Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night (2007) (edit title/settings)

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• Bowen MacRieve: Lykae bent on bringing his dead mate back
• Mariketa the Awaited: "Mari" young mortal witch about to turn immortal; belongs to the New Orleans coven; powerful witch and captromancer; huge fear of flying. Possesses the strength of five witch castes: warrior, healer, conjurer, seeress and enchantress. Also half fey.
• Cadeon Woede: "Cade" - Rage demon, brother to Rydstrom. Lost his brother's crown.
• Mariah: Bowen's old mate that died. A fey princess
• Rydstrom Woede: Fallen king of the rage demons, brother to Cade
• Lachlain MacRieve: Leader of the Lykae, Bowen's cousin, mated to Emmaline
• Emmaline Troy: "Emma" - Lachlain's half Valkyrie/ half vampire mate. Queen of the Lykaes.
• Tierney: Fey; younger brother of Tera
• Häxa: Queen of False Faces; "all-bad" goddess witch; sister of Hecate and Hela
• Carrow Graie: Witch; Mariketa's best friend
• Jillian: Mariketa's mother
• Hekate: Goddess witch with the even balance of good and evil; sister of Hela and Häxa
• Elianna: Witch; Mariketa's mentor
• Kaderin the Cold Hearted: Valkerie; competitor in the Hie
• Regin the Radiant: Valkyrie with glowing skin
• Acton: Storm demon; Mariketa's first boyfriend and love
• Nïx the Ever-Knowing: Valkyrie; thought by many to be insane
• Myst the Coveted: Valkyrie; Mate of Nioklai Wroth
• Tera: Fey, sister of Tierney
• Hilde: Fey archer
• Sebastian Wroth: The youngest of the Wroth Brothers who did not want to be a vampire. Mated to Kaderin

Quotes edit see section history

• “"What are my chances of stealing a kiss from you right now?" asked Bowen"None point none" answers Mariketa”

• “I still don't see why we couldn't sleep in that cave." "Because my cave's better than their cave." You know that really figures."”

  Bowen and Mari

• “"All right, who's doing the obligatory thing with the rock?" "What thing?" "You know, someone drops a rock, and we all silently watch it fall while contemplating the plummet to our deaths." (Bowen thinking) Oh that rock thing”

  Tera, Mariketa, and Bowen

• “"What is Jangle Pop?"”

  Bowen to Rydstrom

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• ‘Enjoy a bounty if one falls in your lap. Savor it if it was lost by a careless man.’”

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• it’s the struggle that brings greatness. If your powers came easily to you, without incident, you would never appreciate them as you should. And you would no’ be a good leader because you would be impatient with others who did have to work hard. It never comes easy to all the great warriors in history.”

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• I doona give a damn about all the variables as long as the constant is us—together.”

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• This is a Charlie Foxtrot of epic proportions.” At Lachlain’s irritated look, Emma supplied, “Charlie Foxtrot is code for, well, a cluster fuck.”

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• In theory, Mari was a witch warrior, healer, conjurer, seeress, and an enchantress.

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• “Oh, great Hekate, is that his voice?” Carrow cried. “I just had an orgasm! Fudge your name tag if you have to, but get you some of that some-some. Remember, friends let friends live vicariously—”

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• All at once Mari understood why people fought losing battles—because if you want something badly enough, you can’t do anything else but fight for it.

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• prove to be like that little computer paperclip assistant—at first it helps, but after a while you just want the paperclip to die.

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• “Laissez les bons temps rouler” means “Plastic beads replace attire.”

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• “Darwin says people like you need to die.”

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Andoain: Mariketa's coven's estate in New Orleans
• Val Hall Manor: Valkyrie home in New Orleans
• New Orleans, Louisiana: Home for Mariketa
• Guatemala: Jungle where Mariketa was trapped

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Glossary edit see section history

• The Valkyrie: "When a maiden warrior screams for courage as she dies in battle, Wóden and Freya heed her call. The two gods give up lightning to strike her, rescuing her to their hall, and preserving her courage forever in the form of the maiden’s immortal Valkyrie daughter." * Take sustenance from the electrical energy of the earth, sharing it in one collective power, and give it back with their emotions in the form of lightning. * Possess preternatural strength and speed. * Without training, they can be mesmerized by shining objects and jewels.
• The Lykae Clan: "A proud, strapping warrior of the Keltoi People (or Hidden People, later known as Celts) was taken in his prime by a maddened wolf. The warrior rose from the dead, now an immortal, with the spirit of the beast latent within him. He displayed the wolf’s traits: the need for touch, an intense loyalty to its kind, an animal craving for the delights of the flesh. Sometimes the beast rises …" * Also called werewolves, war-wolds. * Enemies of the Horde.
• The Vampires: * Two warring factions, the Vampire Horde and the Forbearer Army. * Each vampire seeks his Bride, his eternal wife, and walks as the living dead until he finds her. * A Bride will render his body fully alive, giving him breath and making his heart beat, a process known as blooding. * Tracing is teleporting, the vampire’s means of travel. A vampire can only trace to destinations he’s previously been. * The Fallen are vampires who have killed by drinking a victim to death. Distinguished by their red eyes.
• The Horde: In the first chaos of the Lore, a brotherhood of vampires dominated, by relying on their cold nature, worship of logic, and absence of mercy. They sprang from the harsh steppes of Dacia and migrated to Russia, though some say a secret enclave, the Daci, live in Dacia still." * Their ranks are comprised of the Fallen. * Enemies of most factions in the Lore.
• The Forbearers: " … his crown stolen, Kristoff, the rightful Horde king, stalked the battlefields of antiquity seeking the strongest, most valiant human warriors as they died, earning him the name of Gravewalker. He offered eternal life in exchange for eternal fealty to him and his growing army." * An army of vampires consisting of turned humans, who do not drink blood directly from the flesh. * Kristoff was raised as a human and then lived among them. He and his army know little of the Lore. * Enemies of the Horde.
• The Demonarchies: "The demons are as varied as the bands of man …" * A collection of demon dynasties. * Most demon breeds can trace like vampires. Some breeds are bound to obey summons. * Those that can emit poison from their fangs, horns, or claws are more vulnerable to others’ poison. * Many demon breeds must have intercourse with a potential mate to ascertain if she’s truly his—a process known as attempting.
• The House of Witches: "… immortal possessors of magickal talents, practitioners of good and evil." * Mystical mercenaries who sell their spells. * Strictly forbidden to create personal wealth or grant immortality. * Separated into five castes: warrior, healer, enchantress, conjurer, and seeress. * The only witch known to possess the powers of all five castes is Mariketa the Awaited.
• The Sept of Sorceri: "The Sept forever seek and covet others’ powers, challenging and dueling to seize more—or more darkly, stealing another’s sorcery…" * A breed-line broken from the enchantment caste of the House of Witches. * Born with one innate power, their root power. If they lose it, they become slaves to their own kind called Inferi. They can trade and steal secondary powers. * One of the physically weaker species in the Lore, they used elaborate armors to protect their bodies. Eventually they held metals—and especially gold—sacred.
• The Furiae: "If you do evil, beg for punishment—before they come… " * Ruthless she-warriors bent on delivering justice to evil men when they escape it elsewhere. * Led by Alecta the Unyielding One.
• The Accession: "And a time shall pass that all immortal beings in the Lore, from the strongest Valkyrie, vampire, and Lykae factions, to the phantoms, shifters, fairies, sirens … must fight and destroy each other." * A kind of mystical checks-and-balances system for an ever-growing population of immortals. * Occurs every five hundred years. Or right now …
• The Berserkers: "A berserker's lonely life is filled with naught but battle rage and bloodlust… " * A cadre of human warriors, known for their merciless brutality, who swear allegiance to Wóden. * Stronger and faster than mere mortals, they carry within them the spirit of the bear and can channel its ferocity into a berserkrage, temporarily becoming as powerful as an immortal. * When a berserker wins his two hundredth battle in Wóden's name, the god will grant him ohalla—immortality with untold strength.
• The Sirenae: "Near the sea’s edge, beware the siren’s song…" * A female species of immortals, they can permanently mesmerize and enslave males who hear their singing. * Derive power from the sea and can’t be away from it for more than one cycle of the moon.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by No Rest for the Wicked, and followed by Dark Needs at Night's Edge.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Kresley Cole (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: CPB Box no. 2714 vol. 13
• Dewey: 813.6

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Sexually explicit content

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Romance › Authors, A-Z › ( C ) › Cole, Kresley
• Books › Romance › Vampires
• Books › Romance › Gothic
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
• Books › Romance › Fantasy, Futuristic & Ghost

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• Kresley Cole: Author's website

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