The Dust of the Earth

When love ignites, the end begins.

Nikki lives in the shadows—a vampire with trace human ancestry, cursed with a conscience and haunted by hunger. As the darkness within her grows harder to ignore, she devotes herself to study, determined to understand the monster that lurks inside her. Desperate to keep it at bay.

Solitude shatters when Xander arrives at her university. He’s warm, magnetic, and undeniably human. Or so she thinks. Drawn to his brightness, Nikki is pulled into his orbit. But something stirs when he’s near. Old powers awaken. Whispers from beneath the Earth grow louder. And her carefully constructed world begins to crack.

While a vengeful goddess rises and long-buried rivalries ignite, Nikki must confront the truth of who, and what, she is. As her coven fractures and the world tilts toward ruin, she’s caught between love and loyalty, past and future, and a choice that could save her world…or doom it.

The Dust of the Earth is a slow burn, fade to black, grumpy/sunshine romance, for listeners who like their worlds dark and romances tender.