Death's Daughter | Hardcover

By S.A. Barnes Releases 5th May 2026. Description NEW SEMESTER. FRESH BLOOD. WELCOME TO FINAL YEAR AT BEECHER UNIVERSITY. 'Paranormal lovers rejoice, your new obsession has arrived!' HANNAH WHITTEN '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' eader review 'It gave me big Buffy the Vampire Slayer vibes...students with paranormal secrets, a campus setting, and blissfully oblivious authorities' reader review __________________________________ 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 . . . Perfect for fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Vampire Diaries, Nightshade, and Ilona Andrews, Death's Daughter is a deliciously dark and spicy urban fantasy, set at a New England university, where the only daughter of Death is named his successor, making her both a powerful ally and a massive target, all while she tries to make it through her final year at college . . . __________________________________ '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 it―pun intended' MELISSA LANDERS