Dear Reader,I'm thrilled to present The Darkest Pleasure, the third installment of my brand-new paranormal trilogy, Lords of the Underworld, which began with The Darkest Night and continued with The Darkest Kiss. In a remote fortress in Budapest, six immortal warriors - each more dangerously seductive than the last - are bound by an ancient curse none has been able to break. When a powerful enemy returns, they will travel the world in search of a sacred relic of the gods - one that threatens to destroy them all.Join me on a journey through this darkly sensual world, where the line between good and evil blurs and true love is put to the ultimate test. And stay tuned for further adventures from the Lords of the Underworld as the stakes get higher, the quest more dangerous and the romance hotter!Wishing you all the best,Gena ShowalterThis first Lords of the Underworld trilogy could not have been possible without the following amazing, wonderful, kick-ass people (whom I adore):Donna HayesLoriana SacilottoDianne MoggyRandall ToyeTracy FarrellMargo LipschultzKeyren GerlachKathleen OuditJuliana KolesovaDiana WongStacy WiddringtonMarianna RicciutoPat Muir-RandMelissa CarawayKristin FotiKim ElliottVicki SoJosh HilburtNancy FischerSally NoonanBrian McGroartyThe Harlequin Sales GroupDeidre KnightPatricia RouseSusan GrimshawKathy BakerMax ShowalterMatt ShowalterRoy ShowalterDestinee ShowalterSheila FieldsJill MonroeTo Kemmie Tolbert, an amazing woman who loves books as much as I doCHAPTER ONEREYES STOOD on the roof of his Budapest fortress, five stories up, his feet balanced precariously on the highest ledge. Above him, moonlight seeped red and yellow from the sky, blood mixed with fickle gold, dark mixed