A cruel bishop. An ancient weapon. An ultimatum.

Violet's mind begins to unravel in the Bishop's secluded mansion, where she is tortured by the mysterious General Scarth.

It's only a matter of time before she gives in to the Bishop's demands, but how much is she prepared to sacrifice along the way? And why is Albert stalling their escape?

When the full moon rises, the grounds once used by the Mouldering Duke for his infamous werewolf hunts loom before Violet in a game of survival.

And the howling begins...

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Forged by Angel & Hellfire is book 4 of Not the Same River, which follows Violet as she goes from gobby orphan to gobby warrior in this six-book series.

This book features a blood club owning succubus, a legendary vaewolf, and an archangel who definitely wasn't at the nativity.

A romantic well-demon. A tenacious trans man. A love story for every bloom.

On the run from an arranged marriage, Bram escapes London with his best friend and a vampire protector. But in order to make sure nobody follows, Bram resorts to drastic measures to erase his past identity.

Oliver is mystified when the one he loves disappears without a trace, but when he meets Bram, he's certain the young man will help him overcome his heartache. In fact, there's something very familiar about the way Bram feels in his arms.

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This is a companion tale to Two Souls & a Pocket Watch (AKA Victorian Vampire Daddy) and follows approximately the same timeline. It's NOT a standalone, and Two Souls & a Pocket Watch should be read first. This book features a pregnancy, romantic pining, and fun times in the folly.

A clumsy nephilim. A vampire necromancer. The best pickpocket in all of London.

Vampire daddies are all the rage, but Armando Rose really doesn't want one.

He's always been too pretty for his own good, but when a friend inconveniently dies, leaving him with a child to take care of, he assumes he'll suddenly become less desirable to the undesirable men of the underground—a fact which would've suited him eminently, thank you very much.

But he assumes wrong.

His new charge is already the best pickpocket in London at seven years old, and there is no shortage of men willing to exploit her.

Now, the Thames is alive with corpses thanks to the vengeful machinations of Jack Wish, who wants Cecilia's nimble fingers and Armando's body for himself. As a nephilim with two souls, Armando is corpse food. Unable to tap into his powers due to his father's refusal to acknowledge him, he is forced to seek out something he never has...]]> Sat, 03 Aug 2024 12:41:15 +0300 https://historical.library.land/inka-york/719350-no_good_comes_when_you_dig_up_the_dead.html https://historical.library.land/inka-york/719350-no_good_comes_when_you_dig_up_the_dead.html
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A hunted portrait. A twisted duke. An embarrassing crush.

When a hunted portrait arrives at the priory for safekeeping, Violet makes a disturbing discovery or two about her immortal neighbour. And an unwelcome one about herself.

As the resourceful Penhaligons try to figure out what's so special about the painting, a sinister duke makes a bold move in his bid to claim it. But the painting is not the only thing he's after.

Can Violet and the Penhaligons outwit the duke and bargain their way to victory? Or will they learn that they're not the only ones with betrayal in mind?

Of Blood and Oil is book 3 of Not the Same River, which follows Violet as she goes from gobby orphan to gobby warrior in this six-book series.

This book features a vampire who doesn't know where his trousers are, a stray nephilim, and judgemental goats.

A missing archive. A list of potential bloodborns. An assassin who's finally stepping into the light.

In the aftermath of Fane's vicious games, Violet is in desperate need of training.

But she gets more from the nephilim tasked with training her than combat skills. Between the training warehouse, the recovered portrait of Radnor Harding, and the acid-laced tales of a takeaway owner, an intricate tapestry of secrets unravels—the kind of knowledge the archangels keep Violet in the dark about.

Like the location of the coveted Bloodborn Archive, Fane's list of potential bloodborn vampires, one of whom lurks closer to home than anyone expected, and the identity of the mysterious assassin with the red sleeve—his grace... the ghost in the mirror.

What does he want with her? And why is he coming for her now?

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This book features the worst possible audience to Violet's love life, a gold Ford Capri with a mind of...]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:30:10 +0200 https://historical.library.land/inka-york/679910-from_tangled_roots_come_twisted_wings.html https://historical.library.land/inka-york/679910-from_tangled_roots_come_twisted_wings.html

When the river rises, there'll be blood on my hands.

The Penhaligons are tracking the coven as they wreak havoc abroad—creating new vaewolves, attracting wraiths, building an army.

Violet knows this: an attack will come when the river rises.

What she doesn't know is why. The tree tapestry Mara spent a century seeking is the key, but the Penhaligons are running out of time to discover what it unlocks.

When the coven returns to England, bigger and stronger than ever, it's not long before allegiances are tested, throwing Violet's tentative relationship with her sister into doubt.

When the river rises, Violet must fight for her life, but in the midst of battle, sacrifices will always be made, and her best friend is changed forever.

Hell is here, and she brought friends.

From Tangled Roots Come Twisted Wings is book 2 of Not the Same River, a six-book series that follows Violet...]]> Tue, 11 Apr 2023 13:31:03 +0300 https://historical.library.land/inka-york/681461-cadence_of_truth.html https://historical.library.land/inka-york/681461-cadence_of_truth.html

A badly behaved plague. The Serpent Girl. The Bloodborn King.

As I wrangle my latest bequest into behaving itself and come to terms with Albert's fate, Cascade finally comes knocking. And after making an unfortunate first impression on my new boss, I'm forced into facing down my nightmares.

But as the archangel clans build, so do Fane's forces, fulfilling prophecies old and new, and leading the way into a battle foretold long ago. Because like Michael says, the truth will come for you whether you believe it or not.

And sometimes, it will fall into the palm of your hand.

Cadence of Truth features an abandoned prison in a cursed chair, a nightmare in the London Underground, some atrocious artwork, and the wedding you've been waiting for.

This is the final book of Not the Same River, a series in the Cascade Apocrypha storyworld. This series should be read in order.

Frustrated by the sluggish progress and bureaucratic constraints at Cascade, a band of violent femmes goes rogue.

Talked into tossing out the rule book by her knife-smuggling vampire wife, chapter leader Silver Abrecan, a demon of regrettable lineage, teams up with the world's only female vaewolf, and a whirlwind-fast nephilim. Together, they stalk the men who make London unsafe for women at night.

Abel Ruskin has been building his empire for decades. He deals in two things: weapons and women. The Furies, they don't like that. But as fast as they shut down one operation, another springs up in its place. All the while, Ruskin remains elusive, pulling strings from afar.

A lucky break brings the Furies within spitting distance of Ruskin himself and the secret he's been hiding all these years.

But Ruskin is about to learn there's nowhere to hide when the Furies are at the gate.

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This standalone story is set in London in...]]> Thu, 30 May 2024 12:10:47 +0300 https://historical.library.land/inka-york/627005-a_storm_of_paper_starlings.html https://historical.library.land/inka-york/627005-a_storm_of_paper_starlings.html

What if the ordinary family you crave isn't ordinary at all?

When an accident lands Violet in hospital, her mundane life in a London children's home is disrupted by relatives she's never heard of—the Penhaligons—and a mysterious visitor who disappears into the night after claiming he's the father of the twin sister she never knew she had.

With her long-lost sister, Amethyst, to find, Violet turns to her new family for help. But the Penhaligons are far from ordinary.

Power and magic lurk at the priory, Violet's new home in the Oxfordshire countryside, and she learns fast that nothing is ordinary there, least of all the hostile new neighbours—a coven of vampires, vaewolves, and demons.

As Violet grapples with family secrets, four powerful new brothers, and latent abilities of her own, Amethyst and the man who raised her find themselves in mortal danger—a danger that draws Violet and her family into a battle to...]]> Fri, 09 Dec 2022 15:16:37 +0200 https://historical.library.land/inka-york/684898-secrets_at_the_door.html https://historical.library.land/inka-york/684898-secrets_at_the_door.html

The secrets aren't at the door. They're already in the house.

Betsy's reluctance to lead the Merryweather coven puts her entire family in danger, and with an injured vampire showing up on their doorstep and a bloodborn harvest to resurrect, they can't afford mistakes.

When the coven is targeted on neighbouring Castle land, the only reliable witness is a young girl found hiding in the family mausoleum. But the girl is not what she seems.

Lotus is a secret keeper with a bind on her tongue. When one of the Merryweathers finds her unconscious in the woods, Betsy helps Lotus unravel her tongue, slowly learning the terrible truth about what her coven has been harbouring for years.

This book features a fat, bee-keeping lesbian vampire, a pansexual well-demon in need of a haircut, and romantic elements (f/f & m/nonbinary). Although this book is a standalone, it features characters from the Not the Same River series, so reading both will...]]> Tue, 30 May 2023 12:10:48 +0300 https://historical.library.land/inka-york/666985-puddles_in_the_pavement.html https://historical.library.land/inka-york/666985-puddles_in_the_pavement.html

What horrors lurk in the puddles in the pavement?

Archangels Uriel and Bel investigate when a distraught lady's fiancé falls into a puddle and doesn't come out. But he's not the only one to be dragged into mysterious depths.

Foul games are afoot in Victorian London, where a well-demon is turned loose from his underground prison with one mission: to collect victims for the torturous games of an idle, immortal duke.

When a single victim from each hunt is returned to their home, word spreads of a deadly wolf, who speaks with the voice of God, striking a new fear into the heart of London.

Why was Lady Emilia's fiancé taken when he has nothing in common with the other puddle-snatched men? How can Uriel and Bel get him back? And where is that awful singing coming from?

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This book features a duke with terrible table manners, a Home Secretary with a questionable...]]> Tue, 14 Nov 2023 08:51:20 +0200