Nightshade

Nightshade Duology, Book 1

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: Falling may be my only saving grace.

©2021 Keri Lake (P)2023 Podium Audio

Yes yes yeeeeeesssssssss

Definitely worth a credit/purchase! This was so good!!! Voice and story. It was rather long but never felt like it was babbling on and on. I was fully invested the whole time.

My life, my soul…

Just wow. I left my heart and soul in this book. I love Keri Lake and oh man did she deliver. I am jumping right into Infernium. A must read, add to your TBR right now!

well written!

at first, the shifting between chapters, characters, and time was disjointed to me; I hate having to go back to a chapter to remind me of what's happened. but it made more sense as the story progressed and the chapters melted into one storyline. it's an amazing tale, with some very graphic murder scenes, and just enough hot scenes. the author has created a very detailed world with interesting characters and plot twists all around.

Loved It (:

Absolutely loved the story here, the switch from past to present kept me so engaged, it didn't feel like a 20 hour long book. The narrators were also amazing, I usually get annoyed when the female voices the male characters in her chapters and vice versa, but the female narrator was so good it didn't bother me at all (the male is also incredible)

Enjoyable

This book is like wonderland and dark romance had a nephlim baby. The romance is slow burn and the multiple stories and timelines are woven perfectly together.