GRITTY BRITISH URBAN FANTASY
by A.M Bennett
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NEW TO RAVENHOLT?
Start at the beginning
with the prequel novella,
The Copper Rain
Or jump straight into
the main mystery with
Brand of Dusk
Or uncover Riven's story in the novella,
The Silver Ash
The Echoes of Vaelor Series
Prequel Novella
Start at the beginning
with the prequel novella,
The Copper Rain
Book One
Or jump straight into
the main mystery with
Brand of Dusk
Novella
Or uncover Riven's story in the novella,
The Silver Ash
The Copper Rain
Prequel Novella
In Ravenholt, the rain never
cleanses the streets.
It drowns them.
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Detective Selene Rowan walks the city with a badge on her belt and a sharp pain behind her eyes. When a retired pit fighter is found dead with a shredded heart and veins filled with Scorch, the police dismiss it as a standard overdose. Selene feels the cold, sharp static of an execution.The man on the pavement carried a fortune in his pocket and a lifetime of secrets in his scars. He was the only shield standing between the predatory crime lord Anthony Graves and two brothers with nowhere left to hide.With Dane—a wolf-shifter partner who treats police procedure as a suggestion—Selene must descend into the city’s gut to break Graves’s grip. But in a place built on blood and broken promises, saving the boys requires more than police work. It requires stepping back into the shadows she knows too well.Before the dusk falls, the copper rain claims its due.PERFECT FOR FANS OF KATE DANIELS AND THE DRESDEN FILES
If you enjoy the hard-hitting magical action of Ilona Andrews or the gritty paranormal noir of Jim Butcher, this prequel novella is your perfect entry point into the alt-UK world of The Echoes of Vaelor series.WHAT TO EXPECT
Genre: Gritty Urban Fantasy / Paranormal Noir
Setting: Alt-UK / Dystopian City
Lead: Empathic Detective / Strong Female Protagonist
Partner: Grumpy Wolf-Shifter
Themes: Found Family / Magical Corruption / Mystery
Tone: Dark / Atmospheric / and fast-paced
The Copper Rain is available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited
Brand of Dusk
Book One in The Echoes of Vaelor series
Every scar tells a story.
Selene’s
screams a warning.
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Every scar tells a story. Selene’s screams a warning.Detective Selene Rowan spent her life convinced her weak magic was a defect. But when a brutal force tears through Ravenholt, draining the city's magical population, the seal beneath her scar fractures. It releases a terrifying power that paints a target on her back.The killings aren't new. Twenty years ago, the same murders bled through the city, but the case was closed before anyone answered for it. Now someone wants it gone again, and the only people with that kind of power run Highspire, the district that owns Ravenholt and everyone in it. Her own department included.To make sure this investigation goes no further than the last, they send her a consultant: Riven Ashborne, a lethal enforcer with a killer's reputation — and the right hand of the very people shutting down her case. He claims he wants the murders stopped. He also knows more about who's behind them than he's willing to say.Riven carries more than a body count. His past is buried deep enough that even Selene's instincts can't reach it, and there is something in him that answers to her in a way neither of them can explain. She knows that the moment she stops being useful, he'll cut her loose or cut her down.Her head says he's the enemy. Everything else says otherwise.PERFECT FOR FANS OF CRESCENT CITY AND HOUSE OF DEVILSIf you love a corrupt magical city, a slow-burn bond that neither lead wanted, and a heroine who uncovers a conspiracy bigger than the murders she's investigating, this dual-POV urban romantasy will drop you straight into the rain-soaked streets of Ravenholt.WHAT TO EXPECTGenre: Dark Urban Fantasy / Gritty Urban Romantasy
Setting: Rain-drenched modern city / An untouchable ruling district / Rival magical bloodlines and wolf-shifter packs
Leads: Adult leads with careers and history behind them — a detective whose power is waking, and a lethal enforcer with secrets / Dual POV
Romance: Enemies to reluctant allies to lovers / Forced proximity / Slow burn / Morally grey love interest / Touch her and die / A bond neither of them can explain / Open door romance
Plot: Magical murder investigation / Institutional corruption / Hidden heritage / Found family
Tone: Fast-paced / Character-driven / Noir-edged
Brand of Dusk is available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited
The Silver Ash
Novella
A perfect weapon
never asks questions.
Until it’s pointed at the truth.
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Riven Ashborne is a weapon. As a shadow-wielding enforcer for Ravenholt’s corrupt elite, he makes the city’s problems disappear. But his discipline shatters when a routine job exhumes the traumatic history of his own childhood.Ordered to assassinate a journalist probing Riverforge Docks, Riven expects a straightforward hit. Instead, he finds a single mother holding the missing pieces to his past. For the first time in a decade, the perfect enforcer disobeys.Defying Highspire carries a lethal price. With a Surge-addicted shifter hunting them, Riven must turn his magic against the men who built him to protect the woman he was sent to kill. Failure means the fighting pits, or an unmarked grave.Mercy ends in silver ash. Vengeance waits for the dawn.PERFECT FOR FANS OF JIM BUTCHER AND BENEDICT JACKA
If you enjoy the hard-hitting magical noir of The Dresden Files or the morally grey antiheroes of the Alex Verus series, this novella is your perfect entry point into the darker alleys of the alt-UK world of The Echoes of Vaelor series.WHAT TO EXPECT
Genre: Gritty Urban Fantasy / Paranormal Noir
Setting: Alt-UK / Dystopian City
Lead: Morally Grey Enforcer / Tragic Antihero
Magic: Shadow-wielders / Empaths, and Shifters
Themes: Corporate Corruption / Dark Magic / Redemption
Tone: Bleak / Atmospheric / Fast-paced
Author
A.M. Bennett
"I weave stories filled with rain-slicked streets,
complex mysteries, and the blurred lines between hero and monster."I am a UK-based author of dark urban fantasy, weaving stories filled with rain-slicked streets, complex mysteries, and the blurred lines between hero and monster. Brand of Dusk: The Echoes of Vaelor is my debut novel.People often ask where I get the inspiration for a dark, rainy city like Ravenholt.Honestly, it’s mostly just where I live. I am based in Scotland, where the damp and the grey tend to settle right into your bones. That heavy atmosphere is the exact foundation I used to build the streets of my world.Beyond the Scottish weather, my daily life is a constant juggling act. I share my home with my husband, two teenage sons, one dog, and three cats. On top of wrangling that small zoo, I run a personalised products business as well as my own holiday cottage next door. As you can imagine, there is rarely a quiet moment!Writing is my escape from the chaos. It is where I take all that daily energy and pour it into something gritty, magical, and entirely my own.Because life is so hectic, having you read my work truly means the world to me. Knowing readers are exploring the darker alleys of Ravenholt makes the late nights of editing and those caffeine-fuelled writing sessions feel completely worth it.
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