Bound by Fate and Blood (The Merna Annals, #1)

Enjoy this dark epic paranormal romantasy series by sci-fi/fantasy author, Jenna O'Malley where... The Tide has Turned, and a Secret World is Revealed... Scottish merchant Baron Christian "Ian" Sinclair longs for solid ground after sailing the Atlantic an extra six months under King Charles' banner. His expectations for a warm homecoming are dashed when he finds his family dead or missing, his estate burning down, and he winds up captured. Nephtyri, the last of two full-blooded vampires and the great-granddaughter of pharaohs, dreams of Ian long before he docks in London. In exchange for his time and allegiance, she offers to avenge his murdered family, even though they rank highly in the Hunters' Guild—slayers and slavers intent on destroying the magical immortals known as merna. Her people. As Ian realizes his undesired role in this hidden war between Hunters and merna, he also learns about the people around him, people who accept him. He and Nephtyri learn they might be from different worlds, but their souls long to be bound together as fated mates. Ian's decisions will either save or shatter Nephtyri, his newly found family, and the council of all merna, the Arsinoëphorus Alliance. Will Ian Turn against the Hunters' Guild, become a wanted fugitive, and end the war against arcane immortals? Or will he take his place as the Imperial Lord Hunter and bring devastation to all merna? * What happened to magic and all its immortal warriors according to human history? Was the truth lost to time? Find out in The Merna Annals, an epic paranormal fantasy romance series which contains a swashbuckling host of magical adventurers caught in the 17th century human world, fighting to save their fates and their loves from a desolate legacy of extinction.