Crown Me Dead: A Dark Fantasy Romance (Heartstring Duet)
Liv Zander
by Colette Rhodes
Selene cares about three things in life.
Her prestigious position as Lieutenant of the Guard that very few of the elite at Court feel she deserves. Her beloved sister and niece: humiliating reminders of her humble origins. Her penchant for rare and expensive dining—a status symbol and marker of the success she's attained.
Austin only cares about one thing in life: Music.
But Austin's rockstar dreams never came true, and the bottom of the bottle isn't giving him the answers he's searching for. Maybe, just maybe, a prickly Shade with a secret wild side will.
Gula is the third book in the Shades of Sin series, featuring humans and their not-quite-so-human partners. For mature listeners.
July 28, 2024
Loved this story! I hope there are more male hunter and female Shade stories in the future because this one was so good! I enjoyed seeing things through a female Shade's POV. Great character development and you really get to know both of them. Austin' s character and personality are great. He was funny and carefree but you learned he was more than just charming and good looking. I loved Selene's character too. She was protective of Austin and he was totally secure and okay with it which I...
November 30, 2023
This was a Shade/Hunter love story about two individuals who grew up on opposite sides of the social spectrum. One raised in wealth, one raised in poverty. Each worked their lives to make something worthwhile of themselves. Austin is a hunter who became unhappy with his life and on one drunken night he decided to leave the human realm for the Shade realm. These stories are monster smut with a real story. Each book is a standalone but work towards telling the same story using different...
December 23, 2023
I was drawn to this because the heroine is the monster and has a traditionally male job of being a palace guard. The hero is a golden retriever and needs her protection which was funny. Interesting world building as well. )
October 13, 2023
The deadly and lovely Selene gets a human of her own in this installment of the series. Selene is a trust guard in the Shade Kings army. She's resilient, tough and has earned her place with intelligence and hard work. She's lonely but she comes from a lower social class and finds it hard to make connections with other shades that look down on her. Her loneliness stops when she's out in have of the only male ex hunter to come to the land of the Shade. Austin never wanted to be a hunter all he...
May 5, 2025
I loved getting to read a female shade and male human relationship. Selena is a great character and I loved getting to know her, and Austin was cute. )
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