Always wanted to prove you wouldn't die in the horror film? Here is your chance.Bartender Reese is asked to use her special abilities to investigate a murder in Castle Cove.But is it murder or bad luck? After all, Castle Cove teens have a peculiar rite of passage. On their eighteenth birthday, they must swim 800 feet from Hunter's Beach to Heart's Rock, under the watchful gaze of the moon. It's a dangerous feat in nighttime waters.And if the sirens guarding the cove catch swimmers in their territory, the price for sparing their life is very high indeed.But in the course of her investigation, Reese suspects the sirens aren't the real problem. An older, darker magic is in town…This is a choice-path novel allowing you to decide the direction of the story. However, if you are not interested in making choices, there is also an "Author's Choice" in the back of the book which reads as a traditional novel and is full-length.*This book does contain explicit sex. However, those choices are clearly labeled and can be avoided by selecting another path*

It takes a killer to stop a killer.Retired DEA agent Robert King has a thriving PI business in New Orleans—and one promise to keep. He must help his niece, Louie, use her supernatural abilities to rid the world of monsters, without becoming a monster herself. But King plays by the rules of law and order, and Louie does not.So when Louie discovers a serial killer who is actively hunting a young woman, King knows he has only one chance to keep his promise to his dead wife. He must convince Louie to take the man alive and seek justice for the families he's already destroyed.Melandra Durand has worked hard for the life she has. As the owner of an occult shop in the French Quarter, her days were filled with palm readings and souvenir sales until an unorthodox PI moved in next door. It doesn't help that King employs a dangerous young woman who attracts dangerous company—jeopardizing both Mel's safety and sanity. 

Enemies make the best allies. Louie Thorne is good at one thing: killing. She knows peace only when she kills and this relentless thirst drives her to hunt the world's worst crime lords. But when her cancer-stricken aunt makes a dying wish, Louie is torn between her own dark nature and a promise made to the only family she has left. Enter Konstantine, illegitimate son of the crime lord who killed Louie's family, and now the leader of the Ravengers—a ruthless crime faction from Florence's underworld. He didn't rise to power without making enemies and now one of those enemies has made Konstantine the most hunted man alive. Konstantine's only hope of reclaiming his throne is to trust the woman who wants him dead...Under the Bones is the second novel in the Shadows in the Water series. You do not have to read them in order to enjoy them, but it is recommended.Scroll up and one-click your copy to enjoy...

Is it still revenge if you kill the innocent?Fast, furious, and with an iron will—Louie Thorne is the woman they fear. Crime lords the world over go to great lengths to escape her retribution. But with her terrifying gift and relentless drive, there is nowhere in the world they can hide.For Lou it's personal. When her father was murdered by drug lords, Lou survived not only because of her supernatural ability to be anywhere at any time, but because she found a reason to live: revenge. She vowed to destroy those who carelessly destroyed the lives of others.Yet Lou's freedom to exact these plans lies in her anonymity. She kills without repercussions because she is little more than a ghost haunting the dark underbelly of the world.Until a young reporter desperate for the story of a lifetime starts to unravel the mystery of Louie Thorne and threatens to expose Lou to the light…Praise for the Shadows in the Water...

Join Lou and the team as they take on their most sinister opponents yet. One Foot in the Grave is the tenth installment of the bestselling Shadows in the Water series.Louie Thorne uses her incredible gift to save two children, children who are far from ordinary. Unwilling to trust her with their secrets, Lou struggles to discover who they were running from and why.As she searches for answers, she uncovers a cold case long buried. The story of a serial killer never captured. Someone ruthless enough to enter twenty homes and brutally murder the parents before abducting their infant children.If Lou has found two of the missing kids, does that mean the other children are still alive? And can Lou save them before their time runs out?Meanwhile, private investigator Robert King takes a case he knows he shouldn't. But when a desperate mother begs for his help, he can't turn her away. Still, it's hard to believe her story about satanists and dark magic,...

In the wake of her handler's death, Jesse has never felt more alone. Her best friend is distracted by a new love. Her mentor Rachel is missing and her boyfriend Lane isn't returning her calls.Worse, a Necronite with the ability to heal any wound wants to kill Jesse and absorb her power of pyrokinesis.With little to hold her to Nashville, Jesse agrees to work as a freelance agent for Jeremiah Tate, a pharmaceutical tycoon in Chicago. Together they plot revenge against Caldwell, the mastermind responsible for the genocide of over 100,000 Necronites worldwide.When Jeremiah fails to dominate Jesse and her pyrokinesis, tensions escalate, dividing Jesse from her allies.Then Caldwell gives Jesse an ultimatum she cannot refuse.

A supernatural suspense novel about a snarky anti-heroine and her motley crew trying to stop the unstoppable. The fifth novel in the popular Dying for a Living series, Worth Dying For picks up two months after the events of Dying Light. The gang is in New York and much to Jesse’s surprise, they are all still alive. Jesse, Ally, Rachel, Gideon and Maisie have managed to stay off of Caldwell’s radar for months. But when your enemy can control minds and teleport, there isn’t a safe place in the world where you can hide. They have a plan for stopping his genocidal reign, but it will require a 2500-mile road trip to Cochise, Arizona, the abandoned military base where it all began. **Review "Kory M. Shrum's writing is smart, imaginative, and insanely addictive! I have begun to think of her books as my Kory Krack. I beg of you to pick them up. You will NOT regret it!" -Darynda Jones, New York Times bestselling author of the Charley Davidson series  "Sexy, snarky, and supernaturally fantastic! This one has it all!" - Angela Roquet, acclaimed author of the Lana Harvey, Reapers Inc. series From the Author Author's suggested reading order: Dying for a Living Dying by the Hour Dying for Her: A Companion Novel Dying Light Worth Dying For

"I always knew I was going to die. I just didn't know it was going to be today."Maisie won't live to see her seventeenth birthday. Her mother and sister are locked in a war over the world, and Maisie is stuck between them. She must decide if she will join her sister's cause, or defend her mother. In the face of her mother's demands, Maisie doubts herself and what she truly wants. But her only alternative is to be murdered by the person she loves most.Jesse wants to find her father's body and finish him before he can resurrect. If she succeeds she will save millions, if not billions, of lives. But first, Jesse must defeat the woman protecting him.Will Maisie stand with her? Or fight by her mother's side?One decision will make all the difference in the world.

"Startling character turns (including a double cross or two)...psychological damage, and sufficient material to ignite a series." --Kirkus ReviewsLouie Thorne was born with a dangerous gift and a reason to fear the darkness. But when her parents are murdered by the mafia, embracing her power is the only way to exact her revenge. She will destroy the men who destroyed her family--no matter the cost.Robert King is a retired agent, and knows trouble when he sees it. First, an old partner asks King to use his connections and skills to investigate a suspicious case. Then an old flame begs a favor. By the time, Louie enters the picture, King will be lucky to survive the night.Fast-paced action, suspenseful tension, and unforgettable characters--there's everything thriller fans could want in this first installment.Scroll up and claim your copy this "dark thrill ride" today.

She was the hero. Now she is the enemy.Jesse Sullivan has defeated her father and saved the world from his malevolence. But as the beloved face of The Unified Church, his death has made him a martyr and she is once again public enemy number one.Yet it isn't the countless government agencies and freelance assassins hunting her that she should fear. It is the entity powerful enough to reclaim what she has stolen and make our world its own.Scroll up and purchase your copy of this riveting conclusion to the Dying for a Living series.