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Book 1 in Fever

Darkfever

by Karen Marie Moning

Spice 1 out of 5, Sweet1/5 · Sweet: Kisses only

MacKayla Lane's life is good. She has great friends, a decent job, and a car that breaks down only every other week or so. In other words, she's your perfectly ordinary twenty-first-century woman. Or so she thinks...until something extraordinary happens.When her sister is murdered, leaving a single clue to her death--a cryptic message on Mac's cell phone--Mac journeys to Ireland in search of answers. The quest to find her sister's killer draws her into a shadowy realm where nothing is as it seems, where good and evil wear the same treacherously seductive mask. She is soon faced with an even greater challenge: staying alive long enough to learn how to handle a power she had no idea she possessed--a gift that allows her to see beyond the world of man, into the dangerous realm of the Fae....As Mac delves deeper into the mystery of her sister's death, her every move is shadowed by the dark, mysterious Jericho, a man with no past and only mockery for a future. As she begins to close in on the truth, the ruthless Vlane--an alpha Fae who makes sex an addiction for human women--closes in on her. And as the boundary between worlds begins to crumble, Mac's true mission becomes clear: find the elusive Sinsar Dubh before someone else claims the all-powerful Dark Book--because whoever gets to it first holds nothing less than complete control of the very fabric of both worlds in their hands....From the Hardcover edition.

Spice
1/5
Burn
Slow
Pages
~376
Ending
Cliffy

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How spicy is Darkfever?

Darkfever is a 1 out of 5 on our spice scale: sweet (kisses only). Kissing, longing looks, maybe a fade-to-black. Nothing on the page.

  • Steam: Glimpses and kisses
  • Burn: Slow burn
  • Pairing: One man, one woman
  • POV: Heroine's POV only
  • Ending: Cliffhanger

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  • Death of a loved one
  • Murder
  • Sexual assault
  • Graphic violence

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    How spicy is Darkfever?

    Darkfever is a 1 out of 5 on our spice scale: sweet (kisses only). Kissing, longing looks, maybe a fade-to-black. Nothing on the page.

    Is Darkfever a standalone?

    No. Darkfever is book 1 in Fever. It is the place to start. The series is complete.

    What tropes are in Darkfever?

    Darkfever features fae, morally grey mmc, alpha hero, badass heroine. It is a slow burn M/F romance that ends with a cliffhanger.

    Does Darkfever have content warnings?

    Our notes for Darkfever include: death of a loved one, murder, sexual assault, graphic violence. This list may not be complete; check the author's own content notes if anything is a hard limit for you.

    What should I read after Darkfever?

    If you loved Darkfever, try Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews, The Cruel Prince by Holly Black, Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh. They share its fae and morally grey mmc energy at a similar spice level.