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Lost Angeles
Series · 3 books · 2015-2016

Books in series

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#1

Lost Angeles

2015

“Full-throttle urban paranormal sexy romance/thriller with a manly, alpha-male ensemble cast of vampires, angels, soul-stealers, and paramilitary men!” The Sexiest Man Alive. Xaine Capello lives a life of fast cars, loose women, and hard rock. For him, falling in love is a weekend gig, so when Lourdes Chase arrives on the scene with her big, blue eyes and clever mouth, it’s all this hot rock star can do to keep his lips—and fangs!— to himself. The girl with a dark past, and the voice of an angel. Lourdes Chase just wants answers, and she follows the trail all the way to the one place she knows she’ll find Scion. Determined to solve a year-old mystery that still haunts her, she takes a chance audition at the hottest immortal nightclub in Los Angeles, never expecting to run up against the bad-boy of her dreams. The killer who torments them both. Sparks fly and sex sells, rocketing the rock star pair to near-instant superstar status, but when little blond girls start turning up dead on his property, Xaine becomes the prime suspect. With Lourdes as his only alibi, he’s taking no chances, and as it becomes obvious that the murders are no coincidence, it’s up to Xaine and his newest opening act to catch the killer and clear his name before Lourdes becomes the next target. LOST ANGELES is a full-length novel of 100k+ words, complete with steamy hot situations, snarky vampires, and the worst guardian angel ever.
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#2

Loose Canon

A Lost Angeles Novel

2015

Rule Number One: Don’t get attached. Xaine might be the vampire that everyone recognizes by sight, but Trick St. John clawed his way out of the worst gutters of London to occupy the most prestigious piece of real estate in Beverly Hills. Another one of Roman Scipio’s progeny, he’s the bastard with the most to prove. On paper, his money comes from Big Pharma, medications he’s developed and marketed for the human population. But in the VIP suites of nightclubs like Scion—and the residence his working girls refer to as the McMansion—illicit street drugs like Tranq rake in just as much cash. It’s a luxe lifestyle, custom-tailored to his every whim, inherently dangerous, and deliberately devoid of romantic entanglements. But when a group of vampire revolutionaries called the Legacy start attacking his friends and trying to replicate his work, Trick can no longer afford to ignore the one person he’d most like to avoid. Rule Number Two: Don’t f-ck where you sleep. Dropped as a misguided birthday gift into the lap of Hollywood’s top dog, Tes Nicolae finds herself in the unenviable position of being Trick’s one-hit wonder. That first time might have been the only time, but it nets her a regular blood doll gig at the Friday Night parties, and Trick’s formidable shadow is the perfect place to hide. A red-gloved stranger has other ideas, though, stealing her away to a hotel suite where she learns there’s absolutely nothing for her on the other side of death: not heaven, not hell… Because those things were shattered eons ago, and she and Trick are just two more pieces of the celestial puzzle. Rule Number Three: Get the job done. Suddenly, it seems that every dark force in Los Angeles is in the market for Tes’s blood, and Trick’s the only thing standing between her and certain death. As the Devil tries to reconstruct Heaven and the Legacy seeks to bring humanity to heel, two street rats born centuries apart will have to break down the barriers between science and faith, human and immortal, the very essence of Light and Dark if they want to survive the coming dawn.
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#3

Lovers Naught

2016

Humanity’s King. Billionaire philanthropist Caspian Declan has gotten everything he ever a vast financial empire, far-flung political influence, and more power than most men ever dream of. Money can’t buy salvation, though, and Cas spends most of his valuable time giving back in an attempt to assuage the sting of old wounds. The Legacy would like nothing more than to harness his considerable authority for their cause, except Cas hasn’t spent two hundred years playing for Team Humanity to switch sides now. But when a rule-abiding reaper puts an expiration date on eternity, Cas finds himself in the untenable position of having to set his affairs in order quickly, starting with the woman who put the last of his bloodline directly in the sights of his most hated enemy. Hell’s Queen. A year ago, Mireille Reece lost her parents in an accident that seemed anything but accidental.A position with Uriel Dellassandro should have yielded the answers she needed, but instead she fell into the arms—and bed—of the world’s most disciplined aristocrat. Now, fresh out of rehab, she knows she ought to swear off vampires forever, but there’s just one small thing she can’t get off her the fact that someone murdered her parents. Everything comes full circle the night Caspian Declan returns to Scion, because he’s the one addiction she just cannot quit, and theirs is a dangerous game of seduction, strategy, passion, and betrayal. Heaven’s Knight. With Uriel and the Legacy closing in, Reille and Cas find themselves in need of a little celestial intervention. Aided by resident archangel Jax Trace, they’ll have to set aside personal vendettas and past indiscretions in order to avert the impending apocalypse. But when the same ruthless vampires who’ve been courting Cas and hunting down Virtues bring their war directly to Reille’s doorstep, they force Cas to make a difficult Sacrifice his queen… Or sacrifice himself. Checkmate.

Authors

Lisa Mantchev
Lisa Mantchev
Author · 18 books

Lisa Mantchev is a temporally-displaced Capricorn who casts her spells from an ancient tree in the Pacific Northwest. When not scribbling, she is by turns an earth elemental, English professor, actress, artist, and domestic goddess. She shares her abode with her husband, two children, and three hairy miscreant dogs. She is best known as the author of the young adult fantasy trilogy, The Théâtre Illuminata. Published by Feiwel & Friends (Macmillan,) the series includes the Andre Norton and Mythopoeic awards-nominated EYES LIKE STARS (2009), PERCHANCE TO DREAM (2010), and SO SILVER BRIGHT (2011.) Her Kindle #1 Bestselling young adult steampunk novel, TICKER, is available from Skyscape. Her near-future young adult collaboration with Glenn Dallas, SUGAR SKULLS, is forthcoming from Skyscape. Her adult urban fantasy collaboration with A.L. Purol, LOST ANGELES, is now available on Kindle along with its sequel, LOOSE CANON. Her first picture book, STRICTLY NO ELEPHANTS, is now available from Paula Wiseman/S&S, to be followed by SISTER DAY! and JINX AND THE DOOM FIGHT CRIME. Stay updated with all the fun and glitter at her author website: www.lisamantchev.com or get your Backstage Pass by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/LisaMantchev

A.L. Purol
A.L. Purol
Author · 1 books
Amanda Purol resides in a tiny mouse house in Baltimore with a lion named Aslan, who disguises himself as a tuxedo cat. When not composing immortals smut, she enjoys rescuing plants from near death and actually baking the things she pins on Pinterest. LOST ANGELES is her first novel, though she has been writing since she was old enough to sound out swear words.
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