Born in the Shadows

In the Shadows #1

by Courtney McPhail

Cordelia Reese has lived a very normal life. So when she suffers an horrible accident and finds herself turned into a Shadow Walker, a vampire like race of demi-gods, she's more than a little out of her element.

Now, not only must she navigate her new life as a member of a powerful clan in the Shadow Walker race, she has to leave behind her human life, including her friend Gabe Carrington.

But that proves impossible when his life is threatened and Cordelia must save him, drawing him into her world of shadows. It is there that Cordelia finds herself unable to fight her lust for Gabe's blood and body.

As these friends become lovers, tragedy strikes and a war begins to brew that threatens to destroy both of their worlds.

330 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 22, 2015

About the author

Growing up in a tiny Canadian town, Courtney McPhail learned from an early age that her imagination was the best, and sometimes only, source of entertainment. Eventually her active imagination led to her writing down the adventures she created in her mind, leading to a copious amount of dog-eared spiral notebooks that are still in a box in her parent's basement. She left that tiny town behind to pursue a degree in Literature and History at the University of Toronto. There she developed a love for the classics while supplementing with romance and fantasy novels between classes.

Writing had always been something she had done for her own personal enjoyment. It wasn't until she hit the big 3-0 and went through an existential crisis that she realized writing could be a career. She began a series of paranormal romance novels that follow the lives and loves of a clan of supernatural beings living in Toronto, and a series of post-apocalyptic romance novels about a group of survivors searching for sanctuary when a plague sweeps across the world.
She currently resides in Toronto, enjoying the big city life while still maintaining her small town girl charm. When she isn't working on her latest novel, she can be found enjoying a hike through the Don Valley Hills near her home. More recently, since discovering Netflix, she can usually be found on her couch, binge watching various television shows.