Cryptid Keeper Series 2 - In Loving Darkness

Alysa Campbell has lived in isolation for years, hidden away in a cabin deep in the woods, away from the world she once knew. Saddled with the bond as the human vessel to the banshee cryptid, she carries the grim ability to foretell death—an unrelenting gift that fills her with despair. A bond that her mother fell victim to. Alysa is determined to keep her distance from humanity as her presence only brings death, leaving her with no place in anyone's life.

Longtime friend and family doctor, Keith Miller, knows better. He always cared for Alysa, his feelings for her growing beyond the bond of friendship over the years. He also knows the darkness she carries and refuses to see her slip into despair, as her mother did. Keith believes she deserves more than a life alone, even if it throws everything she has worked so hard to suppress into chaos.

As Keith and Alysa struggle with their undeniable chemistry, a more immediate threat lurks in the shadows. An ancient cryptid, bound by no human, is hunting them both with a ferocity fueled by hatred for humanity. Its only goal? To consume them, to wipe out the last of the humans who dare to trap cryptids in a human form.

Alysa and Keith must face not only the dangers that hunt them but the growing love they can no longer deny. As their hearts collide in a battle for survival, will love be enough to protect them from the beast that seek to tear them from their existence? Or will the weight of the shifter bond prove too much for them to survive?