AimeeLynn

When Kate, a recovering addict, meets handsome, bad-boy Aiden, her resolve to stay sober lasts only until he tempts her with the Spellbinding: an intoxicating magic. But Aiden's ex-best-friend, Chase, won't stop warning Kate that Aiden is a Shade--a dangerous sorcerer. 

When Kate naively agrees to initiate into the Shades, and is compelled to do evil to those she loves, it's Chase who saves her life, and Aiden who threatens it--but still swears his love for her.

Trapped in an ancient conflict between light and dark power, and good and evil men, will Kate give in to the dark allure of Aiden and his power despite the cost? Or will she choose the strong but gentle Chase, turning them both into targets for every dark magician in the modern world?

CONTENT WARNING: Demonic creatures, occult magic/rituals, language, sexual situations.

Cover Image is copyright (c) 2022 AimeeLynn

They Both Love Me, But One is a Devil

Because of where Aiden parked when we arrived, the ocean is at my back when I open the passenger door. Before I drop into the seat, the roar of the crowd still on the sand overwhelms the boom and crash of the waves, and the thumping wind.


I turn to look back and feel the weight of this night.


The night's turned cloudy. With the moon behind them, the clouds create a gray haze of a sky, light enough to turn the beach silver and black. Slate-gray sand, quicksilver waves, black bodies. Only the fire is a hot splash of orange and yellow, mostly obscured by silhouettes jostling, weaving, shifting on the dark landscape. From this vantage point, even the boulder in the water seems to move under a lick of flame.


Aiden's in the driver's seat, gripping the wheel, staring at me with the intensity of a nocked arrow. With a final glance over my shoulder to the beach, I slide into the passenger seat and close the door behind me with shaking hands.


36. That Uneasy Feeling