It's said of Fairy that if you're in dire need and call the name of one, they'll come. With his young son, Gawain, in his arms and his castle under siege, High King Oryan couldn't be in any more dire need. With only Morgan, his High Marshal, and a handful of Morgan's men at his back, he has only one direction left to run...up.There's also only one ally to whom he can turn. Kyriay, Queen of the Fairy.It's not enough, though, to rescue them. Oryan must be restored to his throne. The usurper Haerold has little love for his people, and even less for Fairy. 

ReviewAuthors by Authors - Jennifer Labelle"The author does an amazing job with this well written tale of love at first sight...." "This is the second book I've read in this Valerie Douglas series about a group of four friends, Ali, Cam, Maggie and Jesse who didn't have a normal family life, but found each other and made their own. So far I've read Ali's Story "Irish Fling", and Molly's story "Director's Cut", and I'm looking forward to reading about Cam in "Dirty Politics" and Jesse in "Two Up". What can I say, I'm hooked!"Product DescriptionAt a crossroads in her life and career, orphaned Alli Dearborn had always been the smart one. With near perfect recall, she accomplished a lot in a very short time. A meteoric rise led to an equally meteoric fall. With her life and career in shambles, she goes in search of her mother's roots in Ireland. Lost, she offers handsome Aidan O'Connell a lift from his broken-down car and she gains an impromptu tour guide. But is Aidan only looking for a brief Irish Fling?Erin Danzer reviewed Irish FlingHighly recommended for all romance fans! Valerie Douglas has done it again! Irish Fling is a beautifully written novel that weaves love with mystery, finding one's self and making your own destiny. Douglas's descriptions of the Emerald Isle took me there once again. Could not put this down until the very last word. I would highly recommend this one for anyone who loves a great romance!

Ariel's life is uncomplicated - traveling from town to town, installing financial management software, training, and...moving on. Until she gets lost leaving one of the offices and stumbles onto a nightmarish scene - a man being beaten by three others. Rescuing him, she finds more than she ever bargained for - he's gorgeous, intriguing, and he won't explain anything. Why was he being beaten? Does it have something to do with the discrepancies she's finding at the offices where she's working?A steamy, sultry romance Lucky Charm will set your pulse racing with intrigue and romance that packs a satisfying punch.ReviewMs. Douglas has given us a very complex and interesting plot with characters that are smart, witty, wise and well formed. The story moves forward at a brisk pace with enough action and adventure to keep the pages turning while still giving us time to understand the back stories and motives of the protagonists. Her dialogue is realist and reflects the way people interact and go about their daily activities. The romance is believable, as well as fun and warm. We want these two to find their happily ever after. There is enough steam to fog up windows but not so much that the story lacks focus.All in all a very enjoyable read. Karen Bryant DoeringParent's Little Black BookFrom the Inside FlapThe longer she walked down the hallway, though, the more it seemed wrong. The walls were unpainted. Plastic draped unframed doorways. Construction or remodeling. She would have remembered that as a landmark. She didn't. Her heart sank.Think. Work it out logically, she told herself.She couldn't. She couldn't remember the way out of the damn building.Then something caught her attention.A sound. Or rather, sounds.Was that a voice? Voices, definitely. A low rumble, a man's voice, but it was people talking. They didn't sound happy. At this hour, she didn't blame them. A second shift working late maybe? People meant directions, though. Or so she hoped.Relieved, she followed the sound of the voices to a doorway, parted the plastic flaps that covered it...and froze in shock and horror.Four men. Two held a third and not gently...They hadn't seen or heard her, they were too intent on what they were doing.Ariel looked at the third man.He didn't look good, blood stained his mouth, his expression was slack, there was an abrasion on one cheek and he sagged in the arms of the other two as the third man bunched his fist to hit him again.With obvious effort, the battered man braced himself defiantly. He lifted his head and for the briefest of moments their eyes met.Shock shot through her.He had the most amazing eyes. Sea-ice eyes. Eyes of a green so intense it was like the sun shining through an iceberg, as clear as glass, as bottomless as the ocean. Bottle-green eyes. Piercing, intense.He was handsome, his features strong and even, his face a little long, with a high forehead. Thick wavy dark blond hair spilled over it. His mouth was firm, with a split in it where they had hit him. His shoulders were broad, strong.For a moment, he stared at her, dazed, and then those startling eyes registered her presence. They widened in alarm.The other man hit him again.If they kept it up, if they kept hitting him, they were going to kill him.

With all she'd been through, her skills at parkour and freerunning, for the top secret group within the CIA she was the perfect candidate. She would be trained to be the assassin's assassin. Until she began to question. Questions were dangerous. All Nike wanted was to be 'real' again, whatever real was... Ty Connor, ex-CIA, has just been named to head a new branch of Homeland Security. A fast-response group called the NIO. For the first time Nike has a chance at redemption, and more...If she dares to take it.Review - "Move over Angelia, Little Nikita, and all others of this genre. Make room for Nike!!"ReviewThis book hits all the high notes that I look forward to in a great read....adventure, political intrigue, espionage and betrayal at the highest levels, action filled scenes that still leave my heart pulsing with adrenaline...a love story that defies all odds...and villains that shake you to the core. Do I recommend this...hell yes!!! Do I want more of Nike....hell yes!!!! I have promptly gone and bought all the other books by this talented author...and express sincere encouragement to other readers to get this fabulousl book! Kudos to Ms. Douglas. Nike is one character I will not forget soon. Cynseer BookloverFrom the Inside FlapThe big custom-built Hummers bumped their way through the jungle along the rutted road to the oil fields. It was hardly Callie's first trip out there but it was the first in such prestigious company. Her father's boss and some man from the State Department, of all things, traveled with them. It didn't look as if she'd need the book she had in her backpack, or get the chance to read it.Oddly enough, it was turning out to be something of an occasion. Originally, they hadn't planned to bring her along on this trip but she'd just turned eighteen and was due to fly back home to the states in just a few weeks. In less than a month she'd start her first year at Princeton University with a major in international studies. As it happened, Princeton was where both her father's boss, Tony Gallegos, and the man from the State Department, Phillip Reeves, had attended college. Once her father mentioned it, both men insisted on bringing her along so they could fill her in and trade stories of their time there.There were several vehicles in the expedition into the jungle where the oilrigs were located, a truck with some of the oil field workers, cars with guards both ahead and behind, another truck carrying supplies and their own Hummer.Except for the presence of Mr. Reeves, it was a fairly routine trip. Tensions over the oil were rising among some of the more radical groups in the area so he'd come to try to negotiate with them to see if he could smooth the waters a bit.First, though, he wanted to visit the oil fields. A lot of people were pretty pissed about it and some of them would be even more so if they knew about this trip. Some of them thought that statement said too much about his priorities, that like in Iraq the oil fields were more important to the U.S. than the negotiations. It was the oil that Reeves really cared about.Callie had even heard some of that kind of talk on the streets among the people she hung out with there, her parkour and free-running friends.Listening to him on the way out, she couldn't really argue the point, it was all he talked about, the importance of the oil fields. That was, when he wasn't talking about Princeton and the bars she had to visit in the towns near the campus once she was there.So far, though, the trip had gone pretty quietly with the two men trading stories of their days at college. Callie caught an amused and resigned look from her father when the other two men weren't watching. He gave her a wink and she smothered a grin.She glanced out the windows at the thick undergrowth that ran so close beside the windows here along the road where the sun could reach and then up at the trees that towered high above them. Branches clattered and scraped against the glass. The sky was cloudy and dark above them, the sunlight of the morning vanishing as the rainy season clouds rolled in. To those who didn't know the rain forest it was surprisingly cool, the clammy air thick and heavy with moisture. Some folks thought the humidity at home was bad but they'd never been in the jungle in the rainy season.Both Mr. Gallegos and Mr. Reeves were reminiscing again over their days at college. Callie restrained a sigh, listening with only half an ear. A part of her longed for the book in her backpack. It was a long usually boring trip, broken only by the appearance of an animal or bird erupting out of the brush but now she couldn't even read or she'd look rude.The sudden chatter of automatic weapon fire shattered the boredom, the quiet.Instantly it became a green and scarlet nightmare as bodies shuddered with the impact of bullets, blood sprayed, screams and cries ran out as men fell amid the shouting and confusion.

Orphaned as a child, Irisi became a mercenary to survive. Captured by the Egyptian army and made the spoils of war, she finds herself forced to fight in the ring for entertainment. In a desperate attempt to regain her freedom she throws herself on the mercy of the Gods, only to discover that her fate is written in prophecy...