Guild Hunter 03 - Archangel's Consort

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Berkley Titles by Nalini Singh
     
    Psy-Changeling Series
SLAVE TO SENSATION
VISIONS OF HEAT
CARESSED BY ICE
MINE TO POSSESS
HOSTAGE TO PLEASURE
BRANDED BY FIRE
BLAZE OF MEMORY
BONDS OF JUSTICE
PLAY OF PASSION
     
    Guild Hunter Series
     
    ANGELS’ BLOOD
ANGELS’ PAWN
(A Berkley Sensation eSpecial)
ARCHANGEL’S KISS
ARCHANGEL’S CONSORT
     
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THE MAGICAL CHRISTMAS CAT
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MUST LOVE HELLHOUNDS
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BURNING UP
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    ARCHANGEL’S CONSORT
     
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To everyone who has ever dreamed of flying
and to all of you who have flown with me.

1
     
    Swathed in the silken shadows of deepest night, New York was the same . . . and altered beyond compare. Once Elena had watched angels take flight from the light-filled column of the Tower as she sat in front of the distant window of her cherished apartment. Now, she was one of those angels, perched high atop a balcony that had no railing, nothing to prevent a deadly fall.
    Except of course, she would no longer fall.
    Her wings were stronger now. She was stronger.
    Flaring out those wings, she took a deep breath of the air of home. A fusion of scents—spice and smoke, human and vampire, earthy and