Meet Alex Finch - tomboy, techno geek, monster hunter.
Reluctant monster hunter.
A school project, an absentminded project partner, and a misplaced backpack all change 16-year-old Alex Finch's life forever.
In a single afternoon Alex finds the missing backpack, has a run-in with Sam, the boy she's had a crush on since first grade - and discovers that monsters are real.
That mind-blowing incident throws her life in a completely different direction, uncovering secrets that cost her more than she could ever imagine. And the further she digs, the darker and more dangerous the secrets become.
What else is hiding behind the ordinary facade of her California beach town?
Alex is about to find out.
Truth and Consequences
Alex Finch survived her first encounter with monsters. But in the fallout she lost Sam, and gained a vicious, clawed Devil as a stalker.
Now a random attack, a threatening note, and a surprising discovery leads Alex closer to the truth of what happened ten years ago.
With the help of her new friends, she digs even deeper into Emmettsville's past, and finds out that learning the truth has consequences.
Sometimes, deadly consequences.
Welcome to The Haven
Alex has recovered from her deadly battle with the woman who took Sam. Now she is helping run the underground haven, and learning to live with the inhuman residents.
When one of the residents is murdered, suspicion falls on Sam. And her greatest fear starts happening again - that she'll lose him. This time for good.
As the body count goes up, Alex is determined to find the real killer, no matter what the cost.
For her, the cost may end up being her life.
Bonus A Monster Files Wedding
After a wild and life changing year, Alex Finch is finally settling in - until people in Emmettsville start to go missing.
Flimsy evidence points to a local hermit, but when Alex looks beyond the surface, she uncovers clues leading to a nastier conclusion - that a new monster has come to town.
When her dad joins the missing, she vows to do whatever it takes to find him - before it's too late.
The Monster Files (ideal reading order): Book 1 - Alex Monster Hunter - free Book 2 - Truth and Consequences Once Fallen (The Remarkable Life of Zach Wiche Continued) Book 3 - Welcome to The Haven Finding Grace (The Remarkable Life of Zach Wiche Continued) Book 3.5 - A Monster Files Wedding The Monster Files Box Set (includes A Monster Files Wedding)
Zach joins Alex and her friends in Book 2 of The Monster Files - Truth and Consequences. Once Fallen takes place right after the events in Book 2, and Finding Grace after Book 3.
And if you can't get enough of Zach, he is introduced in Book 3 of The Claire Wiche Chronicles.
Cate Dean has been writing since she could hold a pen in her hand and put more than two words together on paper.
She grew up losing herself in fantasy worlds, and now creates her own worlds, infusing them with adventure and magic.
When she's not writing, she travels to places that inspire her, having her own adventures, and reads pretty much anything she can get her hands on.
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