📚 TITLE: DEATH VALLEY 📚 AUTHOR: KARINA HALLE 📚 GENRE: COWBOY HORROR | ROMANCE📚...
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📚 TITLE: DEATH VALLEY
📚 AUTHOR: KARINA HALLE
📚 GENRE: COWBOY HORROR | ROMANCE
📚 PUBLICATION: MARCH 12TH, 2025
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Synopsis
Take Yellowstone and add in the White Walkers from Game of Thrones and you have Death Valley. Morally grey cowboys, menacing wilderness, and deadly zombies await in this dark western horror romance from NYT bestselling author Karina Halle.
Three years ago Aubrey Wells’ sister disappeared in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Since then, Aubrey’s life has crumbled around her. Desperate for answers, she hires rancher and wilderness guide Jensen McGraw to help discover what happened to her sister.
Jensen doesn’t frighten easily. Hell, the finances of his family’s ranch are mixed up with one of the world’s most dangerous crime bosses, but he knows exactly what kind of unnatural creatures wait up in those mountains. He tries to convince Aubrey to give up, but he needs the money she offers if he wants to retake control of his ranch.
Business isn’t the only thing brewing between Aubrey and Jensen—secrets, lies, and an intense attraction threaten to derail their journey up the mountain. When a fierce snowstorm hits, and members of the crew start disappearing, Aubrey and Jensen will have to use all their wits to survive.
Because what dies in this wilderness doesn’t stay dead… it devours.
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My Review
'𝐃E𝐀T𝐇 𝐕A𝐋L𝐄Y' Is a full length standalone cowboy horror romance book by author Karina Halle. Spoken in dual perspectives. Aubrey & Jensen
'T𝐑O𝐏E𝐒'
Morally Grey Cowboy
Strong Female Lead
Enemies-to-Lovers-to-Enemies
Forced Proximity
Grumpy x Grumpy
Snowed In
Touch Her and Die
Secret Identity
Fast Burn
Survival Horror
Man vs Mountains
Zombies
Small Town Secrets
Cold Case
Can’t say I’ve ever read anything like this before, I jumped into this without really reading the synopsis so blind in a way, I just thought I was going to be getting a horror book centred around cowboys. Yes please..BUT that's not really what I got..AND no complaints by me..
This had zombies in it, and not any sort of zombies I know! These ones were faster, more cunning, blue eyed, creepy as fuck. So it’s a fair assumption that I liked this book, because I really did..Beyond unique, and has me rectifying my need to read more by this author because I’ve really fallen behind.
Aubrey and Jensen both harboured a secret, he was under the thumb of one sketchy dude, all in the name of saving the ranch and affording his mothers medication. Hers was her job, she had to keep that information to herself when seeking his help to find her sister who had gone missing three years ago up in the mountains.
Mountains which hold many ancient secrets which only a few know about.
Aubrey Wells sister Lainey was obsessed with the Donner Party tragedy which took place back in the 184o's up in those very mountains which back onto Jensen's land. So obsessed in fact that she took a hike up in those mountains with her boyfriend because it had been calling to her, neither never to be found again.
“𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎’𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚜—𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢’𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍.”
Aubrey hasn't been living since her sisters disappearance, she's put her life on hold, seeking answers that no one can give her about the disappearance of her sister. Until she comes across a news article of a hiker that had gone missing and a tracker had followed his tracks and had discovered him returning him to his loved ones in one piece.
That's where Jensen comes into the story. She offers him an outrageous amount of money which he couldn't refuse.
As Jensen's crew along with Aubrey make the harrowing trek up the mountains something dark and sinister is tracking their every move, watching, waiting, ready to pounce..
