The Immortelle Series by Abigail Hawk, V.L. Dreyer

(Note: This book is an independent title and can be read separately from the rest of the series.) For as long as Claudia Bell could remember, she knew that there was something very wrong with our world. There were too many inconsistencies – the facts just didn’t add up. As a young law graduate, she saw her new job at Cornelius Pharmaceuticals not just as an opportunity to develop her career, but also as a means to find the truth... more(Note: This book is an independent title and can be read separately from the rest of the series.) For as long as Claudia Bell could remember, she knew that there was something very wrong with our world. There were too many inconsistencies – the facts just didn’t add up. As a young law graduate, she saw her new job at Cornelius Pharmaceuticals not just as an opportunity to develop her career, but also as a means to find the truth. Driven by a need to discover more about the shadowy, undying Immortelle and the truth about her own family, she crosses the Tasman and takes a step into the unknown. What she finds is not what she expected. Thrown into a world of danger and intrigue, she discovers that the very people she is trying to unmask have their own designs on her. The fact that she knows about their existence at all puts her life in danger, but could she live with herself if she left the truth hidden forever? But then, she meets Luke Cavenelli, the youngest member of the immortal Cabal. Although almost a century old, he is kind, debonair, sensual and devastatingly handsome. When she pushes him hard enough, he breaks and gives her the information she craves… and much more. The Immortelle are not united. They are fractured, driven by internal politics that result in bloody, brutal wars that threaten humanity as a whole. She is just one more piece in the puzzle, one small part of a battle that spans thousands of years. The Cabal want her because her bloodline holds the key to power. She is their secret, their creation, and they would rather kill her than let her fall into the hands of one of the other clans. With Luke’s aid, she must struggle to escape with her life and flee halfway across the world, seeking safety in the most unlikely place of all – in the arms of their enemies. There – and only there – will Claudia finally have the opportunity to find out the truth about her own origins, and about who her father really is. less

At First Blush (The Immortelle #2)(Note: This book is an independent title and can be read separately from the rest of the series.)Dawn Fitzpatrick began her life as such a normal child. She spent her summers at her family’s holiday home on the beach, and her winters at home with her family in the big city of Auckland.Then one day, when she was five years of age, something happened that would change her life forever... moreAt First Blush (The Immortelle #2)(Note: This book is an independent title and can be read separately from the rest of the series.)Dawn Fitzpatrick began her life as such a normal child. She spent her summers at her family’s holiday home on the beach, and her winters at home with her family in the big city of Auckland.Then one day, when she was five years of age, something happened that would change her life forever. While she was playing at the edge of the ocean one, bright, sunny day, she met a mysterious young boy named Cijal. He was a year older than her, but he was shy and furtive, and with very good reason.Cijal was not human.Although they did not even speak the same language, Dawn was fascinated by the strange boy that lived in the sea. They found friendship together, and spent their summers playing in the sand, and forming the kind of bond that no amount of dissimilarities could possibly break.Then, at the age of twelve, a terrible tragedy within Dawn’s family separates her forever from her childhood sweetheart. She can’t get over it, she can’t forget it, and she cannot move on. She never had a chance to say goodbye.Finally, her eighteenth birthday comes, and she is free of the shackles of childhood – free to choose her own path. She goes in search of him, hoping to recapture the one last happy memory of her childhood.There is just one problem: Cijal is from a completely different world. He is a Nereidis, a member of a powerful, super-human race of amphibians that live secretly beneath the ocean’s waves.She has no choice but to look for him. In her heart, she desperately needs to see him again. But how can an ordinary human being hope to find an amphibian that has the entire ocean to hide in?And if she does find him, then how could they possibly construct a life together?***About The World of the ImmortelleEarth seems like such a simple place in the modern age. Science has explained away the mysteries of the universe. There are no surprises. Most people laugh off the idea of secret societies and conspiracy theories as the work of fools and madmen.The problem is that the madmen are right.The world is secretly ruled a select group of violent and ruthless immortals that call themselves the Immortelle. These men and women were mortal once, until a mysterious elixir to unlocked the greatest potential hidden within their own genetic codes. The exact nature of that power is determined by their own biological origins, but they are ancient, powerful and bow to no mortal.Absolute power corrupts absolutely, but in the world of the Immortelle nothing is ever as black or white as it seems. less

Anya Karekanova was destined for a life of normality, until a chance twist of fate swept her up into the world of mystery and intrigue of the undying Immortelle. Now, forty years later, she has become one of them; the student and favourite of the powerful elder, Viktor Grekov, and both respected and feared in her own right as well. She calls him ‘master’ and he calls her ‘pet’, but there is nothing subservient about their relationship. Anya is no one’s pet... moreAnya Karekanova was destined for a life of normality, until a chance twist of fate swept her up into the world of mystery and intrigue of the undying Immortelle. Now, forty years later, she has become one of them; the student and favourite of the powerful elder, Viktor Grekov, and both respected and feared in her own right as well. She calls him ‘master’ and he calls her ‘pet’, but there is nothing subservient about their relationship. Anya is no one’s pet. She is a member of the dark and violent Slavic Clan that secretly dominate Russia and the territories of the former Soviet Union from behind the thick, ancient veil of secrecy that surround all of the Immortelle. Because of her Siberian blood, she possesses the bloody ability to use the Power to perform fleshcraft. She can manipulate of flesh of living things to suit her whims, including her own. But, that is only part of who Anya is.Anya Karekanova is a half-breed.While her mother’s Siberian blood links her to the Slavic Clan’s ability, the other half of her genetics originate from the sensual and charismatic Cabalist bloodlines of south-west Europe. The Cabal, who use the Power to manipulate the minds of their victims, and thrive on sex. Half shape-shifter and half empath, Anya must learn to balance the two warring halves of her nature in order to best serve her chosen allies.In the midst of her internal turmoil, two new men enter her life to complicate things. Twin brothers, the sons of her clan’s oldest enemies. Her master invited their family to Moscow to engage in peace talks, but talking is the last thing the twins are interested in.Just when things seem to be going well and Anya finally achieves some kind of balance between the dissimilar sides of her own personality, an unexpected betrayal turns everything around.Suddenly Anya must fight to defend her oldest enemies – and herself – from a deadly threat. less