Crown Me Dead: A Dark Fantasy Romance (Heartstring Duet)
Liv Zander
by Julie Kenner
When life falls apart, it’s never because of the big demons.
Kate Connor’s demon-hunting school is finally starting to find its footing—but beneath the surface, everything is threatening to unravel.
Her husband’s sudden psychic episodes keep interrupting dinner. Her daughter is torn between Mr. Tall-Dark-and-Broody and the dangerously intriguing new kid. And Kate’s marriage? Let’s just say it’s being held together with duct tape, holy water, and stubborn determination.
As if that weren’t enough, someone from Kate’s past—very much back from the dead—has resurfaced, stirring old feelings she’d long buried and raising questions she doesn’t want to answer. The timing couldn’t be worse. Or more suspicious.
With tensions rising at home and unsettling signs that something is wrong within the academy itself, Kate must untangle emotional knots and hidden threats before small cracks turn into catastrophic breaks.
Because demons may come armed with claws and fangs—but it’s the quiet details, the secrets and doubts, that do the real damage.
And if Kate doesn’t get ahead of them soon, this might be the one mess she can’t clean up.
Perfect for Readers Who Love
– Paranormal romance with suburban wit and heart
– Heroines holding everything together under impossible pressure
– Dark humor wrapped around real emotional stakes
– Slow-burn marriage tension with secrets and supernatural chaos
– Demon hunting that hits dangerously close to home
April 19, 2026
Adventures of the Demon-Hunting Soccer mom continues. Kate is badass and I love how Allie is following in her mom and dad’s footsteps! Such great characters and just an overall great series! Highly recommend! Thank you Julie! )
April 15, 2026
I love this series and I am so glad that Julie is still writing about Kate, Allie and the rest of the demon fighting gang! Great series! )
March 30, 2026
Soccer mom, Kate Connor was a demon hunter long before a certain animated movie popularized the \"profession\". It's been awhile since the last book, but author, J. Kenner, re-introduces characters and fills in the pertinent details at the start of the story. Kate and her crew, which includes her best friend, daughter, present and ex-husbands now run a secret academy to train new hunters on how to kill the paranormal demons that sometimes inhabit a human body. While she's training with her...
March 26, 2026
The Demon's In the Details Book 9 of Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom series by J. Kenner continues this series but it has been a minute since the previous book! This story starts out promising but ends kind of torn and past decisions come back to bite them in the butt. Can't wait to see where this series goes next. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. )
March 26, 2026
THE DEMON’S IN THE DETAILS is Book 9 in the DEMON HUNTING SOCCER MOM series by J Kenner. Kate Connor navigates marital tension, complications from the presence of her resurrected first husband, her second husband’s psychic episodes, and parenting, all while managing a demon hunting academy and the latest demon threat. This is a low spice, happy for now, open door, first person, dual POV (Kate and her teen daughter, Allie,) paranormal romantic suspense with tropes such as love triangle, urban...
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