Horror Genre

Demon Chase – Book 1 in A Monstrous Dread Series

Jillian’s new normal — a life on the run and a blaze-orange bullseye on her back. When supernatural creatures realized she could see them, she became Monster Enemy #1. The price she pays for being special? To be haunted and hunted and never allowed to linger in one place for long.

Jillian’s old life as a respected FBI agent lies in ashes, and this new one takes her to the edge of sanity. While she stays one step ahead of the monsters most people can’t see, her twin brother Jackson, also gifted with ‘monster sight,’ is holed up in a secret research facility where the fiends and ghouls can’t reach him.

But they can get to her…if she slows down, gets careless, or stumbles into a demon lair.

Jillian’s only hope is to stay off their radar long enough to master the art of monster-killing.

There is no escaping this new, terrifying reality. If she wants to live, she has to fight. And if she wants to get her normal life back, she must kill them all.

Demon Chase is a thrilling, fast-paced horror story by Nicki Huntsman Smith (author of the Troop of Shadows Chronicles and more). Do you like scary books? Are you a fan of horror-genre authors like Clive Barker and Stephen King? Grab the first book in the riveting new series, A Monstrous Dread, and embark on a white-knuckled, roller coaster ride!

Troubled Spirits – Book 2 in A Monstrous Dread Series

Jillian barely escaped Forsaken Harbor, Alaska, in one piece. Now, she finds herself in rural Wyoming, settling into a hundred-year-old house filled with musty old furniture and an antique doll for a roommate. Surrounding her in all directions are acres of hay, desolate prairie, and a cornfield long overdue for harvesting…and overseen by a decrepit scarecrow. It’s the perfect setting for a spooky Halloween, until strange and terrifying episodes begin to happen.

What has she stumbled upon in the Wind River Range? What happened here generations ago that resonates so powerfully in the region and compels the residents to behave in bizarre and alarming ways?

Should she leave now while there’s still time? Or stick it out and learn more about the dangerous and mystical supernatural world that upended her life a year ago?

Jillian Beaufort is not quitter. You can bet your last bottle of Sam Adams she’ll find some answers…or die trying.

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Jackson, no longer a prisoner of the Rosalind Project, but rather a willing ally, joins forces with Dr. Walter Richter and his beautiful and brilliant daughter, Dr. Stacey Richter. Utilizing resources Jillian can only dream about, Jackson and his new partners embark on a quest to identify monsters and unmask demons. The scientists want to study them, but Jackson has different plans.

He has been grappling with monsters far longer than anyone else, and he knows one truth better than anyone: The only good monster is a dead monster.

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Troubled Spirits, Book Two in A Monstrous Dread series, is a white-knuckled thrill ride that will take you deeper into the terrifying world of Jillian and Jackson Beaufort. Don’t get left behind!

A Different Kind of Monster – Book 3 in A Monstrous Dread Series

Jillian hopes she has finally found a safe haven in the Catskills, but as she looks out at the dense forest surrounding her secluded RV campground, she can’t help but wonder if she’s leapt from the pan into the fire. After leaving a promising career at the FBI, she’s been on the run, constantly pursued by malevolent supernatural entities. Alaska and Wyoming didn’t provide the sanctuary she was hoping for, but maybe upstate New York will be different.

But as Jillian tries to settle into her new life, she can’t shake the feeling that something is off. It’s not just the strange noises she hears at night or the eerie stillness of the forest, it’s the lingering presence of something sinister. And as local young women start to go missing, Jillian suspects she may have stumbled upon a different kind of monster.

Desperate to protect herself and those around her, Jillian must use her unique ability to see the paranormal to unravel the mystery of the missing girls. But as she delves deeper into the dark underbelly of the Catskills, she realizes that she may have met her match. And if she can’t stop the abductions, she may become the next victim.

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A Different Kind of Monster, Book Three in A Monstrous Dread series, is a white-knuckled thrill ride that will take you deeper into the terrifying world of Jillian and Jackson Beaufort. Don’t get left behind!

Abominable – Book 4 in A Monstrous Dread Series

JILLIAN:
After a harrowing encounter with a serial killer, a near-fatal battle with a malevolent woodland creature, and a failed assassination attempt on her life, Jillian packs up her Airstream and motors away from the Catskills. Her destination? Sunny California with its sandy beaches and tranquil ocean views. Standing between her and paradise is a white-knuckle drive through Utah’s Wasatch Mountain Range, but as long as she can beat the forecasted hundred-year storm, she’s golden.

Of course, as with so many ‘coincidences’ in her life, the ice, wind, and snow arrive early, trapping her in a dangerous blizzard while perched on a treacherous mountain switchback.

Help arrives in the form of a teenage boy, forcing Jilian to choose between freezing to death or accepting his offer of sanctuary in the home of his family.

The decision isn’t the no-brainer one might expect. The deeper Jillian digs into the ideology of the wealthy Olsen family — leaders of an exclusive survivalist community — and the longer she’s forced to stay, the more perilous the situation becomes. Even in this far-flung ‘prepper’ society, walled in by snow-capped mountains and trapped by a raging blizzard, Jillian isn’t safe from the paranormal creatures that hunt her, nor the human monsters who seem hell-bent on pursuing her to the ends of the Earth.

JACKSON:
Jackson is determined to stay far away from the Biosecurity Research Institute, The Rosalind Project, and Dr. Walt Richter, the brilliant scientist who bears responsibility for Jackson’s accursed ‘monster sight’.

But to achieve that goal, he must take extreme measures to protect himself, measures that lead him to a necromancer in New Orleans and force him to cross a glaring red line.

Long-term cloaking magick will make him nearly invisible to the demon cabal, the high-level abominations who thirst for his death.

And that kind of magick comes with a gut-wrenching price tag.

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Abominable, Book Four in A Monstrous Dread series, is a white-knuckled thrill ride that will take you deeper into the terrifying world of Jillian and Jackson Beaufort. Don’t get left behind!