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Book Title: Inheritance (Deadly Curiosities 4)
Author: Gail Z. Martin
Publisher: SOL Publishing
Narrator: Courtney Patterson
Release Date: October 20, 2020
Genre: Urban fantasy with minor romantic elements
Tropes: Ghosts, witches, supernatural creatures, found family, hurt/comfort
Themes: Starting over, creating found family, old secrets coming to light
Heat Rating: 1 flame
Length: 7 hours and 14 minutes
It can be read as a standalone story. It is the fourth Deadly Curiosities novel and the series crosses over with a number of Morgan Brice series. Other books do not need to be read in order to enjoy the plot.
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Find the demon box. Stop the killer ghosts. Break the curse.
Blurb Cassidy Kincaide runs Trifles & Folly in modern-day Charleston, an antiques and curio shop with a dangerous secret. Cassidy can read the history of objects by touching them, and she teams up with friends and allies who use magic and paranormal abilities to get rid of cursed objects and keep Charleston and the world safe from supernatural threats. Caribbean ghosts terrorize Charleston and start racking up a body count. Then Beckford Pendlewood, the heir to a powerful family of dark warlocks, shows up raving about a bound demon locked in a lost box and begs sanctuary. Can Cassidy and her friends find the demon box, stop the killer ghosts, and break the Pendlewood curse before Beckford's murderous cousins and the vengeful demon destroy them all?Note—This is primarily an urban fantasy/supernatural adventure with a secondary romance, but there are two different evolving MM romances that play an important role in the book.
It is the 'tent pole' series from which all the others spin off. Cassidy Kincaide is Simon Kincaide's cousin (Badlands), and Teag Logan, her best friend, shows up in all the rest of the Morgan Brice books as a helpful hacker. Simon and Vic (Badlands) come to Charleston in this book and play a big role in fighting the big bad, as does Dante the pirate ghost from The Rising and Loose Ends (Badlands). Teag is in a long-term relationship with Anthony, Beck and Logan (new characters in Inheritance) fall in love, and Simon and Vic are badasses--so there are three MM couples who play major roles with the plot even though the MC (Cassidy) isn't gay. (She has a boyfriend but there's no MF sex on page beyond very minor kisses and cuddles.) Inheritance falls between Flame and Ash and Unholy in the in-book timeline (and slightly before Loose Ends, oddly enough). Also, Unholy takes Seth and Evan to Charleston where Cassidy and her crew play an essential role in defeating that book's witch disciple.My Two Pennies' Worth
This is the only book I've read of this author under this pen name and the first audiobook I've listened to with a female narrator that hasn't been a well known actor/celebrity. The narrator does a great job especially considering the huge cast of characters, which I struggled to keep everyone straight at times. I did feel that it lacked the emotional connection of the paranormal gay romances. The plot was great, the monsters/ghosts/curses were interesting and the book was well written. However, while the excitement and dangers come thick and fast I never really worried for anyone's safety and I think that can only be down to the lack of emotional connection. If this had been a Vic and Simon book I'd have been on edge the whole time.
There is an ongoing gay romance for one of the MC's friends, and of course Vic and Simon make an appearance. Also, if you are following the Witchbane series (Seth and Evan) this is an ideal read because it takes place just before Unholy and acts as an introduction for the characters you'll meet there.
About the Author
Gail Z. Martin writes epic fantasy, urban fantasy and steampunk for Solaris Books, Orbit Books, SOL Publishing, Darkwind Press, Worldbuilders Press and Falstaff Books. Recent books include Convicts and Exiles, Sellsword’s Oath, Inheritance, and Night Moves. With Larry N. Martin, she is the co-author of the Spells Salt & Steel, Wasteland Marshals, Joe Mack and Jake Desmet series.
As Morgan Brice, she writes urban fantasy MM paranormal romance including the Witchbane, Badlands, Treasure Trail and Fox Hollow series.
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