Shifter Kings — Lisa Blackwood

Heroes still learning to be human…First Queen of the Gryphons:When the Goddess Ishtar orders King Hillalum of the Gryphons to watch over a human shepherdess, he thinks he'll find the sheep more interesting than the woman, but once he meets Amata, he soon realizes she's his perfect match.Ishtar's Blade:A noble king. A fierce sword-maiden. An impossible love.The court of the gryphon king has ever been a dangerous and seductive place. Yet as the childhood companion of King Ditanu, Iltani never doubted her place in either his kingdom or his heart.Then duty called her away to complete her training.Now, a woman grown and a sword-maiden to the goddess Ishtar, Iltani returns and takes up her sacred destiny to protect the royal line. But so much has changed. Ditanu most of all.The youth she knew is gone. A stoic, untouchable king now sits the throne.Does anything of their once deep bond survive?Maiden's Wolf:She's a healer with reason to fear magic. He's a wolf shifter on a mission to stop of war.Beatrice, a young healer living on the outskirts of the human port settlement of River's Divide, simply wishes to hide herself from the searching eyes of the Priesthood of the Revealing Light. The last thing she wants 'revealed' is that she is host to a Larnkin—a spirit creature of vast and forbidden magic.Her already complicated life grows more perilous when a lupwyn scout stumbles into a trap set by the priesthood. If she sits back and does nothing, the wolf-like shapeshifter will be drained dry by the priests until he is an empty, soulless slave. As a healer, that isn't something she will allow. But lupwyns have no love for the newly arrived humans.For the sake of mutual survival, Beatrice hopes this lupwyn can see beyond the hatred caused by two warring peoples. If not, she might die at the hands of the male she is trying to save.Dawn of the Sorceress:A powerful sorceress. An ancient gargoyle. And one evil demigoddess. The journey begins now.When an Avatar to the gods wakes to a new life, he finds the female half of his soul is missing. He soon learns she has been captured by their oldest enemy—the Lady of Battles. To save his soulmate, he will risk everything even if he must pay the ultimate price for his loyalty.