Death Doesn't Bargain: Deadman's Cross

Kenyon (Born of Legend) puts the lie to the old adage "Dead men tell no tales" in the jam-packed, appealing first book of her Deadman's Cross historical fantasy series
Kenyon gives readers scrumptious heroes - still with a dark edge and dangerous powers . . . she creates a world full of depth and intelligent details . . . and gives her stories an underpinning and a foundation in authenticity without sacrificing the breathless pace of her plots - no small feat!
Kenyon delivers the goods readers have come to expect, and more
A delicious balance of suspense and sensuality
This is the second book in the Deadman's Cross series - where Deadmen tell their tales, and every soul is damned or redeemed by the final choices they make.

The Deadmen are back. But so are the demons who have broken free of their eternal prison and are bent on mankind's destruction. The worst of the lot is Vine, determined to claim their lives for taking hers. She will see the world burn . . . and has the perfect lure to destroy them all: one of their own.

Kalder Dupree has never known a day of mercy. Born to the cruelest of mer-races, he sacrificed himself for his crew and is in Vine's hands. He expects no mercy or rescue.

Yet Cameron Jack is determined to set Kalder free. As a Hellchaser, it's her calling, and she cannot allow even a not-so-innocent to be tortured for an act of kindness that spared her damnation.

Vine thought she had her hands full before, but she hasn't seen anything nearly as powerful as Cameron's resolve . . .

'A publishing phenomenon . . . [Sherrilyn Kenyon is] the reigning queen of the wildly successful paranormal scene . . .' Publishers Weekly

'Brisk, ironic and relentlessly imaginative. These are not your mother's vampire novels' Boston Globe