Kory M Shrum
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Book 2 of the Dying for a Living fantasy seriesAfter 83 deaths, Jesse Sullivan knows how to die. As a Necronite, she is one of the population's rare 2% who can serve as a death replacement agent, dying so others don't have to. But using her NRD to save lives is why she's being hunted. For Ally Gallagher, death is permanent. If she fails to protect Jesse again, there will be no third attempt. After a quiet year the signs of serious danger have returned....
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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...
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Kory Shrum's writing is smart, imaginative, and insanely addictive! You will NOT regret reading it!"-Darynda Jones, NY Times Bestselling Author of the Charley Davidson SeriesAs he counts down the days until he dies, veteran detective James T. Brinkley struggles to keep his imminent death a secret, from one of the only people who can save him - Jesse Sullivan, a replacement agent with the rare ability to die-then resurrect. But every replacement is...
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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...
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Humanity moved on, but no dark secrets can be left behind...Kal Haven only has weeks to live. What he thought was a minor infection turned out to be a death sentence. Before he can process the news, his old buddy begs a favor. He needs Kal to come to Earth with his ship and retrieval crew and help move Dracula's famed castle off-world. Earth is a shell of its former self. Everything of value has been sold to the highest bidder. Dracula's Castle will...
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From bestselling author Kory M. Shrum, a vampire anthology for the centuries. Drink up these nine novellas and short stories and indulge in a world where darkness and desire intertwine, where immortal beings roam, and where the line between good and evil blurs. In the novella "Thirst," explore a futuristic world where water scarcity drives humanity to desperate measures. In "Blood & Castles," embark on an interstellar journey where humanity has ventured...
7) Blood Rain
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In this 11th installment of the bestselling Shadows in the Water series, Louie Thorne proves she is still the "indelible protagonist" (Kirkus Reviews) readers know and love. The success of Konstantine's underworld empire is secured by the loyalty of his brother-in-arms, Stefano. But when Stefano's sister is murdered, and Stefano himself goes missing, Konstantine suspects that a new up-and-coming rival is to blame. And there is no shortage of gangsters...
8) Dying Breath
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Kory M. Shrum
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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....
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This box set collection includes books 4-6 in the Shadows in the Water series: Carnival, Devil's Luck, and What Comes Around. When DEA agent Jack Thorne's house is stormed by vengeful drug lords, both he and his wife are shot dead. Only his daughter Louie survives-by using a terrifying power that defies reason. Piecing together a life in his absence, Louie embraces her gift and her rage under the force of a single need: revenge. Now Louie uses her...
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Always wanted an urban fantasy you could control? Here is your chance.
A young woman is dumped by her fiancé of three-years. Longing for a new life, she takes a job in Castle Cove, a seemingly perfect town nestled between beautiful pine forests and the sea. Only Castle Cove isn't what it seems. Each choice you make as you read this interactive novel will reveal Castle Cove's secrets and dark history. But, beware: you can find adventure, power, romance...
11) Blade Born
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One young woman tries to save the world-or at least, the person she loves the most-from demons, old magic, family secrets, and cutthroat witches fighting for political power. Amelia Bishop is the last witch born to a powerful house. Raised by her kooky aunts, in a world where demons hunt witches for their magic, it's the responsibility of the strongest magic-wielders to fight the beasts who dare cross the border between Earth and Hell. Hunters like...
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Two phone calls. One mysterious death. This is a true story. On July 4, 2020 Kory received two phone calls. One from her uncle, saying her mother was found dead in her bedroom from an overdose. A second from a homicide detective saying he believes it was murder-and her uncle is the suspect. Now Kory wants to find the truth about what happened to her mother. But sifting through the conflicting details and compelling evidence turns out to be a hell...
13) Dying Light
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Kory M. Shrum
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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...
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This boxset includes the first three novels in the Dying for a Living series, for one lower price. BooksDying Light (Book 4) and Worth Dying For (Book 5) are not included. Called "addictive" by New York Times Bestseller Darynda Jones, fans of contemporary and urban fantasy will enjoy seeing snarky Sullivan resist the mantle of hero when called upon to save the world. Description of Dying for a Living (Book 1)On the morning before her 67th death, it...
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Blood. Bones. And the catacombs. In Paris, a renowned art historian is found dead in her bathtub with a fatal stab wound in her gut, leaving the authorities to question if it was a suicidal publicity stunt-or murder. Then an Algerian student goes missing and Louie finds her bones in the catacombs. Konstantine, notorious leader of a Florentine gang, does what he can to assist Louie in her search-until he is asked to choose between his loyalty to her...
16) Worth Dying For
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Kory M. Shrum
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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...
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This box set includes the first three novels in the Shadows in the Water series: Shadows in the Water, Under the Bones, and Danse Macabre.
Meet Louie Thorne. They didn't kill her--and they'll soon regret it.
When DEA agent Jack Thorne's house is stormed by vengeful drug lords, both he and his wife are shot dead. Only his daughter Louie survives--by using a terrifying power that defies reason.
Piecing together a life in his absence, Louie embraces...
18) Overkill
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Louie Thorne is "an indelible protagonist" (Kirkus Reviews), and she's back in this seventh installment of the bestselling Shadows in the Water series. The phone rings in the middle of the night and Konstantine knows the news will be bad even before he answers it. When his childhood friend begs for his help in finding his missing daughter, Konstantine recruits Louie Thorne and her unique talents to locate the girl. But the search for the girl takes...
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Sometimes revenge is the road to salvation.
Louie Thorne understands this. When her parents were brutally shot dead in their home, Louie found the strength to go on only by armoring herself with the quest for vengeance. She found the criminals that took everything from her--and ended their lives--despite what it cost her.
So when fellow huntress Diana Dennard crosses Louie's path, in pursuit of a dangerous pedophile, Louie refuses to interfere....
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This complete boxset includes all seven of the Amazon bestselling Dying for a Living novels: Dying for a Living, Dying by the Hour, Dying for Her: A Companion Novel, Dying Light, Worth Dying For, Dying Breath and Dying Day.
On the morning before her 67th death, it is business as usual for agent Jesse Sullivan: meet with the mortician, counsel soon-to-be-dead clients, and have coffee while reading the latest regeneration theory. Jesse dies for a living,...