Bücher von Kristen Ashley

Roxie Logan is on the run from a bad boyfriend who just will not catch a hint that it is o-v-e-r. She's not in the mood for love at first sight.Unfortunately, her eyes fall on Hank Nightingale, and she knows it's trouble from the get-go.Roxie tries to hold Hank at arm's length, but Hank wants to be a lot closer (as in, a lot a lot). Roxie's trouble catches up with her and Hank wants to help, but Roxie knows in her heart that she's no good for a White Hat type of guy.The problem is, no one agrees with her, especially her crazy, hippie best friend, Annette, or her parents, the even crazier, small-town Herb and Trish, or her even crazier Uncle Tex, or any of her newfound posse of Rock Chicks.Roxie's got the odds stacked against her and has no choice but to hold on and ride it out through kidnappings, car chases, society parties and a wild night at the Haunted House.And what she's holding on to through it all is Hank.

Jet McAlister has a secret. Eddie Chavez has the hots for Jet (not to mention Eddie's just plain hot). Jet's got too many problems to cotton on that Eddie's interested. Eddie's trying to be patient, but he loses that when Jet ends her night shift at a strip club with a knife at her throat.Since Eddie's a cop, he figures he can help. Since Jet's used to solving everyone's problems, she doesn't want Eddie's help.Oh, and there's also the fact Jet's pathologically shy, especially around hot guys. The problem is, Jet's ne'er-do-well father has got himself in a heap of trouble, and in trying to get him out, Jet buys herself even more.So much-unless Eddie can rescue her-it might just get her dead.

Indy Savage is a former wild child (okay, maybe not-so-former) and current used bookstore owner. Lee Nightingale is a former bad boy (also maybe not-so-former) and now runs a private investigation agency.Indy has been in love with Lee since she was a little girl and he held her hand during her mother's funeral. Lee has had a lifetime of dodging Indy's advances, because he wasn't ready for commitment.Now, he's ready.The problem is, Indy is not.Into this mix, toss a quiet barista with a not-so-lawful side business, a crazy Vietnam Vet, a pothead, a drag queen, family and friends who will not mind their own business, a few stun guns and a bag of diamonds, and mix them all up with some shootings, a high-speed chase and car bombs exploding, and hang on for your first wild Rock Chick ride.

After making a bad decision when she was very young, Kia Clementine finds herself in hell. Then, suddenly, within the time it takes for a shotgun to blast, her hell changes.Out of the blue she sees Sampson Cooper, her celebrity crush. A man the whole world knows is decent, loyal, good. All of these very unlike her now dead husband.He's sitting at a table right next to hers. And she catches his eye.Terrified of the interest Sam shows in her, Kia still finds the courage to go out with him. Not long after, she shares her dark secrets, and Sam shares that he'll stop at nothing to gain her trust.As Sam leads Kia to heaven, Kia realizes Sam is living his own hell. But although he gives her beauty, and she gives him everything, he withholds his trust.Even with the beauty, Kia wants it all.But Sam forces Kia to make a heartbreaking decision, and only she can decide.Is it all? Or nothing?

When small town Nebraska sheriff Hixon Drake meets Greta Dare, the connection couldn't be stronger, but the timing couldn't be worse.Dealing with the fallout of a divorce he never wanted and setting up a new home for his kids, Hix becomes that guy, the guy he never wanted to be, and he puts a stop to things before they can even start. Protecting his kids, and himself, is his only priority.Greta, on the other hand, has found the place for her and the brother she adores that's perfect for them-a sleepy little town in Nebraska. She's learned from life that there are no hopes and dreams. The only thing to look forward to is peace. And that's what she works hard to build for herself and her brother. Right up until Hix walks into her life.Hix can't fight the pull and stay away from Greta for long. And Greta's finding it hard not to hope for something more with all the promise that is Hix.But when the first murder that's happened in over five decades rocks his small, sleepy county, Hix has got to learn to trust again, convince Greta to take a shot with him, and at the same time catch a killer.

From New York Times bestselling author Kristen Ashley comes a new novella in her River Rain Series...Elsa Cohen has everything she ever wanted.A challenging career. A bicoastal lifestyle.And an amazing man-the kind, loving and handsome Hale Wheeler-who adores her and has asked her to be his wife.She isn't ready for the surprise news she's received.And she doesn't know how to tell Hale.Once Hale discovers that his future has taken a drastic turn, a fear he's never experienced takes hold.He just doesn't understand why.Family and friends rally around the couple as they adjust to their new reality, and along the way, more surprises hit the River Rain crew as love is tested and life goes on.

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kristen Ashley comes a new story in her Rock Chick series... A flashback in Kristen's Rock Chick series, Rock Chick Reawakening shares the tale of the devastating event that nearly broke Daisy, an event that set Marcus Sloan-one of Denver's most respected businessmen and one of the Denver underground's most feared crime bosses-into finally making his move to win the heart of the woman who stole his.Book 9 of the Rock Chick Series is a story that travels back in time to share the story of beloved character, Daisy and her honey bunches of love, Marcus...*Every 1001 Dark Nights novella is a standalone story. For new readers, it's an introduction to an author's world. And for fans, it's a bonus book in the author's series. We hope you'll enjoy each one as much as we do.***The Rock Chick Reawakening Collector's Edition includes Bonus Content from Marcus Sloan's point of view.**

Heiress Daphne Ryan is uncertain about spending a week at the sprawling country estate of the family of her sister's boyfriend. For starters, she doesn't get along with her sister. Then there's the fact his family is old, wealthy aristocracy, and Daphne's from brash, new American money.Mostly, it's that everyone knows Duncroft House is haunted by the ghost of a 1920s film star who died there. Deemed an accident, for nearly a century, people are sure it was murder.Daphne doesn't like scary things, say...haunted houses. She likes it less when strange things start happening to her when she arrives.But she finds she has a surprising ally.Ian Alcott, the heir to the earldom, is rich, gorgeous and just as concerned about the frightening things that keep befalling Daphne at his ancestral family home. As he moves to protect her, Daphne finds he's also funny, kind and sexy as hell.Indeed, he just might be too good to be true.

As a Rock Chick, Shirleen Jackson lived through all the kidnappings and explosions. Along the way, she also watched the dramatic love stories that came with those rides unfold.But long ago, Shirleen made her choice. It affected who she was and would always be. She decided to settle for what she had and not want more. She had good friends. She was raising two fine young men who weren't hers, but she loved them anyway.She was good.And then Moses Richardson crashed into her life, literally...and deliberately.Moses has different ideas about Shirleen. He's more interested in the Shirleen of now, mostly because she's interesting. And funny. And loyal. Smart. Beautiful.But Moses has a big challenge on his hands. He has to convince Shirleen of all that.And then convince her she deserves to have more.The Rock Chick Collector's Edition includes Bonus Content from Moses Richardson's point of view.

Sadie Townsend is known by all as The Ice Princess, and she's worked hard to earn her reputation. Her father, a now-incarcerated Drug Lord, has kept her under his thumb her whole life, and she's learned enough from living in his world to give everyone the cold shoulder.But one inebriated night, she shows Hector the Real Sadie, and he knows he'll stop at nothing to have her.Hector Chavez makes one (huge) mistake: he waits for Sadie to come to him.Tragedy strikes and Sadie's got a choice. She can retreat behind her Ice Fortress, or she can embrace the Rock Chick/Hot Bunch World.Guided by Hector, the Rock Chicks, the Hot Bunch and her new roommates, Buddy and Ralphie, Sadie negotiates a life out from under her father's thumb.A life that includes poison, arson and learning how to make s'mores.The Rock Chick Redemption Collector's Edition includes Bonus Content from Hector Chavez's point of view.

Stella Gunn is the lead singer and lead guitarist of the Blue Moon Gypsies and Stella used to be Mace's girl. But Kai "Mace" Mason ended things and the loss of him rocked her world.One night, Stella gets a call, late (again), from one of the members of her crazy band. She has to go play clean up (again), runs into Mace (and a shed load of police) and ends up getting shot.Mace finds he doesn't like it much that his ex-girlfriend got shot right in front of him, but it's worse. A very bad man has thrown down the gauntlet and all the Rock Chicks are in the firing line.Stella doesn't want Mace to be the one to keep her alive, but she has no choice.Mainly because Mace isn't giving her one.The Rock Chick Redemption Collector's Edition includes Bonus Content from Kai Mason's point of view.

Ava Barlow hates men. She has reason and she's vowed not only never to get involved with another man again, but also to exact vengeance on her best friend's lying, cheating, rat-bastard husband. Since Luke Stark, Ava's childhood crush, is now a badass mother, she thinks to enlist him, but changes her mind at the last second.Too late.Luke knows she's up to something and he's already seen many a Rock Chick try to fight her own battles without the Hot Bunch stepping in.He's having none of it.She's having none of him.The problem is, Ava and Luke find themselves in a house torn apart in a hail of gunfire. And just like that, Luke isn't about to give in to Ava's brush off.The clash of the Rock Chick and Hot Bunch Guy begins, but Luke's got the advantage. He has handcuffs and he's not afraid to use them.The Rock Chick Redemption Collector's Edition includes Bonus Content from Luke Stark's point of view.

Juliet Lawler has a score to settle against the drug dealers of Denver. Vance Crowe has made it his mission that Jules won't get dead while dishing out vigilante justice. Jules doesn't have time for romance, she's too busy saving the world.In this effort, she enlists Zip (a gun store owner), Heavy (an ex-PI) and Frank (a mysterious recluse) to help. The Rock Chicks get involved to provide advice and guidance. The Hot Bunch adopt Jules as one of their own.Even though Jules tries to hang on to her inner Head-Crackin' Mamma Jamma, the Rock Chicks, Hot Bunch, Jules's long-suffering Uncle Nick and her Jackie-O wannabe friend May, will stop at nothing to wear her down. Not to mention Vance, who has his own unique ways of digging into Jules's heart.But Jules makes some bad guys pretty angry, and one will stop at nothing to take her out.And Vance may be too late in making sure that doesn't happen.The Rock Chick Redemption Collector's Edition includes Bonus Content from Vance Crowe's point of view.

Roxie Logan is on the run from a bad boyfriend who just will not catch a hint that it is o-v-e-r. She's not in the mood for love at first sight.Unfortunately, her eyes fall on Hank Nightingale, and she knows it's trouble from the get-go.Roxie tries to hold Hank at arm's length, but Hank wants to be a lot closer (as in, a lot a lot). Roxie's trouble catches up with her and Hank wants to help, but Roxie knows in her heart that she's no good for a White Hat type of guy.The problem is, no one agrees with her, especially her crazy, hippie best friend, Annette, or her parents, the even crazier, small-town Herb and Trish, or her even crazier Uncle Tex, or any of her newfound posse of Rock Chicks.Roxie's got the odds stacked against her and has no choice but to hold on and ride it out through kidnappings, car chases, society parties and a wild night at the Haunted House.And what she's holding on to through it all is Hank.The Rock Chick Redemption Collector's Edition includes Bonus Content from Hank Nightingale's point of view.

Jet McAlister has a secret. Eddie Chavez has the hots for Jet (not to mention Eddie's just plain hot). Jet's got too many problems to cotton on that Eddie's interested. Eddie's trying to be patient, but he loses that when Jet ends her night shift at a strip club with a knife at her throat.Since Eddie's a cop, he figures he can help. Since Jet's used to solving everyone's problems, she doesn't want Eddie's help.Oh, and there's also the fact Jet's pathologically shy, especially around hot guys.The problem is, Jet's ne'er-do-well father has got himself in a heap of trouble, and in trying to get him out, Jet buys herself even more.So much-unless Eddie can rescue her-it might just get her dead.The Rock Chick Rescue Collector's Edition includes Bonus Content from Eddie Chavez's point of view.

Ally Nightingale has secrets. Secrets she doesn't even share with the Rock Chicks. But two men know what she's up to. One has her back. The other has her heart, but he doesn't know it.As Ally rewinds the last year of her life, she knows two things. One, she's never going to get what every Rock Chick should have-her own Hot Bunch guy. And two, she's a Nightingale through and through. She just isn't sure what to do about it.But as her secrets are revealed, the men in her life react. Darius Tucker, a lifelong friend, as usual, takes her back. Ren Zano, the man she loves, isn't quite so sure. The Rock Chicks, Hot Bunch and the entire gang at Fortnum's weigh in, and a Rock Chick Revolution starts brewing.It's up to Ally to control it and prove what she knows down to her bones.She's a Rock Chick, she deserves her hot guy and she's going to keep the one she wants...Because bottom line: she's a Nightingale.The Rock Chick Revolution Collector's Edition includes Bonus Content from Ren Zano and Darius Tucker's point of view.

Indy Savage is a former wild child (okay, maybe not-so-former) and current used bookstore owner. Lee Nightingale is a former bad boy (also maybe not-so-former) and now runs a private investigation agency.Indy has been in love with Lee since she was a little girl and he held her hand during her mother's funeral. Lee has had a lifetime of dodging Indy's advances, because he wasn't ready for commitment.Now, he's ready.The problem is, Indy is not.Into this mix, toss a quiet barista with a not-so-lawful side business, a crazy Vietnam Vet, a pothead, a drag queen, family and friends who will not mind their own business, a few stun guns and a bag of diamonds, and mix them all up with some shootings, a high-speed chase and car bombs exploding, and hang on for your first wild Rock Chick ride.The Rock Chick Collector's Edition includes Bonus Content from Lee Nightingale's point of view.

Wyn and Remy Gastineau were perfect together...Until, without warning, Remy walks out on their life, their love and their marriage.Wyn is blindsided and heartbroken. It takes her years to get over the loss of Remy.Sometime later, their children call a family meeting and Remy is acting strange. Wyn refuses to hope. Remy has moved on. She must do the same.But she's wrong.Remy wants her back and he's pulling no punches. He's determined to do the work to piece together the marriage he shattered. Forced by circumstances to tell Wyn things he never wanted her to know, Remy reveals his tragic secrets.As the family reels from pain long buried now laid bare, Wyn realizes instead of letting go, she has to hold tight to the man and the family they made that's perfect together.

Once upon a time, in a parallel universe, there existed the continent of Triton...The prophecy has begun. The Beast has been stirred. And Triton is in turmoil.Our four warriors and four witches, destined mates, have begun their adventure, knowing the fate of their world is at stake, but not having any idea there are other factions plotting against them.Now they face political intrigues, religious zealotry, father against son, wife against husband, a mother's plotting, a sister's envy, grief, betrayal and despair as the prophesied journey across the sands of Firenze into the lush green of Wodell.The lovers are united, but their stories have just begun. They know the battle ahead will be a fierce one they cannot lose.What they don't know is a diabolical plan has commenced... And no one is safe.

Once upon a time, in a parallel universe, there existed the continent of Triton...The Beast has risen!Airen is at war. The queen is dead. The coven is incomplete. And things are uncertain under the sea.Now, the unicorns and mermaids and witches and warriors and the strangers from other lands all must band together to face The Beast and save Triton.The unions have been realized. Silence and Mars, True and Farah, Cassius and Elena and Aramus and Ha-Lah are at their fullest powers.But the gods require sacrifice. The sacrifice of pure love. If it isn't given, the Beast will prevail, and Triton will fall.It cannot be escaped; they must use all their might and magic...The Rising is nigh!

Once upon a time, in a parallel universe, there existed the continent of Triton... The queen has been assassinated. The Enchantments are under attack. The plot is unfolding. And our lovers, Silence and Mars, Cassius and Elena, True and Farah and Aramus and Ha-Lah are forced to separate as treachery and civil war sweep Triton.Not to mention, the Beast is still a threat to every breathing being on the continent, and it is the destined warriors and witches who must stop him.The attention of the fated mates is scattered and weighed down with bereavement and heartbreak as some leave Wodell to go to Airen, Mar-el and Firenze.But they must amass their powers....The Beast is rising.

Once upon a time, in a parallel universe, there existed the continent of Triton...The land was filled with beauty, but it was also splintered by war. Out of the chaos grew a conspiracy to reawaken the Beast, a fearsome creature who wrought only tragedy and devastation. The only way to stop him is to fulfill an ancient prophecy: Triton's four strongest warriors must wed its four most powerful witches, binding all nations together and finally bringing peace to the land.This is the beginning of the story of their unions: the quiet maiden Silence and the savage king Mars. The cold warrior Cassius and the fiery witch Elena. The steadfast soldier True and the banished beauty Farah. And the pirate king Aramus and his mysterious queen Ha-Lah.Their unions will not be easy, but each couple must succeed...The fate of their world is at stake.

This body would be the last for Zachariah Lazarus...The Crystal Killer's latest casualty was discovered in a sleepy town in the Pacific Northwest, Misted Pines.His years in the FBI, and tracking the Crystal Killer, have taken their toll on Rus. He lost his marriage to the job. And the burdens he carries for the victims were crushing him.Misted Pines has recently survived a killer's rampage and a town scandal that made global news. The media was primed to devour a new story. So Rus already has his work cut out for him.But it's more.Something is just not right with this latest victim. As Rus works with the local sheriff to unravel the mystery, the victim's employer, Lucinda Bonner, decides she's going to do everything she can to help.To help Rus find the killer. To help Rus survive the hunt. To help Rus navigate the intricate, and sometimes sordid, history of the town of Misted Pines.And to help Rus let go of his burdens.

Against his will, Noctorno Hawthorne, an undercover vice cop, finds himself embroiled in magic, mayhem and parallel universes. Too late, he meets an amazing woman only to find she's destined for his identical twin in another world.And things aren't going great there.Noc is recruited to help save that world.What he doesn't know is his destined love resides there.Franka Drakkar wears a mask. A mask she never takes off to protect herself in a world of malice, intrigue and danger.When Franka meets Noc and he discovers her secrets, convinced she carries a midnight soul, having shielded herself from forming bonds with anyone, she struggles with accepting his tenderness and care.When Noc meets Franka, over wine and whiskey, her mask slips and Noc knows it's her-only her-and he has to find a way to get her to come home with him.And then make her want to stay.

Circe Quinn, the office manager of her father's moving company, goes to sleep at home and wakes up in a corral filled with women wearing sacrificial virgin attire-and she's one of them.She figures (rightly) this is not good and soon finds she's not having a wild dream, she's living a frightening nightmare where she's been transported to a barren land populated by a primitive people. Then, in short order, she's installed very unwillingly on her white throne of horns as their queen.Dax Lahn is the king of Suh Tunak, the Horde of the nation of Korwahk. With one look at Circe, he knows she will be his bride and together they will start the Golden Dynasty of legend.Circe and Lahn are separated by language, culture and the small fact she's from a parallel universe and has no idea how she got there or how to get home. But facing challenge after challenge, Circe finds her footing as Queen of the brutal Korwahk Horde and wife to its King. Then she makes friends. Then she finds herself falling in love with this primitive land, its people and especially their savage leader.

Cora Goode has woken up in a fairytale world where she can understand what birds are saying, men ride horses and have fluffy feathers in their hats and furniture zigs, zags and whirls in miracles of construction.The problem is, she thinks she's in a dream, but she's actually taken the place of the parallel universe Cora. Without realizing it, our Cora does something that starts a centuries-old curse that will sweep the land if she gets captured by the evil Minerva.At this point, her dream world becomes a nightmare.Luckily, hot guy, fantasyland Noctorno is there to save her from the clutches of the grotesque vickrants sent by Minerva to capture her.Unfortunately, hot guy, fantasyland Noctorno doesn't like the Cora of his world all that much (to say the least) and he thinks our Cora is her. And no matter what our Cora says or does to try to convince him, he won't be convinced.But Cora needs Tor to keep her safe and guide her through this fantastical world as she hopes one day to wake up in her not-so-great apartment in her not-so-great life in her world.The problem is, the more time she spends with the gorgeous warrior Tor, the faster she falls in love with him.

Seoafin "Finnie" Wilde was taught by her parents that life was meant to be lived, every breath was a treasure and to seek every adventure she could find. She learns this lesson the hard way when they perish in a plane crash when she's fifteen. But she never forgets, and when she discovers there's a parallel universe where every person has a twin, she finds a witch who can send her there so she can see her parents again and have the adventure of a lifetime.But nearly upon arrival in the winter wonderland of Lunwyn, she realizes she's been played by her twin of the alternate universe and shortly finds herself walking down the aisle to be wed to The Drakkar.Instantly thrown into inauspicious circumstances, with years of practice (she did, of course, survive that elephant stampede), Finnie bests the challenges and digs into her adventure.But as Frey Drakkar discovers the woman who is his new wife is not Princess Sjofn, a woman he dislikes (intensely), but instead his Finnie, a free spirit with a thirst for venture just like him (not to mention, she's his destiny), without her knowledge he orders his new bride bound to his frozen world...everlasting.

Far too young, Apollo Ulfr lost Ilsa, his wife, the love of his life and the mother of his two children. The grief of her loss does not settle in his soul, it solders to it. But when he discovers there's a parallel universe where his wife may have a twin, he feels there's hope and sets about bringing her to his world so he can have her back.But Ilsa Ulfr of our world is married to the parallel universe's twin, Pol, who is not a good man. Not in any way. She's on the run from him and the last thing she wants is to be transported to a fantastical world and forced to take his side as his wife, even if he's not Pol.And Apollo finds the broken Ilsa nothing like his beloved and further wants nothing to do with her.But darkness is looming and evil is amassing. Apollo must protect his land and keep his family safe, including the new Ilsa.