Demons and Debts

A Dark Multi-Monster Romance (Desire Aforethought, Book 1)

By: Kyra Alessy

Narrated by: Lia Langola, Stephen Dexter

Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

An autistic woman being hunted. An incubi that who can help. But will their price be more than she can pay?

When I was 14, a woman I called Mom was murdered...and it was my fault.

I’ve been on the run ever since, but someone’s chasing me. I don’t know who they are or what they want. The only thing I’m sure of is that I need to keep moving or more people will die.

They’re going to find me again. They always do.

The human authorities are useless. The supernatural cops, even worse. My only hope is the Iron Incubi MC, the biggest, baddest, meanest supes around. I’m sick of running, and I’m desperate enough to make a deal even if it costs me everything I have left.

Oh, and I’m neurodivergent. Autism means my brain works differently. I can keep it together in the day-to-day and mask my hundreds of quirks when I’m around others for short times, but now the five human-hating incubi who I went to for help have me prisoner at their "clubhouse", i.e., mansion in the middle of nowhere.

So, what happens when five hot as sin sex demons lock up a human girl who sucks at all the bedroom stuff, doesn’t cope well with change, and definitely can’t mask her ASD 24/7?

I'm Jane Mercy, and I have no f**king clue, but I don’t think it’s going to go well for those gorgeous-enough-to-be-underwear-model SOBs...especially when my stalkers come for me....

Demons and Debts is the first book in the Desire Aforethought series of paranormal romance. If you like hot monsters, alphahole bikers, flawed men, strong heroines, and your multiple POV stories with some mystery and drama, tap now!

Listen to the first dark adventure in this exciting trilogy today!

Author's note: Please explore the potential triggers at the beginning of the book. Also, book one ends on a cliff.

©2022 Kyra Alessy (P)2023 Kyra Alessy

Loving this Storyline

Narration is great, though the female narrator’s voice feels a bit too mature for Jane. I read this originally on my Kindle and am thrilled it is finally on audiobook. I can’t wait to listen to book 2 when it comes out.

Paranormal MC Reverse-Harem Romance

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙❤️💚
Steam: 🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙📔
World building: 🌏🌍🌏🌎🌍
Character development: 😊😘😟🤓
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Dual Narration

The heroine: Jane - she is a human with autism spectrum disorder (neurodiversity) and is a waitress at a small diner. She lost her parents at a young age and has a group of stalkers. She has never seen the stalkers, but they find her wherever she moves. They always leave her a note telling her to leave town or they will kill someone she loves. She ignored it the first time and a friend of hers was murdered and had her eyes removed.

The Hero: Vic, Theo, Paris, Sie and Korban - The Iron Incubi MC. They are supes (supernaturals), each of them is an Incubus, which are near the top of the supernatural food chain. They have a glamour and look human, but they look monstrous in their real forms, much larger with horns and a tail.
Vic - The president of the Iron Incubi, he comes from a long line of wealthy incubi. His mansion is the MC clubhouse.
Theo - He is the doctor of the MC. He is a nice guy who likes a bit of bondage.
Paris - He is a flirt and a playboy. He is possessive and intelligent. He could kill a room full of people without any trouble.
Sie - He is big and broody. He has a problem with feeding (including sex) lately and thinks he might be going feral.
Korban (a.k.a. Kor) - he is huge, muscular, mean and grumpy. He is a fighter and is Vic’s Lieutenant.

The Story: Jane has always moved from place to place whenever her stalkers get near, but this time she decides to try something different. She goes to a bar where the Iron Incubi MC hangs out and asks them to help her with the stalkers. She exchanges a necklace that she got from her mother and gets them to promise to help her.

I really liked this story; it was quite different than anything I read before. I liked the autism angle mostly because when I think of autism, I think of little kids with autism. This was a good look at an adult with ASD. She is actually pretty normal most of the time and can mask her symptoms for the most part when she is around other people. However, certain things set her off more than others, she rarely makes eye contact with people, and she has trouble with certain cues and always feels like she is different and separate from everyone else.

I also hadn’t read anything before about incubi. They were a different breed of supernatural than anything I had read about before. They feed off human women but, in this world, they have to follow the laws set by the fae. They can’t just feed from any women but have to sign three-year contracts with the women they feed from. They feed off the sexual energy of the females, so they have to have intimate contact with the woman to feed and the women get off on it like they are drugged. They get a high off of it and are dazed afterwards.

This audiobook was done in dual points of view via dual narration. It was narrated by Stephen Dexter and Lia Langola. These two narrators did a terrific job. Lia Langola has a youthful sounding voice that was perfect for Jane and Stephen Dexter is fantastic at doing different voices for different characters, so he was great for all the guys.

Disappointed

In general I was pretty disappointed. It seemed the book just drug on and wasn’t very interesting. I also hadn’t realized that this was a cliff hanger and I hate that. Very little character development in my opinion.