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Shanna C. Robillard is an award-winning author of fiction books, mostly in the romance genre. Having grown up with books by Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Piers Anthony, and Johanna Lindsey, she's read all kinds: horror, romance, fantasy, and the occasional educational one, too.Her heart will always belong to sexy vampires, though.Here are some more fun facts!
  - Pronouns are she/her
  - My vibes are Dorothy from the Golden Girls, Dana Scully from the X-Files, and Lilly Moscovitz in the Princess Diaries 2.
  - Tropes: Forced Proximity, Slow Burn, Beauty & the Beast
  - Aesthetics: tarot cards, moon and stars, gryphons, medusa, jewel tones, mountains with fall leaves and babbling brooks, and art deco or bohemian ambiance.
  - Movies: Real Genius, Aliens, Grindhouse: Death Proof, Sneakers, Beverly Hills Cop, First Wives Club, Spy, Insidious, Ready or Not, It (1990), and the Parent Trap(1961).
  - Music: Gunship, INXS, Hall & Oates, Billy Joel, Eurythmics/Annie Lennox, John Williams, Two Steps from Hell, and Missy Elliott.A Virginia native, she currently resides in New York state with her husband and a four-legged beastie.

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Falling in the Dark

Book Five of the Brimstone Court Novels

Cora McLachlan is a close personal friend of the Queen of Hell, watching over her animals on Earth. Lately, she has been depressed, and Queen Lilith has taken notice, choosing to send the Demon Lord of Messengers, Ater, to watch over her. Initially nervous, Cora finds the handsome blue demon with dragonfly wings very charming, and every day she’s getting closer and more attached to him.Meanwhile, Ater soon realizes his friendship with Cora has turned into something more meaningful—and passionate. But passion has its price, and when someone tries to hurt the Queen’s animals, Ater’s attempt to protect them has devastating consequences. Now, they are left wondering if they were ever meant to fall in love at all.Tropes:

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Rising Phoenix

The future is now. During the mid-1980s, time travel was discovered, and future generations have grown up with the abilities and advantages of traversing time. Chronociti, the corporation established to manage travel, uses their Prism Teams to ensure no one disturbs the current Earth timeline or abuses the privilege of time travel.One such Prism team member is Phoenix, an experienced Observer dedicated to chronicling historical events. She doesn’t interfere or alter the events - no one does. Her job is to ensure accuracy is maintained and future generations can accurately learn from history.However, her former lover and team leader, Caelum, has other plans. After she reported him for violating fundamental travel laws, Chronociti banished him. Now he’s ready to dismantle his old employer, eager to see the wrongs of history made right, and he’ll stop at nothing to see it done. What’s more, he’s obsessed with Phoenix, stalking her throughout time and trying to take her off mission. Last time she narrowly escaped with her life.Unable to rely on in-house Security, Phoenix offers up her life-savings to a former Marine named Aurelius. In an attempt to escape the grief of his father’s death, he agrees to be her bodyguard. As he accompanies her through time, their business arrangement evolves into something more complicated…and more intimate…Caelum isn’t deterred, however. Hellbent on seeing his vision of history come true, he’s more determined than ever to rip both Chronociti and Phoenix’s worlds apart.Take a trip through time itself in this thrilling and romantic ride, Rising Phoenix.

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Queen of the High Seas

The Rege and Regina of Wyster have a daughter, Printesa Cailean, and she’s about to turn 16, but a hex from a Copacverde sorcerer has promised to put her in a deep sleep permanently unless she finds true love. Determined not to let this happen, they put her in a colossal tower, where her love has to reach her and kiss her to wake her up.Each time she is kissed, she wakes up without incident, but her long-standing nature as a feisty, fiery sword-wielder leaves her wanting more than a kiss to find true love. She challenges them to combat, and inevitably, each of the challengers fail, as she was a dedicated student of the great Kaliastro. She then goes back to sleep. But after spending over 11 years in the tower, at age 27 she sets out on her own to become what she always dreamed of - a pirate.Now she’s sailing the high seas with her guardian, Declan at her side and her first mate, Atarangi. They’ve encountered the most ferocious and lethal of all pirates, the Pirate King Merrick. He’s immediately taken with Printesa Cailean and wants her for his own. Will he be able to best her in combat and win her heart?Discover adventure and magic among the waves in Queen of the High Seas.

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Folklore: The Beginning

While author Mark Tyler Watts sleeps, a creature from his folklore writings comes to life and creeps out into the world. The cannibalistic Atahsaia attacks and horrifically butchers two women in the small town of Monaton. By the time Watts realizes what has happened, more creatures have been let loose, all seeking flesh and destruction.Partnering with spiritualist Victor “Vic” Marzio, Watts seeks out the creatures to put them back where they belong: nightmares, whispers, and campfire tales. Yet despite destroying the source of the scourge - his own written work - the creatures continue to make their presence known. Soon the author’s best friend is attacked, and Watts begins to wonder if they can fix the catastrophe his cursed writing has released upon us all.As the hands of time continue to move forward, can they complete their mission before another person dies?Discover new creatures and gruesome endings in this thrilling horror novel from author Shanna C. Robillard: Folklore: The Beginning.

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The Seven Lives of May Levesque

Mabel “May” Levesque has been alive longer than most. In her 108 years on earth, she’s died many times, always returning somewhere new. You see, when she was 34, she encountered a faerie tree and made a wish for immortality, and that gift came with a curse. She gets seven lives to live, no more.Now she remains the same age, seeking ways to give her special life meaning and trying (unsuccessfully) to avoid using up her remaining lives. Along the way, she has met many interesting people and helped several with very…unique problems: hauntings, witches, and the other side.Recently she’s met a man that has his own secret: he is half-fae and being hunted. Can May help to save him? Or will she learn that seven isn’t such a lucky number after all?From the author of the Beyond the Shadows trilogy and A Tale by Moonlight comes her newest book filled with heart, soul, and fantasy: The Seven Lives of May Levesque.

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A Tale by Moonlight

A Witch
A few months ago, Talia Morgen was nearly introduced to the bass player from a band. Then, her best friend and ‘brother,’ Alec Ronan, brings the exotic and Viking-like man over to her fortune-telling tent to meet her. However, his cold and distant demeanor left her thinking he wasn’t interested.
A Werewolf
Jack Soroka met the woman of his dreams, and he blew it. Alec warned him she’s still getting her life together, and he agreed to back off. But the wolf in him is drawn to her—leaving him fascinated with her and wanting more.
A Murdered Vampire
The next morning, police are swarming the fairgrounds. By sheer chance, Jack and Talia discover their mutual friend was murdered and left hanging from a tree with a knife in his back—displayed just like one of Talia’s tarot cards. Now they’re joining together to find out just who would be powerful enough to kill a vampire? Talia uses her knowledge as a witch to investigate, while Jack is using his werewolf skills to protect her. When their chemistry explodes, Talia insists they put a possible relationship on hold until they can solve the murder. But every glance and every touch brings them closer together, and they’re both finding each other harder and harder to resist.
A Dangerous Mystery
Soon, the killer is intervening in supernatural ways neither of them could expect, and now their own lives are on the line. Every twist and turn in their investigation brings them closer to identifying the murderer—and jeopardizes their future together. Can they discover who the murderer is
before one of them dies?
From the same universe as the Beyond the Shadows Vampire Trilogy, let the romance between a witch and a werewolf unfold as you read A Tale by Moonlight.

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• Book One: The Darkest Echo

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• Beyond the Shadows - Book One

• SpellCast from Darkness - Book Two

• Against the Coming Dark - Book Three

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The Darkest Echo

Book One of the Brimstone Court Novels

Milli thinks she’s an average girl, living a below average life. Her last four years in the smalltown of Anvil have been mediocre at best. She didn’t recall her life before her accident, the one that left her with amnesia. Shoot, Milli was just the name the hospital nurse had given her. With her simple job, her crappy landlord, and her even crappier boyfriends, she’s been left wondering if this is all there is, if this is all there would ever be…Then things begin to change.First, a pack of wolves trail her through the woods, then she literally has a bat in her belfry. Her once humdrum life is soon topsy-turvy and brimming with all manner of nocturnal creatures. In the middle of this supernatural chaos, a little demon arrives, eager to tell her she is so much more than what she has come to believe. Inside her lies incredible, unimaginable power; she merely needs to rediscover it.Better yet, there are two beings who have been looking for her. For years upon years, one of them has been endlessly searching for her, eager to simply be in her presence, he loves her so... Yet, the other is mired in long-simmering rage, wanting nothing more than to see her reduced to ash, her existence in flaming ruins…As she reclaims her identity, her passion, and her power, everyone will learn what she is truly capable of.If you’ve ever felt like you could be more, you’ll love The Darkest Echo.

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Consumed in the Dark

Book Two of the Brimstone Court Novels

Sirena Dubois is being hunted.Centuries ago, her ancestor enslaved a violent demon to their whim, but the abuse of the dark being didn’t stop there. Generation after generation of her family used the dark being for their own nefarious purposes. When it escaped hundreds of years later, it vowed to enact revenge—and it has been hunting her family ever since.28 years after her parents disappeared, Sirena's time has come. The demon has her in it's sights, and she runs in the middle of the night, leaving her life and foster-sister behind. In fear for her life, Sirena remembers her parents' stories and calls on Lilith for help. Recognizing the evil the woman is facing, Lilith agrees to protect her, assigning her a demonic guardian named Utor.At first, Sirena is uncomfortable: he's always around and trying to take care of her. Decades of self-reliance taught her to hold everyone at arm's length, but he's swiftly breaking down those walls she set up around her heart.Then a single moment destroys it all. Sirena learns Utor is a shifter—just like the demon hunting her. Even worse, his shifter side is terrifying. How can she possibly trust him—with her life or her heart? Can she ever see beyond his shifter side? More importantly, can he keep her alive?Experience Book Two of the Brimstone Court novels and the story of Sirena and Utor. Try not to be Consumed in the Dark.

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Burned in the Dark

Book Three of the Brimstone Court Novels

Months ago, Kelsey Hargreaves had a brief relationship with Nathan Dreyse. However, she broke up with him because of his controlling nature, and now he refuses to let her go…When she spurns him yet again, Nathan—a descendent of Summoners—calls forth a draconic demon named Aurum to enact his revenge. He offers to sacrifice his soul in exchange for the demon’s vengeful services; yet one look at Kelsey, and Aurum is infatuated. Rather than comply, he willfully chooses to spirit her away to Brimstone Court for safekeeping.Kelsey will have none of it. She knows he is trying to protect her, and despite her own growing infatuation with the golden demon, she insists on going home. After all, living humans are not meant to remain in Hell. Confused and heartbroken, Aurum brings her home, but what happens after she arrives will change both of their lives forever…Can Kelsey and Aurum’s love survive a fate worse than death? Or will Death have the last laugh?From Earth to Hell and back again, discover what it means to be Burned in the Dark.

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Wanted in the Dark

Book Four of the Brimstone Court Novels

Liveni is a fairly solitary demon, often staying within the walls of Brimstone Court unless her work calls her to retrieve an escaped soul for Death. She just retrieved a human soul from Earth, but when she returns, Death tells her it was the wrong one. What's worse? Death's punishment for her failure is that she has to help him adjust to the afterlife.There's just one problem: he doesn't believe anything he's seeing is real-including her.All Jax Ryder knows is that he isn't supposed to be alive. One minute he was escaping prison; the next he's waking up in the cozy bed of the sexiest woman-er, demon-he's ever seen. She told him he's dead-and in Hell-but that's impossible. None of what he's seeing-demons, angels, magic-could possibly be real. She can't be real...can she?Can she?Yet after days of satisfying indulgences with each other, they both realize their attractions run deeper than either would like to admit... Despite their mutual desire, his denials and her defenses are pushing them apart, and it's becoming more and more tempting for her to go collect that other soul-and put some distance between them.Can either of them face their new reality? To admit their love for each other? Read the story of Jax and Liveni as they learn that even love can be Wanted in the Dark.

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Beyond the Shadows

Cecelia "Celie" Moore is a normal girl working a 9-to-5 job and having very strange dreams. For months, she has been dreaming about one man in particular—along with a very dangerous and unknown enemy.

One day, the tall, dark, and handsome man she has been dreaming about shows up at her job, proving her dreams are real. His name is Michael Hawkins, and it turns out she caught his attention months ago. He’s head over heels for her, but he’s not the only one who knows it.

A cult leader named Devlin Raines desperately wants something of Michael’s, and he has realized he can use Celie as bait. Michael would do anything to protect the woman he has fallen for, and that includes abducting her. Now he’s revealing who—and what—he is to her, hoping she’ll stay long enough for him to keep her safe.

Soon, Michael is training her in sword fighting, and she’s discovering demons are real. When her best friend is taken, she knows there’s no way she can hide forever. The cult has its sights set on her, and the only thing she can do is trust that Michael can help her get out alive.

As the weeks go by, Celie falls hopelessly in love with Michael. But with nightmares and revelations around every corner, can they stay alive long enough to have a chance together?

Experience the start of the love story of Celie and Michael. This is Book One of the Beyond the Shadows trilogy.

This is Book One of the Beyond the Shadows Trilogy, so I recommend beginning here, followed by Book Two: SpellCast from Darkness (just above), and finishing with Book Three: Against the Coming Dark (up above).

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SpellCast from Darkness

The SpellCasters showed up on a Thursday.

Michael Hawkins and Cecelia "Celie" Moore have been living in vampiric bliss when the four elemental casters arrive on their doorstep. The SpellCasters have spent centuries wiping out vampires, and now they have come for Michael and Celie. In moments, the two lovers are separated.
Michael is left with no memory of Celie at all, and all traces of her have been wiped clean. As a matter of fact, he wakes in bed to find a seductive SpellCaster in his arms.

Across the Atlantic, their spells land Celie in Ireland. She has no money and no memory of Michael; in fact, she doesn’t even know who she is—or what she is. A sweet, older Irish woman takes her in and offers her both help and a name—Meri. But after weeks, she’s worried she’ll never remember.

What began as preparation for a fun-filled weekend became a struggle for them both to regain their memories and their life together. When they are finally reunited, the danger doesn’t stop, and they find themselves on the run.

As Michael and Celie fight to stay alive, can they find a way to prevent the SpellCasters from delivering their final judgement? This is Book Two of the Beyond the Shadows trilogy, SpellCast from Darkness.

This is Book Two of the Beyond the Shadows Trilogy, so I recommend beginning with Book One: Beyond the Shadows (see below), and follow this with Book Three: Against the Coming Dark (see above).

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Against the Coming Dark

Over a year ago, Michael Hawkins—a centuries-old vampire—and Cecelia "Celie" Moore—a recently turned vampire—fell in love. They've endured threats and attacks from cult leaders. Most recently, they faced SpellCasters who used magic to separate them emotionally, mentally, and physically. Through it all, they found each other and survived—together.Now comes something new to wreak havoc in their lives.Her name is Cressida, and she's an incredibly powerful vampire. She’s been playing the long game for decades, desperate to enact revenge against the one person she holds responsible for her misery: Michael. After all this time, she's grown tired of waiting; tired of letting others do her dirty work. She's ready to take the final steps to kill him for good, and his lover would be icing on the cake.When he’s abducted, Celie desperately fights back, using every ability and ally at her disposal to reclaim Michael from Cressida and her vampire progeny. Can she free him and end Cressida’s quest for vengeance once and for all?From the author of Beyond the Shadows and SpellCast from Darkness comes the third book in the Beyond the Shadows series. Experience Celie’s final fight
Against the Coming Dark.

This is Book Three of the Beyond the Shadows Trilogy, so I recommend beginning with Book One: Beyond the Shadows (down below), followed by Book Two: SpellCast from Darkness (just below).

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Beyond the Shadows

Vampire Trilogy Collection

Cecelia "Celie" Moore is a normal girl working a 9-to-5 job and having very strange dreams. For months, she has been dreaming about one man in particular—along with a very dangerous and unknown enemy.
One day, the tall, dark, and handsome man she has been dreaming about shows up at her job, proving her dreams are real. His name is Michael Hawkins, and it turns out she caught his attention months ago. He’s head over heels for her, but he’s not the only one who knows it.
A cult leader named Devlin Raines desperately wants something of Michael’s, and he has realized he can use Celie as bait. Michael would do anything to protect the woman he has fallen for, and that includes abducting her. Now he’s revealing who—and what—he is to her, hoping she’ll stay long enough for him to keep her safe.
Soon, Michael is training her in sword fighting, and she’s discovering demons are real. When her best friend is taken, she knows there’s no way she can hide forever. The cult has its sights set on her, and the only thing she can do is trust that Michael can help her get out alive.
As the weeks go by, Celie falls hopelessly in love with Michael. But with nightmares and revelations around every corner, can they stay alive long enough to have a chance together?
Experience the start of the love story of Celie and Michael. This is Book One of the Beyond the Shadows trilogy.

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