan wanted out of the night human world, but all that has changed. Now he only wants one thing in life—Arianna to notice him. It has been weeks since he realized his unbelievable attraction to her. At first, he thought it was a sign that she would turn into a full-blooded Baku night human like him. However, that was impossible since she was female. Full-blooded Baku were always male. When she doesn’t turn into a Baku, he is left wondering why he is still attracted. There’s something that draws him to her, and either it needs to go away, or he is going to go crazy. There has to be a way to sedate his growing feelings even if he doesn’t know what they mean.
Alien Discovery by Ella Wayne
When her memories were activated, she learned her real life was elsewhere. She was chosen by the Aliens for their breeder program. But would she leave Earth for good only to serve the hottest Aliens in this galaxy?
Genre: Sci Fi Reverse Harem Romance
Lone Survivor by Jenna Lee
Sadie was created in a lab - an experiment that scientists were supposed to get rid of on her eighteenth birthday. But a fire breaks out and she’s the only survivor. Or is she? Now, she’s tracking other misfits like her before the secret government agency that created her can track them all down for themselves.
Genre: Sci-Fi, YA
Stolen Magic by Char Webster
Mystics Aria and Damian have hated each other for centuries. Now, they are forced to work together to capture a killer who is threatening the entire supernatural world.
Genre: Urban Fantasy / Fantasy
Synopsis:
Bitter Enemies. Stolen Magic. Inescapable danger…
Aria Renault was sure of three things: she is one of the best magical protectors there is, she gets cranky when her assignments take her too far from the beach, and she hates Damian with a fiery passion that will last throughout time.
Damian Faustus has done some stupid things in his long life, but the worst by far was leaving his soul mate, Aria, at the altar all those years ago. Three hundred years later, they can't be within a mile of each other or sparks will fly, and not the good kind.
Now, the man responsible for making Damian walk out on their marriage and killing thousands of mystics and shifters has escaped from a high security magical prison, and the Legacy Council is forcing Aria and Damian to team up to capture him. Can they put their differences aside long enough to capture a powerful killer who is threatening the entire supernatural world?
Rune: A Chosen Chronicles Novel by K.A. Parkinson
For seven years Rune has lived among a group Lost Ones, content fighting the Dark in his own way, the past left in the past. But his ruthless Watcher has found him once again and the choice she offers him leaves only two options: fight against the most dangerous woman in the world, or risk losing the only people he's ever truly loved.
Genre: YA Urban Fantasy
Shades of Human by J.L. Myers
A girl who sees monsters. A stalker who saves lives. Is this a dream come true, or are Calli’s nightmares coming to life?
Genre: NA Paranormal Romance
Synopsis:
A girl who sees monsters. A stalker who saves lives. Is this a dream come true, or are Calli’s nightmares coming to life?
Aged out of foster care, two jobs to keep me afloat, and finally on my own…until Mr. Sexonlegs dives into my life. Literally. This guy may be the sexiest man alive, but his stalker tendencies and disappearing scales are freaking me out.
I’m in danger. The Unseelie Queen is after me. Yeah right!
Maybe I’m losing my mind. Maybe my crazy childhood memories are real. If I don’t run for my life, I need my head examined. Guess I better book that shrink, because I can’t get away, and now I’m not sure if I want to anymore…
With worlds colliding and the threat of romance on the horizon, can Calli uncover what’s real before it’s too late to escape? Find out in Shades of Human.
Bloodlines: The Dark Fae Chronicles by S. K. Gregory
When Nova discovers her Fae heritage, she becomes a target. With the Dark Fae Queen trying to eradicate humans, Nova may be their last hope.
Genre: YA Urban Fantasy
Synopsis:
When her mother takes her on a last minute trip to England, Nova thinks that she just wants a mother/daughter bonding trip before she leaves for college. But instead, her mother leaves her in the care of Phillip, a fellow scientist, before flying off to Australia.
Her trip soon turns into a nightmare when she is locked up in a cell by Phillip. Everything she thought she knew is a lie. She is part Fae, an ancient race of powerful beings who were locked away beneath the earth centuries ago. That was until Nova’s blood freed them.
With the world in chaos and humans being killed by the Fae, Nova may be the only one who can stop them. But given how the humans treat her, which side will she choose?
Curse of a Jinn by Lichelle Slater
When Gwen finds an old painting in an abandoned house, she accidentally wakes a Jinn. She has no idea his secrets could kill them both.
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Synopsis:
An old painting stuck in an attic.
A Jinn ready to fulfill Gwen's every wish.
A secret that could get them both killed.
When Gwen finds an old painting in an abandoned house, she accidentally awakens a Jinn. But is there more to this perfect man ready to make her dreams come true?
Doren has been summoned for the first time in over fifty years, and by the one woman who can save him from his imprisonment.
Just when Gwen thought things couldn't get more complicated, she finds out Doren's previous masters are hunting them both, and Gwen is thrown into Doren's life of secrets.
Will they make it out alive or will this magical dream turn into a nightmare?
War of the Rose Covens by Lee French
Magic turned sixteen-year-old Sophie into her mother's favorite disappointment, and the feeling is mutual. After fleeing the Petal Society Coven, she's forced to learn the dark truth of why she's now being hunted down, and why even her new friends can't save her.
Genre: YA urban fantasy
Synopsis:
Portland has a coven problem.
Sixteen-year-old Sophie Harris wishes magic could solve all her problems. It created them, after all. It made her a disappointment, a pathetic waste of space in her mom's coven. Every time they pat her on the head for being a good little girl, they push her down a little more. She can't protect herself or help with anything that matters, or so they tell her, again and again.
Armed with new friends who care more than her family ever has, Sophie plunges into a quest to prove herself worthy to a mother who can't see her as anything but a weak child. One way or another, she's going to try to force her mom to give her the respect her friends want her to believe she deserves. If she's lucky, the dark secrets kept under lock and key by both of Portland's covens won't get in the way. If she's even luckier, they won't get anyone killed.
Iron & Wine by Candace Osmond
Three mythical races. Decades of ancient war. And the love of one girl to save them all.
With an evil fairy Hell-bent on her demise and decades of a mythical war coming to fruition...Avery must find a way to help her magical friends end the ancient feud before the effects spill over into her own world.
But when the love of a gorgeous Australian vampire turns her life upside down, Avery finds her heart hanging in the balance...as well as her humanity.
Genre: NA Urban Fantasy
Synopsis:
Three mythical races. Decades of ancient war. And the love of one girl to save them all.
Going to college was supposed to open new doors for art student Avery Quinn. She just didn’t think one of those doors would be the gateway to another world, a hidden universe full of mythical creatures beyond the realm of belief, cloaked by modern day.
With an evil fairy Hell-bent on her demise and decades of a mythical war coming to fruition…Avery must find a way to help her magical friends end the ancient feud before the effects spill over into her own world.
But when the love of a gorgeous Australian vampire turns her life upside down, Avery finds her heart hanging in the balance…as well as her humanity.
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Sacred Mark of Four by Belladona Cunning
An outsider in her world, Alana can't help the feeling of something missing. It isn't until she meets them that she finally understands why.
She is their anchor in the dark, and they are her warriors of light. They live for her; they would die for her. And if she can't change her dreams, that is exactly what is going to happen.
Genre: Paranormal Reverse Harem
Synopsis:
A gifted outsider. A group of elite warriors. Together, they must fight to keep their sacred bond intact, or risk a destined fate of war.
An outsider in her world, Alana is used to being cast aside until she is needed. It’s the norm of her life; a life that seems to be missing a piece. It isn't until she meets them during an unexpected confrontation that she finally begins to connect the dots.
With their multifaceted eyes, rough exterior, and tantalizing heat, she recognizes them from the men in her dreams. The same men that become her lovers. The same men that make her feel things that should be illegal.
The same men that eventually meet their end by a faceless foe.
She is their anchor in the dark, and they are her warriors of light. They live for her. They would die for her. And if she can't change her dreams that is exactly what is going to happen, whether she likes it or not.
Dead Silence by K.G. Reuss
A girl who can see the dead. A shadowman who protects her. A destiny neither can escape.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Synopsis:
Dead. Not Gone. Definitely not silent.
My name is Everly, and I’m haunted by the dead. Or maybe hunted is a better word since it seems the dead want to make me one of them. Luckily, I have Shadow on my side, the formidable, powerful being who’s been with me since the start of all the madness. He never speaks. But I know he’s my protector, slaying the demons that get too close and saving me from whatever seeks to harm me, even myself. I just want a normal life. But I’m not normal. And nothing is as it seems. Not even Shadow. He’s so much more than I imagined.
My fear and destiny collide to bring me to the doorstep of a place I never dreamed possible. I won’t be alone. Shadow will be there. And so will they. The dead. Because I’m never alone.
The Crown’s Calling by Silver Nord
The King and Queen of England are used to being in the public eye. They’re excellent at smiling for the cameras.
They’re even better at lying.
Like the lie that magic isn’t real.
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Synopsis:
Behind closed doors, a war is raging.
The King and Queen of England are used to being in the public eye. They’re excellent at smiling for the cameras.
They’re even better at lying.
Like the lie that magic isn’t real.
And the lie that the Royal Family hasn’t held on to the powerful gifts that the rest of the country were made to forget.
And the biggest lie of all… that they aren’t currently at war with their own family.
Unless someone can heal magic’s great divide, it’s a war that will destroy the whole country.
Only the last Kingmaker can keep the balance between the light and the darkness… and she’s about to fail.
The Hunt by Lorah Jaiyn
She was the girl in the corner, nondescript, unnoticed. Unloved.
Then she finds a box only she can open.
He was exiled in another universe, until she releases the key that frees him.
A hunter must kill them both to protect the realms.
Genre: Urban Fantasy/YA Paranormal Romance
Synopsis:
Bryn lives a lonely, boring life with only her cat for friendship. When she finds a box that only she can open, nightly dreams begin of Surrolach, a man trapped in an alternate universe.
When Bryn pulls Surro from the dreamscape to her apartment, life as she knew it fades away. She soon learns that things aren't quite what they seem.
Can Bryn figure out Surro's secret before it destroys them?
The Child’s Curse by Amanda Roberts
When Sparrow is taken to the Forbidden City to serve the Empress with her remarkable powers, she thinks her life is about to change for the better. But in a single moment, her life was no longer her own...
Genre: Historical Fantasy
