4.2 (1,101 ratings)

Shot in the Dark: Shot in the Dark Series, Book 1

Name: Shot in the Dark: Shot in the Dark Series, Book 1
Rating: 4.2 (1101 reviews)
Author: Mary Dublin
ISBN: B0DZ85686M

by Mary Dublin

shifters

About this book

Obey the curfew. Never cross the boundaries. Never speak to humans. For Sylvia, a fairy living in the hidden village of Elysia, these ironclad rules have always been a cage. Her defiance leads to a brush with death when she is shot by Jon and Cliff, seasoned monster hunters tasked with tracking a bloodthirsty werewolf. What begins as a harrowing captivity evolves into a desperate, magical alliance when Sylvia binds her fate to Jon’s to survive a pact with the ancient fae.

This gripping urban fantasy delivers a dark, high-stakes romance where the line between predator and prey blurs. Forced to work alongside the very men trained to destroy her kind, Sylvia discovers that the hunters are far more complex than the legends suggest. As they track a ruthless shifter through the shadows, a forbidden attraction ignites between the fairy and the monster hunter. Yet, the closer they grow, the more dangerous her secret becomes.

Perfect for fans of Supernatural and dark romantic fantasies, this story is a tense race against the full moon. With pack dynamics, found-family elements, and a heart-pounding forbidden love, the narrative explores whether enemies can truly trust one another when the fate of their worlds hangs in the balance.

Publication Date: May 25, 2026
ASIN: B0DZ85686M

Reader Reviews

For fans of Supernatural and Fern Gully

May 8, 2025

Title: Shot in the Dark Authors: Mary Dublin and Anne Kendsley Format: eBook Publisher: Winged Fables Publication Date: May 14, 2024 Themes: Fantasy, forbidden love, friends to lovers, supernatural, prejudice Trigger Warnings; Sexual content, gore, violence, loss of a parent, alcohol use, kidnapping I’m a horror girl and firmly not a fantasy fan. That being said, I LOVED EVERY WORD OF THIS BOOK! I’m a huge fan of Supernatural and it’s more than clear that the authors are too. This was like...

For fans of Supernatural and Fern Gully

May 8, 2025

](https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_avp?ie=UTF8&nodeId=G8UYX7LALQC8V9KA) Title: Shot in the Dark Authors: Mary Dublin and Anne Kendsley Format: eBook Publisher: Winged Fables Publication Date: May 14, 2024 Themes: Fantasy, forbidden love, friends to lovers, supernatural, prejudice Trigger Warnings; Sexual content, gore, violence, loss of a parent, alcohol use, kidnapping I’m a horror girl and firmly not a fantasy fan. That being said, I LOVED EVERY WORD OF...

Supernatural meets fairies romantasy

January 17, 2026

This is a great second installment to this Supernatural-meets-fairies fantasy series. The story is told from both Sylvie and Jon's point of view. Following the events of the first book, tiny fairy Sylvie continues on her adventures with monster hunters Jon and Cliff. Their search for an enchanted gemstone leads them on a series of misadventures that put their lives at stake. Meanwhile, Sylvie and Jon's friends-with-benefits relationship continues growing now that they can be together for short...

Spoilers in review. Disappointing read.

March 18, 2026

SPOILERS! Overall...this story was cute. But with all of the comparisons and hints at it being in the same vein as CW's Supernatural - I was expecting more in that regard. I felt like there was too much investment in the fairy side of things and was hoping that instead of a mark, they would have revoked her ability to return and made her...idk...human. I'm sorry to say that I got bored and couldn't finish it. I was so excited for this and it's just not what I was expecting. (Which may very well...

Supernatural meets FernGully

July 11, 2024

Shot in the Dark by Mary Dublin and Anne Kendsley is about Sylvia, a fairy who goes exploring outside of her fairy village of Elysia, which is against the rules. She regularly visits a haunted house with a friendly ghost. Upon visiting, she gets captured by some hunters. These hunters are just like hunters you'd find in the TV show series Supernatural. They're hunting something that is tearing people apart. Now I know what you're thinking, it must be dinosaurs. Like vicious raptors that time...