The quick dead fox jumps right over the grave, but he's not the one who needs to be laid to rest before Hell breaks loose... Darcie Rose is used to unusual summons back to Earth from Hell. But this time, she’s not the only dead not resting peacefully. When a bet lands Darcie in the middle of a graveyard mystery, it’s up to her and her loyal-beyond-death pet to unearth the truth. But a zombie celebrity and a reanimated taxidermy fox in LA draw as much attention as the missing bodies. They’re hens in a fox-den. Can they fix the error before they garner their own attention? And will Luci be the first to notice, damning her further into the lower circles of Hell? \The Quick Dead Fox is a free short story in the dark supernatural urban fantasy Loan Soul series available by subscribing to L.B. Carter’s newsletter. Chronologically, it takes place after Four Poor Souls but can be read as a standalone. Read the full comically hellacious mistrials of Darcie Rose and her undead fox via the book links at LBCarter.com.\

Great news for those wary of selling their soul to the Devil. Just take out a loan instead! Darcie Rose is Satan’s top Substitute Soul, tasked with temporarily replacing the eager living souls who sign a deal with the Devil. The exchange is a simple one. They receive a Lucifer-facilitated status boost when they return to their body, and Darcie earns a temporary reprieve from Hell. But there are two rules she must abide by if she wants to stay on Luci’s good side: 1.) Avoid her former life now that she is an accidental murderess. 2.) Never expose proof of a demonic Hell in the presence of humans. Easy as pudding... until now. Something’s glitched, and Darcie’s sent Earth-side without the necessary details of whose body she’s inhabiting. Even Hell can’t compare to coming face-to-face with her former fiancé and taxidermy animals rising from the dead like a macabre puppet show. Can Darcie regain control of a job quickly spiraling out of control? Or will this slip up get her banished to the torturous bowels of Hell? From International Best Selling author L.B. Carter comes book one in the Loan Soul Series, a dark paranormal fantasy with a sardonic twist!

Darcie Rose thought she had escaped Hell. Instead it followed her to Earth. When she died, Darcie Rose did all she could to return to the land of the living, including signing on to Lucifer’s loan program as a substitute soul. Now she's stuck on Earth, dragged there by the very man who caused her death. She’s desperate to return to the Overworld to avoid adding to her sentence of damnation. That’s not an easy feat, even for Luci’s best employee. Especially since Darcie’s new partner is an apathetic demon whose ignorance of the living threatens to expose them … and he’s wearing her former fiancé’s body. To dig her grave even deeper, her sidekicks are a one-eyed, undead fox and a zombie lizard. She’s a doubly dead girl walking … unless she can get her ducks on the road. Can Darcie break the ties that trap her in innocent casings on Earth, including the best friend who betrayed her? Can she convince the Devil’s henchman—and her broken, unbeating heart—to forgive a mistake made in the name of love? From internationally bestselling, award-winning author L.B. Carter comes the highly anticipated second book in the 5-STAR Loan Soul series, a dark supernatural urban fantasy with a sardonic twist.