where the
shadows
push back…
SHADES BELOW Series | Book 1
There are places in San Francisco where people disappear… and no one notices.
Psychic medium Lena Alan lives in the Demimonde, the shadowed layer of the city where the dead linger and the past refuses to stay buried. Her work is usually quiet: helping restless spirits cross the Veil. But when the ghost of someone familiar vanishes before she can save them, Lena realizes something is deeply wrong.
Her search for answers puts her on a collision course with Jesper MacMillian, a private investigator bound to an inheritance of power, obligation, and history he has spent his life trying to escape. Together, they uncover a pattern of violence against the city’s most vulnerable residents. Something dark is moving through San Francisco’s forgotten neighborhoods, feeding on secrecy, erasure, and the thin boundary between the living and the dead.
When the truth finally emerges, both Lena and MacMillian will be forced onto a path neither can walk alone.
A WORLD APART is a literary urban fantasy about haunted cities, magic with consequences, and the cost of seeing what lives in the dark.
REVIEWS
“The characters are real and gritty. Throw in the paranormal aspect with ghosts and BAM! It’s fantastic!”
~ DOWIE’S PLACE BLOG
“Some great run arounds and scary ghostly possessions. With a side of zombie! I can’t wait for book two.”
~ HAPPY TAILS AND TALES BLOG
“…ghosts, witches, and necromancers mixed with private investigation and a little romance.”
~ BOOKS THAT HOOK
SHADES BELOW Series | Book 2
San Francisco is a city of ghosts. Some of them refuse to stay dead.
A strange illness is tearing through the city’s vampire population, stripping away restraint and turning old predators feral. When her brother Cyrus agrees to consult for the unnervingly charismatic vampire Seneca Lynch, psychic medium Lena is forced into a world she has always kept at arm’s length.
Reunited with private detective Jesper MacMillian, she enters a part of the Demimonde where folklore is fact, alliances are unraveling, and every favor comes at a cost. Seneca Lynch claims he wants to stop what is spreading. Whether that makes him an ally or something far worse remains unclear.
As the lines between predator and protector blur, Lena and MacMillian must decide how far into the shadows they’re prepared to go… and whether some evils can only be survived by letting them in.
THE DEVIL’S DISEASE is a literary urban fantasy about haunted cities, corrupted monsters, and the toll it takes to survive what hunts in the dark.
REVIEWS
“At a time when vampire stories seem to be ‘à la mode’, Oliva delivers a thrilling book describing a dark world infused with pervasive sexual tension…”
~ INDEPENDENT REVIEWER
“…A tip of the hat is warranted for adding a new take to vampire culture that really makes sense.”
~ INDEPENDENT REVIEWER
“The writing in this book is as flawless as in book one, proving that this author is no fluke.”
~ INDEPENDENT REVIEWER
L.J.K. OLIVA 