Shadowlands Heat Series

A body on the floor. Lips stained silver. No trace of poison.

Detective Bridget Campbell has seen her share of strange deaths in Toronto, but this one defies every forensic test. When a second victim turns up with the same haunting mark, she knows she’s staring down a serial killer.

Her lover, Detective Moric Ashwood, recognizes the pattern from his own world—the magical realm of Estrellien. Years ago, twenty-three people were slaughtered by a poison called the Phantom’s Kiss, a toxin that kills without a trace and leaves nothing but silver on the victim’s mouth. The killer vanished before he could strike again.

Now the murders have returned, and the case forces Estrellien’s police and Toronto’s finest into an uneasy alliance. As tensions rise and old secrets resurface, the trail points to victims who are neither fully human nor fully magical.

With every lead slipping through their fingers, Bridget and Moric must untangle a conspiracy that bridges two worlds. Because the Phantom’s Kiss is back—and this time, it’s personal.

Shorter version

A body lies dead, lips stained silver—but no poison can be found.

Detective Bridget Campbell is no stranger to violent crime, but this murder defies explanation. When a second victim turns up with the same chilling mark, her lover, Detective Moric Ashwood, recognizes the work of a killer from his magical homeland—one who left a trail of corpses years ago before vanishing without a trace.

Now Toronto and Estrellien must join forces to stop the Phantom’s Kiss before the killings escalate. But the victims share a dangerous secret. To unmask a phantom, Bridget must face the shadows of both worlds—before she becomes the next target.

Drops October 31, 2025

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Twenty years ago, Detective Bridget Campbell spoke the truth—and it nearly destroyed her.
As a rookie cop, she witnessed her partner die in a gang war driven by magic. No one believed her. Declared unstable, she was forced into psychiatric care and warned never to speak of it again.

Now, a body has been found in a Toronto drug den, burned from the inside out with no trace of fire. It’s a case that defies logic—and it brings Bridget face to face with Moric Ashwood, a dangerously compelling man who claims to be a detective from a parallel world. He won’t show his badge, but he knows things no one should, and he’s not afraid to get under Bridget’s skin in more ways than one.

Moric is hunting a magical cartel that traffics in enchanted apps—digital drugs that hook non-magical users. Bridget wants nothing to do with his world—or him—but when a second body appears with unmistakable magical wounds, she has no choice but to let him in.

What begins as a grudging partnership quickly ignites into something far more volatile. Bridget and Moric clash at every turn—until the sparks between them erupt into passion neither of them can deny. But when they’re kidnapped by the very cartel they’re hunting, and only Bridget can break the magical binding holding them captive, trust becomes the most dangerous element of all.

In a city where magic hides in the shadows and desire can be deadly, Bridget must face her past, embrace the impossible… and risk everything for a man who may not belong in her world at all.