Varhaiset kirja-arvostelijatAshley R. King

From the producers who brought you Forever After comes Night Race…

Theodora “Theo” Nash is over being a vampire and wants nothing more than to become human again. Maybe then the guilt and regret from over three hundred years ago will finally wane.

When she hears of Night Race, she signs up immediately. The reality show requires locating a spelled chalice that can grant her wish—turning her human. It can also turn humans into vampires, but she’s not interested in all that. But of course, there’s a catch. She’ll be teamed up with a human to race across the world, completing different tasks and challenges to get closer to the chalice. Although a human will slow her down, it’s worth a shot.

Aiden Archer wants to become a vampire. It’s a necessity in his plan for revenge. After his fiancée was murdered by a vampire four years ago, he’s desperate to protect the ones he loves. What he doesn’t expect is to be teamed up with a grumpy vampire who feels Aiden only holds her back. When contestants start disappearing, he worries for their safety.

Amidst murder and hijinks, Theo and Aiden race against the clock and the night to win the chalice and to understand the workings of their hearts.

Simone Warner is a mom, a perfectionist, and former CEO. She’s spent her life living up to the expectations of others—which is why she decides to have a one-night stand with a gorgeous tennis player eight years her junior. One wild night of reckless abandon, right? Not exactly. After she quits her job as CEO of Warner Hotels, Simone agrees to help notorious tennis player Julian Smoke coach a new top-secret player. Tennis has always been her passion, and Simone eagerly takes the plunge. What she doesn’t expect is for her steamy one-night stand to waltz through the doors with a smirk on his face and a racket in hand. Alex Wilde can’t seem to get a handle on his game. Obsessed with besting his vile tennis star step-brother, he turns to Julian Smoke and his training center for help. That’s when he sees her—the only woman who has ever left his bed without a goodbye. Simone Warner is his new assistant coach…and his only hope at getting back into the game. The problem? Alex can’t stop thinking about the woman who holds his future in her hands. And now, he has to play a very different kind of game, one where he has to win the girl. Everyone knows to never underestimate a wild card—on or off the court.

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Autumn Reid is in a rut. At nearly thirty years old, she hasn’t ventured outside her sleepy Georgia town of Covey Crossing. When her father sees an ad for a new dating show, Forever After, she jumps on the chance. It’s a dating show with a twist, featuring a vampire bachelor. Sure, the winner gets the choice of cash or immortality, but Autumn doesn’t expect to make it that far. She just needs a shakeup, something outside of the box instead of the same four walls she’s grown up in. She certainly doesn’t expect the infuriatingly handsome vampire duke. Oliver Gray is an impoverished duke who desperately needs money to save his estate. When he’s offered the chance to become the bachelor on Forever After, he accepts. There’s a catch—he has to wear Victorian clothing from the era during which he turned. Fine. He could don one more top hat. What he struggles to figure out is the alluring human with a smart mouth. But he can’t seem to send her home, especially after he realizes she’s his mate. Love isn’t the only plot twist on Forever After. Contestants are being murdered one by one, and a vampire is to blame. Who’s killing off the contestants, and better yet, why? Oliver and Autumn’s dreams of forever after are cut short when the killer decides Autumn’s next. Find out what happens on the next episode of Forever After.

Amalie Warner wants another shot to prove that she can be a successful writer. After hitting the bestseller’s list nine years ago, she’s lost her spark. Feeling pressure from her father to leave her writing behind and to work for her family’s lucrative hotel business, she’s desperate to find inspiration for her next big idea, something that challenges and excites her, something real. Enter Julian Smoke, a failed tennis player making a dream run for the US Open. After a chance meeting at a bar, Amalie hates him instantly. He’s cocky and arrogant, but Amalie knows his story could be her big break. Could he be more? Everyone knows that in tennis, love means zero, but these two are about to change that.