Blood Rituals

Boston Preternatural Investigations Unit, Book 1

By: Aoibh Wood

Narrated by: Abby Craden

Boston Homicide Detective Caitlin Reagan walks a razor's edge, propping up her life on emotional constructs designed to help her manage grueling PTSD. She keeps her mother, boyfriend, and work separated and controlled, all in service to one horrible, tragic act she committed amid the Iraq war.

But when the murder of a charity worker brings her face to face with the beautiful and charismatic philanthropist, Marcella Carson. Cait is unable to deny the attraction and finds everything she thought she knew about her world, her life, and her very identity called into question as Marcella draws Cait into her dark world.

Sliding inexorably into an unsuspected Boston subculture, where creatures of myth and nightmare struggle to survive in a world of fading magic and proliferating public surveillance, Cait must face down her inner demons, rediscover her lost past, and catch an undead serial killer.

In her first novel, Aoibh Wood explores a dark urban fantasy world through the eyes of a woman struggling to come to terms with Post Traumatic Stress, personal trust issues, and the belated realization that she is a lesbian. On the way, we meet a colorful cast of characters, from a Latino cowboy cop with a love of country music to a ruthless vampire assassin and a retired serpent goddess with a passion for science.

This book is intended for adult listeners. It contains scenes of an intimate sexual nature, as well as themes and depictions of violence, sexual assault, and death.

©2022 Aoibh Wood (P)2023 Aoibh Wood

Don’t pass this one up for the romance and fantasy lovers out there. It has something for everyone!!!!

I don’t normally read/listen to paranormal or fantasy books, but I have to say this is one of the best this year thus far. It suck’s you into a world you don’t want to leave. It has a little of everything and brings some heat as well. Can’t beat this sapphic romance/fantasy!!! 😍 This is a new author for me and she did a phenomenal job as well as the great Abby Craden as narrator. Please give this a try and make sure to leave a good review so the rest of the series can be placed on audible as well with Abby Craden as the continuing narrator. Enjoy!

A lot to follow but worth it!

I had so many questions during this book and after it ended as well. I was initially very frustrated and I thought about the missing information all day for several days. Then I realized, Aoibh had written a fantastic debut book!! And got the fabulous AC to narrate! She definitely left me wanting more, especially if AC is back coming back as the narrator.

Intriguing characters

A new take on a favored old Genre, mixing in some LesRom !
Refreshing.
Can't wait to read the next book.

Original Story Line

Best urban fantasy I’ve listened to recently. It picked up pretty quickly and had a solid story in addition to the lesbian romance aspect. I was satisfied with the ending…but I still want to know what happens next. I’ll listen to the next books, no question.

Awesome Team - Take a chance!!

Never dissappointed by a Narrator as amazingly talented as Abby (GOAT).

The Fantasy genre does not make it into my top 10...( but Women Detectives is my top 1)...
.so happy I followed Abby here and discovered an equally as talented author.

Can not wait for the followup releases in this series on audible.

Ms Wood, add one more to your solid fanbase. I hope you are able to continue with Abby Craden for your future works!!

great writing

I really enjoyed this. There were twists and turns, and I couldn't guess which direction events would go. I loved that. There are a few triggering scenes so be sure you're aware of warnings before you listen.
I'm looking forward to reading the second book!

This spoke to me and was highly enjoyable.

Being a wounded Iraq, combat vet and lesbian. This book spoke to me on several different levels. I also love how it kept me guessing. And I honestly didn't expect some of the turns. It took a really fun read. And I can't wait to get started on the sequel.

Couldn’t put it down!

The character development and the relationships and the trama! Everything was so well written and Abby knocked it out the park with the narration.

Characters well developed, great narration

Vampire lesbian stories have gotten a little cliché, but this story has some nice twists and turns. 

So glad I gave it a chance

I had this on my wishlist for sooo long and I’m so thankful I finally picked it up. I couldn’t stop listening and am immediately getting the rest of the series.

Abby did an amazing job with the narration like always. This story has many accents and she nailed them all

I’m usually not a fan of first person but quickly got past it because of how well the mc is written. The other characters are great too. I love this series!