The Twice-Sold Soul

A Second-Chance Queer Fantasy Romance

De: Katie Hallahan

Narrado por: Emily Lawrence

I locked away my magic and ran from home for a good reason. So why am I ready to undo everything when my demon ex finally tracks me down?

You can’t outrun your demons—McKenna Ellerbeck knows this all too well. She’s been running from literal demons for a decade, one that will stop at nothing to take McKenna’s magic for their own and one that shattered her heart by grasping for dark power. After a horrible run-in with hellhounds on the streets of Paris, McKenna is ready to hide again when she’s confronted by her ex, the Archdemon of Desire Remiel Blake. Remi, the sexiest of gender-shifting demons, calls in an old debt that McKenna owes her, though unlike other deals the terms of fulfillment are simple: all she needs to do is return to her hometown of Arcadia Commons, Massachusetts, for seven days.

Disgruntled and disguised at her own insistence, McKenna returns home to the magical community, intent on simply staying in her hotel room watching pay-per-view. But with her high school reunion conveniently happening in the same hotel she’s staying at—the one owned by her ex-boyfriend Bastien Lemaire—and her brother mysteriously picking fights with the town’s most prominent witch family, she finds she can’t stay away for long and decides it’s finally time to face her past and the witches, werewolves, demons, and friends she left behind.

If you miss Supernatural, True Blood, or Buffy, you'll love this sexy and magical contemporary fantasy from a marvelous new voice in fiction, Katie Hallahan!

©2024 Katie Hallahan (P)2024 Orbit

Captivating Listen

I truly enjoyed this story! It not only brought you magic, demons and more. It also brought the spicy romance side. Can't wait for part 2!

Buffy meets TVD in this bi fantasy!!

I had a fantastic time listening to this audiobook. The story and setting had a lot of what I love about shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Supernatural, and The Vampire Diaries, but it was undeniably queer and I loved the relationships. I have been waiting for a bi fantasy to love this much.

For me, the only drawback is how many flashbacks there were. I’m not a big flashback person unless the flashbacks are filling in memory gaps for the main character who has legitimately forgotten their past. It almost made me wish there was a book before this one. Then I could see the flashbacks happening in real time, opening this book up to just lightly referencing those moments.

If you’re someone who likes stories about people returning to their small town where you get little glimpses of what their life was like before they left, you might love the flashbacks.

Note: I said TVD for the vibes. There are no vampires as of yet in the series, but there are witches, werewolves, and demons with the primary focus being on witches and demons. I don’t watch enough shows that center witches as the main characters to know if there’s a one that would be a better reference. For avid fans of witch media, I apologize for the gap in my knowledge!!