BETTER OFF DEAD

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author HP Mallory, comes BETTER OFF DEAD, the first book in a new paranormal romance series.

If there’s such a thing as luck, Lily Harper definitely doesn’t have it. Killed in a car accident before it’s her time to go, Lily learns that the hereafter isn’t exactly what she hoped it might be. First, there’s AfterLife Enterprises, the company responsible for sorting out the recently dead and sending them on their way to the Kingdom, (aka happily ever after,) or to the Underground City, (not so happily ever after.) Learning that Lily’s death was indirectly their fault (her guardian angel, Bill, was MIA during her accident and was one of their employees,) Afterlife Enterprises offers Lily the chance to live again. But, as with most things involving the afterlife, beware the fine print. Most notably, Lily will have to become a soul retriever, venturing into the bowels of the Underground City to retrieve souls that were mistakenly sent there by Afterlife Enterprises during a Y2K computer glitch. Second, there’s angel Bill. As if risking her second life in the Underground City wasn’t enough, Lily’s guide to the Underground is none other than her incompetent, alcoholic, womanizing guardian angel, Bill, the antithesis of anything wholesome. With only Dante’s Inferno and Bill to help her in her quest, Lily’s future isn’t looking bright. Finally, there’s the legendary bladesmith, Tallis Black. As Scottish as his kilts and heavy brogue, Tallis Black is a centuries-old Celt who, for reasons only known to him, offers to train Lily and act as her escort into the depths of the Underground City. Dark, brooding and definitely dangerous, Lily knows she shouldn’t trust Tallis, but she also can’t deny her attraction to him. Between soul retrieving in hell, dealing with Bill and trying to figure out what’s in it for Tallis, Lily wonders if maybe she would’ve just been BETTER OFF DEAD. BETTER OFF DEAD was just released and shot straight to the top of the Amazon Paranormal Romance and Fantasy Romance charts, as well as the Top 100 at Barnes & Noble. H.P. Mallory’s JOLIE WILKINS SERIES has hit the New York Times, USA Today, Amazon, and B&N bestseller lists and sold more than 350,000 copies, with an additional 200,000 promotional downloads. The last three books in this series were published by Bantam in the US. Her DULCIE O’NEIL SERIES has hit the New York Times, USA Today, Amazon, and B&N bestseller lists and sold more than 350,000 copies, with an additional 100,000 promotional downloads. And she has just sold a new, as-yet-untitled series based on the on the mysterious axe man of New Orleans to Amazon’s Montlake romance imprint for publication in 2014.