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Dark Horse: A Complete Paranormal Romance (A Demon's Guide to the Afterlife Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Kel Carpenter (Author), Aurelia Jane (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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My husband killed me.


Instead of spending my immortal Afterlife pissed off and angry, I moved on. I became someone.
Sure, that someone was a demon with the highest track record of reform, AKA punishment, in Hell. But who’s bragging?

I’m right on my way to retirement behind the pearly gates. Everything was going fine . . . until the Risk Witches saw a terrible vision.

Three men. Each scarred in their own way, born with powers that haven’t been seen in eons.
Upper Management sent the best to correct their path. Angels. Poltergeists. Nothing worked.

These men were too stubborn. Too bad. Too untamed...

So they sent me.

Roman. Ezra. Dorian.
Combined, they have enough power to end the world—and they will.
Unless I find a way to stop them first.

Breaking people is my job. But this time...my job might break me.

Author's Note: This is a COMPLETED adult paranormal romance series with multiple love interests and some dark elements. If you don't like strong but flawed women and alphahole heroes that need to learn a thing or two about boundaries--this book is not for you. If you love works by Eva Chase, Caroline Peckham, Raven Kennedy, Susanne Valenti, and Kristy Cunning, then dive right in to the Afterlife. It'll be one hell of a ride.
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Kel Carpenter is a master of werdz. When she's not reading or writing, she's traveling the world, lovingly pestering her editor, and spending time with her husband and fur-babies. She is always on the search for good tacos and the best pizza. She resides in Bethesda, MD and desperately tries to avoid the traffic.

Aurelia Jane is debut novelist who writes urban fantasy, paranormal romance, and contemporary romance. She loves to travel, can speak in movie quotes, and is an avid coffee enthusiast--the latter is an addiction fueled by her two loud and adorable children, talkative cats, and workaholic nature. Tacos are her first love, though she's happily married to her favorite person (and he loves tacos too, so he understands). When she's not writing or wrangling her kiddos, she can be found searching for hilarious memes, catching up on shows, trying a new recipe, or finding a way to be active when all she really wants to do is take a nap. Aurelia became obsessed with books at an early age, often getting caught reading under the bed with a flashlight. That love grew, and she managed to get published and win awards for writing embarrassing romantic poetry in her youth. She enjoys reading many genres, but her favorite books are ones that make her think. She resides in Texas, making air-conditioning and salsa two of her best friends.

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Demon rehabilitator comes to earth to stop the apocalypse while dealing with three mates: Fae, Vamp, and Wolf.Fantastic read! The story flowed from beginning to end and even included a surprise ending.
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Abstract Zebra
5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant and deadly
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2024
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Fury is brilliant and deadly as a demon in the afterlife. Sent back to earth to deal with 3 alphas who will end the world if they are not turned from their current paths, nothing goes as expected.

But how can it? Fury is insanely powerful in her own right, forceful, scintillating and unstoppable.

This is one powerhouse of a novel with more sudden turns and shifts than a Texas twister and absolutely mesmerizing and a totally worthwhile read
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Jennifer G
4.0 out of 5 stars Mostly Setting the Stage
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2023
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Murdered by her husband, Fury is spending her afterlife as a Reformer. In fact, she has the highest success rate of reform and is on track to retire in another hundred years or so. All she wants is a house and to be left alone. Then Upper Management calls her in. The Risk Witches had an apocalyptic vision and none of the teams sent in to alter the course of three powerful men have been unsuccessful. So, Fury is being sent to Earth, a place she never wanted to return to. Roman, Ezra, and Dorian are to be her last assignment.

This book spends most of its time on setup. The world-building is good, the characters could have been more developed, the insta-mate didn't exclude the beginnings of relationship building, and the story is off to a good start. So far, it's more 'telling' than 'experiencing' but I expect that to change. I like the author's style of writing. Overall, it is entertaining and worth continuing after the cliffhanger.
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Darcy Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Holy Smokes!!!!!!!!
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2023
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Holy Smokes! This story was amazing. I absolutely loved it. The story is unique and original. It is action packed with so much drama. I loved Fury and her sassy moments that will have you laughing at times. I love how different each of the guys are and you can feel their personalities throughout the story. It is extremely well written and developed. It had me on the edge of my seat with anticipation. It definitely ends in a major cliffhanger and I absolutely cannot wait to see what happens next.
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Amy
5.0 out of 5 stars Holy Hell!
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2024
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There are so many words yet I can’t seem to express any of them! This was an absolutely amazing read! I can’t wait to continue the story!
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spktme
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and kept me reading until the end
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2021
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I really enjoyed this book and am looking forward to the second book which I'm off to read now. I waited until all three books released so I could read them all back to back which I'm thankful for after reading how this one ends. 😊

I loved Fury flaws and all and especially love that she's a truly strong h not just one that gives lip, but actually backs it and keeps the guys who I also really liked on their toes.

Between the great main and side characters and plot I couldn't put this book down. My only problem was the friendship with Rox and Dorian didn't fit with his extremely cold and detached character and the way he views life as almost pointless. His mate bond isn't warming him but she did and is one of the rare things to bring him even a semblance of joy when he's only known her for ten years? Just didn't fit or even sound like they spent much time together.

Other than that this is one I'd recommend for anyone who likes paranormal RH.
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SimplyAdventures
4.0 out of 5 stars Good but long
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2022
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*Multi-POV

Fury- FMC- Demon 126yrs
Rowan- MMC - Alpha Wolf - Bar Owner
Ezra- MMC- Alpha Vampire 175yrs
Bdsm Club Owner
Dorian- MMC- Alpha Fae 1500yrs
Roxanne- Rowans Sis

*CW* FMC is definitely an alcoholic

So I really didn't understand the whole leaving her apartment to go with Roxanne situation. It just didn't really make that much sense considering she had 2 more people that she needed to meet & deal with at the time. Also Fury is always drinking. It gets brought up alot in the book. Its honestly a huge turn off against this book. Its a bit much & isnt really addressed by anyone in the book until about 65% where she mentions being abused in the 1920s by her husband & using alcohol to cope with life before she was killed. Also the FMC is kind of an idiot and isn't really doing her Mission. Like she's not connecting the dots at all. She knows that the vision is supposedly the 3 of them coming together and starting the Apocalypse. Well throughout the story she sees and meets people that would fall into this type of category. Like Learning about Dorian's daughter who is mentally unstable and in a state of stats & Fury knowing someone broke onto the island & was snooping. But she didn't even take that into consideration that that might cause a future problem. Also I didn't really understand why she was hiding who she was after she knew that all of the guys had some sort of extra powers and Ezra couldn't read her mind and knew what she was. I feel like she would have gotten way more done if she had just been honest about who she was instead of just not answering them.

After about 50% The book kind of drags a bit. Its somewhat repetitive. Which makes the 400+ page book a bit difficult to read considering this is a 4 book series and each books over 400 pages im not sure if ill continue to read eventh the overall storyline is interesting.

So this book follows the FMC fury who is a demon. She was born a human who was killed by her husband in the 1920s while she was in her 20s. She is now 123 yr old demon. She is essentially a torture demon who reforms souls. She is slowly making her way to retirement. When she is contacted about doing a mission and if she completes this mission she will get full retirement. She does not like likke Earth and the time that she was on Earth but the seers in heaven have had visions of 3 guys essentially starting the apocalypse. Multiple supernaturals were brought in to try and change these visions including angels and no one could succeed so they tasked Fury to help. If she does this she can retire with full benefits.

So she gets sent back to Earth where she 1st meets Roman one of the guys who is a wolf shifter alpha of a pack. Rowan's mate who was pregnant was killed 3 years ago by a supernatural but they're unsure by who. Rowan sees Fury and knows right away that she is his mate. Second Chance Fated Mates. Fury feel something but she doesn't know what it is yet & she doesn't want that to affect her mission. She gets " friendly?" kidnapped by the vampires from Roxs house. She goes to meet Ezra Vamp Alpha. When he sees her he finds out hes second chance mated her too. Then Roxanne calls Dorian to get information about 2nd chance mate situations & Dorian goes goes to meet them all and then he finds out that he is also a second chance mate of Furys & all 3 guys just so happen to be her marks for her mission also. Rowan's 1st mate was killed. Ezra's 1st mate rejected him then died a year later. Dorian 1st mate died over 1000 years ago. 2nd chance mates are rare as in 16 in the last 1500 years.

During this exchange at Erzas they were getting ready to eat & Fury at3 some food & ended up dying again and she came back again. What she doesn't realize at this point is Ezra who is a vampire can read minds & he read her mind & knows that she is a demon that is on this mission and he likes to play so hes can play with her. All of this happens before 47% into the book.

Around this time Fury starts connecting the dots & thinks its odd that all their 1st mates died & suspects that angels may have killed them. At about 56% Ezra makes Fury aware he can read minds & knows everything & can communicate with her via the mind wherever she is. After the poisoning she is staying a few days with each guy & rotating so someone is always with her. She learns Dorian also has powers that weren't mentioned in her files like dressing/changing her clothing and teleportation.60% Dorian has a adult daughter Lyra who is in statis- dreamless undisturbed sleep. Another thing not mentioned in her report. (At this point she should of started realizing something is up. All this information should of been provided) Dorian put Lyra in statis as she is mentally unstable. Someone breeched Avalon the island of the fae in scotland & got to close to the statis area. So Dorian/Fury go there so to investigate the breech.
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princessobvious
3.0 out of 5 stars Decent start...
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2021
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It was okay, but I wasn’t in love with it. If you’re going to hard sell the FMC as badd*ss you have to deliver. She just didn’t come off like that to me. Sassy and strong yes, but not necessarily a bad*ss if that makes sense. Overall, this book felt mostly tell and not enough show in that regard. Just the sheer amount of times someone got the drop on her was in some head scratching or predictable way.

Started off well enough, but there was a whole lot of middle that just didn’t take the plot or character development anywhere to me. It just seemed slow and mundane and didn’t really pick up again in a significant way until around 85% when you’re marching into the final scenes. There’s great stuff to work with and there’s a decent cliffhanger to work with in the next book so I’m interested in what the authors will be able to do with it. This is just my opinion though. Overall, it was a worthy read however it wasn’t as good as I was expecting and so maybe the problem is me and not the book. Form your own opinion.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it
Reviewed in Brazil on August 11, 2022
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It was really a joy to read this book. I could not stop reading it.
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Brittany Fehr
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow what a great read
Reviewed in Canada on April 15, 2021
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This book was beautifully written, so much detail and such a great story, one of the best books I’ve read in a long time, my only complaint is that the series isn’t finished because I’d love to binge read it!! Absolutely recommend this book
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Kindle-Kunde
5.0 out of 5 stars Just what I wanted to read
Reviewed in Germany on March 17, 2022
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I really like this book, the humor, the no insta love even tho they are mates, likeable characters
If it dosnt bother you that it's not strong in the world building aspect, with inconsistencies (she watches greys anatomy, but dosnt know about take out food)
Its a really enjoyable read
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Bananas1989
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun supernatural, adult paranormal fantasy, with that added spice and bite.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 15, 2021
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This book was a fun-filled, slow burn, but with fast paced writing, read. I ended up devouring this book within a few days and immediately downloaded book two – White Raven.

I’ll be honest the first chapter threw me off to start with and I wondered what I was getting into. As the book progressed this chapter made a lot more sense and gave me some much-needed insight into Fury and how she works. After that settled, I fell in love with Fury’s character. The bar scene in the first few chapters had me hooked! Fury is a feisty, witty, strong, independent bad-ass demon. One of my favourite side characters is Hades, every time he is on the page, he makes me laugh, the teasing back and forth is brilliant. Out of the three men Fury is sent to stop, Ezra is my fav, however I enjoyed seeing Fury try to work each of them out and I’m looking forward to seeing how each character’s relationship with Fury develops. Last but not least, Roxanne is like the BFF you didn’t know you needed till she came stumbling into your life, I love her and her fierceness to protect those she cares for.

Overall, this book ended up being a pleasant surprise and not what I thought it was going to be, I loved it. It's full of supernatural characters plus some spice 🥵, so if this is your jam your bound to love it too.

‼️𝗧𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗿‼️ - Author’s note, regarding book contents, on good reads.

This is an adult paranormal romance series with multiple love interests and some dark elements. If you don’t like strong but flawed women and alphahole heroes that need to learn a thing or two about boundaries – this is not the book for you.

I will add that the Alpha’s haven’t hurt Fury, but I can see how the above maybe misconstrued, if read from a different perspective.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun supernatural, adult paranormal fantasy, with that added spice and bite.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 15, 2021
This book was a fun-filled, slow burn, but with fast paced writing, read. I ended up devouring this book within a few days and immediately downloaded book two – White Raven.

I’ll be honest the first chapter threw me off to start with and I wondered what I was getting into. As the book progressed this chapter made a lot more sense and gave me some much-needed insight into Fury and how she works. After that settled, I fell in love with Fury’s character. The bar scene in the first few chapters had me hooked! Fury is a feisty, witty, strong, independent bad-ass demon. One of my favourite side characters is Hades, every time he is on the page, he makes me laugh, the teasing back and forth is brilliant. Out of the three men Fury is sent to stop, Ezra is my fav, however I enjoyed seeing Fury try to work each of them out and I’m looking forward to seeing how each character’s relationship with Fury develops. Last but not least, Roxanne is like the BFF you didn’t know you needed till she came stumbling into your life, I love her and her fierceness to protect those she cares for.

Overall, this book ended up being a pleasant surprise and not what I thought it was going to be, I loved it. It's full of supernatural characters plus some spice 🥵, so if this is your jam your bound to love it too.

‼️𝗧𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗿‼️ - Author’s note, regarding book contents, on good reads.

This is an adult paranormal romance series with multiple love interests and some dark elements. If you don’t like strong but flawed women and alphahole heroes that need to learn a thing or two about boundaries – this is not the book for you.

I will add that the Alpha’s haven’t hurt Fury, but I can see how the above maybe misconstrued, if read from a different perspective.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Drôle et originale
Reviewed in France on October 4, 2021
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Comme dit dans le titre, cette histoire est drôle et originale. C est ce qui la rend captivante. J ai hâte de connaître la suite.
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