The Twice-Sold Soul: A Second-Chance Queer Fantasy Romance - Paperback
The Twice-Sold Soul: A Second-Chance Queer Fantasy Romance - Paperback
by Katie Hallahan (Author)
Fans ofBuffy and Charmed will love this queer fantasy romance set in a magical high school reunion!
What's a witch to do when her demon ex comes to call?
McKenna Ellerbeck has been running from literal demons for ten years, including her ex-girlfriend, the Archdemon of Desire Remiel Blake. When Remi finally tracks her down and demands she return to her fantastical hometown of Arcadia Commons to attend her high school reunion, McKenna wants to refuse. But she's bound by a deep debt, so like it or not, it's time to stop running.
As McKenna begrudgingly reconnects with old classmates, she learns the consequences of her disappearing act: Not only is her previously sweet baby brother now picking fights with the town's most prominent witch family, but her high school boyfriend is engaged to her class' lead mean girl, her best friend got married without McKenna there, and even more horrific are the infernal beings somehow getting past the town's magical barrier, leaving a trail of madness behind them! As it becomes clear that a much darker force is hiding in their midst, McKenna decides it's finally time to face her past and the witches, werewolves, demons, and friends she left behind.Back Jacket
I locked away my magic and ran from home for a good reason. So why am I ready to undo everything when my demon ex finally tracks me down?
You can't outrun your demons--McKenna Ellerbeck knows this all too well. She's been running from literal demons for a decade, one that will stop at nothing to take McKenna's magic for their own and one that shattered her heart by grasping for dark power. After a horrible run-in with hellhounds on the streets of Paris, McKenna is ready to hide again when she's confronted by her ex, the Archdemon of Desire Remiel Blake. Remi, the sexiest of gender-shifting demons, calls in an old debt that McKenna owes her, though unlike other deals the terms of fulfillment are simple: all she needs to do is return to her hometown of Arcadia Commons, Massachusetts, for seven days.
Disgruntled and disguised at her own insistence, McKenna returns home to the magical community, intent on simply staying in her hotel room watching pay-per-view. But with her high school reunion conveniently happening in the same hotel she's staying at--the one owned by her ex-boyfriend Bastien Lemaire--and her brother mysteriously picking fights with the town's most prominent witch family, she finds she can't stay away for long and decides it's finally time to face her past and the witches, werewolves, demons, and friends she left behind.If you miss Supernatural, True Blood, or Buffy, you'll love this sexy and magical contemporary fantasy from a marvelous new voice in fiction, Katie Hallahan!
Author Biography
Katie Hallahan is a fantasy author who loves tabletop RPGs, vampire TV shows, corgis, dabbling in nail art, and pumpkin spice everything. She has designed award-winning narrative adventure games at Phoenix Online Studios, an indie game studio she co-founded. She lives with her husband and son in Boston, Massachusetts where, shockingly, she actually uses her blinker when making turns. Katie is on Instagram, Bluesky, and Twitter at @katiehal16, on her website at katiehal.com.