Shifty: Dark Romance Shifter Collection

by K.J. Devoir

This darkish-to-dark erotic shifter short story collection contains mature, explicit content. Check trigger warnings in Author's Note of book!

CAN THEY EVER LOVE? The dark-hearted Cupid brothers are rotten at love. Each has squandered the ability of their magical arrows inherited by their godfather. Gold-tipped arrows for striking true love, and steel-tipped ones for destroying it. The love-jaded brothers only use their powers for bad. Until that is, this February, when a rare celestial alignment occurs between the brightest planets, Jupiter and Venus, along with a Scorpio new moon, resulting in an astrological Love Bomb. When this happens, the rogue Cupids may finally have their dark hearts tested.

THE HOLIDAY MONSTER WILL GET HIS GIRL
Fa la-la-la-la…
It’s Yule time when the shadow world fades thin
and the line between is crossed again
when Kranky comes, to her chagrin
with wicked deeds, he’ll have his way
with her on this dark holiday

Genres: Dark

286 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2022

About the author

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Reviews

[kymagirl · Rating 4 out of 5]

They take what they want. But this time, love takes back.

"Shifty" is a dark paranormal romance collection with six scorching short stories where obsession, power, and twisted desire crash into something none of these monsters expect: change. These aren’t soft love stories. These are about dangerous men, some cursed, some immortal, who are used to taking until the women they try to claim shift everything.

In the "Kranky Alphas" trilogy, cursed shifters rise during the coldest, darkest nights of the year. A Krampus in the mountains, a polar bear king hidden in ice, and a grieving crow shifter all pull their heroines into remote, perilous worlds. But what begins with control starts to unravel as each woman pushes back, revealing cracks in the monsters’ armor. Power meets resistance, and something raw and real begins to take shape.

Kranky Krampus:
A cursed mountain man bound to punish the naughty claims a woman who trespasses on his land, pulling her into a darkly erotic and supernatural holiday ritual. Explores power, submission, revenge, and the line between fear and desire in a snow-covered setting where magic and danger blur.

Kranky King:
A powerful bear shifter rescues and claims a woman after her boyfriend's deadly mistake, isolating her in his icy domain where he rules with dominance and desire. Blends captivity, submission, supernatural instinct, and a twisted sense of fate in a cold, forbidden setting.

Kranky Kringle:
A grieving woman is stalked, claimed, and unraveled by a crow shifter who believes she’s the key to healing both their broken pasts. Weaves obsession, control, emotional trauma, and twisted intimacy into a dark and haunting holiday reunion.

The "Cupid Brothers" trilogy flips Valentine’s Day into something sharp and unexpected. These immortal bad boys use arrows to control hearts, but this time love doesn’t play nice. A bold woman crashes into their world with questions and fire. Another finds herself face to face with an old flame who isn't ready to let go. And one broken Cupid meets his match in someone who won’t settle for less than real. Feelings rise, choices get harder, and nothing stays the same.

Fallen Cupid:
A bitter immortal with a gift for ruining love meets his match in a determined woman hunting for answers after her sister falls under a mysterious spell. Blends revenge, emotional awakening, power struggles, and unexpected desire in a heated Valentine showdown.

Cruel Cupid:
A guilt-ridden Cupid tries to undo the damage he caused when he shot his ex with a revenge arrow, forcing them both to confront the pain, desire, and history still hanging between them. Weaves emotional fallout, obsession, vulnerability, and the shaky path to forgiveness in a twisted Valentine's reunion.

Broken Cupid:
A reckless Cupid recovering from a crash finds unexpected connection with his new assistant, who sees through his charm and pushes him to become something more than a magical heartbreaker. Explores identity, healing, emotional accountability, and the messy shift from lust to real love.

Lust. Control. Reckoning. "Shifty" explores what happens when messy feelings cut through magic, when broken people start to heal, and when monsters are forced to grow hearts. These characters fall hard, learn slowly, and change in ways they never saw coming.

The Elevator Pitch: Dark, obsessive, and emotionally charged, Shifty delivers six steamy paranormal shorts where dangerous beings meet the women who challenge their control. Each story blends supernatural heat with unexpected emotional depth, as twisted power dynamics give way to real transformation. Monsters fall, hearts shift, and no one escapes unchanged.

[Julia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the first 3 short stories unfortunately, I didn't enjoy the last 3 as much. They felt kind of rushed in a way the Krampus stories didn't. The Krampus stories were dark in the morally gray way I enjoy and the spiciness was great. The Cupid stories started ok with the first and second stories. They could have been fleshed out a bit more to round out the plots but they were still fun reads. The third story felt like it was just there to tie it all together and was rushed.

I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for more books by this author, I think she has more hits than misses.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily

[Johanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

'Dark & Spicy stalker romance duet with a supernatural winter holiday twist.' Yum!

The plot was intriguing and well paced. World building was solidly drawn. The characters were very appealing and complex and complicated and perfectly steamy together. Thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommend.

Grab a copy, kick back and enjoy!.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[ajscenic · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a collection of dark stories, filled with even darker villains. These aren’t nice guys, they don’t ask permission, just assume everything is theirs for the taking. They stalk and zero in on what they want and don’t care who gets in the way. I can’t resist a bad boy and this book is full of them!

[Jordan Fiest · Rating 5 out of 5]

Shifty is a collection of Dark Romance Stalker Shifter stories.

This was filled with dark and spicy reads. We get a variety of shifter reads, some with a holiday theme.

There are two sets of novellas in this one. We get the Kranky trio and the Cupid trio. Kranky is more of a Christmas/winter feel to them. Cupid is a Valentine's feel.

[Ladnamal · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a collection of six dark, steamy short stories filled with morally grey MMCs. I enjoyed reading it.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.