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Blight of a Bat by A. R. Stern

No one can hide from the monster within Reeling from the Shadow attacks on Litha, Daire is determined to destroy the Shadows and the malevolent entity threatening everything that she knows. With the help of Daire’s ancestral mentor and Sabrina, her cousin forbidden to practice magick, they embark on a path of ancient magick set to destroy the Shadows. As Daire sinks further into her power and uncovers the truth of her lineage, the line between friend and foe begins to distort as vengeance leads her to a chance at self-preservation. Recovering from his near fatal wounds, Niko finds himself the new target of the eldritch entity. When a past lover returns offering relief in the form of booze and pills, he accepts the escape from reality and turns his back on everyone he once loved. Isolated from his friends, Niko makes a bargain with the Shadows that costs him more than his sanity. Secrets come to light and seeds of betrayal are sown as the Shadows strengthen their army of the Otherworld. When morals fall prey to the dark, the monsters confronted are more than mere Shadows.

Scion of a Swan by A. R. Stern

Shadows thirst for the living … She starves for the truth Descending from a long line of witches, Daire Delacroix has been practicing magick since she was a witchling. With the gift to see all magick and devastating talent, her powers are unparalleled. But when her mother mysteriously falls ill and dies suddenly, no magick in the world can save her, nor bring her back. Bitter and vengeful, Daire shuts herself away for six months, only to be lured back to the Wiccan world to celebrate her mother's favorite holiday, Beltane. When Shadow people attack unprovoked at one of the most renowned Wiccan festivals, putting one of her friends into a deep coma reminiscent of her mother's illness, Daire’s world begins to fall apart once again. Now with the Shadows growing violent and haunting Daire, she is determined to find answers to both her mother and her friend's strange illnesses. The deeper she searches, the more secrets come to light, and the more embroiled she becomes in something she does not truly understand. Nothing will stop her from saving her friend—even when it threatens the balance of light and dark.