The Profane Inheritance Trilogy
Profane Inheritance is Gothic epic dark fantasy.
Raised in a Victorian abbey and condemned since childhood as irredeemable, clairvoyant Maia Kelly knows nothing of the supernatural inheritance awakening in her blood—until a dark hunger draws her into a thousand-year war between demons and seraphs.
Claimed as the long-awaited Oracle, Maia is thrust into Purgatory, a kingdom of celestial exiles divided by ancient betrayals, forbidden bloodlines, and a prophecy promising salvation at a terrible price. Some dream of reclaiming Celestia, the homeland from which they were violently exiled. Others have forged new lives in Purgatory and will stop at nothing to prevent the prophecy's fulfillment.
Hunted by lethal, silver-winged seraphs and drawn into a dangerous attraction with a formidable demon commander, Maia must navigate a world where enemies offer sanctuary, allies conceal deadly secrets, and even salvation may prove a curse.
For demons, seraphs, rebels, and kings have inherited a war begun long before they were born. And the woman destined to end it may be the one who refuses to fulfill their prophecy.
Blood of the Oracle
Book One of Profane Inheritance
The daughter of Purgatory has awakened.
For sixteen years, clairvoyant Maia Kelly has lived as a condemned penitent behind the walls of a Victorian abbey, praying for redemption for a childhood murder.
Then a crimson comet tears across the sky, portending the crucibles to come. Forced to flee the only home she has ever known, Maia discovers the truth of her inheritance: her father is the King of Purgatory—and that's not the worst part! He believes she is the prophesied Oracle destined to end a thousand-year war between demons and seraphs.
Now a ruthless seraph prince wants her alive long enough to serve his purpose—and dead before she can fulfill hers.
Maia cannot choose what she is becoming. But she can still choose who she becomes.
Crucible of the Heretics
Book Two of Profane Inheritance
The Oracle was meant to save the damned. First, she must survive them.
Maia Kelly has escaped the abbey that imprisoned her, only to discover that freedom comes at a terrible price.
Branded for her failures and distrusted by the very demons she is prophesied to save, Maia trains under Rhemy Sauvage, a formidable commander of the Magnus Inferna, while their uneasy alliance deepens into a dangerous attraction.
But rebellion is brewing in Purgatory. While some demons dream of reclaiming Celestia, the ancestral homeland from which they were exiled, others refuse to abandon the lives they've built in its shadow. Ancient loyalties fracture, dangerous secrets surface, and those who reject the prophecy will stop at nothing to prevent its fulfillment.
As Maia searches for the mysterious Warrior of Ash and Light, her visions warn of bloodshed and betrayal beneath an approaching blood moon.
With enemies gathering on every side, she must unravel the prophecy before the divisions within Purgatory destroy them all.
Requiem of the Damned
Book Three of Profane Inheritance
The prophecy has awakened. The war for Celestia has begun. And the Oracle may be the greatest threat to both.
As an ancient conflict between demons and seraphs threatens to consume three realms, Maia Kelly finds herself caught between those who worship her, those who fear her, and those determined to destroy her. The King of Purgatory's dream of reclaiming his celestial homeland is unraveling, and the ruthless Imperator of Celestia will stop at nothing to prevent the exiles from returning.
But Maia has battles of her own to fight.
Haunted by visions of a captive whose fate weighs heavily upon her conscience, Maia ventures into the heart of enemy territory on a desperate rescue mission. There, she must confront the celestial powers responsible for a thousand years of suffering—and the terrible truths concealed within the prophecy that has governed her life.
With old loyalties shattered, forbidden alliances tested, and the fate of those she loves hanging in the balance, Maia must decide how far she is willing to go to end a war she never chose to fight.
The damned have waited a thousand years for salvation. But salvation was never promised without sacrifice.
Who is
Dark Kimber?
First, yes, she's Kimberly Jayne. Second, no, something has not gone terribly wrong.
Dark Kimber writes Gothic dark and historical fantasy for readers who like their celestials imperfect, their monsters complicated, and their desires more than a little dangerous.
She conjures worlds of forbidden hungers, old sins, buried secrets, and uneasy bargains between the divine and the damned.
Here, salvation has a price, destiny has teeth, and even the most lost soul may yet find her own way.
