Coming Soon and available for pre-order 

SELENE SHADE: Resurrectionist for Hire Book 1 COMING SOON 

release date September 10, 2024! 

"With a zesty heroine, a likeable style, and a touch of grue, RESURRECTIONIST FOR HIRE is the first installment in what looks to be a tremendously enjoyable series of dark thrillers. I ate it up like a zombie with a fresh plate of brains and am already hungry for more." -- Poppy Z. Brite author of Exquisite Corpse. 

link to preorder here! 

In the first installment of Victoria Dalpe’s new dark fantasy series, we meet Selene Shade, a resurrectionist for hire who might just have taken on the wrong case.
With the ability to restore life to the dead, “Zombie Queen” Selene Shade has earned quite a reputation. Not that it helps her get dates. Her bed may be empty but business is booming. That is until her life is thrown into disarray when a brutal killer comes to town and all signs point to her being the next victim.

Enlisted by the police department due to her unique craft, she must make new alliances, deal with old rivals, and maybe even save the world—whether she wants to or not—all the while avoiding the gruesome allure of dark magic and the sacrificial ritual of a mad cultist.

In Resurrectionist For Hire, Dalpe weaves a dire tale of magic, murder, and romance. To survive, Selene will have to harness her power of the dead and overcome her struggle to connect with the living.

"Dalpe wields literary black magic yet again. Cool, sardonic, and asking the big, pointed questions about life, unlife, and death. Selene Shade: Resurrectionist for Hire kicks off what promises to be a tremendous new series." Laird Barron, author of Not a Speck of Light (Stories)