Laken Cane

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Urban fantasy/paranormal author Laken Cane shares her Ohio home with three spoiled dogs and a tenacious African Violet, drinks too much coffee, and continues to explore all the worlds that live inside her mind.

You can connect with Laken through her website at www.lakencane.com or her Facebook author page at www.facebook.com/authorlakencane.
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Shiv Crew (Rune Alexander Book 1) Aug 26, 2013

by Laken Cane

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The book that started it all...
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She is a twisted, damaged badass. She was born to fight.
She is an unwavering, fierce defender. She was born to protect.
She is in trouble.
But she was born to survive.
No one does any of it better than Rune Alexander--and she is destined for much, much more.

I am my monster.
My monster is me.

"Laken Cane's Shiv Crew opens a monumental new urban fantasy series that promises to blow the rest of its ilk out of the water..."
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Supernatural beings exist in Rune Alexander's dark world, and as an agent in her county's law enforcement, it's her job to protect the humans from the various mad vampires, evil shifters, and rogue wolves that roam her city.

When she discovers that an unknown human is abusing the supernatural groups, she and her devoted crew must break the rules and protect the Others from the humans--and they begin to realize the real monsters aren't necessarily the vampires or werewolves.

The real monsters can be all too human.

Haunted by unbearable, shameful secrets and tormented by her past, she seeks redemption in pain and searches desperately for a sweet absolution that continues to elude her.

As she and her crew become embroiled in a bloody battle to save the Others, she can't help but wonder who will save her from herself.
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"Fans of Laurell K. Hamilton will love this series!"
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"The best urban fantasy series out there!"
Amz review

Get addicted to Rune and her crew as they fight the bad guys, live through unimaginable horror, fall in love, and deal with monsters that are sometimes all too human.

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Shadows Past: A Rune Alexander short Dec 25, 2014

by Laken Cane

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Shadows Past, book 5.5 of the Rune Alexander series. A Rune Alexander SHORT STORY.

A glimpse into Shiv Crew's past before the twins and Lex entered the picture, before Owen got under Rune's skin, and before the berserker gave her his heart.

This is a short story of the original Shiv Crew.

Enjoy.

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Strange Trouble (Rune Alexander Book 3) Feb 4, 2014

by Laken Cane

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Book three in the Rune Alexander series

A baby necromancer calls her mother from the grave, starting a zombie infestation Rune and the crew are not prepared to handle.

But as always, they jump headlong into battle--a battle that will lead into some of the darkest moments of Rune's life. Moments that will shatter her tenuous grip on sanity and make her long for the man whose abuse allowed her to function.

And when she falls, the berserker is there to catch her. To bring her back. To give her what she needs.

The zombies are just the beginning. Worse even than the zombies is what comes after--a nightmare witch named Damascus, a horrific decision, and death.

Always, death.

As she is given another jagged piece to the puzzle of her past, Rune knows that despite its best attempts, life doesn't have the ability to destroy her--though she offers it all the help it might need.

With Strad Matheson and the crew behind her, Rune will stride through hell, horror, and the endless, black despair of her own mind to show the monsters why Shiv Crew is the scariest group of warriors they will ever face...

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Blood and Bite (Rune Alexander Book 2) Oct 10, 2013

by Laken Cane

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Shiv Crew is back in book two of the Rune Alexander series.

Rune and the crew--some of them a little healthier, some of them a little more battered--take on new monsters and unbelievable surprises in Blood and Bite.

While Rune is keeping her promise to Ellis and trying to get her mind fixed, the berserker goes away to take care of some business--mysterious business he doesn't share with Shiv Crew.

What he brings back with him knocks the wind out of Rune and makes her question everything she thought she knew about Strad Matheson.

But the worst is yet to come.

With a mad vampire master she must destroy, a child she must save, and unimaginable screams from a past she has to ignore, Rune has her hands full. But there is always something new and terrible waiting in River County--waiting, it seems, just for her.

Because just when she thinks she can't possibly handle one more terrible thing, she discovers a shocking truth about herself, her blood, and her bite.

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Caretaker (Silverlight Book 2) May 11, 2018

by Laken Cane

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****THE SILVERLIGHT SERIES IS A REVERSE HAREM SERIES****

Six months ago Angus Stark was sent to prison, and no one on the outside has seen him since. Denied the visitor passes that would get her into the prison, Trinity grows more desperate with each passing day, convinced something terrible is happening to him.

She's not wrong.

When the sentencing judge's wife goes missing, Captain Crawford brings Trinity in to help track the woman. She agrees to find Madalyn Bennett--if the judge will let her visit Angus.

After her visit is granted, Trinity becomes even more convinced Angus is in trouble. With her sexy hunting partner at her side, she sets out to track the judge's missing wife.

Every single one of her supernaturals--her men--gather around her to help her free Angus Stark. Because the judge has agreed--if she finds his wife alive, he will give Angus back to her.

As problems arise and the vampire master's hold on her tightens, Clayton's very existence is threatened, and Angus’s situation becomes critical, Trinity discovers that battling demons and killing vampires might be the very least of her troubles...
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"5 stars. All the fucking stars."
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"This second installment is less dark than the first book but is a hell of a roller coaster. It's still very complex, fucked up, bloody, violent and the feels were everywhere. Sadness, anger, love, tenderness, cruelty. Everywhere and in everyone. It's beautiful, painful and wonderfully done."
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"The love he shows during the book is almost too much to bear and definitely swoon worthy. Shane Copas is adorable. Never thought I would say that."
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"Dynamite, emotional, draining, exciting, heartbreaking, uplifting, exhausting and wonderful read. CARETAKER was a study in opposites and I loved it."
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"I love the dark characters with the tragic history who require a lot of growth, and who are sexy as hell! "
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"Angus broke my heart multiple times in CARETAKER, but he remains one of my favorite characters. I think I like him even more now. He has become incredibly complex, and I can’t wait to dive into what seems to be the deep well of darkness forced upon him."
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"I am most excited by Leo Trask. In some ways, he reminds me of Terrence, the troll from Jackie May’s NORA JACOBS series – the huge, dangerous, not outwardly gorgeous guy that is a protective marshmallow at heart."
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"I will also note that this reverse harem series is most definitely NOT slow burn..."
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"What is interesting is how the author handles the sex scenes. Yes, they can be dark and graphic and hot and overwhelming (uh, sex on a pile of vampire corpses anyone?)"
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"And as with BLOODHUNTER, there are plenty of potentially triggering issues in CARETAKER. It is violent, bloody, brutal and dark. You have been warned!
But I would not miss this series for the world. It is beautifully rendered and completely engrossing. Now how on earth am I going to stand the wait on Book 3? HIGHLY recommended!"

DARK URBAN FANTASY REVERSE HAREM SERIES.
May contain triggers for some readers.

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New Regime (Rune Alexander Book 5) Oct 18, 2014

by Laken Cane

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Rune and her people have been taken under the mysterious wing of the Annex, an agency that works toward Other equality.

But with the new regime comes changes and some monstrous enemies the Annex seems to have brought with it.

The crew finds themselves up against a group called the Shop, whose leader cares only about his lab and the monsters he creates there.

But he hasn't been able to build monsters he can use or sell...until now.

Now Rune must follow a path of horror that leads from a little werefox named Megan to a town full of evil in Reverence, Kentucky, and find a way to defeat something worse than blades or guns or bombs.

Magic.

She can't use her claws on magic.

Can she?

In book five of the Rune Alexander series, Rune must deal with not only the monsters, but the escalating tension between the berserker and Owen, flashbacks from the COS attack, and the fear that she's losing Levi to the chasm of darkness started by Karin Love and deepened by the slayers.

She and her crew will fight with everything they've got to defeat the evil, even if some of that darkness lives inside each one of them.

Because they're Shiv Crew, and that is what they do.

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Obsidian Wings (Rune Alexander Book 4) May 10, 2014

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Gruesome murders begin to pop up in River County, and Rune is introduced to the bird shifters--to one bird in particular, a woman named Cree Stark.

When she gets a whiff of the shifters' scents where COS had been executing a gruesome sacrifice, Rune begins to suspect the birds know more about the slayers--and the twins--than they're willing to admit.

Nothing is more important to Shiv Crew than finding Levi and Denim, but when Lex psychically connects with the twins, it isn't good news she brings back.

As always, COS is at the center of it all.

The world is beginning to look at the church differently, thanks to the tireless work of Bill Rice and others like him. The humans' acceptance is turning to fear.

And what people fear, they hate.

But they slayers aren't finished, and what they're planning next will either finish them for good or give them everything they've ever wanted--Karin Love and unchallenged power.

Rune and the crew race against time to save River County from the biggest monster they've faced yet.
If they fail, the church will be closer than ever to their dream of creating an Otherless world.

In Obsidian Wings, Rune hides a devastating physical weakness, makes an important choice in her love life, and gains a new understanding that will help her face the future.

No matter what happens, their world is changing.
The crew is growing.
And so is Rune Alexander.

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Bloodhunter (Silverlight Book 1) Mar 6, 2018

by Laken Cane

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First he tried to kill her. Now, he's obsessed with her.

Six years ago Trinity Sinclair was the victim of a brutal vampire attack. The assault changed her into something she has only recently begun to understand, and connects her in unimaginable ways to her attacker.

But the dominating vampire who attacked her doesn't want to kill her. He wants to keep her alive.
Unfortunately, keeping Trinity alive won't be easy when nearly every vampire in existence wants her dead.

As a Bloodhunter, she is one of the very few humans in the world who can give a vampire his true death--and there is nothing worse or more terrifying to a vampire than true death.

Luckily for Trinity, she doesn't have to fight alone. She has a special sword and six protective people at her back-- The vampire master who attacked her, a mysterious hunter, and four incredible--and hot--supernaturals.
And she is as passionately drawn to them as they are to her--emotionally and physically.

Her unquenchable thirst for blood is matched by a primal, undeniable lust, and Trinity realizes she is in more danger of losing her heart and soul than she ever was of losing her life.

Reverse harem paranormal
May contain triggers for some readers

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Killing Land (Rune Alexander Book 8) Mar 10, 2016

by Laken Cane

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Ravaged by unfamiliar emotions and regretful of the choices she made, Rune Alexander begins life over back in River County, a place as harsh in its own way as the dark edge of hell from which she has returned.

She must now fight in a changed world where the Others have been nearly obliterated and the humans are on the hunt to wipe out those who remain.

Hurt in ways from which she will never recover, she struggles to remember who--and what--she is as she dives into savage battles with an incomplete crew and a heart scarred and battered by the savage, greedy world of Skyll.

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The Witch's Daughter (Rune Alexander Book 7) Sep 16, 2015

by Laken Cane

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In book seven of the Rune Alexander series, Rune
meets new allies, enters a bizarre and vaguely
familiar world, and realizes all over again that
she can never really trust anyone.

Except, maybe, the one she lost...

Sucked into Skyll by the echoes of Wormwood,
she must complete a very important task in order
to return to the world in which she belongs.

She realizes that when she does return, her world
will be changed.

If she returns.

If...because Skyll contains something more
precious to her than anything in ANY world.

But the Others of her world--all Others, including
those she loves--will die if she stays.

Either way, her choice will shatter not only her,
but those who love her.

Those who need her.

Join Rune as she walks through the world of her
creation. She'll find old faces and new enemies,
will uncover bitter secrets, and will have to fight
horror without her monster or her crew.

She will come to understand quickly that torture
and despair are the rule, and that tiny silver
threads of hope are all that keep Skyll from
plunging over the edge to be lost forever in the
black depths of hell.

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Wormwood Echoes (Rune Alexander Book 6) Mar 24, 2015

by Laken Cane

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After all she's been through, Rune Alexander thinks she can handle anything life may throw at her.
But when a mysterious disease begins to destroy the River County Others, she must gear up for trouble unlike any she's ever seen.
Trouble that may force her to leave her world for an unfamiliar, hostile place inhabited by a terrifying enemy.
A world in which Damascus holds the power.
Rune knows if she's pulled into Damascus's world, she may never find her way back.
But if she doesn't go, the Others will die.
All Others.
In book 6 of the Rune Alexander series, Rune must accept the fact that things are about to change.
Decisions will be made.
Hearts will shatter.
People will die.
As always, Rune and Shiv Crew will fight like the warriors they are to defeat the evil, stay together, and keep each other alive.
But this time, their fight will not be enough.

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Stolen (Edgefield Slayers Book 2) Jul 4, 2019

by Laken Cane

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A dangerous enemy returns and threatens the city and everyone Krista loves, and the only thing that might stop him is sacrifice.
The question is, whose?

When a powerful demon lord discovers he has the ability to steal souls to gain power, Krista Lennox and the Edgefield Slayers must face a darkness like they've never known to protect the city's most vulnerable humans.

Surrounded by the men who love her and beginning to accept the desires of her heart, Krista embraces her life—hard battles, hot nights, powerful magic…

And dangerous darkness.

Is she strong enough to resist the darkness, or will she finally surrender to its seductive call?

He ran his lips over the mark on her cheek. “You will punish me for your fear. But I like your fear. I’ll do it again, Krista. Many, many times..."

*The Edgefield Slayers series is a paranormal romance reverse harem.*

What readers are saying:

★★★★★ "You have a way of making the reader feel immersed in the melee and that to me is an exemplary author."

★★★★★ "You have pulled out many emotions from me and as usual, my dumb ass cried, laughed, cheered, sympathized, and related to Krista all over the place."

★★★★★ "This book is an emotional, sexy, bloodthirsty, high velocity ride!"

★★★★★ "Rooting for a kick butt female lead with a few bad boys on her side? Yes please!"

★★★★★ "In true Laken Cane fashion, the action is non-stop and bloody as hell."

★★★★★ "I don't think I've cried like that over a book in a long time."

★★★★★ "Urban fantasy is this author's specialty and she shines with this new world!"

★★★★★ "Though I read a great amount, its rare to have a book entrance me hard enough that I cant stop reading until I reach the end."

★★★★★ "This book is a dark as heck and I absolutely loved every minute."

★★★★★ "This is the first series I’ve read from this author and I’m not sure she has written any others...but man, I really hope so."

★★★★★ "Finally found a great new author. Story was an interesting new take on urban paranormal with a bit of lust thrown in for good measure. If you enjoyed EARLY Anita Blake novels give this a try."

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