Grave Whispers

Three questions. Two lethal protectors. One dangerous obsession.

I’m Tatum Locke, and I talk to corpses for a living. As a freelance Grave-Speaker in central Georgia, my rules are simple: ask the murder victim three questions, collect my consulting fee from the local police, and go back to my motorhome and my completely silent Chihuahua. It’s not a glamorous life, but it’s mine.

At least, it was.

When a routine consulting gig in the Ocmulgee bogs goes sideways, I end up infected with a lethal, mutating Chimera venom. The only way to survive the necrotic magic burning through my veins? Accepting the ancient, icy blood of Savannah’s Master Vampire, Valerian Croft, and the scorching, territorial mate-claim of Gideon Nash, the Alpha of the local panther clan.

Now, I’m tethered to two apex predators who would rather tear each other's throats out than share a room.

But as the rogue witch responsible for the Chimera attacks begins siphoning mass graves to build an army, I don't have the luxury of choosing between the aristocratic vampire and the feral shifter. To stop the swamp from swallowing my home, I have to learn how to wield a terrifying hybrid magic that should be impossible.

I didn't ask to be part of a lethal supernatural triad. But I survived the venom—and I'm going to make the monsters regret waking me up.

Grave Whispers by Shari Malin is a gritty, high-stakes Urban Fantasy Paranormal Romance. If you love badass heroines, dark magic systems, Southern Gothic vibes, and a fiercely protective, why-choose romance, step into the swamp.