The Vitruvian Man Series by Cate Masters

Paranormal romance novella Book 1 of The Vitruvian Man series Ten days of freedom. That’s all Fate had allotted me each year. In the streets of Venice, I could walk among them. Mingle. Belong. During Carnevale, they had no idea who I was. What I was. For ten days, it didn’t matter. Until I met her. Bruno diCesare lives alone by necessity, not choice... moreParanormal romance novella Book 1 of The Vitruvian Man series Ten days of freedom. That’s all Fate had allotted me each year. In the streets of Venice, I could walk among them. Mingle. Belong. During Carnevale, they had no idea who I was. What I was. For ten days, it didn’t matter. Until I met her. Bruno diCesare lives alone by necessity, not choice. An experiment performed by Leonardo da Vinci, who believed having a dual DNA would grant a person immortality, used magic to render Bruno a chimera – the head of a lion, body of a dragon. The only time he can mingle with people is during Carnevale, ten glorious days of masked anonymity, frivolity and intimacy. Melina Weaver learned fire dancing to enliven her dull existence. A scientist, her long hours at the lab leave no time for a social life. For ten days at Carnevale, she can pretend to be someone else. Someone sexy and daring, who lives on the edge. Once she meets Bruno, her wish comes true, but everything goes terribly wrong. Beneath Bruno’s costume lurks an alpha male, but is he dangerous? Worse, can she return to an employer who sells her research to the military to make an army of efficient killers? Her only hope may lie with the man she’s just met and never seen. less

Dark paranormal romance Book 3 of The Vitruvian Man series She's given up everything for him... Melina Weaver has no money, no job, nowhere to go--and she doesn't want to. Bruno is her life now, but his world threatens to destroy them. He's lost everything... except her Fire destroyed Bruno diCesare's quarters, and everything he loved. But his love for Melina is stronger. So strong, it threatens to blind him to danger... moreDark paranormal romance Book 3 of The Vitruvian Man series She's given up everything for him... Melina Weaver has no money, no job, nowhere to go--and she doesn't want to. Bruno is her life now, but his world threatens to destroy them. He's lost everything... except her Fire destroyed Bruno diCesare's quarters, and everything he loved. But his love for Melina is stronger. So strong, it threatens to blind him to danger. Their only hope is to join with the rogue magicks to overthrow the Council's dictatorship. Can they survive the battle and create a new world for themselves? less