Gray's Shadow

Kings of Hell MC Series, Book 4

By: K.A. Merikan

Narrated by: Joel Leslie

There can be no shadow without the man to cast it.

After losing his twin brother, Gray has devoted his life to the Kings of Hell MC. He will do anything to protect his family and that means anything.

Even sell his own shadow to the devil.

Following a fire that left him without one arm, Gray feels pushed to the sidelines. In order to prove to his club that he is still capable of completing dangerous tasks, he will have to team up with the strange creature from the Other Side. Tall, inhumanly strong, and menacing despite the handsome exterior, Shadow is just the tool Gray needs.

The moment Shadow lays his eyes on Gray, he wants to crawl under Gray's skin and make the human his.

Gray on the other hand isn't willing to get attached to a monster destined to do the devil's bidding and disappear once his time is up. Rejected, Shadow has to do everything in his power to convince his human that they belong together.

But as the clock ticks away precious minutes of Shadow's existence, Gray will have to choose between his loyalty to the Kings of Hell MC and responsibility for the creature he brought into this world.

Contains mature themes.

©2018 K. A. Merikan (P)2019 Tantor

unfair to grey

after reading all books I felt the punishment to grey was unjust, looking back at all the couples and the mistake they all made by keeping secrets and worshipping a serial killer ect grey did more than any one there and was treated harshly even though he and shadow got the egg.

Smart writing

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I understand why people are upset about what happened to Grey and Shadow toward the end. But think about if they didn’t get punished and was instead letting off with just some heated argument and quick understanding. First it would be less enjoyable without the emotional rollercoaster. And having his hand injured it makes shadow part of the club now, making that sacrifice is almost like to prospecting, knight even said so. Imagine if there’s no major consequences, the reader wouldn’t really feel like they are still the underdog couple in the club, the whole “us against the world” sentiment, as ridiculous as it is, still have emotional draw for me. Overall I still very much enjoy this book, maybe even better than the other ones. Some of the crazy scenes in there are just the right amount beyond imagination for the me to feel the magic. Highly recommend it.

Team Shadow

First off Joel Leslie’s narration was on point and made the story come to life. There were parts of the story that I wished were explained more. I loved Shadow. I really felt for him on how Gray treated him. I’m not gonna lie, it made me tear up a little. Overall, I was very satisfied with the story. I think this might be my favorite in the series. In K.A. Merikan’s books, I really like how you don’t see where the story is going to go next. The story ideas are so original and dark and twisty and sexy and not angsty.

I Absolutely love Grey and Shadow

Greys Shadow is the 4th installment of Kings of Hell MC and it's just as good as the rest of the series. Shadow had my heart from his first appearance. He's just so sweet and innocent , even if he can RIP a person's head from its body. I've loved Grey since the beginning so it hurt how he treated shadow at first but it's understandable considering his personality. After Shadow broke through his barriers though he was completely smitten and so was I. I absolutely love this series and reccomend it to anyone who's into dark and sexy MM romance.

Deeply emotional creeptastic fiction!

Merikan’s series gets even stranger (in a good way) as Gray makes a pact with the creature of the house. His shadow must inhabit the body of someone long dead and ‘feed’ the trees for 3 consecutive moons. The imagination and character building in this story is fantastic. We see the quiet, introverted, almost reclusive yet lethal Gray’s innermost thoughts, feelings and fears change through the book with the introduction of his personified shadow. Loss of his arm mimics the pain of losing his twin several years previous. What I initially thought as creepy and unbelievable soon became a very unique and interesting twist on reality. Shadow’s personality, thoughts, feelings, depth of physical and emotional growth are stunningly presented. I’m not one for much angst, but in the beginning of the book he was quite a hand-wringer. He settled down, but those hormones and churning need to be one with his person again made the chemistry off the charts in a way you don’t normally see in creeptastic fiction. The story verges on being so intimate one could almost call it sappy, if not for the bold innocence of Shadow’s simple statements of love. By the end of the book, I was totally routing for Shadow and Gray, the world be damned- literally! Joel Leslie is awesome- puts just enough whine into Shadow’s lightly British accent when needed, but not so much as to make you want to go mad. The un-bodied version of Shadow’s voice is sufficiently chilling and shudder-worthy. Each of the club members has their own personality and voice, kept true through the series- something very few narrators do well, but Leslie exceeds all expectations!