Out of the Fire Series by Candace Blevins

Daniel was part ogre and part human, way back in the sixth century. Now he’s a nearly seven-foot-tall genius vampire who consults for NASA. Since he lives an hour and a half from his coterie, he maintains his own flock, and he purchases slaves through the Concilio, rather than dealing with the hassle of enticing shapeshifters to voluntarily provide his sustenance. He has needs few would volunteer to slake.Mariah is a sexy gazelle shifter, tall and lithe... moreDaniel was part ogre and part human, way back in the sixth century. Now he’s a nearly seven-foot-tall genius vampire who consults for NASA. Since he lives an hour and a half from his coterie, he maintains his own flock, and he purchases slaves through the Concilio, rather than dealing with the hassle of enticing shapeshifters to voluntarily provide his sustenance. He has needs few would volunteer to slake.Mariah is a sexy gazelle shifter, tall and lithe. She grew up in flyover country, and despite the Concilio’s rules against shapeshifters playing organized sports with humans, she played high-school basketball in her small town without getting caught. However, a college scout turned her in, and now she’s owned by the Concilio, trained as a pleasure slave.Daniel hitches a ride to Italy with a friend to attend an auction, and he returns home with a statuesque gazelle who was aiming for an applied physics degree on a basketball scholarship. She’s intelligent enough she doesn’t annoy him simply by opening her mouth, and sturdy enough to withstand the things he plans to do to her.It isn’t the ogre part of Daniel’s personality that’s needed toning down over the centuries, but his inner Viking. Razing and pillaging, indeed. less

Mira was raised to be an assassin, brought up without emotion or empathy. Her martial arts training began when most kids are in preschool. She’s adept with firearms, knives, and her bare hands. She’s twenty-seven years old and can’t tell you how many people she’s been sent to kill. As far as she knows, no one kept count. Including her.Panda is a lion shifter, and while he doesn’t consider himself an assassin, he’s the man Drake Security sends in when someone will probably end up dead... moreMira was raised to be an assassin, brought up without emotion or empathy. Her martial arts training began when most kids are in preschool. She’s adept with firearms, knives, and her bare hands. She’s twenty-seven years old and can’t tell you how many people she’s been sent to kill. As far as she knows, no one kept count. Including her.Panda is a lion shifter, and while he doesn’t consider himself an assassin, he’s the man Drake Security sends in when someone will probably end up dead. Panda is sanctioned and paid by the Concilio to kill supernaturals who are in danger of leaking the secret to humans, but the choice of whether to kill or apprehend is always his. No one pays him in advance to kill.Panda works alone, but the Amakhosi has decreed he’s going to partner with this adorable little snake shifter. She’s competent, completely logical and pragmatic, and not prone to emotion, but the latter bit is the problem. He wants to make her scream with bliss, but she’s his partner and he has to be professional. Add to that the fact he doesn’t do virgins, and now the Concilio is threatening to kill him if he alters her status.It’s never a good idea to give a cat an ultimatum. less

Gavin has perfected the art of being terrifying. His value to Zander lies in his being the junkyard dog — the one who doesn’t merely kill their enemies, but does so in a spectacular fashion. Love isn’t for people like him. Even if he could somehow manage to feel the emotion, it wouldn’t be for him.

Lauren wants to put down roots of her own. Homewood will always be home, but it’s time she found her own place in this world. She thought Branson was the perfect opportunity, with a fantastic job, a bedroom just down the hall from Nick, and a quick drive to see Gavin, but everything’s falling apart, and there’s more trouble on the horizon.Nick’s a cat, and they never react well when their feelings are hurt... moreLauren wants to put down roots of her own. Homewood will always be home, but it’s time she found her own place in this world. She thought Branson was the perfect opportunity, with a fantastic job, a bedroom just down the hall from Nick, and a quick drive to see Gavin, but everything’s falling apart, and there’s more trouble on the horizon.Nick’s a cat, and they never react well when their feelings are hurt. Gavin’s a new Master Vampire, and no one’s challenged his status yet, but that’s bound to change soon.And just how much fire is Lauren playing with, trying to have a relationship with two alpha males at the same time?Inked Beauty is book two of the Wicked Inked duet, and should be read after Wicked Beauty. less

Becca was traded to the Hell realm when she finally messed up enough to receive a death sentence. At first, she’d preferred Hell to death most days, but once she was traded to a different Lord of Hell, even a painful death would’ve been preferable... moreBecca was traded to the Hell realm when she finally messed up enough to receive a death sentence. At first, she’d preferred Hell to death most days, but once she was traded to a different Lord of Hell, even a painful death would’ve been preferable.The Amakhosi couldn’t leave Becca in the situation she’d landed, but what to do with her if he could get her back? She’d earned her death sentence and couldn’t be trusted on her own, but what if her years in Hell had changed her?Kendric was once known as Caligula. Now he’s a porn king, and the Master Vampire of Florida. His tastes have always run to the sadistic and macabre, but he’s known for being fair to his slaves and underlings. He also prefers feline shifters to all others. When the Amakhosi offers him one of his problem cats, neither man is sure who will be doing whom a favor. They agree to decide that part later, and Becca lands in Kendric’s coterie house as his newest slave.After two thousand years of life, Kendric has never found another soul so much like him. Letting others see his preferences and penchants once set him up for assassination, and it got Becca sent to Hell. Could he teach her how to hide her true nature and play by the rules of society when in public? Most importantly, after the decades of abuse she’s survived, could she ever enjoy intimacy with a man? Was this his punishment for breaking so many people over the centuries, so when he finally found his soul mate, she’d been irreparably broken? This is book one in the Cat out of Hell trilogy. It takes three full-length novels to tell Becca and Kendric's story.Book two releases August 12, 2021, so if there are any cliffhangers, there won't be long to wait. less

Becca’s back in Hell. Her worst nightmare. She’s almost certain His Majesty and Kendric will get her out, but how long will it take?Before long, she understands that Lord Xaephan never intended to lose her for good. He wanted the Prince of Darkness to train her more harshly, to finally well-and-truly break her, so Xaephan could rescue her and be her hero — and have a blank slate to rebuild her as he wished... moreBecca’s back in Hell. Her worst nightmare. She’s almost certain His Majesty and Kendric will get her out, but how long will it take?Before long, she understands that Lord Xaephan never intended to lose her for good. He wanted the Prince of Darkness to train her more harshly, to finally well-and-truly break her, so Xaephan could rescue her and be her hero — and have a blank slate to rebuild her as he wished.The Lord of Lust seems quite determined to keep her, and she’s no longer certain of rescue. He's also quite angry with her when he realizes she’s fallen in love with the vampire, and she has no intention of ever willingly submitting to Xaephan again. This is book two of the Cat out of Hell trilogy. It takes three full-length novels to tell Becca and Kendric's story.Book three releases August 25, 2021, so if there are any cliffhangers, there won't be long to wait. less

Can a centuries-old child vampire be the voice of reason?Becca doesn’t do anything halfway, and that includes screwing up. She’s made a horrible mess of things, and she has no idea how to fix it. This is the third and final book in the Cat out of Hell trilogy. It takes three full-length novels to tell Becca and Kendric's story.