Tatum had done her best to survive. Kicked out of Haven and sent down to downworld, she had been forced to survive in a way that no one should ever have to live. But Tatum was a survivor and she made the most of her life on downworld, becoming the top earner, making enough marks to keep her off her back and away from the males that only want her for her body. That is until she is rejected. She is thrown into a new position in life, surviving like always but fighting in a different way as she finds herself hardened to males and mates. Cast off by her own mate she isn't expecting a sinfully attractive male to set his eyes on her and take no prisoners as he does his best to pull her into his world of decadence and pleasure. Tatum is torn between her soul and her heart and the what ifs that rage in her brain. But she knows very well that life and love are never what they seem and above all that she has been given a choice she had never been given before.

Book Three of The Downworlder Series ~~~~~~~~~~~ Living in a palace above everyone, dressed in elegant finery, sparkling jewels, and dining on rich and exotic foods. Quinta Moreau knows she is living in a fantasy world but it is so much better than her reality. Sold at a young age to satisfy her mother's craving for drugs, Quinta was rescued by her Mama, the purveyor of her castle, the keeper of the keys to the kingdom. The Korean Madame does her best to make life good for her girls but Quinta still cannot escape what she must do for her family. She sells herself to make sure her siblings are given a chance at a life that she never had. She feeds her mother's addiction hopelessly because that is what it takes for her to be allowed contact with the people she loves more than anything. She wants to take them away from that world and bring them to her own but Quinta knows that a pretend castle built out of the mind of a whore is no place for children. This is what she believes and knows until fate throws her a piece of the heavens and shows her just how hellish her reality can be because her heaven carries a gun and hell has a taste for children.

New house, new life, new start. Lucinda Cartwright's life was thrown into chaos after her father and step mother died. She became the sole provider for her younger sister, Mary-Beth in a single moment. Uncertainty cloaked her and she decided that moving across country would help them have a fresh start. Twin Peaks was a quaint and friendly town that seemed very welcoming and accepting of Lucinda and her sister but there are dark secrets in these parts. She will discover that beasts walk with the mortals and when the bodies start to pile up, the fingers start to point towards Callum Wolfe. The man who Lucinda finds herself inexplicably drawn to. Attempting to figure out who is behind the brutal murders, Lucinda and Callum struggle to clear his name and keep the people they care about alive. Lines will be drawn, stones will be thrown, and Lucinda will discover quickly that evil is sometimes lurking right beneath the skin. Cover by @Pananabels