The Darkest Promise (Lords of the Underworld 13)

* Sabin, who has always abhorred weakness of any kind, falls in love with Gwen, anyway.

THE DARKEST PASSION,

story of Aeron

* Olivia, a Sent One, is ordered to kill Aeron. But she thinks she might be in love with him and chooses to give up her wings for a chance to save him.

* Galen successfully places the demon of Distrust in the body of his right-hand woman, Fox.

* Legion makes a deal with Lucifer in order to become human, hoping to win Aeron's heart.

* Aeron rejects her gently. He is falling for Olivia.

* The Lords capture an immortal named Scarlet, who is the keeper of Nightmares. She has a secret agenda toward Gideon.

* Olivia steals the third artifact--the Cloak of Invisibility--from Galen.

* In an effort to help Aeron, Legion decides to kill Galen. She seduces him instead.

* Aeron is beheaded and freed from Wrath. Thanks to the Sent Ones, he is given a new body. Now he and Olivia can be together.

* Cronus successfully bonds the demon Wrath to the spirit of Sienna, making her immortal and tangible to the rest of the world.

THE DARKEST LIE,

story of Gideon

* Scarlet believes she shares a secret past with Gideon. She thinks they were married while she was imprisoned in Tartarus and that they had a child together. Gideon remembers none of this and wonders if someone stole his memories.

* Amun, the keeper of Secrets, Aeron and William journey to hell to save Legion, who has been captured and tortured.

* The Lords take the three artifacts they've acquired and split up, hoping to prevent other immortals from stealing their property.

* Strider, keeper of Defeat, kidnaps Haidee, an immortal Hunter who helped kill Baden. He can't bring himself to kill her.

* Gideon fails to kill Galen.

* Legion is rescued from hell, and in the process Amun is infected by new demons.

* Gideon and Scarlet learn the truth about their past, but the past doesn't matter. Only the future. They have fallen in love.

THE DARKEST SECRET,

story of Amun

* Amun and Haidee enter hell to rid Amun of his newest demons. She is the only one who can quiet the evil whispers in his head.

* Strider, William and Paris go on vacation. Kaia, a Harpy, joins them, hoping to seduce Strider.

* Amun meets the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, William's children.

* Amun finds himself falling for Haidee, despite her past actions against Baden.

* Haidee is killed and reanimated because she's possessed by the demon of Hate.

* Only when Haidee and Amun give in to their feelings for each other is Love able to overcome Hate, allowing the pair to live happily-ever-after.

THE DARKEST SURRENDER,

story of Strider

* A new Harpy Games kicks off, a type of Olympics for immortals.

* The Moirai, keepers of Fate, tell Kane, the keeper of Disaster, he will start the apocalypse.

* William kills Gilly's parents as punishment for abusing her.

* Kane is captured and transported to hell, where he is tortured by demons.

* Strider falls for the feisty Kaia and agrees to be her consort. Her team wins the Harpy Games.

* Strider kills Lazarus the Cruel and Unusual, the consort of Juliette the Eradicator, to gain possession of the fourth artifact, the Paring Rod.

THE DARKEST SEDUCTION,

story of Paris

* Viola, goddess of the Afterlife and keeper of Narcissism, is taken to Budapest to help the Lords.

* William and Paris find Sienna, the new keeper of Wrath. Cronus has locked her away.

* Galen kidnaps a pregnant Ashlyn in order to trade her for the artifacts.

* Kane is captured and tortured by two of the Four Horsemen.

* Legion gives herself to Galen in order to save Ashlyn.

* Ashlyn gives birth to twins, Urban and Ever.

* Sienna kills Cronus and becomes queen of the Titans.

* Josephina, a blood slave to the Fae royal family, rescues Kane from torture.

* Paris falls in love--and in like--with Sienna, the first and only woman he can bed more than once.

THE DARKEST CRAVING,

story of Kane

* Cameo and Viola vanish after touching the Paring Rod.

* Cameo meets Lazarus in a spirit realm. She is intrigued--and irritated--by him.

* Kane is supposed to marry Josephina's sister, a woman who has abused Josephina all her life, but he can't do it. He's too attracted to Josephina and insists on wedding her instead.

* Torin inadvertently infects a human girl named Mari before the two are imprisoned.

* Josephina defeats her father and becomes queen of the Fae.

* William's daughter White is beheaded.

* Kane is killed but thanks to Josephina, who is pregnant with his child, he is brought back to life.

THE DARKEST TOUCH,

story of Torin

* Mari, the only friend of Keeley the Red Queen, dies because of Torin's disease and Keeley vows to punish Torin.

* Torin accidentally touches Keeley, but though she gets sick, she heals. He is overjoyed--and so attracted to her, he can't get her out of his mind.

* Cameo and Lazarus arrive in Lazarus's spirit-kingdom, though Lazarus manages to convince her they are in enemy territory and she must rely on him to save her.

* Lucifer the Destroyer kidnaps Cameo, Baden, Cronus and Rhea.

* Keeley shows the Lords how to use the four artifacts. She saves Cameo.

* Baden and Pandora are given serpentine wreaths, making them tangible once again but also slaves to Hades, one of the

nine kings of the underworld.

* Keeley and Torin rescue Baden and Cameo from Lucifer.

* Keeley agrees to help Hades in his war with Lucifer.

* Torin proposes to Keeley, and she accepts.

THE DARKEST TORMENT,

story of Baden

* Baden learns he's bound to Hades and, to survive, must do as the king orders.

* Baden kidnaps Katarina Joelle from her wedding to force her husband to do what Hades wants. He is drawn to the human woman and begins to crave her touch, even though the skin-to-skin contact pains him.

* Gilly sickens, and William whisks her away to a secret location.

* Lucifer sends an assassin to destroy the Lords' Budapest fortress.

* Gilly meets and marries Puck, the keeper of Indifference, and becomes immortal.

* Katarina is bound to a pack of hellhounds--immortal dogs.

* Baden becomes Hades's son and marries Katarina.

* They all live happily-ever-after...until the next book...

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

AND PLAYERS

Aeron--Lord of the Underworld; former keeper of Wrath; husband to Olivia.

Alexander--aka Alex, Cameo's former boyfriend.

All-seeing Eye--Godly artifact with the power to see into heaven and Hell; aka Danika Ford.

Amun--Lord of the Underworld; keeper of Secrets; husband to Haidee.

Anya--(minor) goddess of Anarchy, engaged to Lucien.

Ashlyn Darrow--human female with supernatural ability to listen to past conversations; wife to Maddox; mother of Urban and Ever.

Axel--Sent One with a secret.

Baden--Lord of the Underworld; former keeper of Distrust; husband to Katarina.

Bianka Skyhawk--Harpy; sister of Gwen, Kaia and Taliyah.

Bjorn--Sent One.

Brochan--fallen Sent One; brother of McCadden.

Cage of Compulsion--Godly artifact with the power to enslave anyone trapped inside.

Cameo--Lord of the Underworld; keeper of the demon Misery.

Cloak of Invisibility--Godly artifact with the power to shield its wearer from prying eyes.

Cronus--former king of the Titans; former keeper of Greed; husband to Rhea.

Danika Ford--human female; wife to Reyes; known as the All-seeing Eye.