Nightshade Duology

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A love so forbidden it would shake the heavens

Enter a world where angels abandon the damned and forbidden love burns brighter than salvation. The Nightshade Duology delivers divine temptation and a romance worth the chains of purgatory.

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THE NIGHTSHADE DUOLOGY | BOOK ONE

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

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THE NIGHTSHADE DUOLOGY | BOOK TWO

INFERNIUM

Even the most powerful love can't save a condemned soul

Pain is an abyss.
How naive of me to think I’d already reached the very depths of it when fate shook my world with a crushing blow. It turns out, there are fathomless levels of pain, like a winding labyrinth of doors leading to shadowy figures and long-forgotten secrets. The kind of inescapable descent into madness that twists nightmares into reality.

What lies at the end of this obscure path I have yet to discover, but where it begins, is a place called Infernium. An asylum, feared by those in Nightshade and untrodden by the angels who’ve forsaken its many lost souls.

Some say it’s the gateway to hell.
Others believe it’s where you go when the last flicker of hope dies out.

For me, it’s where I’ve damned myself for eternity–my penance for a crime against the heavens, and home to the demons that claw at my mind.

Yet, not even they stand a chance against my dark angel, Jericho. He fears nothing. Except losing me. The longer I remain trapped, though, the stronger this darkness inside of me grows. A duality dividing my heart between love and revenge.

And, soon, saving me may no longer be an option.

TRIGGER WARNINGS - May contain spoilers

PRAISE FOR THE NIGHTSHADE DUOLOGY
“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!”
— NIGHTSHADE | Amuse Me Books
“A complex maze of lies and truth, wrong and right, heartbreak and healing, when you finally reach the center, you find a slow-burning love story that will mend your tattered pieces.”
— NIGHTSHADE | JULIE, Reader Review
“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.”
— NIGHTSHADE | Dirty Girl Romance Book Blog
“I absolutely demolished this book during my night shift at work, and into the rest of the day, I was so excited to read this. It’s been my most anticipated read so far... Infernium is one of the few books I can see myself re-reading.”
— INFERIUM | Catherine, Reader Review
“I have no words to describe how magnificent and complex this story is, each chapter sucks you in, and just the chemistry between the characters, the softness and the intensity behind all this gothic romance is just brilliant.”
— INFERNIUM | Lenor, Reader Review
“Infernium is the kind of dark, fantasy romance that tests your sense of reality. Like the constant beat of a drum sending vibrations through your body. Infernium resonates deep within, leaving its mark...forever.”
— INFERNIUM | Amuse Me Books