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Grave Misfortune

Fortune Favors the Fae

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Darkness sleeps beneath Barrowdeep.

War-weary mercenary Leoric has traded his sword for a shovel, burying the undead blight that plagues the little town of Barrowdeep. Now he fights for the living instead of against them.

Fae trickster Orphium travels from town to town, stealing human trinkets and memories through games of chance. He's desperate to fill the hollow in his heart, but the hunger never goes away.

Barrowdeep is ripe for the picking, except the nosy local gravedigger keeps interfering. But when Leoric unearths an ancient fae artifact, Orphium knows he’ll stop at nothing to possess the powerful coin.

And the undead will stop at nothing to possess him.

Orphium and Leoric must fight the undead together before tensions and their shadowy pasts rise to the surface — and before an even darker evil awakens beneath Barrowdeep.

Grave Misfortune is a part of the multi-author series, Fortune Favors the Fae. From spicy to sweet, zany romps to epic adventures, there’s something for everyone in this mystical series. Discover destiny and true love and follow the coin on its fickle journey to the next world and a new magical adventure.

©2024 Nazri Noor (P)2024 Nazri Noor Action & Adventure Epic Fantasy Romance Heartfelt Zombie
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The innocent hamlet of Barrowdeep has a plague of undead ghouls that rise out of the soil to ensnare unwary townsfolk. Ex-soldier Leoric has settled in town, working as a gravedigger by day and a ghoul dispatcher by night. Life is unusual but routine until the arrival of the most annoying faerie in the land. Orphium travels from town to town beguiling townsfolk and tricking them out of their valuables in exchange for fools gold. Leoric can’t understand why he’s the only one who can see through Orphium’s glitz, glamour, and deceit. All too keen to create mischief, Orphium goes out of his way to rile up Leoric and the two men soon have each other seething … but there’s a fine line between love and hate!

This supernatural / enemies-to-lovers romance was a lot of fun! Grave Misfortune is part of the Fortune Favors the Fae series, in which each book features the appearance of a mysterious magical golden coin. Orphium immediately recognises the coin’s value but he’s driven crazy by Leoric’s refusal to part with it. There’s some nice humour here, some great creative ideas and world-building, and two very compelling main characters. Leoric is a decent guy and I felt quite sorry for the stunts and teasing Orphium subjected him to. I didn’t initially like Orphium but this is a redemption story and we slowly watch Leoric and the perilous circumstances redeem him. This is the 2nd audiobook in this series I’ve loved, I hope the rest of the series will also be turned into audiobooks. 🎧 Voice actor Zachary Johnson uses his deep voice to perfection on every one of his audiobooks I’ve had the pleasure of listening to. He’s great on emotion, steam, and humour—well worth a listen!!

Short but loads of humour, action, and magic!

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