A Lady Who Looks Good When She’s Crying

Sunshine and Specter 1

by Dan Ackerman

A Lady Who Looks Good When She's Crying - Dan Ackerman

Part of the Sunshine and Specter series:

A Lady Who Looks Good When She's Crying

Dan Ackerman received the 2018-2019 Rainbow Award for Gay Contemporary General Fiction. Two titles shared the honor: The Things that Come and That Doesn’t Belong Here. Dan is a dominant, innovative, unique voice in LGBTQ fiction.

Angels shouldn't pal around with demons, especially not ones they've been sent to assassinate. They shouldn't work with them or cook them dinner, or strike a deal with the Devil for them either. Sunshine probably isn't a very good angel.

The demon in question is Felix Specter. He's forgiven Sunshine for stabbing him all those years ago. He's got a lot on his plate: a curse, his mental health, and a questionable love life. Finding out Sunshine owes the Devil a few favors doesn't help. Neither did that kiss, not that Felix will talk about it anyway.

On top of everything else, Sunshine and Specter have a case to solve. They handle issues that human detectives can't, like monsters in the sewer, mages doing illegal charms, and runaway witches. But they've always dealt with anything the city has to offer. Would could be different this time?

Published: August 1, 2021
Publisher: Supposed Crimes
Cover Artists:

Vincent Pesce

Genres:

Fantasy, Fantasy - LGBTQ+, Fantasy - Paranormal, Fantasy - Romance, Fantasy - Urban & Magical Beings, Horror, Horror - Angels & Devils, Paranormal, Paranormal - Angels & Devils, Paranormal - Magical Beings

Tropes: Cross-Species Friendships, Evolving Powers, Fish Out of Water, Found Family
Setting: New York City
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters
Tropes: Cross-Species Friendships, Evolving Powers, Fish Out of Water, Found Family
Setting: New York City
Languages Available: English
Series Type: Continuous / Same Characters

About the Author

Dan Ackerman is a writer and educator who has lived in Connecticut for their entire life. They received wrote their Master's thesis on representations of women in same-sex relationships in contemporary Spanish literature and cinema.

In their spare time, Dan continues to read and write, supplemented with a healthy amount of movie marathons and gaming.

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Summary: Every night the monsters hunt. A city that is the whole world: Theosophy and her companions in the City militia do their best to protect the civilians from the monsters, but they keep crawling from the Rift and there’s nowhere to run. Theosophy knows she’ll die fighting. It’s the best kind of death she’s seen, and at least she can save lives in the meantime. They say the Scarred carve you up while you’re still alive. A village in the shadow of a forest: Refugees from the border whisper about the oncoming Scarred, but Briony can’t convince her brother to relocate his children to safety. Briony will do anything to protect them. She owes them that much, even if it means turning to forbidden magic. When Theosophy and Briony accidentally make contact across the boundaries of their worlds, they realize that solutions might finally be within reach. A world beyond the City would give Theosophy’s people an escape, and the City’s warriors could help Briony protect her family from the Scarred. Each woman sees in the other a strength she lacks—and maybe something more. All they need to do is find a way across the dimensions to each other before their enemies close in.