War has erupted among the five Old Races, and Margrit is responsible for the death that caused it. 

 Now New York City's most unusual lawyer finds herself facing her toughest negotiation yet. And with her gargoyle lover, Alban, taken prisoner, Margrit's only allies-a dragon bitter about his fall, a vampire determined to hold his standing at any cost and a mortal detective with no idea what he's up against-have demands of their own.

 Determined to rescue Alban and torn between conflicting loyalties as the battle seeps into the human world, Margrit soon realizes the only way out is through the fire.

Hands of Flame

New York City's only legal counsel to the fabled Old Races, Margrit Knight is levelheaded in all matters extraordinary. But when she's summoned to negotiate a peace treaty among rival factions, her own mortal world threatens to fall apart.Margrit's been in hot water before, but reentering the underworld brings a new set of problems. And a new set of friends and enemies, including a ruthless vampire mobster, a dragonlord who won't take no for an answer, a band of subversive selkies…oh, and Alban Korund, the sexy gargoyle who got her into this mess—and whose granite-strong touch still haunts her every fantasy…

La nuit du dragon (Negociator, #2)

Belinda Primrose deals in secrets. Since childhood, Belinda has known she was the unacknowledged daughter of Lorraine, the unwed queen of Aulun, an island nation on the edge of the vast Echonian continent. Belinda is a spy, an assassin...and a danger to her mother, should she ever be discovered. She can be anyone, and will do anything, to cement Lorraine's position of power within the treacherous Echonian courts. But as she infiltrates the glamorous royal palaces where her mother's rivals scheme, a new power awakens in Belinda. The witchlight she commands is a dangerous aphrodisiac-one that could bring down everything she's worked for when she finds a teacher in the sensual prince of Gallin. Javier harbors secret witchbreed magic of his own...and a claim to the Aulunian throne that ranks him highly among Lorraine's enemies. Belinda has never wavered in her mission, but love and loyalty will collide as her secrets are revealed...

The Queen's Bastard - The Inheritors' Cycle, #1

Chaque nuit, seule au monde au cœur de New York, Margrit court dans Central Park désert. Un soir, un homme l'aborde. Elégant, altier, il a les cheveux blonds et les yeux clairs d'un prince nordique. Tentée de fuir d'abord, fascinée malgré elle par la beauté et le charme de l'inconnu, Margrit le laisse exposer son étrange requête. Et peu à peu la stupéfaction la gagne. Car Alban - c'est ainsi qu'il se prénomme - sait presque tout d'elle. De son métier d'avocate. De son acharnement à défendre les causes les plus délicates. Et s'il s'est décidé ce soir à interrompre sa course, au risque de l'effrayer, c'est pour lui demander de plaider sa cause auprès des hommes. Les hommes qui l'accusent injustement de meurtre. Les hommes qu'il ne peut affronter car, s'il se fait prendre, il mourra. Lui, le dernier descendant d'une race ancienne qui se transforme en pierre au lever du soleil...

la malédiction de l'aube ( Negociateur , 1)

When CIA Agent Alisha MacAleer's cover is blown by ex-lover Frank Reichart, she's forced into a spy game that draws a curtain back on a world she never even suspected existed.The clandestine Sicarii have hired Brandon Parker, the brilliant, estranged son of Alisha's handler, to develop an artificial intelligence capable of enforcing their divine right to rule. No one, not even Brandon's father, imagines he can do it-not until Alisha herself faces one of the AI's battle drones in combat. It's suddenly a race between the CIA, the Sicarii, and Alisha's mercenary ex, to see who can keep-or steal-the AI for themselves. No matter which way Alisha turns, she faces new dangers and heartbreaking betrayals. In the end, she has no choice but to adhere to the cardinal rule.Trust no one but yourself.

The Cardinal Rule - The Strongbox Chronicles, #1

New York City's only legal counsel to the fabled Old Races, Margrit Knight is levelheaded in all matters extraordinary.

 But when she's summoned to negotiate a peace treaty among rival factions, her own mortal world threatens to fall apart. Margrit's been in hot water before, but reentering the underworld brings a new set of problems. And a new set of friends and enemies, including a ruthless vampire mobster, a dragonlord who won't take no for an answer, a band of subversive selkies

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House of Cards

Okay, so jogging through Central Park after midnight wasn't a bright idea. But Margrit Knight never thought she'd encounter a dark new world filled with magical beings-not to mention a dying woman and a mysterious stranger with blood on his hands.

 Her logical, lawyer instincts told her it couldn't all be real-but she could hardly deny what she'd seen.

Heart of Stone

Reluctant shaman Joanne Walker imagined her encounters with the legendary Wild Hunt were over, but as the undead begin to walk on Halloween, she has to find a way to heal some old wounds, while protecting those who can't keep themselves safe as the walls between worlds grow thin.... Publisher's Note: Cauldron Borne was originally published as Walking Dead, but the author always hated that title and has reverted it to her preferred title with the re-release of the series. The newly retitled edition contains the exact same story as the original book did.

Cauldron Borne - The Walker Papers, #5

Accusé de meurtre par ses semblables, Alban, l'homme de pierre, est capturé à l'aube et déféré devant le tribunal des Gargouilles. Dans les tunnels secrets qui courent sous Manhattan, les Races anciennes se réunissent pour le juger. Mais Margrit, en avocate de talent, parvient à innocenter celui dont elle sait désormais Qu'il est l'unique amour de sa vie. Tous deux tentent alors d'empêcher la guerre civile Qui menace d'éclater entre Djinns et Dragons et parviennent à négocier un traité de paix. Janx, le Dragon, accepte de céder son territoire aux Djinns mais demande en échange à Margrit de le débarrasser de son plus vieil ennemi, Daisani, le dernier Vampire. Margrit découvre alors le terrible secret de Daisani qui n'a pas hésité à décimer ses congénères pour survivre...

La gardienne des ombres (Negociator, #3)

" Reprenez la voie que vous avez abandonnée voilà bien longtemps... Vous êtes douée, Siobhàn Walkingstick, et votre esprit aspirait à exploiter les précieux dons de chamane que vous possédez depuis toujours. Soigner est le premier d'entre eux... " Alors que, gravement blessée, Joanne Walker erre aux confins de la vie et la mort, une voix mystérieuse, tel un guide spirituel, lui révèle le pouvoir qui est le sien de soigner ses propres blessures et de revenir à la vie. Mais qui est-elle vraiment ? Roanne Walker, inspectrice à Seattle, une femme d'action qui n'a jamais cru à l'irrationnel et aux mondes parallèles ? Ou bien Siobhàn Walkingstick, une chamane dotée d'un étonnant pouvoir de guérison qui vient de la ramener à la vie ? Quelques heures à peine après son agression, Joanne découvre que l'inconnue qu'elle avait cherché à protéger a été assassinée. Un assassinat lié à d'autres crimes, tous commis selon le même rituel. Commence alors une enquête haletante au fil de laquelle elle va apprendre à naviguer entre différentes réalités et à connaître l'étendue de ses dons chamaniques pour déjouer les pièges mortels qui lui seront tendus...

Chamane (Walker Papers, #1)

REVEL IN THE CHAOS OF THE AFTERMATHThe laws that governed the Old Races for time immemorial have been broken. Ancient rivals are scattered. Friendships are ended. What was hidden begins to step out of shadow and into the light. And after millennia of imagining this moment, the Old Races discover they are unprepared for what it brings. Human magic subtly infiltrates the world as dreamwalkers face down dragonlords and Orpheus's mythical songs resonate through ancient bloodlines. Through it all, pirate, queen, and vigilante Grace O'Malley is drawn back into the world she was banished from centuries ago: the world of the living. Cursed by a witch, the deepest of all human magics, she searches for the impossible, the one thing that even the Old Races agree doesn't exist:The kiss of angels....

Kiss of Angels - Collected Tales of the Old Races, #3

Disaster follows Rasim al Ilialio wherever he goes. Ilyaran witches are prized by the slaving countries that surround Rasim's peaceful desert home, but the city's magical prowess has always kept them safe. The Northlands, however, are not so forgiving, and a shocking raid shatters what remains of the already- shaken Seamasters' Guild. Now Rasim is torn between pursuing the truth behind the continent-wide plot he's discovered, or helping to rescue a handful of enslaved Ilyarans. But taking on the slaver city of Moran may, in the end, be the key to unlocking the conspiracy that has already cost the Ilyaran people, and the Seamasters' Guild itself, so much. And when things go wrong, his friends will pay the price if Rasim doesn't set aside his reservations and embrace a new magic, becoming, against all the odds... ...a Skymaster.

Skymaster - The Guildmaster Saga, #3

Rasim al Ilalio doesn't mean to cause trouble wherever he goes, but a year of disasters lies in his wake. A war is brewing, but returning home to his beloved city of Ilyara isn't an option--not until he's brought a friend home again, and has warned their people of the conspiracy he believes affects them all. But in the distant Shenryalan steppelands, a new threat emerges: not just human scheming, but magical beasts that have slumbered for centuries are now raising their heads again...and they seem to be drawn to Rasim himself. Every magic Rasim has learned has been a matter of personal survival. This time, though, there may be consequences that reach far beyond himself if he cannot become... ...a Sunmaster.

Sunmaster - The Guildmaster Saga, #4

Never mate with humans. Never tell them of our existence. And never kill one of our own. For time immemorial, the Old Races adhered to these laws......except, of course, when they did not. Tales of hidden yeti, mad harpies, and selkies who dared to risk all reveal the path that led to the Negotiator Trilogy......and most of all, of Sarah Hopkins, a beauty born to London's slaughterfields centuries ago, whose love for thedragonlord Janx and master vampire Daisani ravaged a city. This is the story of London burning. This is the story of the YEAR OF MIRACLES...and other tales of the Old Races.

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