Bøger udgivet af Jessica Ann Tacu

Thais Fenwick was eleven years old when civilization fell, devastated by a virus that killed off most of the world's population. For seven years, Thais and her family lived in a community of survivors deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains. But when raiders attack her town, she and her blind sister are taken away to the East-Central Territory, destined to live the cruel and unjust kind of life about which her late mother warned her. Atticus Hunt is a troubled soldier in Lexington City who has spent the past seven years trying to conform to the vicious nature of men in a post-apocalyptic society. He knows that to survive, he must abandon his morals and conscience and become like those surrounding him. But when he meets Thais, morals and conscience win over conformity, and he risks his rank and life to help her. They escape the city and set out together on a long and dangerous journey to find safety in Shreveport, Louisiana. Struggling to survive in a world without electricity, food, shelter, and clean water, Atticus and Thais shed their fear of growing too close, and they fall hopelessly in love. But can love survive in such dark times, or is it fated to die with them?

Even professional killers need vacations, but for Victor Faust, his vacation in Venezuela is about more than relaxation and time alone with Izabel Seyfried. It is a chance for him to come clean to Izabel: to tell her the truth about why he sent her to Italy with his brother, the truth behind his interest in Nora Kessler, and about his knowledge of Izabel's child with her former captor. But before Victor can spill his soul, reality proves that for some killers, vacations are just pipe-dreams.Attacked and kidnapped, Izabel finds herself stuffed in a suitcase, while Victor later wakes up imprisoned in a cage. In any other situation, Victor would find a way out and save himself and the woman he loves-but not this time. When the identities of their kidnappers are revealed, Victor loses all hope, and begins the mental process of accepting his and Izabel's last moments together. And Izabel's final moments of life.As if his circumstances are not complicated enough, members of Vonnegut's Order are finally closing in on Victor. And when they do, he comes face-to-face with someone else he once knew and loved, who could either help him, or make a grave situation much worse. Victor's past has finally caught up with him: the women he has cared for, loved, and killed; the families he has destroyed; the unforgivable crimes he has committed. And now he must face the consequences, and pay the ultimate price for absolution.But when it is all over, Victor may not have the strength to pick up what is left and move on. Because the event changes him. Because love changed him. And because, unlike before when he thought it is was for the best, he cannot imagine a life without Izabel in it.

After a nightmarish encounter with a werewolf in the Georgia woods, seventeen-year-old Adria Dawson loses her sister but gains the attention of a mysterious young man and his legendary family.Soon after the tragic event, she is forced to move to Hallowell, Maine, where turmoil follows, and there is no escape. Residents come down with an unexplained illness, some disappear, and others die. Isaac Mayfair is adamant about keeping Adria safe, even from her estranged sister, whom he has warned her to stay away from.As unspeakable secrets unfold all around Adria, impossible choices become hers to bear. Ultimately, no matter what path she takes, her life and the lives of those she loves will be in peril. As she learns about the werewolf world, she also learns why her place in it will change the destinies of many.

Fredrik Gustavsson never considered the possibility of love, or that anyone could ever understand or accept his dark and bloody lifestyle-until he met Seraphina, a woman as vicious and blood-thirsty as Fredrik himself. They spent two short but unforgettable years together, full of lust and killing and the darkest kind of love that two people can share.And then Seraphina was gone.It's been six years since Fredrik's lover and sadistic partner in crime turned his world upside-down. Seraphina went into hiding and has eluded him ever since. Now, he's getting closer to finding her, and an innocent woman named Cassia is the key to drawing Seraphina from the shadows. But Cassia-after sustaining injuries from a fire that Seraphina ignited-suffers from amnesia and can't give Fredrik the information he desperately seeks. Having no other choice, Fredrik has been keeping Cassia locked in his basement as he not only tries to get her to recall her past-because she and Seraphina share it-but also to protect her from Seraphina, who clearly wants her dead.But Cassia is a light in the darkness that Fredrik never believed existed. After a year subjected to her kindness and compassion, he finds himself struggling with his love for Seraphina, and his growing feelings for Cassia-because he knows that to love one, the other must die.Will light win out over darkness, or will something more powerful than either further destroy an already tortured soul?

Izabel and Naeva find themselves right where they wanted to be in Mexico: captured and held in the slave compounds owned by the Ruiz family. But the two are soon separated and forced into very different-but equally dangerous-situations. Izabel spends the next three weeks playing a role she never expected she would have the opportunity to play. But her luck runs out when Naeva's life hangs in the balance, and only Izabel can save her.But at a terrible cost.If Izabel chooses to help Naeva, it will expose a lie she has been carrying on her shoulders since she met Victor Faust. A lie that will not only potentially make everyone in Victor's Order distrust her going forward, but one that will also blow her carefully constructed cover In Mexico, and get her killed.Fredrik, still looking for his serial killer, does not have to look long-the killer finds him. And Niklas' past catches up to him when an enemy comes back for revenge.But it will be Victor's actions that shake up those left in his Order, and ultimately, be its downfall.

Victor Faust's new Order is growing. Business is good as there is no rest for the wicked in an underground world of hardcore criminals and contract killing. Relationships among the operatives have changed little over the past year-but things are about to change now, and all six high-ranking members of the new Order will be blindsided by an unlikely enemy.Loved ones whose only ties to Victor's organization are their relationships with its members, are abducted. The price to get them back safely-the six must confess their deepest, darkest secret to this mysterious young woman named Nora, who is as deadly as she is beautiful, and who seems to know more about each of them than they know about each other. And although no one has any clue about who Nora really is, it becomes clear that she also isn't who she appears to be.So much more is at stake than secrets and the lives of innocent loved ones; with each member that Nora forces to confess, the truth about their dark pasts and their present objectives will cast suspicion, pit some against each other, and may tear others apart.Before the game is over everyone will know who this woman is and why she is here, but the damage she will leave in her wake could be the beginning of the new Order's destruction.Whose dark secret will be the darkest of all? And can Victor's Order survive any of them?

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ "A non-stop roar." and "The most imaginative book I've ever narrated." - Stephen Bel Davies, Audible narrator of DIRTY EDEN¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ "...an action-filled, suspense-laden, treacherous piece of storytelling..." - Bob Milne - Beauty in Ruins¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ "A very Gaiman/Bulgakov-esk type novel & I loved every second of it." - Goodreads reviewer¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ "I absolutely love it when I have not a clue as to what might happen next, and this story has those moments in spades." - C.L. Stegall, author of The Weight of Night¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ "UNFORGETTABLE MASTERPIECE." - Goodreads reviewer---While on his way to the office one morning, Norman Reeves' daily commute derails when a run-in with a stranger makes him question not only the whereabouts of his wallet but also his sanity. The stranger tells Norman he must choose from three bizarre people, to take one of them with him on a journey-and he cannot refuse. The stranger? None other than the Devil. The journey? Find the center of Eden and reverse the Fall of Man. Thrust into a place called Creation, Norman's task is plagued by unimaginable people and events. He must unravel impossible clues to free the Three Trees and keep himself out of Hell at the same time. On this surreal journey, Norman discovers many things better left unknown: the shocking secret lives of people close to him, and the terrible reason why he was chosen for this mission. If Norman succeeds, his rewards will be unimaginable. But should Norman fail, like all visitors to Creation, he will forget everyone and everything he has ever known, becoming part of the madness that was once the Paradise of Eden.

Determined to live a dark life in the company of the assassin who freed her from bondage, Sarai sets out on her own to settle a score with an evil sadist. Unskilled and untrained in the art of killing, the events that unfold leave her hanging precariously on the edge of death when nothing goes as planned.Sarai's reckless choices send her on a path she knows she can never turn back from and so she presents Victor with an ultimatum: help her become more like him and give her a fighting chance, or she'll do it alone no matter the consequences. Knowing that Sarai cannot become what she wants to be overnight, Victor begins to train her and inevitably their complicated relationship heats up.As Arthur Hamburg's right-hand man, Willem Stephens, closes in on his crusade to destroy Sarai, she is left with the crushing realization that she may have bitten off more than she can chew. But Sarai, taking on the new and improved role of Izabel Seyfried, still has a set of deadly skills of her own that will prove to be all she needs to secure her place beside Victor.But there is one test that Izabel must face that has the potential to destroy everything she is working so hard to achieve. One final test that will not only make her question her decision to want this dangerous life, but will make her question everything she has come to trust about Victor Faust.

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ Redmerski is a powerful author with this amazing talent to see the flaws in human nature (or even the supernatural) and still find the beauty within. - Amazon reviewer¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ This book was AMAZING! - Amazon reviewer¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ Super sensual and mysterious! - Amazon/Goodreads reviewer¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ Redmerski is fearless in her writing style and seems to do nothing in the conventional way. It was raw, emotional, and breathtaking. - Amazon reviewer¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ Once again, this series rocks! - Amazon reviewer---Isaac Mayfair is hiding a dark secret, and when Adria Dawson learns the truth, it threatens to tear their worlds-and their love-apart. Adria must come to terms with that truth and choose between two different fates, neither of which can offer life as a certainty.As if Isaac's betrayal wasn't enough, Adria learns there are things out there older and more powerful than werewolves could ever be, an ancient being, unlike anything that Adria has ever heard of. As she struggles with her new reality and the impossible choices she has to consider, Adria must also try to find out why the entity is so interested in her and do everything in her power to stay out of its way.---Please note this book was originally titled "Kindred". There is an Audible version available as well.

Sarai was only fourteen when her mother uprooted her to live in Mexico with a notorious drug lord. Over time she forgot what it was like to live a normal life, but she never let go of her hope to escape the compound where she has been held for the past nine years.Victor is a cold-blooded assassin who, like Sarai, has known only death and violence since he was a young boy. When Victor arrives at the compound to collect details and payment for a hit, Sarai sees him as her only opportunity for escape. But things don't go as planned and instead of finding transport back to Tucson, she finds herself free from one dangerous man and caught in the clutches of another.While on the run, Victor strays from his primal nature as he succumbs to his conscience and resolves to help Sarai. As they grow closer, he finds himself willing to risk everything to keep her alive; even his relationship with his devoted brother and liaison, Niklas, who now like everyone else wants Sarai dead.As Victor and Sarai slowly build a trust, the differences between them seem to lessen, and an unlikely attraction intensifies. But Victor's brutal skills and experience may not be enough in the end to save her, as the power she unknowingly holds over him may ultimately be what gets her killed.This is their story…

Since devastating secrets were uncovered by Nora Kessler, Niklas Fleischer and Victor Faust have been divided as business partners and brothers. But ultimately Niklas is persuaded to lead a mission to Italy, and he sees it as an opportunity to set in motion forgiveness-or retribution-for his brother's betrayal.The mission: play the role of a wealthy German investor and kidnap a beautiful, notorious madam named Francesca Moretti. No stranger to these types of roles, Niklas is the best man for the job, but this time the risks will be much greater as he will not be doing it alone. Izabel Seyfried, still fresh out of a life of imprisonment and sex slavery, could be negatively affected by the things she will see in Moretti's mansion, and Niklas must keep her in line so she does not blow their cover and get them killed.But Niklas isn't the only one who must play a role-Nora takes on the humiliating task of playing Niklas's slave, and Izabel must play the role of his lover.On one hand, Niklas couldn't be enjoying himself more. On the other hand, the emotions that continue to rage inside of him may be too much for him to control, and it may be Niklas-not Izabel-who needs to be kept in line. He cannot forget what Victor has done, and this mission may just be the beginning of his downward spiral.Can the blood bond that Niklas and Victor share as brothers be stronger than resentment? Or will vengeance dig the blade so deep that their bond be eternally severed?