Books with author L.V. Pires

She fought off a serial killer but will she be strong enough to fight the evil she brought back?It's been three months since Casey survived a harrowing ordeal with a cold-blooded serial killer. No one expected her to bounce back right away, but Casey’s agonizing recovery is riddled with more than trauma. She should be getting on with her life, returning to school, enjoying parties, and maybe even kindling a new romance, but none of that is possible when she’s tortured by the memories of what happened inside the waiting mortuary.With a series of blackouts threatening to destroy her and a new predator murdering people she knows, Casey begins to question her reality and decides to return to the waiting mortuary to find out the truth of who she really is and the evil she may have brought back from last summer.Caught in a maze of what’s real and imagined, Casey will be forced to pull apart everything she knows to uncover who she can trust and who is behind a new string of murders that have hit Westport.Can Casey defeat her inner demons to discover the truth? Or will what she finds destroy her?Don’t miss VIGIL BLACK, the second book of The Waiting Mortuary series by L.V. Pires. If you like Darcy Coates, Jeremy Bates, or Jeff Strand then this horror novel will have you turning the pages!What readers are saying:★★★★★ "Completely terrifying!" ★★★★★ "A total mind warp!"★★★★★ "Once again L.V. Pires rocks the ending."★★★★★ "The waiting mortuary keeps getting scarier."★★★★★ "The story gave me chills."★★★★★ "I can't wait to read Book 3!"

Welcome to The Waiting Mortuary where embalming is free whether you're dead or alive. Bash Trawler wants to find an easy summer job so he can get back to partying with his friends. When he discovers an advertisement in the local paper for night watch at a nearby funeral home he jumps at the chance to make quick money. But staying up all night watching corpses for an eccentric war vet turns into something out of his worst nightmares.Casey McClair wants to make the tennis team. Popularity has never come easily to her and she’s willing to practice into the late evening and follow all the rules of the game if it means she’ll finally find acceptance. But when she's kidnapped, she'll have to fight to survive a harrowing ordeal with a cold and calculated serial killer.Serial Killer X knows about pain. He's been through the worst of what humans do to each other. The thrill is in the fight and he'll make sure his victims know it.Three stories intertwine to tell the sickening tale of what goes on inside THE WAITING MORTUARY.What readers are saying:★★★★★ "Sick, twisted, thrilling, engrossing. I was unable to put it down! I loved it...especially the twist at the end!"★★★★★ "The Waiting Mortuary has a lot of twists & turns & just when you think it's over...it grabs you again."★★★★★ "My heart was racing for the entire last half of the book and it still didn't slow down for quite a while after I finished."★★★★★ "All 3 characters are brought together with their own stories to tell in this intriguing book. It all comes together in a fast-paced story."★★★★★ "One of my new favorites. Tense and well-paced, it's definitely something I would suggest to others."★★★★★ "I loved this book. I was guessing until the end and the implications of the final pages chilled me to the bone! I look forward to more from this author!"

Welcome to The Waiting Mortuary where embalming is free whether you're dead or alive. Bash Trawler wants to find an easy summer job so he can get back to partying with his friends. When he discovers an advertisement in the local paper for night watch at a nearby funeral home he jumps at the chance to make quick money. But staying up all night watching corpses for an eccentric war vet turns into something out of his worst nightmares.Casey McClair wants to make the tennis team. Popularity has never come easily to her and she’s willing to practice into the late evening and follow all the rules of the game if it means she’ll finally find acceptance. But when she's kidnapped, she'll have to fight to survive a harrowing ordeal with a cold and calculated serial killer.Serial Killer X knows about pain. He's been through the worst of what humans do to each other. The thrill is in the fight and he'll make sure his victims know it.Three stories intertwine to tell the sickening tale of what goes on inside THE WAITING MORTUARY.What readers are saying:★★★★★ "Sick, twisted, thrilling, engrossing. I was unable to put it down! I loved it...especially the twist at the end!"★★★★★ "The Waiting Mortuary has a lot of twists & turns & just when you think it's over...it grabs you again."★★★★★ "My heart was racing for the entire last half of the book and it still didn't slow down for quite a while after I finished."★★★★★ "All 3 characters are brought together with their own stories to tell in this intriguing book. It all comes together in a fast-paced story."★★★★★ "One of my new favorites. Tense and well-paced, it's definitely something I would suggest to others."★★★★★ "I loved this book. I was guessing until the end and the implications of the final pages chilled me to the bone! I look forward to more from this author!"

Becca's life is anything but ordinary.At fifteen, she's already experienced her share of pain. With a mom who drinks too much, a revolving door of father figures, and struggles at school, Becca wonders if she'll ever have a chance at a normal life. The only thing that keeps her sane is her little sister, Chloe; that is until her mother's breakdown leads to her sister's disappearance. Now, Becca just wants to find her sister, but to do so she'll have to face a family secret head on.

The first three chilling horror books in the best-selling L.V. Pires series: The Waiting Mortuary, Vigil Black, and Death Watch."Gripping from the opening chapter, I breezed through the pages with great gusto, devouring each word as an ever-thickening story grew before my eyes." – Amazon ReviewerA serial-killer series that keeps you on the edge of your seat.Meet Bash Trawler, a high-school kid who just wants an easy summer job. When he discovers an advertisement in the local paper for night watch at a nearby funeral home, he jumps at the chance to make quick money. But staying up all night watching corpses for an eccentric war vet turns into something out of his worst nightmares.Meet Casey McClair, a girl with a serious past. Kidnapped, tortured, abandoned, Casey needs to find peace. Her worst fears revolve around the waiting mortuary and what happened to her there last summer, but when she finally musters the courage to return, she finds her worst nightmares still waiting for her. Casey’s memories go back much farther and her fears much deeper than she could have ever realized.Meet Jack Skilton, a reporter who wants to get to the bottom of things. After taking a long break from work to search for his missing son, Jack finally returns and is assigned to cover the story about a supposed haunting at the waiting mortuary. His first step inside the abandoned home sends shivers down his spine, but that won’t stop Jack from finding out the true power of the waiting mortuary and what he discovers will definitely make front-page news if only he can live long enough to write about it.Don’t miss THE WAITING MORTUARY series, three books in one that are sure to keep you reading.Available in digital, print and audiobook.What readers are saying:★★★★★ "Sick, twisted, thrilling, engrossing. I was unable to put it down! I loved it...especially the twist at the end!"★★★★★ "The Waiting Mortuary has a lot of twists & turns & just when you think it's over...it grabs you again."★★★★★ "My heart was racing for the entire last half of the book and it still didn't slow down for quite a while after I finished."★★★★★ "All 3 characters are brought together with their own stories to tell in this intriguing book. It all comes together in a fast-paced story."★★★★★ "One of my new favorites. Tense and well-paced, it's definitely something I would suggest to others."★★★★★ "I loved this book. I was guessing until the end and the implications of the final pages chilled me to the bone! I look forward to more from this author!"Buy the box set and start a series you won’t want to put down! For fans of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Richard Laymon, Bentley Little, and horror and mystery authors such as Dan Simmons, Jack Ketchum, Robert McCammon, Brian Keene, Darcy Coates, Amy Cross, Jeff Strand, Ambrose Ibsen, Jeremy Robinson, Nick Cutter, Blake Crouch, Joe Hill, Iain Rob Wright, Jeff Menapace, Matt Shaw, Heather Graham, Jack Kilborn, James Herbert.

She fought off a serial killer but will she be strong enough to fight the evil she brought back?It's been three months since Casey survived a harrowing ordeal with a cold-blooded serial killer. No one expected her to bounce back right away, but Casey’s agonizing recovery is riddled with more than trauma. She should be getting on with her life, returning to school, enjoying parties, and maybe even kindling a new romance, but none of that is possible when she’s tortured by the memories of what happened inside the waiting mortuary.With a series of blackouts threatening to destroy her and a new predator murdering people she knows, Casey begins to question her reality and decides to return to the waiting mortuary to find out the truth of who she really is and the evil she may have brought back from last summer.Caught in a maze of what’s real and imagined, Casey will be forced to pull apart everything she knows to uncover who she can trust and who is behind a new string of murders that have hit Westport.Can Casey defeat her inner demons to discover the truth? Or will what she finds destroy her?Don’t miss VIGIL BLACK, the second book of The Waiting Mortuary series by L.V. Pires. If you like Darcy Coates, Jeremy Bates, or Jeff Strand then this horror novel will have you turning the pages!What readers are saying:★★★★★ "Completely terrifying!" ★★★★★ "A total mind warp!"★★★★★ "Once again L.V. Pires rocks the ending."★★★★★ "The waiting mortuary keeps getting scarier."★★★★★ "The story gave me chills."★★★★★ "I can't wait to read Book 3!"

Becca's life is anything but ordinary. At fifteen, she's already experienced her share of pain. With a mom who drinks too much, a revolving door of father figures, and struggles at school, Becca wonders if she'll ever have a chance at a normal life. The only thing that keeps her sane is her little sister, Chloe; that is until her mother's breakdown leads to her sister's disappearance. A PAIN LESS ORDINARY follows Becca as she figures out life on her own while searching for her family and her new role in the world. In this powerfully moving novel, L.V. Pires explores Becca's struggle with abandonment, drug abuse, homelessness, relationships, and how pain connects her to others.

Two bodies. One soul. A fight to the finish.After dying on the basketball court, seventeen-year-old, Oliver Conroy is put into a deep cryogenic sleep.In 2032, he wakes, brought back from the dead after eighteen years with a soul that was not his to keep.Now he needs to find the strength to live out his second chance at life, reunite the missing pieces of his scattered family, and make it through high school, while avoiding the roaming psychopaths who just want their souls back.WHAT READERS ARE SAYING"This YA novel is a fast-paced futuristic thriller in which nature and technology collide with astounding consequences." -Goodreads Reviewer ★★★★★"L.V. Pires has crafted YA Sci-Fi gem. A stunning read with a natural flow that easily immerses the reader almost immediately. The plot is incredibly unique and I loved getting to know the characters and the strange places and happenings surrounding them. Fans of YA Sci-Fi/Fantasy--this is the book for you!" - Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★

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