The Broken Halos Duet · Book One
She became the consequence.
Dark Psychological Thriller · Romantic Suspense
By day, Riley Locke studies the minds of monsters. By night, she makes sure they never hurt anyone again.
At twenty-two, Riley has learned that justice and the law aren’t always the same thing. Some predators know exactly how to hide behind clean records, respectable names, and systems designed to protect them.
Riley knows because she survived the kind of darkness people prefer not to see.
Now she hunts it.
They call her the Wraith.
COMING OCTOBER 1, 2026
Title: The Wraith
Series: The Broken Halos Duet · Book One
Author: D. Raven Fenix
ISBN: 9798194919574
Publisher: Independently published
Publication Date: October 1, 2026
Page Count: 501
Format: Paperback
Trim Size: 5.5 × 8.5 inches
Interior: Black & white with cream paper
Cover Finish: Matte
Language: English
By day, Riley Locke studies the minds of monsters. By night, she makes sure they never hurt anyone again.
At twenty-two, Riley has learned that justice and the law aren’t always the same thing.
Some predators know exactly how to hide behind clean records, respectable names, and systems designed to protect them. Riley knows because she survived the kind of darkness people prefer not to see.
Now she hunts it.
They call her the Wraith.
She has rules. She chooses her targets carefully. And until now, she’s always managed to stay one step ahead.
Until one night changes everything.
Detective Sebastian Ashcroft knows something about Riley doesn’t add up. She’s too calm around crime scenes. Too observant. Too good at recognizing the things killers try to hide. And every instinct he has tells him she’s keeping a secret.
He just never expected to fall for her while trying to uncover it.
As Sebastian closes in on the Wraith, Riley discovers that the monsters she’s been hunting may be connected to something much larger—and far more personal—than she ever imagined.
Someone has been watching her.
Someone knows what she is.
And the closer Riley and Sebastian get to the truth, the harder it becomes to tell whether he’s going to save her... or be the one forced to stop her.
D. Raven Fenix is a storyteller with a soft heart and a love for dark things.
She writes psychological thrillers and romantic suspense filled with morally gray characters, complicated love, broken people, and the question of what justice looks like when the system fails.
Behind the stories is someone who has always found pieces of herself in music, books, and the kitchen. She loves cooking, animals, being near the water, football and baseball, and a playlist that can jump from the late ’80s to something released yesterday without warning.
She’s a little shy until she gets comfortable—and then all bets are off. Sarcasm, terrible jokes, random thoughts, and an unreasonable amount of enthusiasm tend to follow.
Writing became another place for all of those pieces to go.
The Wraith, her debut novel and the first book in The Broken Halos Duet, grew from a fascination with the line between justice and revenge—and with characters who can be both deeply flawed and deeply human.
D. Raven Fenix writes for the readers who root for the complicated ones. The survivors. The antiheroes. The characters who don’t always make the right choice for the right reason.
Because sometimes the people with broken halos are still worth loving.
Some things are taken.
Some things grow wings.
— D. Raven Fenix
Follow the shadows beyond Blackridge.