Soulless

ANAIS PEAKE was created to devour the souls of otherwise unkillable monsters, but with every soul she eats, she loses a little of her own. She’s been in retirement for eighteen months when her monster hunting best friend shows up one winter night needing help, and so Ani temporarily returns to a life she knows her soul may not survive.

Their plans go awry on a deserted highway when a harpy attacks and Ani’s friend is killed. Ani is pulled out of the role of sidekick and thrust into the uncomfortable shoes of heroine in a mystery involving both human and otherworldly monsters, with only her neighbour/cat babysitter, an old friend still suffering grief and anger, and an empath funeral director for help to solve her friend’s murder.

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Complete at 85K words.

Read a PDF excerpt of Chapters 1-3.

Soulless is unpublished and the "cover" is simply a placeholder image I created. See the full version here: http://indigochick.deviantart.com/art/Soulless-Placeholder-Image-162785789