Kayla Krantz has 15 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 9 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4★ across 2 ratings. The most-rated is If I Die Before I Wake (Tales of Karma and Fear).
If I Die Before I Wake (Tales of Karma and Fear)
Summary
Sometimes, Karma’s a Bitch! Don’t deny it. Your mind has dwelled for hours on the things you would do if your name was Karma. Malevolence towards those that wronged you festers and there is no relief - until now. Plunge headfirst into these sinister tales where karma finally takes control and vengeance is a dish that is best served hot. The Better Off Dead series delves into the farthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness! Contains stories by Peter Rocha, Steven Pajak, RJ Roles, Red Lagoe, Jane Alvey Harris, Charlotte Munro, R.E. Sargent, Eleanor Merry, Kayla Krantz, and Chris Wilkerson.
©2019 R.E. Sargent (P)2020 R.E. Sargent
The Sage
Summary
After joining the Elemental Coven, young witch Lilith's eyes were opened to the truth that the Council has always been desperate to keep hidden. With only two Covens still standing, Lilith's world is in real danger of collapsing and so is the Elemental Coven. After a mysterious illness begins to infect the Coven, witches are dying and not even coven leader Willow's power of resurgence is enough to save them. After the Battle of the Grove destroys Lilith's good leg, and her ability to walk, she faces an internal war about her future that consumes her, dragging her further and further into the darkness. Willow is desperate to help Lilith find the light because Lilith isn't just her sister, she is the Elemental Coven's last hope of survival. As the Sage's ex-apprentice, Lilith is the only witch capable of taking down the ancient ruler. As the war destroys the last of the covens, Lilith knows there is only one way to end the chaos for good - a final showdown against the Sage that only one of them will walk away from.
©2020 Kayla Krantz (P)2020 Kayla Krantz
Storm Breaker
Summary
Sam and Lance have been to Hell and back. Just when they think their lives can finally go back to normal, their biggest problem yet emerges. After learning of the East Coast Pack’s existence, they’ve done their best to lay low, but Riley, brother to the leader of the pack, is urgent to find his girlfriend - recently changed vampire Ruby. As Riley digs deeper into her disappearance, he comes closer to uncovering the truth about Luxury Island. Desperate to keep Ruby’s hiding place a secret, Sam and Lance travel back to where it all began with the hope of saving her. What they find when they arrive makes all their unpleasant memories of the island seem like a daydream. There is a new source of evil on the island. One who is desperate for revenge against all werewolves, Sam and Lance included.
©2020 Kayla Krantz (P)2020 Kayla Krantz
Reanimate at Dawn
Summary
Dying is easy. Coming back is much harder. Murdered by her rival Chance Welfrey left Luna with the impression that she would be forced to live forever in Purgatory. After being offered a deal by Morpheus, the God of Dreams, Luna is given a second chance at life. Back on Earth, she can’t speak due to the healing injuries that killed her, and she finds herself in police custody as the primary suspect in the murders of her friend Amy and mother Rose. But Luna isn’t the only one to make a miraculous recovery. With the help of Cody and his compound, Chance is also given a second shot at life using ex-keeper Reese as a vessel. Tasked with his own mission to stop Luna from succeeding and to find the perfect vessel for Epiales, the God of Nightmares, Chance and Luna will once again partake in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse. Except, this time, the consequences could bring about the end of the world.
©2020 Kayla Krantz (P)2020 Kayla Krantz
Dead by Morning
Summary
"He was real, and he was a monster." Obsession is deadly. No one learns that better than Luna Ketz, a pessimistic high school senior. Caught between the intentions of her Muslim father and business-minded mother, boys are the last thing on Luna’s mind, but this fact doesn’t detour mysterious bad boy Chance Welfrey from trying to gain her affection. Luna doesn’t think twice about him until girls at their high school begin to disappear. Girls who tended to hurt her. Girls she wished would disappear. When she receives a call from a long-lost friend, normalcy goes out the window as she’s plunged into the paranormal. There’s a world beneath the surface of the unconscious mind, and the killer knows how to navigate it. Luna is in danger and although she can avoid the killer in reality, she cannot avoid him in her dreams. Rated for mature adult themes and depictions of violence.
©2020 Kayla Krantz (P)2020 Kayla Krantz
Alive at Sunset
Summary
Revenge can become an obsession of its own. After her high school experience, Luna Ketz moved on. She's in college, studying to be a doctor, and lives an hour away from her old home in Lima, Ohio - where the worst of her memories lie. Three years have passed since her friend Violet's death and the thought of that day in the woods hasn't left her mind once. Every week, she visits the hospital where Chance Welfrey remains in a coma. She tries to move on...wants to move on...until once again, she receives a phone call from Max Cazmea warning her that things may not be over just yet. Chance, having recovered from his recent coma, shows up on her doorstep. He has found a way into Luna's life that she cannot escape - he's dating her roommate, Amanda Grey. Back in her life once more, Chance has a list, and everyone on it ends up dead. As things escalate, Luna finds herself in a dangerous game of cat and mouse that will take all of her wits to survive. Warning: This book contains content that may be disturbing to some, including rape and graphic violence.
©2017, 2020 Kayla Krantz (P)2020 Kayla Krantz
Stained
Summary
Blackouts have always been Melissa's problem, but now she has a new one. People are missing, and she isn't entirely convinced she's not responsible.
©2016 Kayla Krantz (P)2020 Kayla Krantz
The Elemental Coven
Summary
With the land of five being systematically torn apart by war, Ignis witch, Lilith Lace, has a number of problems before her. Captured in the Battle of Ignis by the Elemental Coven, she must deal with the recent deaths of her loved ones as a prisoner of war. Mind torn between escaping and giving up completely, Lilith is presented with a new surprise - infamous rouge witch, Willow, is not only alive and well but has a larger role in Lilith’s childhood accident than she ever imagined. Everything’s changing. Friends are becoming enemies and enemies are becoming friends. Will Lilith finally get to the bottom of her past among the ranks of the Elemental Coven or will they hurt her worse than anything she’s encountered so far?
©2020 Kayla Krantz (P)2020 Kayla Krantz
Survive at Midnight
Summary
Death doesn’t always bring peace. With memories of her dead family and friends haunting her, Luna Ketz tries to untangle her life from the hold Chance has had on her over the past four years, but it’s harder than she thought. In death, his secrets are revealed, plunging Luna into the mind of the man who ruined her life. Thoughts of her soon-to-be-born baby only bring to mind its monstrous father. Haunted by a new set of dreams, Luna fears her baby will grow up to be a carbon copy of him. She battles to keep hold of her sanity as she loses a grip on the world around her. The dead begin to speak, and she can’t possibly ignore them. With Chance whispering evil deeds in her ear, she treads a trail she never thought she would venture and must rely on her worst enemy to help her conquer her biggest trial yet - herself. Warning: This book contains content that may be disturbing to some.
©2017, 2020 Kayla Krantz (P)2020 Kayla Krantz
The Moon Warriors
Summary
Talia is on a mission. One that will end with her breaking both rules of her coven: Don’t use magic for evil, and don’t cross the boundary. For years, the witches and demons were at war. The only solution was a boundary put between them that neither of them were to cross at the risk of breaking their treaty. To find the truth of her beloved Ian’s death, Talia must follow the clues he’s left behind. The ones that warn he wasn’t the witch she knew. He had a dangerous secret that not only caused him to cross the boundary but also left him at the mercy of the demons. On the other side, Talia realizes the demons are nothing like she’s been told. Wrapped up in the growing mystery of Ian’s death, Talia is joined by a hunky but concerned demon named Marcus. As he guides her through Ian’s secret world, Talia begins to suspect that the demons weren’t responsible for Ian’s fate, after all. With the help of Marcus and her familiar, Mushroom, Talia is plunged into the depths of danger and black magic where she makes a startling discovery: The people she loved the most were the dangerous ones all along.
©2020 Kayla Krantz (P)2020 Kayla Krantz
Blood Moon
Summary
Trapped. What could be a worse feeling than that? After 18-year-old Sam gets an invitation for a free vacation in the mail, she hops on the opportunity despite her mother's pleas not to go. With the realization that her best friends have all been invited as well, she's sure she made the right choice. Once they board the fancy cruise ship however, things aren't as luxurious as they had seemed. Passengers start to disappear, and once the ship lands on a deserted island, Sam and her friends are left on their own to figure out why. Faced with a deadly predicament, they have to learn to survive amid a mass of nightmare creatures all out for the taste of her blood. With the help of a handsome yet suspicious island native, Sam must figure out how to get back to the mainland before she's trapped on the island forever.
©2018-2020 Kayla Krantz (P)2020 Kayla Krantz
Acid Rain
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Everyone has their demons. Unfortunately for Samantha Lesia, hers come in the form of her old friend, Clyde Harris. After being left behind on Luxury Island, a place of nightmare creatures, he’s found his way back to the mainland. Caught between the spell he’s cast on her and her infatuation for her friend, Lance, Sam finds herself in a new dilemma. As the number of local murders rises, Sam’s and Lance’s secrets are at risk of being exposed. With the help of a blossoming young witch, Sam and Lance must find a way to stop Clyde once and for all before his new thirst for blood condemns them all to death.
©2018, 2019 Kayla Krantz (P)2019 Kayla Krantz
The Council
Summary
The Council is the governing Coven over the Land of Five, a region entirely inhabited - and split apart - by witches with varying powers. Lilith Lace, a witch thought to be born powerless, happily resides in Ignis, the Coven of Fire, until she suddenly develops telekinesis, an ability only seen in some witches born in Mentis, the Coven of the Mind. She's terrified of it, unsure who she can trust. Her best friends, Helena and Clio, are hot and cold about what she can do, leaving Lilith even more unsure about her future. At her Arcane Ceremony, the truth comes out. When the Council learns what she can do, she’s taken under their wing and is finally told the truth - everything she’s learned about the Land of Five, herself included, have been nothing but lies. Second place winner for best fantasy in Metamorph Publishing's 2017 Summer Indie Book Awards (#SIBA) Winner of the 2019 Fiction - Fantasy Pencraft Award of Literary Excellence Golden Squirrel Awards 2019: Best Fantasy (Silver Award)
©2016 Kayla Krantz (P)2020 Kayla Krantz
The OCD Games
Summary
Erica struggles with her obsessions, to the point where her life is ruled by them. After losing her job, she seeks out a new one with the aid of her best friend Kara by her side. Change has always been tricky, but between support group and art classes, Erica finds she’s able to cope with everything. With her head held high, she’s determined to make the best of her new job. Cue handsome yet mysterious Blaine. Erica does her best to avoid him, convinced that her OCD will be a barrier that he won’t understand. Except, Blaine has his own obsessions. The more she learns about him, the more Erica realizes that she’s not alone. Her Christmas present is something she’s only been able to dream about for years - a partner who not only accepts her, but one who understands her, too.
©2020 Kayla Krantz (P)2020 Kayla Krantz
If I Die Before I Wake: Tales of Supernatural Horror
Summary
Be afraid. Be very afraid. That noise in the dead of night. The shadow that slips by almost unnoticed. The fear that pulverizes your sense of reasoning and pushes you deep down under seven layers of covers. There is no escaping it, and when the dark forces of the universe come after you, the world will know exactly what you are made of. Will you run? Will you fight? Maybe you’ll join forces with the darkness that rips through your quiet little life. Everyone’s dying to find out. The Better Off Dead series delves into the farthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness! With stories by R.E. Sargent, Steven Pajak, Jane Alvey Harris, Red Lagoe, Kayla Krantz, RJ Roles, Peter Rocha, Mike Duke, Cassandra, Angler, Matthew A Clarke, Gerald Dean Rice, Alan Derosby, and L.K. Pinaire.
©2020 R.E. Sargent (P)2020 R.E. Sargent