by Amy Lane
Her suitor’s cousin offers him a way out, but it won’t be easy. Aerie-Smith has been cursed to walk upright in the form of a beast, and his beloved village suffers from the same spell. Aerie-Smith offers Gwen a trousseau and some hope, if only Knife will keep him company on his island for the span of a year and perform one “regrettable task” at year’s end.
Knife is unprepared for the form the island’s curse takes on his own misshapen body. In one moment of magic, he is given the body of his dreams—and he discovers that where flesh meets spirit and appearance meet reality, sometimes the only place to find truth is in the darkness of a lover’s arms.
Ten years after Dorjan trusted a boy’s word over his superior officer’s, he and his best friend, Areau, are still living the aftermath—and trying to stop the man responsible. Locked in a careful dance to bring down a corrupt government, Dorjan struggles to balance his grief with Areau’s anger. Just when Dorjan reaches the end of his rope, he sees a familiar face in the shadows, and the boy he trusted a decade before offers him unexpected kindness.
Taern remembers the soldier who found him under the rushes and listened to his pleas to save his family. When Dorjan reappears in his life, Taern is both captured by his commitment to justice and terrified by the risks he takes. All Taern wants to do is fix him, but the oncoming destruction has been ten years in the making, and Dorjan doesn’t want his help. Not if it puts Taern at risk.
Powers clash and a world’s fate dangles between Areau’s madness and Dorjan’s nobility. While Dorjan fights to save the world, Taern joins the battle simply to save Dorjan, knowing everything hinges on the heart of a man in armor and the strength of the man who loves him.
Familiar Angel
“Familiar Angel is fantastic… a transcendent love story… Harry and Suriel are heroes to die for, and their love is a lesson … I can only have faith and desperately hope she will keep turning out more tales like this!”
—Cindy Dees, NYT and USA Today Bestselling author
Red Fish, Dead Fish
“The suspense is done so well, and the relationship between Ellery and Jackson is really engaging.”
—Joyfully Jay
“Packed full of action, suspense, and of course steamy goodness, Red Fish Dead Fish is the sequel we have all been anxiously waiting for.”
—Love Bytes
Manny Get Your Guy
“Amy Lane can tug my heartstrings better than any other author in the history of ever!”
—Hearts on Fire Reviews
“It’s wonderfully sweet, and a perfect summer read. So, grab a towel (or a hammock!), pull up some sand and sunscreen, and while away an afternoon with these guys.”
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AMY LANE is a mother of two grown kids, two half-grown kids, two small dogs, and half-a-clowder of cats. A compulsive knitter who writes because she can’t silence the voices in her head, she adores fur-babies, knitting socks, and hawt menz, and she dislikes moths, cat boxes, and knuckleheaded macspazzmatrons. She is rarely found cooking, cleaning, or doing domestic chores, but she has been known to knit up an emergency hat/blanket/pair of socks for any occasion whatsoever or sometimes for no reason at all. Her award-winning writing has three flavors: twisty-purple alternative universe, angsty-orange contemporary, and sunshine-yellow happy. By necessity, she has learned to type like the wind. She’s been married for twenty-five-plus years to her beloved Mate and still believes in Twu Wuv, with a capital Twu and a capital Wuv, and she doesn’t see any reason at all for that to change.
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By Amy Lane
Behind the Curtain
Beneath the Stain
Bewitched by Bella’s Brother
Bolt-hole
Bonfires
Christmas with Danny Fit
Clear Water
Do-over
Familiar Angel
Food for Thought
Gambling Men
Going Up
Grand Adventures (Dreamspinner Anthology)
Hammer & Air
If I Must
Immortal
It’s Not Shakespeare
Left on St. Truth-be-Well
The Locker Room
Mourning Heaven
Phonebook
Puppy, Car, and Snow
Racing for the Sun
Raising the Stakes
Shiny!
Shirt
Sidecar
A Solid Core of Alpha
Tales of the Curious Cookbook (Multiple Author Anthology)
Three Fates (Multiple Author Anthology)
Truth in the Dark
Turkey in the Snow
Under the Rushes
Wishing on a Blue Star (Dreamspinner Anthology)
CANDY MAN
Candy Man • Bitter Taffy
Lollipop • Tart and Sweet
DREAMSPUN DESIRES
THE MANNIES
#25 – The Virgin Manny
#37 – Manny Get Your Guy
FISH OUT OF WATER
Fish Out of Water • Red Fish, Dead Fish
KEEPING PROMISE ROCK
Keeping Promise Rock • Making Promises
Living Promises • Forever Promised
JOHNNIES
Chase in Shadow • Dex in Blue
Ethan in Gold • Black John
Super Sock Man
GRANBY KNITTING
The Winter Courtship Rituals of Fur-Bearing Critters
How to Raise an Honest Rabbit • Knitter in His Natural Habitat
Blackbird Knitting in a Bunny’s Lair
TALKER
Talker • Talker’s Redemption • Talker’s Graduation
WINTER BALL
Winter Ball • Summer Lessons
ANTHOLOGIES
The Granby Knitting Menagerie
The Talker Collection
Published by DSP Publications
LITTLE GODDESS
Vulnerable
Woulded, Vol. 1
Wounded, Vol. 2
Bound, Vol. 1
Bound, Vol. 2
The Green’s Hill Novellas
Rampant, Vol. 1
Rampant, Vol. 2
Quickening, Vol. 1
Quickening, Vol. 2
Green’s Hill Werewolves, Vol. 1
Green’s Hill Werewolves, Vol. 2
Published by Harmony Ink Press
BITTER MOON SAGA
Triane’s Son Rising • Triane’s Son Learning
Triane’s Son Fighting • Triane’s Son Reigning
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Familiar Angel
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ISBN: 978-1-63533-945-1
Digital ISBN: 978-1-63533-946-8
Library of Congress Control Number: 2017910302
Published October 2017
v. 1.0
Printed in the United States of America