Iron Seas 03 - Riveted

inability to put this book down.”
    — Alpha Heroes
    Demon Night
    “Meljean is now officially one of my favorite authors. And this book’s hero?…I just went weak at the knees. And the love scenes—wow, just wow.”
    —Nalini Singh, New York Times bestselling author
    “Poignant and compelling with lots of action, and it’s very sensual. You’ll fall in love with Charlie, and Ethan will cause your thermometer to blow its top. An excellent plot, wonderful dialogue…Don’t miss reading it or any of Meljean Brook’s other novels in this series.”
    — Fresh Fiction
    Demon Moon
    “The fourth book in Meljean Brook’s Guardian series turns up the heat without losing any of the danger.”
    — Entertainment Weekly
    “A read that goes down hot and sweet—utterly unique—and one hell of a ride.”
    —Marjorie M. Liu, New York Times bestselling author
    Demon Angel
    “I’ve never read anything like this book. Demon Angel is brilliant, heartbreaking, genre-bending—even, I dare say, epic. Simply put, I love it.”
    —Marjorie M. Liu, New York Times bestselling author
    “Brook has crafted a complex, interesting world that goes far beyond your usual…paranormal romance. Demon Angel truly soars.”
    —Jennifer Estep, author of Widow’s Web
    “Enthralling…[A] delightful saga.”
    — The Best Reviews

Titles by Meljean Brook
    DEMON ANGEL
    DEMON MOON
    DEMON NIGHT
    DEMON BOUND
    DEMON FORGED
    DEMON BLOOD
    DEMON MARKED
    THE IRON DUKE
    HEART OF STEEL
    RIVETED
    Anthologies
    HOT SPELL
    (with Emma Holly, Lora Leigh, and Shiloh Walker)
    WILD THING
    (with Maggie Shayne, Marjorie M. Liu, and Alyssa Day)
    FIRST BLOOD
    (with Susan Sizemore, Erin McCarthy, and Chris Marie Green)
    MUST LOVE HELLHOUNDS
    (with Charlaine Harris, Nalini Singh, and Ilona Andrews)
    BURNING UP
    (with Angela Knight, Nalini Singh, and Virginia Kantra)
    ANGELS OF DARKNESS
    (with Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, and Sharon Shinn)

Riveted
    MELJEAN BROOK

    BERKLEY SENSATION, NEW YORK

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    Copyright © 2012 by Meljean Brook.
    Cover photo by Claudio Marinesco.
    Cover design by Rita Frangie.
    Interior text design by Kristin del Rosario.
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    PUBLISHING HISTORY
    Berkley Sensation trade paperback edition / September 2012
    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
    Brook, Meljean.
    Riveted / Meljean Brook.—Berkley Sensation trade paperback ed.
    p.  cm.
    ISBN: 978-1-101-61135-7
    1.  Sisters—Fiction.   2.  Imaginary societies—Fiction.   3.  Iceland—Fiction.   I.  Title.
    PS3602.R64274R58      2012                   2012022736
    813’.6—dc22
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