Population
My book baby, Lord of Population first existed as Population and Saltlands (published in 2015-2016), and this is still the book I hold closest to my heart.
Top 10 in its categories and top 460 on Amazon, this book continues to be one of my top sellers, despite its original publication date originally being over a decade ago now. A genre mashup where post-apocalyptic dystopian romance meets scifi aliens meets dark fantasy vampires. You are guaranteed an awkward heroine, better with fists than her words and a surprising antihero who wants everything from her. Blood. Body. Heart.
Lord of Population
*She thinks she can steal from me, the little human. Adorable. I can't decide what will be more fun – the hunt, or what I will do to her when I catch her. And I will catch her. There is nowhere she can run.* Abel was of perfectly sound body and mind when she looted the Other's corpse. He looked dead. Wait. Did he just smirk up at her? No. Definitely not... Hiding out in an abandoned townhouse, Abel doesn't expect to hear that same bloodsucking alien come knocking on her door or that, when trouble finds them, he might stand at her back, rather than stab her through it. But when he offers to help her cross the ruined world of Population, Abel knows better than to believe him. Because when he looks at her, it's with a hunger that seems to go beyond the taste of her blood and, when he asks for payment, he requires the one thing she can't give up. Her trust. *Run all you like, little human. The sword you carry won't be enough to stop me from coming for you. You're mine. Blood. Body. Heart.*
Trigger Warnings
Blood, battles, violence, explicit sex, mention of off-page SA, threats of SA, non-con/dub-con, kidnapping, SA trauma, on-page death, torture, Black FMC whipped by white male antagonist
Monster in the Oasis
*I can see his scars, but he thinks all I can see are his scars. I see more. The fighter, the sword, the shield and I'm convinced that the only monstrous thing about him is the way he watches me. Like I'm something to be devoured.* Surviving the brutality of Population wasn't on Diego's f***ing bucket list. But when a merry band of scavengers peels him off of the side of the road, patches him up and insists he join their mixed human-Other community, he's got no choice. Well, he had a choice, but that was before he followed the prettiest d**n human he's ever seen into the woods, fought her and...lost. Because when she gives him the choice of hurting her, hunting her or helping her, he finds it inexplicably difficult to do the first two, even though that's all Population ever taught him. Gangs are after her and, out here in the ruins, there are no guardian angels. So he’ll help her. He’ll be her guardian monster. In Population, all monsters are born with claws. *I'm going to free him from his demons. I just have to escape the demons who want to use me for their ritual sacrifice, first.*
Trigger Warnings
Violence, blood, scarring, torture, off-page SA, physical and emotional abuse, explicit sex, extremely morally grey MMC, kidnapping, SA trauma, battles
Immortal with Scars
*He's the oldest of his kind. Terrifying. I'm human, insignificant, scared and scarred. It shouldn’t be too hard to escape his notice. But wait…why is he walking over here? He…wants to dine with me. No. He must want more…* Justice dealer of the seven regions, Lahve is tasked with maintaining order. His focus should be on that, not on a female who is too young for him by several hundred lifetimes. She has been scarred by this world and Lahve cannot undo her past. She wants to be left alone, but he cannot do that, either. Because when enemy gangs move to overtake their community, he needs her help to track them into Population and cut them off. She fears recapture, but how can he make her understand that he is the most powerful creature in this world and he will slaughter any who venture too close? Because she is the only human who has ever made him feel what he’s never felt: Human. And, if she does not agree to help him hunt down their shared enemies, humanity itself may be lost. *He looks at me like I'm crazy when I show up to dinner with...expectations, because he has expectations, too... like helping him save the world.*
Trigger Warnings
Violence, blood, explicit sex, SA trauma, off-page SA, on-page threat of SA, dismemberment/gore, prostitution, off-page torture, large age-gap, gang violence, blood, PTSD, attempted SA, battles
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Cover design by Regina Wamba www.reginawamba.com
Artwork for art prints by Ioana Muresan @ioanamuresanart
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