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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
Guild Hunter Series ANGELS’ BLOOD
ANGELS’ PAWN
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ARCHANGEL’S KISS
Anthologies AN ENCHANTED SEASON
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THE MAGICAL CHRISTMAS CAT
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MUST LOVE HELLHOUNDS
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To Kayo, Cynthia, Loma, Emily & Akbar
Because you all rock. Thank you for being my “tomodachi”!
JUSTICE
When the Psy first chose Silence, first chose to bury their emotions and turn into ice-cold individuals who cared nothing for love or hate, they tried to isolate their race from the humans and changelings. Constant contact with the races who continued to embrace emotion made it much harder to hold on to their own conditioning.
It was a logical thought.