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THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING CASSANDRA PALMER SERIES! Cassandra Palmer can see the future and communicate with spirits—talents that make her attractive to the dead and the undead. The ghosts of the dead aren’t usually dangerous; they just like to talk…a lot. The undead are another matter. Like any sensible girl, Cassie tries to avoid vampires. But when the bloodsucking mafioso she escaped three years ago finds Cassie again with vengeance on his mind, she’s forced to turn to the vampire Senate for protection. The undead senators won’t help her for nothing, and Cassie finds herself working with one of their most powerful members, a dangerously seductive master vampire—and the price he demands may be more than Cassie is willing to pay....

Clairvoyant Cassie Plamer has inherited new magical powers-including the ability to travel through time. But it's a whole lot of responsibility she'd rather not have. Now she's the most popular girl in town, as an assortment of vamps, fey, and mages try to convince, force, or seduce her-and her magic-over to their side. But one particular master vampire didn't ask what Cassie wanted before putting a claim on her. He had a spell cast that binds her to him, and now she doesn't know if what she feels for him is real-or imagined...

“Karen Chance takes her place along with Laurell K. Hamilton, Charlaine Harris, MaryJanice Davidson, and J.D. Robb.”—SF Revu View our feature on Karen Chance’s Curse the Dawn. Cassandra Palmer may be the all-powerful Pythia now, but that doesn’t mean people have stopped trying to kill her. Most of the supernatural power players don’t want the independent minded Cassie as chief clairvoyant—and they’ll stop at nothing to see her six feet under. The Vampire Senate does support Cassie in her position, but their protection comes with a price: an alliance with the sexy master vampire Mircea, who has claimed Cassie as his own. But even the vampires will have trouble keeping Cassie alive now that the self-styled god Apollo, the source of the Pythia’s power, has it in for her in a big way. To save her life—and the world—Cassie’s going to have to face down her creator…

Being a goddess is a lot less fun than you might think. Especially when you’re only a half goddess, and you only found out about it recently, and you still don’t know what you’re doing half the time. And when you’ve just used your not-so-reliable powers to burglarize the booby-trapped office of a vampire mob boss. Yeah, that part sucks. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg for Cassandra Palmer, aka the Pythia, the freshly minted chief seer of the supernatural world. After all, Cassie still has to save a friend from a fate worse than death, deal with an increasingly possessive master vampire, and prevent a party of her own acolytes from unleashing a storm of fury upon the world. Totally just your average day at the office, right?

Cassie Palmer can see the future, talk to ghosts, and travel through time—but nothing’s prepared her for this. Ever since being stuck with the job of pythia, the chief seer of the supernatural world, Cassie Palmer has been playing catch up. Catch up to the lifetime's worth of training she missed being raised by a psychotic vampire instead of at the fabled pythian court. Catch up to the powerful, and sometimes seductive, forces trying to mold her to their will. It's been a trial by fire that has left her more than a little burned. But now she realizes that all that was the just the warm up for the real race. Ancient forces that once terrorized the world are trying to return, and Cassie is the only one who can stop them...

View our feature on Karen Chance's Embrace the Night. Cassandra Palmer may be the world's chief clairvoyant, but she's still magically bound to a master vampire. Only an ancient book called the Codex Merlini possesses the incantation to free Cassie-but harnessing its limitless power could endanger the world... Read Karen Chance's posts on the Penguin Blog.

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Karen chance has written a paranormal—with bite. Dorina Basarab is a dhampir—half-human, half-vampire. Unlike most dhampirs, though, Dory has managed to maintain her sanity. Now Dory’s vampire father has come to her for help— again. Her Uncle Dracula (yes, the Dracula), cruelest among vampires, has escaped his prison. And her father wants Dory to work with gorgeous master vampire Louis-Cesare to put him back there. Although Dory prefers to work alone, Dracula is the only thing that truly scares her—and when she has to face him, she’ll take all the help she can get…

The thrilling prequel to the New York Times bestselling Cassie Palmer series, featuring seductive and dangerous Master Vampire Mircea Basarab. Fifteenth century Venice is a safe haven for the masterless dregs of the vampire world, a city where they can live without the fear of retribution for violating another’s territory. Still, there are plenty of ways for a young vampire to die in the glittering city, a lesson that prince turned pauper Mircea Basarab must learn quickly. But there are opportunities, too—in the service of a secretive courtesan, in the bed of a beautiful senator, and in the hunt for an ancient assassin. As a vendetta older than Venice itself comes to a climax, Mircea struggles to evade the dangers of his current life, to come to terms with his past, and to uncover the truth hidden behind a city of masks… Includes a bonus excerpt of the first Cassie Palmer novel, Touch the Dark. Praise for the Cassie Palmer Novels: “A series well worth getting hooked on.”—Fresh Fiction “Karen Chance will enthrall you.”—USA Today Bestselling Author Rebecca York “The urban fantasy equivalent of a summer blockbuster.”—SF Site “Chance takes her place along[side]...Laurell K. Hamilton, Charlaine Harris, MaryJanice Davidson, and J. D. Robb.”—SFRevu Karen Chance has lived in France, the United Kingdom, and Hong Kong, but always comes back to America. She currently lives in central Florida, the home of make-believe, which may explain a lot. She’s the author of the New York Times bestselling Cassie Palmer series, including Reap the Wind, Tempt the Stars, and Hunt the Moon.

Cassandra Palmer recently defeated a god, which you'd think would buy a girl a little time off. But it doesn't work that way when your job description is Pythia-the world's chief clairvoyant. Cassie is busier than ever, trying to learn about her power, preparing for her upcoming coronation, and figuring out her relationship with the enigmatic sexy master vampire, Mircea. But someone doesn't want Cassie to become Pythia, and is willing to go to any lengths to make sure the coronation ceremony never happens- including attacking her mother before Cassie is even born.

The tenth in the New York Times bestselling Cassandra Palmer urban fantasy series.

A war mage in Las Vegas stumbles across an ominous magical ward that appears as a dragon on her skin--and has a mind of its own, in this paranormal tale from the New York Times bestselling author of the Cassie Palmer novels. Lia de Croissets's mother is a werewolf--but Lia can't shift. Caught between the Human and the Were worlds, she has found a place for herself as a war mage, working to help solve magical crimes. But when her Were lover goes missing, Lia learns Weres are being killed for their skins. Now Lia and her magical, unpredictable dragon tattoo may be the only hope of finding him alive. Skin Deep originally appeared in the anthology Inked.

Dorina Basarab is a dhampir - half-human, half-vampire. Subject to uncontrollable rages, most dhampirs live very short, very violent lives. So far, Dory has managed to maintain her sanity by unleashing her anger on those demons and vampires who deserve killing. Now Dory's vampire father has come back into her life. Her uncle Dracula (yes, the Dracula), infamous even among vampires for his cruelty and murderous ways, has escaped his prison. And her father wants Dory to work with the gorgeous master vampire Louis-Cesare to put him back there. Vampires and dhampirs are mortal enemies, and Dory prefers to work alone. But Dracula is the only thing on earth that truly scares her, and when Dory has to go up against him, she'll take all the help she can get. . .

From the New York Times bestselling author of Tempt the Stars comes the latest in the series that's "well worth getting hooked on"(Fresh Fiction). You’d think that being chief seer for the supernatural world would come with a few perks. But as Cassie Palmer has learned, being Pythia doesn’t mean you don’t have to do things the hard way. That’s why she finds herself on a rescue mission skipping through time—even though she doesn’t entirely understand her dimension-bending new power. Rescuing her friend John Pritkin should have been an in-and-out kind of deal, but with the near-immortal mage’s soul lost in time, Cassie has to hunt for it through the ages—with Pritkin’s demon dad in tow. He’s the only one who can reverse Pritkin’s curse, but with the guardians of the timeline dead set on stopping anyone from mucking about, Cassie will have to figure out how to get her friend back without ruffling too many feathers—or causing a world-ending paradox or two....

Half-human, half-vampire Dorina Basarab is back--and facing her biggest challenge yet in the next urban fantasy in the New York Times bestselling series. Dorina Basarab is a dhampir--half-human, half-vampire. As one of the Vampire Senate's newest members, Dory already has a lot on her plate. But then a relative of one of Dory's fey friends goes missing. They fear he's been sold to a slaver who arranges fights--sometimes to the death--between different types of fey. As Dory investigates, she and her friends learn the slavers are into something much bigger than a fight club. With the Vampire Senate gearing up for war with Faerie, it'll take everything she has to defeat the slavers--and deal with the entirely too attractive master vampire Louis-Cesare....

This page-turning collection contains five Cassie Palmer novels by New York Times bestselling author Karen Chance. Touch the Dark Claimed by Shadow Embrace the Night Curse the Dawn Hunt the Moon

Four stories of inhuman passions from four of the hottest authors in paranormal romance... “Alpha and Omega” by Patricia Briggs The werewolf Anna finds a new sense of self when the son of the werewolf king comes to town to quell unrest in the Chicago pack—and inspires a power in Anna she’s never felt before. “Inhuman” by Eileen Wilks Andie has a secret gift of sensing thoughts and desires. What she senses in her neighbor Nathan could be dangerous. Because he has a secret gift too, and it’s about to be let loose… “Buying Trouble” by Karen Chance A Lord of the Fey crosses paths with a fiery red-headed mage named Claire in a New York auction house. But in this strange underground society, the rarity up for sale is Claire herself. “Mona Lisa Betwining” by Sunny Among the children of the moon, Milady is of mixed blood—part Monère, part human, and destined to be alone. Until she meets a man who could be her salvation—or her downfall.

Cassie Palmer, chief seer of the supernatural world, faces her biggest challenge yet--her own allies! Everything's on the line in the latest thrilling entry in the New York Times bestselling urban fantasy series. Cassie Palmer has been chief seer of the supernatural world for a little over four months. In that time, she's battled two gods, fallen in love with two men, and confronted the two sides of her own nature, both god and human. So it's not surprising that she currently finds herself facing two adversaries, although they have a single purpose: to wipe out the supernatural community's newest fighting force, leaving it vulnerable to enemies in this world and beyond. To prevent catastrophe, the vamps, mages, and demons will have to do the one thing they've never managed before and come together as allies. Cassie has the difficult task of keeping the uneasy coalition intact, and of persuading her own two opposing forces, a powerful mage with a secret and a master vampire with a growing obsession, to fight at her side. She just hopes they can do it without tearing each other apart.

Dorina Basarab is a dhampir—half-human, half-vampire. Subject to uncontrollable rages, most dhampirs live very short, very violent lives. But so far, Dory has managed to maintain her sanity by unleashing her anger on those demons and vampires who deserve killing... Dory is used to fighting hard and nasty. So when she wakes up in a strange scientific lab with a strange man standing over her, her first instinct is to take his head off. Luckily, the man is actually the master vampire Louis-Cesare, so he’s not an easy kill. It turns out that Dory had been working with a Vampire Senate task force on the smuggling of magical items and weaponry out of Faerie when she was captured and brought to the lab. But when Louis-Cesare rescues her, she has no memory of what happened to her. To find out what was done to her—and who is behind it—Dory will have to face off with fallen angels, the maddest of mad scientists, and a new breed of vampires that are far worse than undead…

Four of today's hottest urban fantasy writers together for the first time! From today's most provocative authors come four tales of urban fantasy and paranormal romance exploring body art that is more than it seems-in a world of magic and mayhem that always leaves its mark. This captivating tattoo theme surrounds each author's popular characters and worlds: Karen Chance's war mage Lia de Croissets, Marjorie M. Liu's demon-hunter Maxine Kiss, Yasmine Galenorn's Otherworld Intelligence Agency operative Camille D'Artigo, and Eileen Wilk's Lupi world.

Dorina Basarab is a dhampir-half-human, half-vampire. Back home in Brooklyn after the demise of her insane Uncle Dracula, Dory's hoping her life is about to calm down. But soon Dory realizes someone is killing vampire Senate members, and if she can't stop the murderer, her friends may be next...

A Lord of the Fey crosses paths with a fiery red-headed mage named Claire in a New York auction house. But in this strange underground society, the rarity up for sale is Claire herself.

The seventh in the New York Times' bestselling urban fantasy series!

Dorina Basarab es una dhampir, medio vampira, medio humana. La mayoría de los dhampirs tienen una vida corta y muy violenta. Hasta ahora, Dory ha logrado mantener la cordura descargando su furia en los demonios y los vampiros que merecen morir. Pero las cosas cambian cuando el padre vampiro de Dory regresa a su vida. Su tío Drácula (sí, Drácula), el más cruel de los vampiros, ha escapado de prisión; y su padre quiere que Dory trabaje con el guapísimo maestro vampiro Louis-Cesare para mandarlo de nuevo a la cárcel. Los vampiros y los dhampirs son enemigos mortales y Dory prefiere trabajar sola. Pero Drácula es lo único que teme en este mundo, así que cuando tiene que ir en su busca, aceptará toda la ayuda que pueda obtener...

Cassandra Palmer puede ver el futuro y comunicarse con los espíritus Los fantasmas de los muertos no son peligrosos normalmente; sólo les gusta hablar... y mucho.Como cualquier chica sensata, Cassie trata de evitar a los vampiros. Pero cuando el mafioso chupasangre del que escapó hace tres años encuentra a Cassie de nuevo, a ella no le queda más remedio que dirigirse al Senado de los vampiros en busca de protección.Cassie se encontrará trabajando con uno de los integrantes más poderosos y atractivos del Senado, un maestro vampiro peligrosamente seductor; y el tributo que él desea puede ser más grande que lo que Cassie está dispuesta a pagar...

Cassandra Palmer acaba de derrotar a un dios. Después de algo así una diría que merece un descanso, ¿no? Sin embargo, ahora que es oficialmente la pitia, la vidente más poderosa del mundo, no podrá permitirse ni un minuto para celebrarlo, ya que se encuentra más ocupada que nunca: está tratando de descubrir hasta dónde llega su poder, intentando reflexionar acerca de su complicada relación con el enigmático y sexi vampiro Mircea y preparándose para su próxima coronación. Pero alguien totalmente contrario a que se convierta en la pitia está dispuesto a hacer cualquier cosa con tal de que no se lleve a cabo la ceremonia de coronación, incluso asegurarse de que Cassie nunca haya nacido.

Un legado reciente convirtió a Cassandra Palmer en heredera del título de pitia, la vidente más poderosa del mundo. Normalmente, el puesto se consigue después de años de entrenamiento, pero las circunstancias que rodean a Cassie son un tanto anormales. Ahora, Cassie se ve atrapada en una situación en la que dispone una cantidad ingente de poder que los vampiros, duendes y magos de la ciudad quieren monopolizar o erradicar a toda costa… y que ella misma no se atreve a usar. Es más, Cassandra acaba de descubrir que cierto maestro vampiro un tanto arrogante le ha lanzado un hechizo mágico que advierte a cualquier posible pretendiente para que no se acerque a ella... y que podría explicar la incomprensible atracción que existe entre ellos.

Dorina Basarab es una dhampir: medio humana, medio vam-pira. La mayoría de ellos llevan vidas cortas y violentas, pero Dory ha conseguido mantenerse cuerda desatando su rabia sobre demonios y vampiros que merecen morir. Tras la desaparición de su tío Drácula, Dory espera recuperar la paz. Pero recibe dos visitas: una amiga quiere que la ayude a buscar una reliquia mágica fey y el atractivo vampiro Louis-Cesare está como loco por encontrar a su antigua amante, Christine. Cuando el vampiro al que Christine está ligada, el mismo que está en posesión de la reliquia, aparece muerto, ambos se dan cuenta de lo que hay en juego: alguien se dedica a matar a los miembros del Senado de los vampiros y quizá ellos sean los siguientes.

Puede que Cassandra Palmer se haya convertido ya en la todopoderosa pitia, pero eso no va a impedir que sigan tratando de asesinarla. Son muchos los que no desean que la independiente Cassie sea la maestra clarividente y nada los detendrá hasta que no la vean a dos metros bajo tierra. El Senado apoya a Cassandra en su nuevo puesto, pero protegerla tiene un precio: tendrá que aliarse con el atractivo maestro vampiro Mircea, que afirma que ella le pertenece. Pero incluso a los vampiros les costará mantener a Cassie viva, ahora que el autoproclamado dios Apolo, el origen del poder de la pitia, la tiene tomada con ella. Para salvar la vida, y al mundo, Cassie va a tener que enfrentarse a su creador de una vez por todas...

A collection of short stories and novellas from the Cassandra Palmer universe. These are short stories and novellas written over the years to accompany the Cassandra Palmer books. They are available for free on the author's website, but some readers expressed an interest in having them collected together into an anthology. They include "The Gauntlet", "The Queen's Witch", "The House at Cobb End", "Shitty Beer", "A Family Affair", "Shadowland", "Pritkin's POV from Tempt the Stars", "The Day of the Dead", and "Black Friday."

Recientemente nombrada la mayor vidente del mundo, Cassandra Palmer aún tiene una espina clavada: un hechizo la mantiene sentimentalmente unida a Mircea, un atractivo vampiro maestro, y mientras sea así, nunca recuperará las riendas de su vida. La magia que les une solo se puede romper con un conjuro que se encuentra en el Códice Merlini, un antiguo grimorio. Parece ser que el Códice se ha perdido en estos últimos tiempos, así que Cassie tendrá que buscarlo en el único sitio en el que aún se puede encontrar: el pasado. Pronto se da cuenta de que el libro se ha perdido por una razón. Los hechizos que contiene son tan peligrosos que por su deseo egoísta de liberarse de Mircea podría poner en peligro al mundo entero.

Clairvoyant Cassandra Palmer's magical powers are a mixed blessing-she may be able to contact spirits but sometimes this can be a whole lot more trouble than it's worth. Battling with vampires, feys and mages who all seek supremacy, Cassie must use her powers wisely in order to save herself - and the world. The Cassie Palmer Series includes Touch the Dark, Claimed by Shadow, Embrace the Night and Curse the Dawn.