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The Dark City Chronicles ⁓ Book OneThe creatures of evil won't stand a chance! The Demon's Reprisal is an action-packed novel with spicy romance, seductive vampires, dark humor, budding love, and the everlasting bonds of friendship. After the death of her father, Hannah seeks out the one person who can give her closure. She begins suffering prolific dreams and sets out to find a kidnapped girl. Suddenly thrust into a bloody underworld of dangerous conspiracies and veiled histories, she struggles to stay alive. If only, through it all, she could find a way to rid herself of a troublesome demon intent on witnessing her ruin.Kane's content endeavoring to keep his late father's magic shop afloat while battling the forces of evil in his spare time, but fate has other plans. If he's going to keep the one person in his life worth saving out of the clutches of darkness, he'll have to load his gun and pray he has enough bullets because enemies are everywhere and time is running out.Reid's left the tatters of his dismal past behind him and looks towards a bright future - that is, until his mother's murderer returns, newly killing and bodies are piling. He's thrown back into the dark world he'd escaped. It's a slippery slope to obscurity, and he's balancing on the razor's edge. One slip, and the alluring darkness will devour him whole.[COMPLETED]…

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The Dark City Chronicles ⁓ Book TwoThe stakes have never been higher! The Demon's Scion is a darker sequel to its predecessor. Spicy romance, action, seductive vampires, gutsy werewolves, sprinkles of dark humour, and, as always, the everlasting bonds of friendship.Trying to keep her newfound family alive is an endeavour when they're in firefights with crazy cultists, brawling with werewolves, and giving the middle finger to fate itself. Hannah wouldn't give up the headache that is her insane life because she's finally found a place where she belongs, and she'll do anything to keep those she loves safe.Kane, admittedly, might have taken his screw fate mantra too far, and now he's a slave to an idiot vampire that isn't even responsible enough to have a bank account. He's slipping, but he'll need to keep swinging his sword if he wants to keep them both alive and everyone else that's counting on him, because their foes aren't stopping, no matter how many he cuts down. An unwilling star of a twisted play perpetuated by a vampire that went mad centuries ago, Reid is trying to find his feet with his new, blood-drinking lifestyle while fighting to stay one step ahead of their enemies. He's inherited a power that could have him burned alive, but to beat the monster that's plagued his nightmares since the murder of his mother, Reid will have to fall farther than he's ever dared-and hope that love is bright enough to guide him back from the brink.[COMPLETED]…

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The Dark City Chronicles ⁓ Book ThreeThe apocalypse looms ever closer! Steamy romance, heart-stopping action, seductive vampires, magic that defies nature, sprinkles of dark-humor, and, as always, the everlasting bonds of friendship.Hannah's struggling to survive in a vicious world of monsters. The cost of dark magic is steep, and she nearly lost everything, but she can't dwell on her misery because there's a baby that needs her to fight. And she will. She'll fight until her last breath for that child's future. The demon she's been carrying might just hold the answers they need to tip the tide of coming darkness in their favour, but that's only if she's willing to pay his price.There's a prophesied beast he has to vanquish. A vampire gone mad that's killing indiscriminately. And countless enemies are vying for his head and the lives of everyone he loves. Kane will have to salvage his broken family, train harder than he's ever dared, and then kill all the foolish bastards who thought they could put him on their deranged chessboards and not suffer his wrath. Reid hears voices, not the rational kind. These are whispers that speak to his darkest desires. He'll have to delve deep into his family history and break a curse that his lineage has suffered for centuries before he can no longer defy their musings. The bells are tolling, and if he wants to thwart their augury and resist the allure of darkness, he'll need to choose love and hope it's enough.[COMPLETED]…

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The Dark City Chronicles ⁓ Book FourThe devastating finale! Steamy romance, heart-stopping action, seductive vampires, magic that defies nature, sprinkles of dark-humor, and, as always, the everlasting bonds of friendship.Hannah's entire life has changed in mere months. After years of swindling and balancing on the edge of darkness, she's struggling to master her untamed magic, not just for her future, but for the entire world that hangs in the balance. Her demon remains in her ear, and he promises salvation if she turns to the shadows once more. Is the temptation of power too much for her to resist?Kane's lineage damned him from the moment he took his first breath. Now, he's on borrowed time until he becomes what he'd fought his entire life against-a monster. Protecting the ones he loves and trying to save his soul quickly becomes impossible. He'll have to decide whether to reinstate a bond that nearly destroyed him or descend into darkness and hope he comes out whole.Reid tries to hold on to his humanity, but the fraying threads keep slipping through his fingers. The cursed whispers in his mind grow louder, feeding off his failures and darkest desires. Failing the man he loves and trying to protect an unborn baby from the horrors of their world, he's struggling to keep his strength. But he'll need to find it because he's prophesied to face the monster who brutalized his mother and haunted his nightmares since he was a teenager, and in hell, he'll fight to hold on to the last vestiges of his sanity.…

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Short Stories from the Dark City Chronicles.Deep in the shadows, a spark of light remains. There are those fighting for justice, freedom, and above all else, love. Not all enemies are evil. Not all friends are trustworthy. And, in the Dark City, all will be devoured.…

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An isolated school for delinquents. An unsolved murder. And an eccentric club of miscreants that could hold the answers. But they could be facing worse than expulsion by unearthing buried secrets.One misstep, and they'll be the next victims.Estelle Hazelwood has two choices when she's arrested: juvenile detention or Richardson Academy for troubled youth. She used up her sympathy benefits. Now she's being shipped off to the mountains so her mother and stepfather don't have to deal with her anymore. Merit points define privileges. And she's forced to join a club that's in the bowels of the basement, beside a rickety boiler room, with a teacher who's certifiably insane.She should have chosen juvie.Broderick Winslow is in his second year at Richardson Academy for troubled youth. He doesn't need to be here. He's not troubled. He's prone to violence and may forget afterwards, but he's a model student otherwise. After a debilitating injury, he's been told he'll never run again. But that's not what keeps him off the field. He's been threatened with a bloody thrashing if he even tries to step onto the track. No longer holding the privileges of a jock, he's forced to join a mandatory extracurricular. He's not following the girl that he snubbed on the first day. It's a coincidence that they've chosen the same club for the year.And if he gets to spend his abundant free time bothering her into a fury, that's also a coincidence.…