As Fire Rains Down

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Price: 5.99
Print: TBA

SERIES: NA
PUBLISHER: Mischief Corner Books
RELEASE DATE: February 28, 2023
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As fire rains down on the forest, Luke finds a hurt but powerful demigod in its wake— the kind of shifter that should only exist in legend.

Forest fires around California have got everyone working overtime. Between Luke's volunteer rescue efforts as the fires rage and his keeping up with regular police duties in his sleepy hometown of Half Moon Bay, he's barely had time to eat, let alone catch some shut-eye. It doesn't help that some out-of-towners have been pressing locals to sell up because they want to turn the little oasis into a hopping tourist destination.

Half Moon Bay is a place of sanctuary for shifters like Luke, with most of the town being descended from one kind or another. It's an open secret among the locals. One they're willing to fight to protect.

But the newest flames cutting a path toward town rage hotter and fiercer than normal forest fires. Something isn't right. Finding an overpowered elk shifter in the forest as it burns down around him causes Luke even more confusion—everyone knows those kinds of shifters exist only in legend. The questions raised keep jumping the firebreaks, especially when a dark presence falls on the town and homes start burning.

This book contains shapeshifters of all kinds, a prophecy nobody wanted, discussions about mental health issues, rude gods with no patience left, and a mate with a history of running from relationships but ultimately learns he's worth loving.

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Excerpt: Prologue - Dead Gods

"What kind of shifter are you? Shift."
"What? Who are y--? No!"
"Shift. I want to know if you are strong enough this time."
"This time?"
"Yes. Now shift. I want an accurate assessment of your power."
"No."
The unnaturally large man actually threw his head back and laughed.
Luke frowned. Who was this jerk demanding him to perform like shifting was a circus trick? Luke backed up because space was necessary. He looked up at the stranger, trying hard not to waver. The domineering stance—his legs spread and hands on hips, the way this guy tilted his head back to look down his nose at Luke—all of it was designed to unnerve him.
It was working, too.
The man had a tawny-gold glow that only made him more intimidating. The power radiating off him—that was not normal. Not in the slightest.
Who was this man? Or rather, what? Luke continued to back up.
The smile that spread across his lips did more to frighten Luke than anything. That, that was not kind. Terrifying. Absolutely, positively terrifying. The man stalked back into his space, a hand already around Luke's throat.
"Shift," he murmured. "Know your betters."
"How so?" Luke snapped back, a growl reverberating from his chest.
The man's lips curled on one side into a cruel smirk. "A predator. Good."
"Fuck you."
"No, I do not take lowly little shifters like you. I do not want to answer to your mate, or is it mates? Friends? One, both? Enemies? Which will it be this time? The cords between the three of your destinies still holds tight."
Another growl escaped Luke, but before he could retort, pain erupted through him.
The man tsked. "Why must you three always choose the hard way?"
Luke roared as his lynx was pulled to the forefront.
The man's smile widened. "Good. Most excellent. This will do. I am tired of these cycles. The ebb and flow, never breaking free from its chains. My brothers and sisters can feel how weak the barrier is. It is at its most vulnerable state for the first time in centuries. The time to strike is now. You and the others have failed us too many times. Do your job properly, little shifter. Maybe we will let you live."
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Luke bolted upright in bed, sweat pouring off his body, shaking profusely. The sheets gathered around his waist as he rubbed his hand over his head and face. The nightmare he'd been having, slowly getting longer each time, shaking him worse than ever before. What the what? Who was? What? Mate? He'd lost his chance at a mate a long time ago. He didn't think the nonexistent gods would hand him a chance at another in this life.
Whomever was invading his dreams needed to go away and never come back.
Luke shuddered at the idea of someone that powerful ever stepping foot in his sleepy tourist town.