Author Spotlight: Virael de la fer

If you like your fantasy with teeth, Virael de la fer is worth knowing. Their books on Maliven share a clear set of ingredients: a heroine who can look after herself, a world full of vampires, demons and shapeshifters, and an attraction that is every bit as dangerous as the monsters. The settings range from a gritty, modern Glasgow to a world of sorcery and forbidden summonings, and there is a streak of dry humour running through them too.

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Where to start

The easy answer is the free one. What Could Go Wrong When a Vampire Gets Bored? is a complete story of about 10,000 words that costs nothing, so you can meet the author's style before spending a cent. From there, readers who want a longer adventure can pick up the Sorceress Miya novel, and readers who prefer paranormal romance can go straight to the wolf.

What Could Go Wrong When a Vampire Gets Bored?

By Virael de la fer · Free · about 10,000 words

Nika is an energy vampire who hunts rogue supernaturals for Glasgow's Inquisition. Bored and broke, she takes a deadly job: track down Victor, a newborn vampire driven mad by bloodlust, in return for ten grand, a powerful relic and five days of service from two of the Inquisition's most dangerous (and most annoying) operatives. Victor turns out to be stronger than any prey she has faced, and Nika has to use every trick she has, seduction included. A dark, action-packed urban fantasy with a sense of humour.

Best for: urban fantasy readers who like a heroine with a sharp tongue.

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The Adventures of Sorceress Miya

By Virael de la fer · $6.90 · about 66,000 words

Miya Lancaster is a brilliant but penniless sorceress in training who summons a demon for forbidden knowledge. The price is high and the night is unforgettable. Six months later, an inquisitor with a beast's instincts starts hunting her secrets, and the attraction between them is as dangerous as the truth. A full-length dark fantasy of magic and forbidden desire.

Best for: readers who want a long, magic-heavy story with demons and a dangerous rival.

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Alexandra Vance. The Beast's Attraction. Book 1. Wolf

By Virael de la fer · $4.50 · about 48,000 words

Alexandra only wanted a drive to clear her head. Instead she hits a wolf on a lonely forest road and makes the mistake of getting out of the car. He is no ordinary wolf, and nothing in her life is ordinary again. The first book in a sensual paranormal romance series about desire, danger and falling for something wild.

Best for: shifter and fated mates fans.

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Who will enjoy these books

If you read urban fantasy for the heroines as much as the heat, these are a good fit. Each story puts a capable woman in the middle of a supernatural mess and lets her fight, bargain and flirt her way through it. The paid books are novel length, so there is room for the world and the plot as well as the romance.

How to read these on Maliven

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