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Romy escapes her hardscrabble upbringing when she becomes courtesan to the Shadow Lord, a revolutionary noble who brings laws and comforts once reserved for the wealthy to all. When her brother, Neri, is caught thieving with the aid of magic, Romy's aristocratic influence is the only thing that can spare his life--and the price is her banishment. Now back in Beggar's Ring, she has just her wits and her own long-hidden sorcery to help her and Neri...

Will he betray or save the world's only unicorn?Oliver is on a mission to expose the secrets of a clinic that dared to perform illegal experiments on humans. Against all laws and morals, there are doctors making monsters, and it has to stop. Humanity itself is at stake, which is why he must destroy the knowledge of their creation and eliminate any living threats.Then Oliver meets Emma, a former patient, living within the ruins of the clinic. She's...

He never wanted to become a beast. But the only way to stay a man requires the taming touch of a woman. Marcus escaped the doctors who thought it was okay to experiment on him. Totally expected to savor freedom far, far away from the evil wrought by the Chimaeram Clinic. Instead, he finds himself inexplicably drawn back to the place that made him a monster. And what do monsters do best but terrorize humans? When he kidnaps Jayda, he has no thought...

The cosmic game of cat and mouse is drawing to its conclusion as Alice moves to close the smuggling deal, and Koho makes an unlikely decision.

The crew prepare to head home. Russell and Cassandra decide where their loyalties lie.

New enemies surface as an alliance is struck with a dubious ally.

A hunt begins as the prisoner presents his case.

A Conjuring of Assassins is Cate Glass's second adventure with the Chimera team, a ragtag crew who use their forbidden magic for the good of the kingdom. Romy and her three partners in crime-a sword master, a silversmith, and her thieving brother-have embraced their roles as the Shadow Lord's agents, using their forbidden magic to accomplish tasks his other spies cannot. Now, the Shadow Lord needs them to infiltrate the home of the Mercediaran Ambassador...

What happens when science goes too far?Chimera Secrets feature five stories about genetically altered humans who find love.A Nurse for a Wolfman : Only love can tame the beast.Guarding the Mermaid : Love is even more slippery than this mermaid when wet.The Lionman Kidnapping : It's not just his mane that's impressive.A Chimera's Revenge : A mad scientist. An even madder patient. A fiery kind of love.Capturing a Unicorn : Will he betray or save the...

Sam is an ordinary high school girl on summer vacation with her family when an unusual traffic jam in New York turns into a nightmare with her parents abducted by uniformed officers. With the help of a stranger, Sam and her siblings escape and end up in an underground bunker where their lives are turned upside down. Sam learns her parents have been kidnapped by a secret society of monsters known as Chimeras. Now, Sam must find her parents and learn...