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Possession

Possession

Three paranormal tales of shape-shifting and possession from Black Lace

Summary

Three otherworldly short novels of shape-shifters and possession

Falling Dancer: Kelda has two jobs: full-time bartender, part-time exorcist. She meets vengeful spirits and misguided demons wherever she goes. She wishes the spirit world would leave her alone so she could have a relationship that lasted longer than twenty-four hours, but when she's contacted by a sexy musician who wants her to solve the mystery of his girlfriend's disappearance, she can't help getting involved ....

The Silver Chains: Alfie Friday is a werewolf. For 7 years he has controlled his curse carefully by locking himself in a cage every full moon. But now he's changing when it isn't full moon. His girlfriend Misty travels to South America to try and find a way of controlling Alfie's changes, but discovers the key to the problem lies in Oxford. The place it all began for Alfie and the place he has vowed never to return to.

Broken Angel: After a stealing a copy of an ancient manuscript, Blaze Makaresh finds himself being hunted down by a gang of youkai - demons who infiltrate human society in order to satisfy their hunger for sex and flesh. When Talon, an elitist society of demon-hunters, come to his aid, he's soon enmeshed with the beautiful Asha, and the dawning of an age-old prophecy

About the authors

Mathilde Madden

Mathilde Madden is a talented young author of erotic romance who specialised in writing stories about contemporary urban culture.

She is the author of Equal Opportunities, Mad About the Boy and Peep Show, as well as the paranormal trilogy: The Silver Collar, The Silver Crown and The Silver Cage. Her work is also featured in the short-story collection Possession. All titles are available from Virgin's Black Lace.

She lives in Brighton.
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Madelynne Ellis

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Anne Tourney

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