Book 1

City of Souls

by Mel Harding-Shaw

Published 9 November 2022

Bounty hunter Hel’s life depends on staying below the radar and passing as human. But when the infuriating Lord of the City of Souls discovers her hidden power is the key to solving his problems, he reclaims her bond-debt and drags her into the spotlight. He’ll protect her secrets on one condition—that she does everything he asks.

Winged necromancer Bastion would do anything to save the city he rules from the strange magic menacing their world. Even blackmail the angry, intriguing bounty hunter who despises him. As the rulers of the elemental courts converge to face the threat, he’s not sure who hates him more—them or Hel. The only way to keep her close is to make her pretend she’s his.

With dark magic tearing at the fabric of reality and betrayal lurking behind every corner, Hel and Bastion’s fake relationship becomes the only thing either of them can rely on. But Bastion’s past might just come back to kill him.

And Hel’s might kill them all.

City of Souls is book one of the Soul Court Ascension trilogy—a steamy enemies to lovers Paranormal Romance with a side of Urban Fantasy.


Book 2

Shards of Stasis

by Mel Harding-Shaw

Published 18 May 2023

Hel’s ever-deepening connection to Bast would be hard enough to deal with, but the link to his power is also drowning her in the deaths of the souls it comes from. On top of that, ominous shards of stone made by her murderous father are emerging from the earth.

The only way Bast can keep Hel safe from his magic is to avoid her, but even that’s no longer working. If she dies, so will he. Along with the world’s only hope against the dark Contagion threatening their reality.

Under attack from outside and within, they fly from Court to Court in desperation as their tenuous truce with the other rulers crumbles. Inextricably bound together, their only hope of survival lies in the same bond that’s killing them.

Shards of Stasis is book two of the Soul Court Ascension trilogy—a steamy enemies to lovers Paranormal Romance with a side of Urban Fantasy.


Book 3

Shrine of Stars

by Mel Harding-Shaw

Published 2 November 2023