The New Orleans Shade Series by D.N. Hoxa

When I left my world behind, I thought I knew what to expect. I was going to bide my time and find my strength to return home and claim my House back.But Earth is far from the safe place I thought it would be.War has a different face here, but it still follows my every step. Prime necromancers are after me, and the only way I can survive them is to work with terrans who hide their secrets even better than me.The necromancers are not alone... moreWhen I left my world behind, I thought I knew what to expect. I was going to bide my time and find my strength to return home and claim my House back.But Earth is far from the safe place I thought it would be.War has a different face here, but it still follows my every step. Prime necromancers are after me, and the only way I can survive them is to work with terrans who hide their secrets even better than me.The necromancers are not alone. People who shouldn’t exist at all are hiding in plain sight. They’re determined to cross the Gateway to Gaena, and take what they claim is rightfully theirs. The only thing standing in their way is me and my new, unusual friends.And Mace.The Winter prince I left behind in Gaena, sure that I would never see him again for as long as I lived. But he’s here, and he remembers, and he’ll stop at nothing to get his revenge for what he thinks I did to him.With Hiss by my side and the New Orleans Shade alive under me, I will do whatever it takes to keep Mace safe, and to keep these strangers from taking over my world. Even if I have to pay for it with my life. less

Betrayed.Defeated.Chained.I used to be a sister, a friend, a ruler of the elflands that belonged to my family’s House. Now, I am a prisoner of the fae, my kind’s sworn enemy since the beginning of time. They put chains around me, thinking they can keep me from breaking free and taking their lives. They can’t.The only reason I stay is because I no longer need a life. My home, my family, my dignity were all taken away from me.But I have the fae. My captor... moreBetrayed.Defeated.Chained.I used to be a sister, a friend, a ruler of the elflands that belonged to my family’s House. Now, I am a prisoner of the fae, my kind’s sworn enemy since the beginning of time. They put chains around me, thinking they can keep me from breaking free and taking their lives. They can’t.The only reason I stay is because I no longer need a life. My home, my family, my dignity were all taken away from me.But I have the fae. My captor.He is every bit the man I was taught to hate, long before I knew how to love anything. To the world, he is the ruthless Winter prince who has never lost a battle against elves in his life. To me, his pain whispers other truths.He’s a prisoner in his castle just as much as I am.They sent him here to kill his soul.They sent me here to kill my body.What they didn’t see coming was that we’d find each other. And that we’d survive.***Pain Seeker is book 1 in The New Orleans Shade series, written in 2 POVs, packed with magic and fiery romance intended for mature audiences. less