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Kory M. Shrum
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USA TODAY bestselling author Kory M. Shrum lives in Michigan with her wife, Kim, and their ferocious guard pug, Josephine. Kory naps like an adult and chugs caffeine like one too. She's an active member of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Horror Writers of America, and best of all, the Four Horsemen of the Bookocalypse, where she's known as Conquest.
She's the author of several supernatural thrillers. When not reading, writing, or battling her pug for the covers, she teaches writing to college students.
Full Series List in Order
A 2603 Novel
1 - The City Below (Dec-2020)2 - The City Within (Dec-2020)
3 - The City Outside (Jun-2021)
Blade Born
1 - Blade Born (Dec-2022)A Design Your Destiny Novel
1 - Welcome to Castle Cove (May-2018)2 - Night Tide (Jun-2019)
Dying for a Living
1 - Dying for a Living (Sep-2014)2 - Dying by the Hour (Aug-2014)
3 - Dying for Her (Apr-2015)
4 - Dying Light (Nov-2015)
5 - Worth Dying for (May-2016)
6 - Dying Breath (Nov-2016)
7 - Dying Day (Oct-2017)
A Lou Thorne Thriller
1 - Shadows in the Water (Feb-2017)2 - Under the Bones (Jun-2018)
3 - Danse Macabre (Dec-2018)
4 - Carnival (Oct-2019)
5 - Devil's Luck (May-2020)
6 - What Comes Around (May-2021)
7 - Overkill (Mar-2022)
8 - Silver Bullet (Jun-2022)
9 - Hell House (Oct-2022)
10 - One Foot in the Grave (Apr-2023)
11 - Blood Rain (Oct-2023)
Book List in Order: 30 titles
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Dying by the Hour
- Aug-2014
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Read the series with 700 five-star reviews! A contemporary fantasy series unlike any other. Don’t believe us? Download a free sample and see for yourself!
Fame, fortune, a pulse -- you can’t have everything.
Jesse Sullivan and Al... -
Dying for a Living
- Sep-2014
- / Urban Fantasy
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Read the series with 700 five-star reviews! A contemporary fantasy series unlike any other. Don’t believe us? Download a free sample and see for yourself!
And you thought dying once would be hard...
On the morning before her 67th ... -
Dying for Her
- Apr-2015
- / Dark Fantasy
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Read the series with 700 five-star reviews!
He only has one shot to make it right.
James T. Brinkley was discharged from the military after a fatal mistake changed his life--and took another.
As an agent, Brinkley has d... -
Badass and the Beast
- May-2015
- / Fantasy
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10 "Tails" about kickass heroines and their beastly sidekicks. Forget diamonds We know who a real girl's best friend is. All proceeds from the sale of this anthology will be donated to the Animal Welfare Institute, an A+ charity (Charity Watch). "Si...
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Dying Light
- Nov-2015
- / Fantasy
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Read the series with 700 five-star reviews. A contemporary fantasy series unlike any other. Don't believe us? Download a free sample and see for yourself!
What doesn't kill you always tries again.
In the wake of her handler's death, Je... -
Worth Dying for
- May-2016
- / Thriller
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Read the series with 700 five-star reviews! A contemporary fantasy series unlike any other. Don't believe us? Download a free sample and see for yourself!
With this much power coursing through your veins, it's hard to remember whose side you'... -
Dying Breath
- Nov-2016
- / Horror
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Read the series with 700 five-star reviews! A contemporary fantasy series unlike any other. Don't believe us? Download a free sample and see for yourself!I always knew I was going to die. I just didn't know it was going to be today....
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Shadows in the Water
- Feb-2017
- / Dark Fantasy
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Louie Thorne was born with a dangerous gift and a reason to fear the darkness. But when her parents are murdered by the mafia, embracing her power is the only way to exact her revenge. She will destroy the men who destroyed her family -- no matter th...
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Welcome to Castle Cove
- May-2018
- / General Fiction
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Always wanted an urban fantasy you could control? Here is your chance.A young woman is dumped by her fiancé of three years. Longing for a new life, she takes a job in Castle Cove, a seemingly perfect town nestled between beautiful pine forests and t...
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Under the Bones
- Jun-2018
- / General Fiction
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Enemies make the best allies. Louie Thorne is good at only one thing. Killing. She knows peace only when she kills and this relentless thirst drives her to hunt the world's worst crime lords. But when her cancer-stricken aunt ma...
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Danse Macabre
- Dec-2018
- / Dark Fantasy
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Is it still revenge if you kill the innocent? Fast, furious, and with an iron will -- Louie Thorne is the woman they fear. Crime lords the world over go to great lengths to escape her retribution. But with her terrifying gift and relentless driv...
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Night Tide
- Jun-2019
- / Women's Fiction
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Have you always wanted an urban fantasy story you could control?Bartender Reese is asked to use her special abilities to investigate a siren attack in Castle Cove.Castle Cove teens have a peculiar rite of passage. On their eighteenth birthday, they m...
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Devil's Luck
- May-2020
- / Dark Fantasy
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Sometimes revenge is the road to salvation.Louie Thorne understands this. When her parents were brutally shot dead in their home, Louie found the strength to go on only by armoring herself with the quest for vengeance. She found the criminals that to...
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Blood & Castles
- Oct-2020
- / Dystopian
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Humanity moved on, but no dark secrets can be left behind...Kal Haven only has weeks to live. What he thought was a minor infection turned out to be a death sentence. Before he can process the news, his old buddy begs a favor. He needs Kal to come to...
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The City Below
- Dec-2020
- / Dystopian
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A new science fiction thriller from the bestselling author of the Shadows in the Water series.Commander Grace Buteo protects Zone 2, a prosperous place thriving in part due to her diligent efforts to guard its citizens against cyber-attacks, ide...
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The City Within
- Dec-2020
- / Science Fiction
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Fans of Cline's Ready Player One and Scalzi's Lock In will enjoy the riveting second installment of the series. Commander Grace Buteo now knows why her husband and son were murdered, but her hunt for their killer is interrupted by a more urgent ...
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What Comes Around
- May-2021
- / Thriller
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Blood. Bones. And the catacombs. In Paris, a renowned art historian is found dead in her bathtub with a fatal stab wound in her gut, leaving the authorities to question if it was a suicidal publicity stunt—or murder. Then an Algerian stude...
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The City Outside
- Jun-2021
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From the USA TODAY bestselling author of the Dying for a Living and Shadows in the Water series, The City Outside is the breathtaking conclusion to Commander Grace Buteo's saga.He killed her husband and son. Now he wants her life.The rich and po...
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Jack and the Fire Eater
- Dec-2021
- / General Fiction
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A Victorian city riddled with magic. A young man with extraordinary gifts, and the demons fighting to own his soul. Find adventure, love, and revenge in this imaginative and engrossing tale. Two days ago, Jack Siran's biggest concerns were his i...
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Silver Bullet
- Jun-2022
- / Fantasy
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Lou uses her uncanny ability to inflict lethal retribution (Kirkus Reviews) yet again in this eighth installment of the Shadows in the Water series. These special meals are by invitation only. When chef Alan Rathers lifts the lid of his ste...
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Hell House
- Oct-2022
- / Horror
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It's amazing what can be hidden behind four walls. Each night, just past midnight, Louie Thorne finds herself called to the dark halls of a residential living facility. But each time she appears, another resident has died. Is it coincidence...
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Blade Born
- Dec-2022
- / Fantasy
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One young woman tries to save the world—or at least, the person she loves the most—from demons, old magic, family secrets, and cutthroat witches fighting for political power. Amelia Bishop is the last witch born to a powerful house. ...
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One Foot in the Grave
- Apr-2023
- / Thriller
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Join Lou and the team as they take on their most sinister opponents yet. One Foot in the Grave is the tenth installment of the bestselling Shadows in the Water series.Louie Thorne uses her incredible gift to save two children, children who are far fr...
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Blood Rain
- Oct-2023
- / Thriller
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In this 11th installment of the bestselling Shadows in the Water series, Louie Thorne proves she is still the indelible protagonist (Kirkus Reviews) readers know and love. The success of Konstantine's underworld empire is secured by the loyalty ...
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First Light
- Dec-2024
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In this 12th installment of the bestselling Shadows in the Water series, Louie Thorne is tested in ways she's never been tested before.Louie Thorne has always been a fighter, but on the brink of motherhood, her determination burns with a new intensit...
