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Pretty Little Liars star Sasha Pieterse is launching production label Mother Bare Productions with the first project a movie adaptation of popular American novelist Sherrilyn Kenyon’s upcoming urban fantasy book series Infernal Affairs, which Pieterse will star in and produce.

Kenyon has sold more than 70 million books and is known for her genre work including the Dark-Hunter, Chronicles of Nick, Deadman’s Cross, and The League novels. Infernal Affairs is her latest franchise hopeful, with first instalment Hell To Pay released later this month, Hell’s Half Acre due out in June, and a third title coming at a later date.

The story follows the “dangerously seductive” Lucian “Luke” Teivel, Lucifer’s son, who is banished to Earth to work for a secret task force that polices supernatural crime. He fights the threats alongside his guarded new partner, Detective Sorcha O’Malley, in Savannah, Georgia, and along the way “they uncover a conspiracy that could ignite a war between Heaven and Hell, while a forbidden attraction grows between them”. Pieterse will play O’Malley.

Adapting the urban fantasy story for the screen are Cory Todd Hughes and Adrian Speckert, whose scripts have included Under Fire, starring Dylan Sprouse, and Foster, starring Ron Perlman. In the works are Finding Frankie alongside producer Sean Robins (Mortal Kombat), and Chained Together with Anton. Hughes and Speckert’s banner So It Goes Entertainment will produce with Pieterse’s new label.

The team plans to adapt the series as a feature film, with an eye toward building a larger franchise rooted in Kenyon’s mythology.

Pieterse is best known for portraying Alison DiLaurentis in the Freeform series Pretty Little Liars and its spinoff Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists. The former Dancing With The Stars contestant also starred in 2024 movie The Image Of You with Parker Young and Mira Sorvino.

The actress said today: “When I first read Hell To Pay, what stopped me wasn’t the mythology or the world-building, though both are extraordinary. It was Sorcha. Here is a woman who has been quietly exiled to the margins of her own career, reassigned to a unit that the rest of law enforcement treats like a punchline, carrying a past she refuses to explain and a talent she’s still learning to trust. And yet she walks into Infernal Affairs on her first day and doesn’t flinch. Not at the colleagues, not at the cases, and certainly not at a six-foot-something prince of Hell who becomes her partner. She holds her ground with wit and composure while her entire understanding of the world is being rewritten around her.”

She continued: “That resilience — quiet, unshowy, earned, is what makes her so compelling to me. And then there’s the slow, almost reluctant way she lets Luke in. Not because she needs him, but because she chooses to trust again, which for a woman like Sorcha is the most radical thing she can do. That’s the story I want to tell with Mother Bare Productions. Stories about women who are already whole, who grow not because they were broken, but because they were brave enough to keep going.”

In a joint statement, Hughes and Speckert commented: “We’re incredibly excited to partner with Sasha and bring Sherrilyn’s new series to life. She’s created an expansive, emotionally rich world, and our goal is to translate that into something cinematic, epic, romantic, and deeply engaging for both longtime fans of Sherrilyn’s and new audiences.”

Kenyon added: “I couldn’t be more excited or honored. I’ve been a huge fan of Sasha’s for years. She’s such a tremendous talent. And I love everything I’ve seen from Cory and Adrian. I think this is the perfect team to breathe cinematic life into Infernal Affairs, and I can’t think of anyone better to play Sorcha than Sasha. This series couldn’t be in better hands, and I know my fans will be thrilled.”

For tons of tidbits, character profiles and other goodies, join us on Sherri’s Patreon page! https://www.patreon.com/sherrilynkenyon

A HUGE thank you to readers and fans! Because of you, Hell to Pay is a #1 bestseller before its release date! Y’all are the best!!

For tons of tidbits, character profiles and other goodies, join us on Sherri’s Patreon page! https://www.patreon.com/sherrilynkenyon

Fun new series is on the horizon and it’s already been optioned for a TV series! Don’t miss the upcoming Infernal Affairs! Luke is the son of the devil who’s been banned from hell …

And he wants back in.

For tons of tidbits, character profiles and other goodies, join us on Sherri’s Patreon page! https://www.patreon.com/sherrilynkenyon

Thank you so much, Paladins! Y’all always amaze me. Thanks to your wonderful support, Nykyrian and Jullien will have their own special edition! It was funded in under an hour!/ There’s still almost a month left, so if you would like to have your own collector’s edition of Born of Night/Born of Legend, please visit: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hijinxx/sherrilyn-kenyons-born-of-night-and-born-of-legend

Once again, I can’t thank my wonderful Paladins enough! Y’all always amaze and humble me. Because of you, House of Fire & Magic is already been a #1 bestseller the first day of its release. Thank you so much to everyone for your wonderful support! Y’all are THE best! And I can’t thank you enough!

I can’t thank my wonderful readers and fans enough! Y’all always amaze and humble me. Savage has already been a #1 bestseller for weeks before its release. Thank you so much for all those preorders!

Y’all are THE best! Again, thank you so much for the support!

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I can’t thank my wonderful readers and fans enough! Y’all always amaze and humble me, and now you’ve given me the best day of all! Simi is already a #1 bestseller within minutes of announcing that it’s coming out this November.

Y’all are THE best! Again, thank you do much for the support!

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I can’t thank my wonderful readers or fans enough! Y’all always amaze and humble me, and now you’ve given me the best Christmas present of all! Last Christmas is already a #1 bestseller even before release! Just as Sabotage was a few weeks ago!

Thank you SO much! I’m hoping to have a lot more books out this coming 2024. But this is a great way to start a new year. Again, thank you for your support! Y’all are THE best!

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Thank you to all my wonderful readers who’ve patiently waited! We now have the tarot cards up as a Kickstarter campaign. Please make sure and claim your deck while you can! The guidebook is being written by world-renowned psychic and tarot reader, Tish Owen. And our art is being done by the incredible artist: Mel Joy San Juan.

If you haven’t had a chance to look at it yet, please do so! It is AMAZING: DHTarot.com

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A huge thank you to all my wonderful Paladins for your patience while I get my life back on track. It’s been a long, hard battle. I know many of you have been waiting for the next League story about Jayne & Hadrian, Born of Blood. It’s now available in hardback, paperback and ebooks. The audio books will be forthcoming and we’ll let everyone know once it’s available. For more information, please see the BOB page.

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