Black Oak Series by Monique Edenwood

I did everything in my power to resist Cameron's never-ending need to have me as his own. The heat of his hunger and the fervor of his attacks on my will was merciless, wearing me down as I struggled under the weight of Jack's ceaseless craving and possessive need to reclaim me… as well as his surveillance of my every move... moreI did everything in my power to resist Cameron's never-ending need to have me as his own. The heat of his hunger and the fervor of his attacks on my will was merciless, wearing me down as I struggled under the weight of Jack's ceaseless craving and possessive need to reclaim me… as well as his surveillance of my every move.I was also forced to fight Sebastian Gravier's growing desperation to have me submit to him so that he could educate me in the dark pleasures of the Black Oak Society that have been so carefully crafted by his wicked deviance.What the resistance didn't know is that as they were finalizing their plan to take down Quercus Velutina once and for all, the Society were mounting one of their own, with brutality and betrayal that no one could have ever imagined.Despite the victory of his bloodshed, Sebastian's restless hunger for suffering and revenge never abated, and once Cameron made it clear to Jack that he intended to take me for his own, Gravier finally got what he had ached for--Jack declaring all-out war on Cameron, restless and ready to hand down his own special brand of justice._______________________________________________________________He thinks he has won, but the war will not be over until Jessynia belongs to me and me alone. And my craving for her flesh and my need to possess her soul will never end..._______________________________________________________________Black Oak Scorched is the third novel in the Black Oak series and is the first book in the series featuring multiple narrative points of view.For mature audiences. less

His eyes blaze in a way that is new to me.When they roam to my lips, it's all I can do not to tremble.He studies me as if tormented, as if the need to own my soul is all that exists.When he speaks, I feel myself succumbing to his deviant, seductive words. To his incomparable aura. To his power.I observe his malevolence in fear, in revulsion and with time, in fascination, desperate to understand how to soften the bonds of his trauma... moreHis eyes blaze in a way that is new to me.When they roam to my lips, it's all I can do not to tremble.He studies me as if tormented, as if the need to own my soul is all that exists.When he speaks, I feel myself succumbing to his deviant, seductive words. To his incomparable aura. To his power.I observe his malevolence in fear, in revulsion and with time, in fascination, desperate to understand how to soften the bonds of his trauma.As the beast slowly unravels me, I see shards of someone who was once human.They come to the surface and then retreat into the shadows, enslaved by demons who have no desire to let him go.If I can reach him, I can liberate him, and liberate those around him.I've always been willing to do whatever it takes to protect the people I love.The question is, will I fall into darkness trying to save them?Embers of Black Oak is the Book Four in the Black Oak series.For mature audiences. less

I watch the blood as it seeps from him, pooling like crimson flame around his neck, trickling in rivulets of liquid fire onto the dense body below.The body I've touched. I've held. I've kissed. I've felt wrapped around me for so long, holding me possessively, protecting me from those who wanted me lost.The nightmarish thud as he hits the ground rages through my cells as a scream is ripped from my throat.The horror of raw bloodshed is new to me... moreI watch the blood as it seeps from him, pooling like crimson flame around his neck, trickling in rivulets of liquid fire onto the dense body below.The body I've touched. I've held. I've kissed. I've felt wrapped around me for so long, holding me possessively, protecting me from those who wanted me lost.The nightmarish thud as he hits the ground rages through my cells as a scream is ripped from my throat.The horror of raw bloodshed is new to me.I try to free my hands from the coarse rope binding them so that I can get to him before the eyes locked onto mine lose the blaze of their light and close for good, turning to ash before my eyes.I have to get there so that I can touch him. Hold him. So that he knows I'm there.He has to know I'm there...I tried to stop it.I tried to do what they asked for.I tried to heal the wounds enslaving so many, to vanquish the demons so cruelly infesting their host, unwilling to let go.They were too strong, too corrupt, too ravenous for blood.I couldn't quench their thirst for torment.I wanted to save them all.I should have known it could only end in death...___________________________________________________________Embers of Black Oak is the final book in the Black Oak series. For mature readers. less