Lara Adrian Books In Order

Lady of Valor

In Lady of Valor, Tina St. John spins a dazzling tale of romantic adventure in magnificent medieval England, where battles of love and war are fought with equal passion…
. Left a widow by her cruel husband’s death, Lady Emmalyn of Fallonmour is determined to control her own destiny, until her hard won vows of independence are threatened by the mysterious warrior sent by the king to protect her castle. Emmalyn is now at the mercy of Sir Cabal, a feared knight known as Blackheart. Skilled at war and hiding a tormented past, Cabal swears allegiance to no one but himself and his country. But once he meets Emmalyn, he finds his strength tested by this proud beauty who stirs his blood with desire, tempting him to defy his king and surrender his heart…
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White Lion’s Lady

White Lion’s Lady A Selection of Doubleday’s Rhapsody Book Club They met as children, when a sad little girl fled a bully’s taunts and ended up lost in the woods. She was rescued by a golden young man a daring hero, full of chivalry and honor, and a heart full of noble dreams. But ten long years have separated them, and the little girl lost is now a betrothed heiress, on her way to wed by the king’s decree. And the hero she remembers and still secretly adores has since become a cold hearted scoundrel, a man whose dark agenda will plunge them both into a perilous chase. With danger lurking at every turn, for Griffin and Isabel, the greatest risk is falling in love…
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Black Lion’s Bride

As deadly as she is beautiful, Zahirah, daughter of the King of the Assassins, steals into the camp of the English army. She intends to murder King Richard, but her plan only delivers her into the hands of the enemy and puts her at the mercy of the dashing Black Lion, Sebastian of Montborne. Seeing only a mysterious beauty in need of his protection, Sebastian is unaware that Zahirah is the enemy he has sworn to destroy. Caught in a web of passion and deception, they now risk their lives to share a forbidden love.

Heart of the Hunter

Dark Magic and Dangerous Desire…

Ariana of Clairmont would defy death itself to save her beloved brother from death at the hands of his captors. Armed with his ransom the cryptic key to a legendar treasure she embarks on a perilous journey fraught with danger and powerful dark magic.

Her only ally is Braedon le Chasseur, a formidable warrior whose scarred face and brooding nature mask a soul filled with pain. The secrets he keeps are many, though none more stunning than the truth of his ties to the Dragon Chalice the purportedly enchanted cup stolen from a mythical kingdom. But Braedon’s touch is pure seduction, his kiss a potent lure, tempting Ariana into a passion she cannot deny.

With deadly enemies closing in, will any magic be strong enough to protect her if she dares lose her heart to The Hunter?

Heart of the Flame

An enchanting tale of dark magic and dazzling passion…

Six months in an enemy’s dungeon might have broken a weaker man, but former Templar knight Kenrick of Clairmont has emerged from imprisonment with an unyielding determination, and consumed by a single daunting quest: to find the Dragon Chalice, a mystical treasure said to grant its bearer unlimited power. It is a dangerous chase, one that pits Kenrick against foes skilled in dark, deadly arts. But no obstacle will prove more treacherous nor more seductively lethal than the fiery beauty called Haven.

Caught up in the battle for the Chalice, Haven survives a night of terror that leaves her wounded and near death. Her memory scorched by fever, Haven awakens to find herself in the care of the forbidding, handsome Kenrick, who offers his protection in return for her alliance. A tenuous trust is formed between them, which soon ignites into a fierce passion neither can deny. But Haven’s past is beginning to surface, and her secrets will threaten the fragile bond that she and Kenrick share and embroil them in a fight for their very lives…
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Heart of the Dove

The darkest heart…

Everything that Randwulf of Greycliff loved was torn from his grasp in a night of fire and terror. His wife and child slain, his manor destroyed, Rand now lives for one thing alone: revenge on the man who ordered the attack. Armed with part of the legendary Dragon Chalice the object his enemy most desires Rand embarks on a deadly voyage to trap his foe. He will avenge his family…
and let no one stand in his way.

The brightest hope…

On a stormswept shore in the wilds of northern England, a gentle maiden discovers a man lying on the beach, shipwrecked and in need of care. But helping him is forbidden. Serena has the gift of Knowing: with a mere touch, she can see all the secrets in a man’s heart. It is a gift that has kept her secluded from the outside world, wary of those who would use her powers for their own gain. But Rand s wounded heart beckons, and his passionate nature draws her to him daring her to surrender to a dangerous seduction that could destroy them both…
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Kiss of Midnight

He watches her from across the crowded dance club, a sensual black haired stranger who stirs Gabrielle Maxwell’s deepest fantasies. But nothing about this night or this man is what it seems. For when Gabrielle witnesses a murder outside the club, reality shifts into something dark and deadly. In that shattering instant she is thrust into a realm she never knew existed a realm where vampires stalk the shadows and a blood war is set to ignite. Lucan Thorne despises the violence carried out by his lawless brethren. A vampire himself, Lucan is a Breed warrior, sworn to protect his kind and the unwitting humans existing alongside them from the mounting threat of the Rogues. Lucan cannot risk binding himself to a mortal woman, but when Gabrielle is targeted by his enemies, he has no choice but to bring her into the dark underworld he commands. Here, in the arms of the Breed s formidable leader, Gabrielle will confront an extraordinary destiny of danger, seduction, and the darkest pleasures of all…
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Kiss of Crimson

He comes to her more dead than alive, a towering black clad stranger riddled with bullets and rapidly losing blood. As she struggles to save him, veterinarian Tess Culver is unaware that the man calling himself Dante is no man at all, but one of the Breed, vampire warriors engaged in a desperate battle. In a single erotically charged moment Tess is plunged into his world a shifting, shadowed place where bands of Rogue vampires stalk the night, cutting a swath of terror. Haunted by visions of a dark future, Dante lives and fights like there is no tomorrow. Tess is a complication he does not need but now, with his brethren under attack, he must shield Tess from a growing threat that includes Dante himself. For with one reckless, irresistible kiss, she has become an inextricable part of his underworld realm and his touch awakens her to hidden gifts, desires, and hungers she never knew she possessed. Bonded by blood, Dante and Tess must work together to thwart deadly enemies, even as they discover a passion that transcends the boundaries of life itself .

Midnight Awakening

He comes to her more dead than alive, a towering black clad stranger riddled with bullets and rapidly losing blood. As she struggles to save him, veterinarian Tess Culver is unaware that the man calling himself Dante is no man at all, but one of the Breed, vampire warriors engaged in a desperate battle. In a single erotically charged moment Tess is plunged into his world a shifting, shadowed place where bands of Rogue vampires stalk the night, cutting a swath of terror. Haunted by visions of a dark future, Dante lives and fights like there is no tomorrow. Tess is a complication he does not need but now, with his brethren under attack, he must shield Tess from a growing threat that includes Dante himself. For with one reckless, irresistible kiss, she has become an inextricable part of his underworld realm and his touch awakens her to hidden gifts, desires, and hungers she never knew she possessed. Bonded by blood, Dante and Tess must work together to thwart deadly enemies, even as they discover a passion that transcends the boundaries of life itself .

Midnight Rising

In a world of shadows and dark, cosuming hungers, desire is the deadliest weapon…

For journalist Dylan Alexander, it began with the discovery of a hidden tomb, thrusting her into the center of a gathering storm of violence and secrets. But nothing is as dangerous as the scarred, lethally seductive man who rises from the shadows to draw her into his world of dark desire and endless night.

Fueled by pain and rage over a shattering betrayal, the warrior Rio has pledged his life to the war against the Rogues. He will let nothing stand in his way-least of all a mortal woman with the power to expose the entire vampire race. For an ancient evil has been awakened, and a stunning darkness is on the rise. Suddenly Dylan is powerless to resist Rio’s touch, even as she uncovers a shocking link to her own past. And now she must choose: Leave Rio’s midnight realm, or risk it all for the man who has shown her true passion and the infinite pleasures of the heart…
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Veil of Midnight

Bound by blood, addicted to danger, they’ll enter the darkest and most erotic place of all.A warrior trained in bullets and blades, Renata cannot be bested by any man vampire or mortal. But her most powerful weapon is her extraordinary psychic ability a gift both rare and deadly. Now a stranger threatens her hard won independence a golden haired vampire who lures her into a realm of darkness and pleasure beyond imagining. A combat loving adrenaline junkie, Nikolai dispenses his own justice to enemies of the Breed and his latest quarry is a ruthless assassin. One woman stands in his way: the seductive, cool as ice bodyguard, Renata. But Renata’s powers are put to the test when a loved one, a child, is threatened and she s forced to turn to Niko for help. As the two join forces, as desire fans the flames of a deeper hunger, Renata s life is under siege by a man who offers the exquisite pleasure of a blood bond and a passion that could save or doom them both forever.

Ashes of Midnight

A woman driven by blood. A man thirsting for vengeance.A place where darkness and desire meet…
As night falls, Claire Roth flees, driven from her home by a fiery threat that seems to come from hell itself. Then, from out of the flames and ash, a vampire warrior emerges. He is Andreas Reichen, her onetime lover, now a stranger consumed by vengeance. Caught in the cross fire, Claire cannot escape his savage fury or the hunger that plunges her into his world of eternal darkness and unending pleasure. Nothing will stop Andreas from destroying the vampire responsible for slaughtering his Breed brethren…
even if he must use his former lover as a pawn in his deadly mission. Blood bonded to his treacherous adversary, Claire can lead Andreas to the enemy he seeks, but it is a journey fraught with danger and deep, unbidden desires. For Claire is the one woman Andreas should not crave, and the only one he’s ever loved. A dangerous seduction begins one that blurs the lines between predator and prey, and stokes the flames of a white hot passion that may consume all in its path…
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Shades of Midnight

In a frozen wilderness steeped in darkness, the lines between good and evil, lover and enemy, are never black or white but drawn in Shades of Midnight. Something inhuman is stalking the frigid Alaskan wilds, leaving unspeakable carnage in its wake. For bush pilot Alexandra Maguire, the killings stir memories of a horrific event she witnessed as a child and evoke in her the inexplicable sense of otherness she has long felt within herself but never fully understood…
until a darkly seductive stranger with secrets of his own enters her world. Sent from Boston on a mission to investigate the savage attacks and stop the slaughter, vampire warrior Kade has his own reasons for returning to the frigid, forbidding place of his birth. Haunted by a secret shame, Kade soon realizes the stunning truth of the threat he faces a threat that will jeopardize the fragile bond he has formed with the courageous, determined young woman who arouses his deepest passions and most primal hungers. But in bringing Alex into his world of blood and darkness, Kade must confront both his own personal demons and the even greater evil that could destroy all he holds dear.

Taken by Midnight

Taken by Midnight by Lara Adrian At the crossroads of death and desire, a woman tastes a pleasure no mortal is meant to survive…
In the frozen Alaskan wilderness, former state trooper Jenna Darrow survives an unspeakable breach of body and soul. But with her narrow escape comes an even greater challenge. For strange changes are taking place within her, as she struggles to understand and control a new hunger. To do so, she will seek shelter in the Boston compound of the Order, an ancient race of vampire warriors whose very existence is shrouded in mystery. Perhaps the most mysterious of them all is Brock, a brooding, dark eyed alpha male whose hands hold the power to comfort, heal…
and arouse. As she recovers under Brock’s care, Jenna finds herself drawn to the Order’s mission: to stop a ruthless enemy and its army of assassins from subjecting Earth to a reign of terror. Yet in spite of their resolve, a purely physical relationship without strings soon binds Brock and Jenna together with a desire fiercer than life and stronger than death itself until a secret from Brock’s past and Jenna’s own mortality challenges their forbidden love to the ultimate trial by fire.

Deeper Than Midnight

DELIVERED FROM THE DARKNESS, A WOMAN FINDS HERSELF PLUNGED INTO A PASSION THAT IS Deeper Than Midnight. At eighteen, Corinne Bishop was a beautiful, spirited young woman living a life of privilege as the adopted daughter of a wealthy family. Her world changed in an instant when she was stolen away and held prisoner by the malevolent vampire Dragos. After many years of captivity and torment, Corinne is rescued by the Order, a cadre of vampire warriors embroiled in a war against Dragos and his followers. Her innocence taken, Corinne has lost a piece of her heart as well the one thing that gave her hope during her imprisonment, and the only thing that matters to her now that she is free. Assigned to safeguard Corinne on her trip home is a formidable golden eyed Breed male called Hunter. Once Dragos’s most deadly assassin, Hunter now works for the Order, and he s hell bent on making Dragos pay for his manifold sins. Bonded to Corinne by their mutual desire, Hunter will have to decide how far he ll go to end Dragos s reign of evil even if carrying out his mission means shattering Corinne s tender heart.

Darker After Midnight

In the dark of night, a blood war escalates within the hidden world of the Breed. After existing in secret for many long centuries, maintaining a fragile peace with the humans who walk beside them unaware, a single act of retaliation has put the entire vampire nation at risk of discovery. It falls to the Order a cadre of Breed warriors pledged to protect their own and humankind alike to stop Dragos, the power mad vampire at the center of the conflict, before his push for domination can explode into catastrophe. At the center of the Order’s quest is Sterling Chase, once a morally rigid enforcer of Breed law, now a warrior fallen from grace, whose biggest battle is the one he wages against his own savage nature. With addiction beckoning him toward eternal darkness, Chase’s path to redemption has never seemed more out of reach until he finds himself drawn to a beautiful young woman who may be something much more than she seems…

Lord of Vengeance

Dear Reader,

Every so often you pick up a book that captures your heart, reminding you of all the reasons you first started reading romances…
the breathtaking setting, the rich passions of a noble hero, the rapturous story of a love that cannot be denied. All these wonderful elements can be found in Lord of Vengeance by Tina St. John.

Set in majestic medieval England, Lord of Vengeance is the compelling tale of two valiant people who struggle with the sins of the past to forge a love as turbulent as the land they live in. Devilishly handsome Gunnar Rutledge has spent years plotting against the man who nearly destroyed his life. He seeks the ultimate vengeance on Raina d’Bussy his enemy’s daughter a proud beauty who will be slave to no man. Gunnar sets out to break Raina’s glorious spirit but instead finds himself bewitched by her goodness, her strength.

I was swept away by this first novel, and I believe that Tina St. John shows exquisite talent she is a shining new romance star. And Lord of Vengeance is just the beginning…
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Enjoy!

Shauna Summers
Senior Editor
The Ballantine Publishing Group

From the Paperback edition.