Nightshade
A love so forbidden, it would shake the heavens
My father called them messengers.
He once told me they walked among us, and that somewhere in this dark and godless city, there shined a faint sliver of hope. I had only to look for the signs.
Well, I’ve spent my whole life investigating the inexplicable, and all I've found are the unsettling vestiges of iniquity - the evidence of another world shrouded by the obscure. Purgatory to some, where depravity hides in shadows, and girls like me are little more than delicious bites of temptation.
Others call it Nightshade.
This peculiar place is where I first met the cold and callous recluse living in a decaying cliffside cathedral. Jericho Van Croix is the epitome of everything I’ve been told to fear. A raven-winged harbinger who wears intrigue like a warm black cloak. An enigma that I’m determined to unravel – even if it means getting closer than I should.
One touch is forbidden. Even so much as a kiss would be my demise. But the sin on his lips burns me up like a wild flame, and his growing infatuation weakens my resolve.
Giving him what he wants, though, will mean no chance for redemption, or escape. What's worse is, the signs I’ve followed yet failed to see all these years begin to unmask a terrifying reality:
That falling may be my only saving grace.
TRIGGER WARNINGS - May contain spoilers
Praise for Nightshade
“Nightshade brought a dark and captivating world that I never wanted to leave. Full of vivid characters, spine tingling setting, and a romance unlike any I’ve ever read. In one word, I’m hooked. TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY HOOKED.”
“A complex maze of lies and truth, wrong and right, heartbreak and healing, when you finally reach the center you find a slow burn love story that will mend your tattered pieces.”
“Very few books transport you into another realm, across time, space, and parallel planes. Nightshade delivers on every level ... Reading Nightshade was a hauntingly, spiritual experience. Keri Lake has written another masterpiece!”
“This is a beautiful love story told through spans of time in a style that is fulfilling and compelling. Farryn and Jericho are so richly drawn that they live and breath through Keri’s words. I loved every minute of this long book which grabbed onto me from the first to the last. Brilliant.”
“I’m saying it now. This is hands down my favorite book of 2021. I’m going as far as placing it in my top 10 of all time. It was magical and so emotional my heart aches. I kept laughing because this book just felt epic. I disappeared within the pages and lived this story.”
“I love Keri’s books. Master of Salt and Bones is one of my top favorite books. But NIGHTSHADE is in a class of its own, she out did herself. I’m left in udder shock on how much I loved it. This book became my favorite book I’ve read this year and I’ve read so many amazing ones but this one just out shined them all. Wow I’m just amazed with this book!”