​Shush…lest she awaken… 

My name is Amelia Gray, a cemetery restorer who lives with the dead. An anonymous donor has hired me to restore Woodbine Cemetery, a place where the rich and powerful bury their secrets. Forty years ago, a child disappeared without a trace and now her ghost has awakened, demanding that I find out the truth about her death. Only I know that she was murdered. Only I can bring her killer to justice. But the clues that I follow—a haunting melody and an unnamed baby's grave—lead me to a series of disturbing suspects. 

For generations, The Devlins have been members of Charleston's elite. John Devlin once turned his back on the traditions and expectations that came with his birthright, but now he has seemingly accepted his rightful place. His family's secrets make him a questionable ally. When my investigation brings me to the gates of his family's palatial home, I have to wonder if he is about to become my mortal enemy.

To understand this book, you have to start at the beginning. This storyline has played out over 6 books and without knowing the path we took, you will not understand some of the history.

I discovered Amanda Stevens when I picked up a used book titled The Dollmaker. She has a way with writing a mystery that pulls you into the story. She doesn't write them quickly, she's not one of those writers that cranks out a book every few months. But they are worth the wait.

The Graveyard Queen series is one of my favorites. The history and supernatural mystery of the old south sets a perfect backdrop. Old cemeteries, Old families. Old money. Old mysteries. All play into the long winding road that brings us to the conclusion of the latest graveyard restoration. 

THE PUPPET

Borrow the bike. Win the race. Collect the cash. It should've been an easy job. Ran out of town with a broken leg and a lawsuit, my mother's latest flame swoops in like a knight in gilded armor. Blackwood Keep is a place I don't belong, and I'm not the only one who knows. To the boy across the hall, my savior's only son, I'm a stray looking for a bone.

He's lord of the manor.
King of the academy.
And number one on my shit list.

THE PEER

I have no intentions of becoming a happy family with the social climber and her wild daughter. A bottle of Jameson and a cracked skull gets my problem shipped to reform school, but I didn't bank on her returning.

Four's out to get even, and she almost had the perfect plan: expose the privileged kid moonlighting as a gangbanger. She's smart, but she'll have to be smarter. Sending her away won't be good enough this time. I'm going to have to tame the little troublemaker. To the girl across the hall, the one without a name, I'm nothing without my silver spoon.

She's lady of the trailer park.
Queen of the swamps.
And my new favorite pastime.

The romance can be read as a standalone, however, the series is one story. The plot introduced in The Peer and the Puppet will continue in the following novels.

​Content suitable for 18+.

Review
4 stars

I started out not liking this book. I love Reid, so I automatically signed up for the ARC, but I'm not a huge YA fan unless it has an edgy story. It started out strong, but then it ventured to far into YA high school angst territory and I started to sway my review to 3 stars. But something just kept pulling me back in and it was HER. Four. Her strong will and non "girlie-girl" way had me so intrigued as to how this would end for her I kept reading. At times, we slipped to far into stupid teenage decisions, sex, partying, high school drama, gossip, etc. But there was always a little edge to Four that brought me back. 

I will continue to read this series because now I'm hooked and need to know where Reid is taking us............. But damn that ending was so not fair!!

​**ARC was provided by author for honest review

​Fix Marcosa is at war. 

The battlefield: New York City.

He knows every street like the back of his hand. The darkened alleyways and back streets conceal secrets only he knows.

Somewhere out there, an unknown element is threatening the life of the woman he loves.

Fix doesn’t mind shedding a little blood to get protect those close to him, though.

He doesn’t mind getting his hands dirty.

And when he goes to war…he sure as hell doesn’t lose.

Sera Lafferty knows what it’s like to run. 

She’s been running her whole damn life.

With death now looming over her, it seems as though she must run again if she wants to survive.

The dark, storm-kissed stranger she met in a motel room offers another solution, however.

Fix is a challenge. An enigma. A savage force of nature. He will be her shield against the coming darkness, if only she will let him.

But can she trust the tortured ex-priest to keep her safe?

Should she run from New York as fast as possible?

Or should she stand and fight?

The end of the road.........maybe.

You can never really tell with Callie Hart. She says the series is complete, but I'm sure we will see Sera and Fix turn up in other series. Afterall, we did get a "cameo" from our favorite Alpha in this one. And that just added the delicious icing on this cake.

We were always heading towards finding out who Carver was, and i have to admit I figured it out before the grand finale. That aside, I still enjoyed the series as a whole even without the "Saturday" (you'll find out what that means when you read it). Fix and Sera are a couple equal to Zeth and Sloane. Alpha male, equally balanced female and lots of hotness mixed with crazy drama and a suspense/mystery to tie it all together. Looking forward to, hopefully, seeing these two in some future crossover stories.

The series as a whole has held my heart from the first word. And I strongly suggest you read the whole series including Iron Tiara, to completely understand the characters and their intertwined history.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who has been waiting and watching for this story. Christian and Mimi captured us in Iron Tiara. I knew their story would be epic, and I was very happy with the outcomes for all. We also get some more history from the "nine minutes" books and I realized how much I missed all of them. So much love for Flynn giving us some more of them!!!