Kristen Brand – författare

Infiltrate the fae court. Free the captives. Don't fall for the enemy.Leigh Morgan has one mission: to get revenge on the fae monsters who abducted her sister. It's why she's in Otherworld now, posing as a servant in its dark, decadent palace. She's gathering intelligence and working with a small band of allies to free the humans trapped there. Her mission depends on blending in, so when she accidentally attracts the attention of a cunning prince, it risks everything.Now Leigh has to hide her mission from a dangerously perceptive man who sees right through her—and who's far more complicated than the monster she expected. She can't screw this up, or the humans forced into servitude will never go home... and the man she's starting to love will have her executed for her betrayal.Dark and Otherworldly is a fast-paced paranormal fantasy series with forbidden romance, deadly fae politics, and a heroine who refuses to back down.

Sydney Farina just wanted her day off. What she got was a corpse—and texts from beyond the grave.Sydney's a baker and a cynic—not a ghost whisperer. But when her tyrannical boss Glenda calls her in on her day off to frost two hundred cupcakes, Sydney's less than heartbroken when she shows up to find Glenda dead on the bakery floor.Murder, the police say. And with Glenda's talent for making enemies, the suspect list is longer than the line for galaxy unicorn cupcakes.Then Sydney's phone starts buzzing.Find out who killed me.The texts are coming from Glenda's number. They know things only Glenda would know. And they're not stopping until Sydney catches a killer.There's just one problem: Sydney's idea of detective work is binge-watching true crime while eating leftover cake. She doesn't do investigations. She definitely doesn't do ghosts. And she really doesn't want to end up as the next body on the bakery floor.But when a dead woman won't stop texting, what's a baker to do?Dead Messages is a cozy paranormal mystery with quirky characters, small-town secrets, and one very demanding ghost. Perfect for fans of sass, sprinkles, and sleuthing.

Keep calm and call an exorcist.When a demon murders Maggie's friend, she's left with no power and no plan — just a business card for Bea Romo Reyes, freelance exorcist. Hard-drinking, ass-kicking Bea is exactly what the situation calls for. Awkward, witchy Maggie is... less so. But the two form an unlikely partnership to keep the demon from finishing what it started.The problem? Bea's hiding something. And it might make her more dangerous than the evil Maggie hired her to fight.Smoke and Hellfire is a four-story urban fantasy collection packed with female friendship, supernatural showdowns, and enough snark to survive the apocalypse. Bea and Maggie go up against ghosts, fae, and a corporate entity literally summoning a demon for profit margins. You know — the usual. If you love Buffy energy with a side of hellfire, start reading now.