The final two segments of the Crimson Forest series are among us! In this action-packed novel, we get a much anticipated glimpse into the mind of Devon. In the wake of the deadly demonic disease that has nearly wiped out the Bryxx in a matter of days, including his own mother, Devon comes up with a plan to stop the slaughter, but it means giving up his livelihood and freedom in doing so. He will have to leave his life behind and begin a new one in hiding, away from other immortals. Crysta, a strange immortal woman Devon met at random turns out to be the best thing that's happened to him in ages. She doesn't care what he is or what he's done, she just wants a companion and like him, she has nowhere to go. Being shacked up with a beautiful woman isn't easy for Devon. Anyone who knows the guy, knows he's a major ladies man, but for some reason, he can't bring himself to make a move on Crysta. She brings out the best in him and he can't risk harming her. Just when Devon thinks things can't get any worse, he learns his plan, the one that risked everything, hasn't exactly been a success. There's a new problem on the rise. The demons are killing off the remaining Bryxx and it's only a matter of time before they move on to the humans. He can't let that happen, even if it means risking his own life and his new found love in the process.

The enthralling 30,000 word fourth novel/novella in the Crimson Forest series. *Note this novel/novella is in Henry's POV and continues the story, but it is not necessary to read this book to enjoy the final novel in the series, though it is strongly suggested and contains many exciting and surprising spoilers. On the outside, Henry appears controlled, put together, but what he doesn't show is how much he truly struggles internally. After being found out by the Bryxx community, Henry has no choice but to leave the life he's lead for millennia and dip his toes into something entirely new to him. The woman Henry has been pining over his entire life, is the one being in the world who makes his control waver. Her blood is more appealing to him than any other's, and because of that, they can never be together, but he can't seem to stay away from her any longer, especially when she shows up at his door begging for answers. Then, Henry finds himself stuck training a new vamp as a favor to his friend Kade Kinsmen, but he's in over his head. This vampire has no regard for life, no remorse for his actions. He's emotionless except when it comes to one person, his human girlfriend who has no idea he's no longer human.

Focusing on Algernon Charles Swinburne's later writings, this collection makes a case for the seriousness and significance of the writer's mature work. While Swinburne's scandalous early poetry has received considerable critical attention, the thoughtful, rich, spiritually and politically informed poetry that began to emerge in his thirties has been generally neglected. This volume addresses the need for a fuller understanding of Swinburne's career that includes his fiction, aesthetic ideology, and analyses of Shakespeare and the great French writers. Among the key features of the collection is the contextualizing of Swinburne's work in new contexts such as Victorian mythography, continental aestheticism, positivism, and empiricism. Individual essays examine, among other topics, the dialect poems and Swinburne's position as a regional poet, Swinburne as a transition figure from nineteenth-century aesthetic writing to the professionalized criticism that dominates the twentieth century, Swinburne's participation in the French literary scene, Swinburne's friendships with women writers, and the selections made for anthologies from the nineteenth century to the present. Taken together, the essays offer scholars a richer portrait of Swinburne's importance as a poet, critic, and fiction writer.

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