THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Life is a battlefield. Death is just a girl. Perfect for fans of Buffy , Nightshade , and Ilona Andrews, Death's Daughter is a deliciously dark urban fantasy set at a New England university, where the only daughter of Death is named his successor . 'Paranormal lovers rejoice, your new obsession has arrived!' HANNAH WHITTEN __________________________________ Jocasta has carved out a normal life at Beecher University - well, as normal it can be when your name is Jocasta and you are the only child of Death. Jo has a good job, great friends, and is trying to get over a secret fling with an unbelievably attractive (and unbelievably unavailable) grad student. But she's also lonely. No one close to her knows the truth about who - or what - she is. Or that she must feed to survive, and she feeds on them - their disappointments, failures, and rejections.
It's not a perfect system, but it works. Just. Until a handsome stranger - and descendant of Lust - shows up on campus and announces that Death has formally named Jo as his successor. Now she's both a powerful ally and a massive threat, and everyone she loves is a target. But Beecher is the one place that has ever felt like home, and Jo will do anything to protect it. Even if it means becoming the very thing she hates . 'Like a spicier, modern take on the old school urban fantasies I love so much . but with a gritty dark academia world all its own' reader review 'It gave me big Buffy the Vampire Slayer vibes.
students with paranormal secrets, a campus setting, and blissfully oblivious authorities' reader review __________________________________ 'Delivers paranormal romance, wicked fun, and irresistible tension' LOGAN KARLIE 'Full of tension, dread, and spice, Death's Daughter is the urban fantasy resurrected!' TANYA PELL ' A deliciously seductive and sinister read, Death's Daughter is set to be a new dark academia sensation with its impeccable autumnal vibes' NADIA EL-FASSI 'A fun, sexy fantasy (with a touch of mystery) . fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer will eat this up with a spoon' CHRISTINA HENRY 'A twisting tale . that will keep you reading long into the night' HAZEL McBRIDE 'Witty, scorching, and action-packed. Barnes totally kills itpun intended' MELISSA LANDERS NO. 3 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SUNDAY 17TH MAY 2026.