The Last Thorn

The Key

Roxie Vale never asked to be the chosen one. She just wanted to run her dive bar, sling tequila to drunk locals, and avoid commitment—romantic or magical. But when a vampire with cheekbones sharp enough to kill walks into her bar and tells her she’s been marked by ancient blood magic, her life takes a sharp turn into oh-hell-no territory.

Now demons are crashing through windows, cults are chanting her name, and every supernatural faction in the city wants a piece of her. Too bad Roxie’s not in the mood to be anyone’s vessel, sacrifice, or prophecy.

Enter Darian Thorne. The dark, brooding, and cursed vampire prince who swears he can protect her—if she’ll let him. The problem is, Darian’s curse makes falling in love a literal death sentence. And Roxie? She’s the first person to make him feel alive in centuries.

With her sharp tongue, ironwood bat, and an inconvenient attraction to the infuriating vampire at her side, Roxie is about to discover that being marked doesn’t mean being owned. It means fighting back. It means burning down fate itself. It means trusting, when the very thing has never come easy to her.

But if she and Darian can survive the blood cults, betrayals, and the sizzling chemistry between them, they might just rewrite a prophecy older than the city itself.

The Key is book one in a sarcastic, action-packed fantasy romance series. Each book in this series is written for readers interested in "quick reads." Meaning, they are shorter in length compared to the average novel. This book is perfect for fans of sarcastic heroines, slow-burn paranormal romance, and urban fantasy worlds full of danger, heat, and sharp-edged banter.

A Great Supernatural Listen!

This audiobook was a lot of fun to listen to. Lives are on the line, the world in one witches hands, love is brewing between vampire and witch, and an ex (a werewolf) is in the mix, too. The heat is on, both to save the world from an ancient bloodmage cult trying to steal magic and between two particular characters, sarcasm is high, wh I loved, and betrayal might ruin their entire plan. This book is a novella style short listen (maybe 2.5 hrs), that leads into another book. There is minor swearing, nothing heavy and it's not sexually explicit. The virtual voice was better than some of the others I've listened to before it, too.