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Hidden Gem Series: Hidden Gem / Cardinal Sins / Candy Land
MM Paranormal Romance Series Boxset
Hidden Gem:
A global plague and world war created them—monsters in human skin.
Shane contracted the mutation during the third World War, a corruption of the blood that forces him to violently shift into an animal every month. He uses his heightened senses to track down the missing or murdering dredges of humanity. His only safe haven is a hustler with the ability to see other people’s pasts.
A psi, hiding in plain sight, Misaki spends his days pleasing men for money and basking in beautiful shoes. Shane’s presence in his life sometimes means gruesome murder cases and memories that give him nightmares, but he can’t help being drawn to the gruff detective.
When an official’s daughter goes missing, Shane asks for Misaki’s help. But the trip into the killer’s mind opens a door to evil long forgotten and it’s coming for them next.
Note: Mild BDSM undertones.
Cardinal Sins:
A virus is spreading through the city, targeting the humans with mutations.
Paris is the most powerful man in the city, but he’s been hiding a painful secret—the world’s toxic environment is killing everyone, including him. His search for a way to stop the spread reveals lost facilities, buried nightmares of horrific events, and an abandoned mer-creature who has found a way to survive in tainted water.
Rescued from lonely years trapped in ice and contaminated water, Rain is trying to find his feet, literally. He’s stuck in a giant pool, watching the man who saved him slowly deteriorate. Meanwhile a virus is ravaging the city, attacking those with mutations.
When the past that Paris thought he’d escaped arrives for revenge, will they survive the change? Or will it succeed where the last plague failed and kill them all?
Candy Land:
No one is safe from the mutations needed to survive.
Jackson is investigating murders of hustlers while trying to keep his focus on two in particular; Ivy, who gives him gifts of plants in the middle of winter along with delicate bites of cake, and Candy, the brash and in charge head of the red-light district.
When the three of them are ripped apart by a gruesome attack, Jack loses control and lets the monster inside him free, exposing secrets they were never meant to share. While the media is focused on the horrors of Jack’s on camera transformation, the murderer sets their sights on Candy, determined to take down the entire city.
The trio will have to evolve or be swept beneath a tsunami of rising power.
Hidden Gem:
A global plague and world war created them—monsters in human skin.
Shane contracted the mutation during the third World War, a corruption of the blood that forces him to violently shift into an animal every month. He uses his heightened senses to track down the missing or murdering dredges of humanity. His only safe haven is a hustler with the ability to see other people’s pasts.
A psi, hiding in plain sight, Misaki spends his days pleasing men for money and basking in beautiful shoes. Shane’s presence in his life sometimes means gruesome murder cases and memories that give him nightmares, but he can’t help being drawn to the gruff detective.
When an official’s daughter goes missing, Shane asks for Misaki’s help. But the trip into the killer’s mind opens a door to evil long forgotten and it’s coming for them next.
Note: Mild BDSM undertones.
Cardinal Sins:
A virus is spreading through the city, targeting the humans with mutations.
Paris is the most powerful man in the city, but he’s been hiding a painful secret—the world’s toxic environment is killing everyone, including him. His search for a way to stop the spread reveals lost facilities, buried nightmares of horrific events, and an abandoned mer-creature who has found a way to survive in tainted water.
Rescued from lonely years trapped in ice and contaminated water, Rain is trying to find his feet, literally. He’s stuck in a giant pool, watching the man who saved him slowly deteriorate. Meanwhile a virus is ravaging the city, attacking those with mutations.
When the past that Paris thought he’d escaped arrives for revenge, will they survive the change? Or will it succeed where the last plague failed and kill them all?
Candy Land:
No one is safe from the mutations needed to survive.
Jackson is investigating murders of hustlers while trying to keep his focus on two in particular; Ivy, who gives him gifts of plants in the middle of winter along with delicate bites of cake, and Candy, the brash and in charge head of the red-light district.
When the three of them are ripped apart by a gruesome attack, Jack loses control and lets the monster inside him free, exposing secrets they were never meant to share. While the media is focused on the horrors of Jack’s on camera transformation, the murderer sets their sights on Candy, determined to take down the entire city.
The trio will have to evolve or be swept beneath a tsunami of rising power.
980 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 25, 2016
About the author
Lissa Kasey
75 books685 followersLissa Kasey is Ace/Aro and ENBY. Lissa's storytelling specializes in in-depth characters, detailed world building, sweet and spicy romance, and twisting plots to keep you clinging to the page.
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June 1, 2020
Loved it!
Great series! Loved it all from beginning to end. Loved the characters, Aki, Shane, Candy, Jack, Ivy, Paris, Manny . . .There were a lot but these are my favorites. The author does a great job on the first book focused on Aki's story, then grows to invite more characters with each book. I loved how we each book, the characters from the previous ones were not left behind and still held integral roles in the story. The third book was epic with all that has happened and all the changes being tied together. The ending was just great. There were dragons! My favorite so far. Can't wait to see what the author does next!
Great series! Loved it all from beginning to end. Loved the characters, Aki, Shane, Candy, Jack, Ivy, Paris, Manny . . .There were a lot but these are my favorites. The author does a great job on the first book focused on Aki's story, then grows to invite more characters with each book. I loved how we each book, the characters from the previous ones were not left behind and still held integral roles in the story. The third book was epic with all that has happened and all the changes being tied together. The ending was just great. There were dragons! My favorite so far. Can't wait to see what the author does next!
July 15, 2026
This series was wonderfully crafted to give really entertaining variation on the theme of surviving a post-apocalyptic city. It had a moment that were too close to covid-reality in book 2, but reaching the end was such a wonderful payoff for fans of dragon shifters.
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