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Six award-winning authors bring you this spellbinding collection of stories about dark desires, mysterious worlds, and danger that lurks in the shadows of the night. Where nothing is black and white; where things might not be as they seem; where magic and mayhem rule. MARION, MISSING by Rachel Caine Valentine is a detective with two major problems: he's been offered a kidnapping case that will probably get him killed, and his partner won't let him turn it down. He owes her that much... since his partner's a ghost, and he blames himself for her death. A dark, haunting noir mystery of love, hate and loss. FEMME FATALE by Cynthia Eden PI Mick Swayne has seen it all-his clients have included liars, thieves, and even killers. He thinks he can handle anything and anyone. Then she walks into his office. Savannah Moreau is beautiful, seductive, and...a vampire? The gorgeous vamp hires Mick to help her track down a killer who is hunting in Chicago, but as Mick slips deeper into Savannah's paranormal world, he wonders if he can really trust his new client... DANCE WITH THE DEVIL by Megan Hart When the devil starts the music, you'd better get ready to dance. Kathleen Murphy has sold her soul to the devil. Fame, fortune, success...everything she's ever dreamed of is hers, and all she has to do is the devil's bidding. When love comes knocking, the last thing in the world she wants to do is involve Jake in her twisted world, but the devil's started up the jukebox and Kathleen has no choice but to learn the steps. THE CONSORT by Suzanne Johnson Faulkner Hearne, the captain of the ruthless Fae Hunters, finds his duty at odds with his heart when he's ordered to capture the consort of Faerie's cruel Prince of Summer when she flees across the veil into modern New Orleans. Can Faulk turn Liandra over to a certain death at the hands of the prince, or will he risk a war with Faerie in order to save her? An all-new novella set in the Sentinels of New Orleans multiverse. HEART'S BLOOD by