Il est né pour le danger, la frivolité et l'excès.
Dans les vastes étendues glacées, aux abords de la Maison de la Gourmandise, son Prince, Gabriel Axton, a conclu un pacte séculaire de non-tuerie avec les vénérés dragons de glace. Mais lors d'une traque, un chasseur est tué et l'accord brisé.
Peu à peu, les pupilles des dragons se voilent de rouge et la démence supplante leur lucidité. Habitué des scandales, Axton veut pourtant à tout prix protéger sa cour d'un tel esclandre. Pour détourner l'attention de tous, il part en quête d'une épouse en organisant un fastueux concours. Toutefois, une menace plus grande encore rôde, une menace au regard haineux et à la longue chevelure bleutée.
Depuis dix ans, la journaliste Adriana Saint Lucent cherche à ternir la réputation de Gourmandise en révélant ses plus sombres secrets. Quand elle a vent d'une agitation dans le Grand Nord, elle met tout en oeuvre pour déterrer la vérité. Afin de protéger la cour du chaos, Gabriel et Adriana devront revivre ce jour fatidique où tout a basculé, une décennie auparavant.
Un mal mystérieux plane sur la cour de l'Envie. Le palais est désert. Ses derniers occupants errent, l'air hagard. Les murs et les sols sont maculés de sang. Et un étrange brouillard recouvre maintenant le royaume.
Le prince Envie est acculé. Pour sauver sa cour de la destruction, il devient l'un des participants à un jeu cruel et mortel. À chaque énigme résolue, un nouvel indice lui est révélé. Les charades le conduisent à Camilla Antonius, une magnifique humaine dont les talents artistiques renferment la clé pour déchiffrer les prochaines anagrammes.
Mais ces dernières sont toujours plus obscures et les trouver semble toujours plus dangereux. Traverser les pièces encombrées de la Maison Paresse, parcourir la sulfureuse cour des vampires et sillonner les Sept Cercles de l'Enfer n'est plus le seul problème d'Envie et de Camilla. La folie jalonne leur route, et elle pourrait bien être la véritable récompense de ce jeu maléfique.
Deux soeurs. Un meurtre brutal. Une romance enivrante. Une quête de vengeance qui va déchaîner les Enfers... Le premier tome du Royaume des Damnés, en poche !
Emilia et sa soeur jumelle Vittoria sont des streghe, des sorcières qui vivent secrètement parmi les humains, évitant d'être remarquées et persécutées. Un soir, Vittoria manque le service du dîner dans le célèbre restaurant sicilien de sa famille. Peu après, Emilia découvre le corps de sa soeur bien-aimée, profané au-delà de toute croyance. Dévastée, elle entreprend de retrouver le meurtrier de Vittoria et de se venger à tout prix, même si cela implique l'usage de la terrifiante et interdite magie noire.
Elle rencontre alors Colère, l'un des princes de l'enfer, contre lequel elle a été mise en garde dans les contes de son enfance. Colère prétend être du côté d'Emilia, chargé par son maître de résoudre la terrible série de meurtres de sorcières qui ont eu lieu sur l'île. Mais quand il s'agit des Damnés, les apparences sont souvent bien trompeuses...
Une soeur. Deux princes démons.
Une duperie infinie avec une pincée de vengeance.
Déterminée à découvrir ce qui est arrivé à sa jumelle, Emilia se rend en enfer avec l'aide de l'énigmatique Colère. Elle y découvre un monde empli de vices où il faut combattre ses propres émotions pour survivre. Afin d'obtenir des réponses, la jeune femme est prête à tout, y compris épouser le Prince de l'Orgueil pour devenir la reine des Damnés.
Toutefois, dans le monde souterrain, il y a une règle qu'Emilia ne doit jamais oublier : elle ne peut faire confiance à personne. Pas même à son seul repère, Colère, qui semble lui cacher de lourds secrets... La sorcière se retrouve alors plus seule que jamais. Quand elle apprend que des objets magiques détiennent peut-être la vérité sur son passé, elle se lance à leur recherche. Et rien, pas même les sept princes de l'enfer, ne pourra l'arrêter.
" Colère est son destin. Comme elle est le sien. "
Emilia découvre que sa soeur jumelle, Vittoria, est vivante. Toutefois, leurs retrouvailles devront attendre. La future reine de l'enfer n'aspire qu'à se lier au Prince de la Colère. Elle ne désire plus seulement son corps mais également son coeur et son âme, choses que le démon ne peut lui accorder.
Lorsqu'un meurtre se produit au sein de la Maison Cupidité, toutes les preuves semblent désigner Vittoria, qui devient alors l'ennemie de tous les cercles de l'enfer. Pour innocenter sa soeur, Emilia décide d'enquêter sur ce mystère, mais cela pourrait bien la plonger dans les affres d'un passé qu'elle a oublié.
Emportée dans un cycle de duperies sans fin, Emilia devra redoubler d'efforts pour empêcher une guerre entre les Damnés et les sorcières. Et, malgré le soutien inconditionnel de Colère, elle pourrait bien y perdre son coeur...
Two sisters. One brutal murder. A quest for vengeance that will unleash Hell itself . . . A new series f rom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Stalking Jack the Ripper . Emilia and her twin sister Vittoria are streghe - witches who live secretly among humans, avoiding notice and persecution. One night, Vittoria misses dinner service at the family''s renowned Sicilian restaurant. Emilia soon finds the body of her beloved twin . . . desecrated beyond belief. Devastated, Emilia sets out to find her sister''s killer and to seek vengeance at any cost-even if it means using dark magic that''s been long forbidden. Then Emilia meets Wrath, one of the Wicked-princes of Hell she has been warned against in tales since she was a child. Wrath claims to be on Emilia''s side, tasked by his master with solving the series of women''s murders on the island. But when it comes to the Wicked, nothing is as it seems . . .
LOVE IS THE MOST DANGEROUS ADVENTURE OF ALL . . .
Two rivals torn apart by a dark memory reunite on a deadly hunt - and in an irresistibly twisted fairy tale - in the next steamy standalone fantasy romance from Sunday Times bestselling sensation Kerri Maniscalco.
A SINFUL PRINCE.
Prince Gluttony - self-proclaimed rake of rakes - lives for indulgence. But when an adventure takes a deadly turn, he must turn to the one person he has spent a decade avoiding in order to save his court . . .
A DETERMINED REPORTER.
Adriana Saint Lucent knows Prince Gluttony is hiding something, but during her investigation, she never expected to turn up a rumour too terrifying to be believed: that ice dragons are launching attacks on the kingdom.
A DANGEROUS RIVALRY.
With the realm at stake, prince and reporter must forge an uneasy alliance. But as each cling to their own secrets, can they unravel the mystery before time runs out? And what will they do with an equally troubling rumour: that they might not hate one another, after all?
TROPES TO DIE FOR:
Enemies to lovers
Forced Proximity
Masked Lovers +.+ +
Scandal
READERS CAN'T GET ENOUGH
'The world-building is remarkable, intricately plotting the story from the very first chapter'
'The tension between them [Adriana and Prince Gluttony] builds beautifully as their story unravels, every interaction feels incredibly charged!'
'If you're a fan of Maas, I recommend this series to you!'
'This book has me laughing, swooning and cursing the damn demon!'
'Kerri out did herself'
A sinful prince. A determined reporter. A dangerous rivalry.
Gabriel Axton -the Prince of Gluttony, self-proclaimed rake of rakes - lives for indulgence. But when a hunt takes a deadly turn, he realizes something is very wrong in his demon court. With the clock ticking, he must turn to the one person who can uncover the truth: a journalist he has spent a decade avoiding . . .
Adriana Saint Lucent has been on the hunt for years - if she could just report something damning about Gabriel Axton, she knows others would finally see the no-good demon as she does. But she never expected to turn up a rumour too terrifying to be believed. And soon Adriana''s investigation leads her to the place she dreads most . . . Axton''s infamous court.
To stop darkness from falling over their kingdom, Axton and Adriana will have to unite against an escalating danger. But with each holding tight to their own secrets, can they find the truth before it''s too late? And what will they do with an equally troubling rumour: that they might not hate one another, after all?
In this New York Times bestselling sequel to Kerri Maniscalco's haunting #1 debut Stalking Jack the Ripper, bizarre murders are discovered in the castle of Prince Vlad the Impaler, otherwise known as Dracula. Could it be a copycat killer . . . or has the depraved prince been brought back to life?
Following the grief and horror of her discovery of Jack the Ripper's true identity, Audrey Rose Wadsworth has no choice but to flee London and its memories. Together with the arrogant yet charming Thomas Cresswell, she journeys to the dark heart of Romania, home to one of Europe's best schools of forensic medicine . . . and to another notorious killer, Vlad the Impaler, whose thirst for blood became legend.
But her life's dream is soon tainted by blood-soaked discoveries in the halls of the school's forbidding castle, and Audrey Rose is compelled to investigate the strangely familiar murders. What she finds brings all her terrifying fears to life once again.
1888, quartier Est de Londres. Depuis quelque temps, des meurtres sanglants et horribles touchent les femmes de petite vertu de Whitechapel. Une jeune femme, de bonne famille, en avance sur son temps, enquête au côté de son oncle, médecin légiste.
In the shocking finale to the bestselling series that began with Stalking Jack the Ripper, Audrey Rose and Thomas are on the hunt for the depraved, elusive killer known as the White City Devil. A deadly game of cat-and-mouse has them fighting to stay one step ahead of the brilliant serial killer---or see their fateful romance cut short by unspeakable tragedy.
Audrey Rose Wadsworth and Thomas Cresswell have landed in America, a bold, brash land unlike the genteel streets of London they knew. But like London, the city of Chicago hides its dark secrets well. When the two attend the spectacular World's Fair, they find the once-in-a-lifetime event tainted with reports of missing people and unsolved murders.
Determined to help, Audrey Rose and Thomas begin their investigations, only to find themselves facing a serial killer unlike any they've heard of before. Identifying him is one thing, but capturing him---and getting dangerously lost in the infamous Murder Hotel he constructed as a terrifying torture device---is another.
Will Audrey Rose and Thomas see their last mystery to the end---together and in love---or will their fortunes finally run out when their most depraved adversary makes one final, devastating kill?
The Sunday Times bestseller.
One sister. Two sinful princes. Infinite deception with a side of revenge . . . Welcome to Hell.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Kerri Maniscalco comes the sizzling and sweepingly romantic sequel to Kingdom of the Wicked.
With the enigmatic Prince of Wrath at her side, Emilia sold her soul to become Queen of the Wicked and travelled to the Seven Circles to fulfil her vow of avenging her beloved sister.
But the first rule in the court of the Wicked? Trust no one. And it quickly becomes clear that nothing in Hell is what it seems. Even Wrath, her onetime ally, may be keeping secrets about his true nature. But that suits Emilia just fine - she's got secrets of her own.
Faced with backstabbing courtiers, princes who delight in fear, luxurious palaces, dazzling galas, and conflicting clues about what truly happened to her sister, Emilia finds herself on a mission to unlock the mysteries of her own past and uncover the answers she craves.
As long as her sins don't catch up to her first . . .
*** PRAISE FOR KERRI MANISCALCO ***
'A delicious and intoxicating new fantasy by a master of murder and mayhem' Elizabeth Lim, author of Spin the Dawn
'An intoxicating, tightly plotted feast for the senses' Kirkus
'A fast-paced adventure steeped in a luscious and dark world' Chloe Gong, NYT bestselling author of These Violent Delights
''Beware of waking the gods, their dreams are often our nightmares . . .''
A book of dangerous magic draws two readers into a perilous quest to find it - and their own happy ending - in this action-packed standalone fantasy romance from Sunday Times bestselling sensation Kerri Maniscalco.
A prince who prefers games of the head to those of the heart.
Prince Sloth hates leaving his enchanted library, but when a forgotten deity threatens the very fabric of the Underworld, he''s thrust into a race against time. He must find the Book of Nightmares - an ancient artifact that has the power to break worlds - before it unleashes a deadly game to free its master, the Goddess of Night. When a betrayal leaves him marked, and desperate, his path collides with a young woman who possesses the legendary Phoenix Tear - a portal stone unlike any other.
A librarian who is all sweet sunshine . . . until she burns.
Lore Brimstone has always loved getting lost in a book - but she never meant literally. Yet, after visiting a traveling caravan, she quickly finds herself transported to a terrifying but oddly familiar world - with a calculating prince at her side. Realizing they are living out her favourite novels one by one, they face off against an increasingly dark magic as they try to survive the story.
A twisted tale that means they can''t trust themselves - or their hearts.
As Lore and Sloth navigate the pages of her beloved novels gone wrong, she must channel her inner main character to defeat the Book of Nightmares before the wall between the gods and mortals comes crashing down, dooming them all.
