Shana Abé

Shana Abe has entranced countless readers with her passion-filled novels of adventure, intrigue, and romance. Now the author of The Secret Swan delivers a gift from the sea: three hauntingly beautiful tales connected by a legend, a locket, and a love beyond time. 531 a.d.: The tiny island of Kell is said to be enchanted, inhabited by an extraordinary creature who comforts shipwrecked sailors passing into the next world. Prince Aedan of the Isles believes in no such nonsense--until he awakens on Kell itself and meets the sensuous siren who rescued him from the sea. 1721: Ronan MacMhuirich, Earl of Kell, is the target of an unlikely assassin: Leila, a mysterious woman from an exotic land. But his irresistibly beautiful would-be slayer is in just as much danger as Ronan when she falls for this man with a magic of his own. 2004: What do you do when you inherit a Scottish island you never knew existed--and find yourself pursued by a handsome stranger who wants to buy it from you? That's what happens to Ruri Kell when she accepts Iain MacInnes's invitation to visit her birthright, and listens to a proposition as sinfully tempting as everything else about him. Three seductive love stories, three passionate couples, all linked by one of the most romantic myths of all.From the Paperback edition.

Jacques Sadoul, directeur de la collection, l'a avoué candidement dans ##Livres hebdo##, cette série sentimentale, aux couvertures sensuelles sur fond rouge, est une rivale commerciale de ##Harlequin##. [SDM].

From the highly acclaimed author of The Treasure Keeper and Queen of Dragons comes this mesmerizing new novel of the drakon, a supersensual race of shapeshifters whose world exists side by side with our own. In The Time Weaver, a young drakon woman discovers she possesses a unique gift, one that brings her closer to her destined love--at the cost of their very lives. Honor Carlisle may have been born into the drakon clan but she's always felt like a stranger to her kin. It's an intuition that proves true when she receives a mysterious letter--a letter sent by her future self. Honor learns she is a Time Weaver: a creature with the extraordinary ability to transport herself into the past or future. But the letter contains a dire warning. If Honor remains in her home at Darkfrith, she is certain to be killed. Fleeing for sanctuary among old friends in Spain, she practices her Weaving and unknowingly draws closer to an even more immediate danger. For on one of her Weaves into the future, Honor encounters the very man she should most avoid: the prince of a rival tribe of drakon. Drawn to Prince Alexandru of Zaharen, Honor is unable to resist the temptation of Weaving to him again and again across time. As they surrender to a desire that brings the present and future ever closer, they realize they are true soulmates. But they also risk fulfilling a terrible prophecy--for their union is destined to wreak havoc. Now Honor and Sandu must place their trust--and their lives--in each other's hands, and their faith in a magical love that could restore order to the drakon universe--or destroy it forever.From the Hardcover edition.

Amiranth St. Clare is only nine when she first glimpses Tristan Geraint, but she falls instantly and totally in love. Six years later, Tristan, now the Earl of Haverlocke, is ordered by the king to choose a bride. Thanks to nasty rumors alleging that he murdered his older brother, Amarinth is the only noblewoman willing to accept his offer. Her joy dies an hour before their wedding, when she overhears Tristan admitting to his friend that he has no enthusiasm for their marriage. After enduring a nightmarish wedding night and the agony of his continued indifference, she is relieved when he sails off to do battle in France. Once there, Tristan is captured almost immediately. For the next eight years, he languishes in prison, sustained only by dreams of the life he will create with Amiranth upon his return. When he finally does escape, he learns from Amiranth’s identical cousin, Lily, that his wife has died of the plague…or so Lily claims.

Kimber Langford, Earl of Chasen, is the alpha male and titular head of the drakon of Darkfrith. Worried about the future of their species and about their relations with pure humans, these human-dragons have retreated into the large English estate where they live according rigorous laws. Kimber's sister, Lia has already fled this restrictive realm, and her parents have abdicated their power to look for her. Now responsible for protecting his people, Kimber is discovering just how uneasy is the head that wears the crown. Among other things he has to learn more about the lost drakon tribe in Transylvania, and he must be prepared to marry their queen. Princess Maricara has been the behind-the-scenes leader of Zaharen Yce since she was a child. Lately things have not been going well. The sanf inimici - drakon hunters of sorts - are gaining ground, and her own people are beginning to suspect her of bloodthirsty deeds. She heads for England to warn her betrothed, the one she has no intention of marrying. Kimber only half listens to the warning. He is more interested in the messenger. Even if he were not attracted to Maricara, he would be set on making her his bride. She is one of the rare female drakon who can shift into both smoke and dragon. No wonder it takes a while for him to realize that she is as headstrong and as honorable, in short as alpha as he. By then, the dark forces have gathered, and Kimber and Maricara prepare to fight for their love and their kind.

Zoe Cyprienne Lane is one of Darkfrith's common seamstresses with no "gifts" and untried powers. Then word reaches the drakon community that Lord Rhys Langford is being held captive and that her fiance, Hayden, has been sent to hunt down those who track the drakon. It's then that Zoe discovers she has the power of invisibility, so when Hayden goes missing in Paris, Zoe is determined to find him. She searches the city, to no avail, until the night she sees Rhys though her bedroom mirror. An unexplained psychic link binds them, and though he's not there in body, he is in spirit. Zoe is his chance to escape the hunters and find the means to save their home and the drakons.

Deep in the Northern English countryside is the village of Darkfrith, where a tribe of extraordinary dragon shape-shifters live. The drakons have kept their secret for thousands of years, but exposure is near. One of their own has become the notorious burglar known as the Smoke Thief. On her 17th birthday, Clarissa Rue Hawthorne, a halfling drakon, discovers that she can "turn" and flees Darkfrith to make a new life in London. Like all drakons, she is drawn to jewels and the power they hold. Using her unique abilities she gains wealth and security. The drakon's alpha leader, Christoff, the Marquess of Langford, must unmask the thief and bring the "runner" to Darkfrith for punishment. He dangles the irresistible Langford diamond as bait and catches Clarissa, but loses the fabulous stone. To reclaim the gem he needs Clarissa's help. She resists the temptation to yield to Christoff, even though under the tribe's rules she's his property.

"Lauren MacRae is only a woman. But her father's death has left her the leader of the Clan MacRae. Now it is up to her to defend her beloved Isle of Shot from the invading Northmen, even if it means going to her clan's sworn enemy, the powerful English overlord, Arion du Morgan, for help. But Arion's raven hair, green eyes, and smoldering sensuality soon make Lauren forget just why she turned to him--as he awakens within her a wayward desire. Like Lauren, Arion risks the mutiny of his soldiers by forming this risky alliance. But he was brought up to believe that the Isle of Shot belongs not to the Clan MacRae, but to England--and he will defend it to his dying breath. Once, when they were children, Arion saved Lauren from a tortuous fate. Now, the copper-haired beauty has somehow found a way to banish the emptiness in his soul. And as they join forces to fight for the land they both love, he will risk everything--even his very life--to claim what is his"--Publisher's web site.

Chosen to be a charity student at a boarding school in World War I England, sixteen-year-old Lora discovers her long, latent magical powers just in time to battle an evil bent on decimating the school.

Long ago, there lived the Drakon, or dragon. They ruled the land, shifting from man to smoke then beast. Then came the Other, wrought of mud. As the Others grew, the Drakon diminishes. And as of 18th century England, there are almost none. Amalia is one of the last, and supposedly the least powerful. Having failed to complete the ritual needed to gain her powers, Lia is unable to turn to smoke or dragon. But what her family doesn't know is that Lia has her own sort of power, she can dream of the future. And the future she sees isn't a pretty one. All Zane knows is that Lia's family has hired him to find the Draumr, the diamond that has the power to enslave the drakon. He doesn't know that Lia's visions foretell them to be lovers, and her family to be their enemy. At Lia's insistence, the two pair up to find the one thing that can truly destroy the drakon.

Who will you be with when the clock strikes twelve? Ancient law proclaims that, as the year 999 draws to a close and the new millennium begins, the land of Alderich will be wrested from the Rune family by the clan of Leonhart. But when Rafael of Leonhart takes Serath Rune hostage, intending to force her grandfather, the Lord of Alderich, to surrender his land, the old man refuses. Before long, Rafael is falling under the spell of his fiercely beautiful captive—and the conquest he desires most is her defiant heart.