M ELANIE
J ACKSON
D IVINE
F ANTASY
LOVE SPELL NEW YORK CITY
A CURIOUS AFFAIR
For a very different type of murder mystery and some very quirky characters and a twist at the endpick up A Curious Affair, because in this tale, curiosity does not kill the cat!
Romance Reviews Today
Fans will enjoy this lighthearted frolic in which cats serve as witnesses to the crime and as matchmakers.
Midwest Book Review
DIVINE NIGHT
Not to be read quickly, Jacksons latest is closely connected to the two previous Divine stories. This is an excellent addition to this series.
Romantic Times BOOKreviews
If youre looking for a light and fluffy romance, this isnt the book for you. But, if a literary experience with an entertaining romance on the side intrigues you, pick up Divine Night and enjoy.
Romance Reviews Today
WRIT ON WATER
An intriguing mix of mystery and romance, with shadings of the paranormal, this is a story that pulls you in.
Romantic Times BOOKreviews
DIVINE MADNESS
This tale isnt your everyday, lighthearted romance.Melanie Jackson takes an interesting approach to this tale, using historical figures with mysterious lives.
Romance Reviews Today
DIVINE FIRE
Jackson pens a sumptuous modern gothic.Fans of solid love stories like those of Laurell K. Hamilton will enjoy Jacksons talethen wait hungrily for the next installment.
Booklist
THE SAINT
This visit to the wild side is wonderfully imaginative and action-packed.[A] fascinating tale.
Romantic Times BOOKreviews
MORE PRAISE FOR MELANIE JACKSON!
THE MASTER
Readers who have come to expect wonderful things from Jackson will not be disappointed. Her ability to create a complicated world is astounding with this installment, which includes heartwarming moments, suspense and mystery sprinkled with humor. An excellent read.
Romantic Times BOOKreviews
STILL LIFE
The latest walk on the Wildside is a wonderful romantic fantasy that adds new elements that brilliantly ft and enhance the existing Jackson mythos. Action-packed.
Midwest Book Review
THE COURIER
The authors imagination and untouchable world-building continue to shine.[An] outstanding and involved novel.
Romantic Times BOOKreviews
OUTSIDERS
Melanie Jackson is a talent to watch. She deftly combines romance with fantasy and paranormal elements to create a spellbinding adventure.
WritersWrite.com
TRAVELER
Jackson often pushes the boundaries of paranormal romance, and this, the first of her Wildside series, is no exception.
Booklist
THE SELKIE
Part fantasy, part dream and wholly bewitching, The Selkie[blends] whimsy and folklore into a sensual tale of love and magic.
Romantic Times BOOKreviews
NIGHT VISITOR
I recommend this as a very strong romance, with time travel, history and magic.
All About Romance
The wolf, the man who claimed to be Ambrose Bierce, had no trouble finding me, and he pulled up a stool next to mine at the bar. Again I noticed his eyes, as black as a witchs cat and every bit as curious.
I prefer you without a mustache, I said when he failed to speak. I dont feel like Im looking into the face of a walrus. And its easy to tell when youre smiling.
Ambrose caressed his clean-shaven chin. There is a school of thought which holds that after forty a mans responsible for the face he has.
Hm. Your face is completely unlined. I pointed out gently. I think the theory must therefore be flawed. If youre really Ambrose Bierce, of course.
I sleep the sleep of the just these days. He smiled slightly and gestured to the bartender. A shot glass of whisky came skating down the polished smoothness of the bar.
Theres a similar saying about womens faces, I remarked, taking a sip. After forty, youd better give your face to Este Lauder or you get what you deserve.
A CURIOUS AFFAIR
DIVINE NIGHT
WRIT ON WATER
DIVINE MADNESS
THE SAINT
THE MASTER
DIVINE FIRE
STILL LIFE
THE COURIER
OUTSIDERS
TRAVELER
THE SELKIE
DOMINION
BELLE
AMARANTHA
NIGHT VISITOR
MANON
IONA
For my friend, Susan Squires, who also knows about
the world of big, bad wolves and the things that
go bump in the night.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Call a code!
Wheres the crash cart! Damn itshes just a kid! Where are the parents?
Light her up!
All around me I heard the panicked voices. I didnt know what they meant, except that I was in trouble. Again.
I was four. I didnt call for my mommy. I didnt call for anyone. Because I knew that no one would come.
Man, n. An animal so lost in rapturous contemplation of what he thinks he is as to overlook what he indubitably ought to be. His chief occupation is extermination of other animals and his own species, which, however, multiplies with such insistent rapidity as to infest the whole habitable earth and Canada.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devils Dictionary
I want to tell you a story about a rather repressed girl who ran a long, long way from home. In fact, she ran so long and so hard that she made it all the way to the far side of the planet from where she began. There she stopped to catch her breath because she was tired, and also because she was about as far away from home as she could get. And it was in Fiji, on the little rocky islet called Dolphin Island, that this story of danger and romance really begins.
Now, Ill admit straight off that running away from home isnt the mature way to handle most problems; in fact, it is in many cases an idiotic and cowardly thing to do. Sadly, this wasnt the first time that I had run away, or done something idiotic and cowardly. But I have found that running is generally a fast solution, and in some circumstances it is effective, such as when there is no chance of winning a battle if you stay and fight. And since every cloud has a silver lining, I can say that past experience always helps when doing stupid things, so I am confident that I will somehow survive my latest misstepthough bookies would probably rate me as a long shot. Its also doubtful that any insurance company would let me take out a policy.
Why did I run away from a job and a nice apartment with an excellent seasonal view of the chorus of the Bavarian Nutcracker ballet carried out in the streets and open-air markets? Let me respond to this as Socrates might, by answering a question with a question. Have you ever spent a Christmas in Bavaria? Or Switzerland or Denmark? Or any place in the icy north that is desperately picturesque but also desperately cold and dark, especially when you are all alone? Well, I haveand too damn many of them. First in Vermont at a boarding school I detested, and then in Munich. In the beginning with a lover, and then without.