Dark Truths

By Sandra Barret

Jade Murphy thinks her undead life is going great until her ex-girlfriend and vampire maker barges back into her life with a simple heist in mind. Just like the old days, except in the old days, Jade didn’t have a human partner who doesn’t know she’s a vampire. She can keep Beth from learning her secret, keep her ex from learning about Beth, and keep them both from realizing Beth’s latent magical talent, no problem. But when the heist goes horribly wrong, all bets are off, and every secret is at risk.

Can Jade keep everyone happy and safe, or will her life turn into the vampire version of Humpty Dumpty when it all comes tumbling down?

Too many secrets make for a tangled fucking mess, Jade...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
• Release date: Feb 14, 2023
• ISBN: 9781636793696

Sandra Barret

Sandra Barret is a native New Englander who wanted to be an archaeologist. So of course she ended up a writer for a software company. She focuses her fiction writing on urban fantasy and science fiction stories where strong women save the day. When not writing, she’s reading, gardening, and occasionally digging holes way too deep in the back of her historic home in the hopes of finding something more archaeologically significant than the ever-present coal slag. Dreams never die, they just adapt to life circumstances!

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