THE QUEEN HAS BEEN DEAD FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS IN A MOMENT OF FIERCE PASSION Celeste Hamilton is having one last adventure before her real life begins: a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Europe with her best friend. On her last days in Paris she meets the mysterious Adamanteros Vespari and he makes her feel reckless. She comes alive beneath Adam's touch, burning for his possession. ADAM MAKES A FATAL MISTAKE Her craving for Adam threatens to consume her and Celeste knows she cannot stay or she'll cease to exist. Slipping out of his arms in the middle of the night, she makes her escape before she loses herself in him completely. But the world she returns to is no longer familiar and her friends aren't what they seem. AND AWAKENS SOMETHING DEEP WITHIN CELESTE When Adam comes back into her life she finds that she was lost before she was even born and with him she is finally found. LONG LIVE THE QUEEN *Contains elements that some readers may find offensive; read at your own peril. (sex, language, violence, betrayal) Awakening is a full-length paranormal romance/ urban fantasy