May Day is an urban fantasy novel following vampire detective Jack Valentine. It was first released in 2020, and won the Book Bloggers' Novel of the Year Award 2021.
"I freaking loved it. I loved that it had so much depth to it. The characters were great, the romance was way more than I expected and I did not pick any of the twists and turns. Considering the amount of urban fantasy I've read that is a hell of an achievement."
~ Maxine's Obsessions
If the murderer you’re tracking is a vampire, then you want a vampire detective.
Just maybe not this one.
It’s not that Jack Valentine is bad at her job. The youngest member of Oxford’s Seekers has an impressive track record, but she also has an impressive grudge against the local baron, Killian Drake.
When a human turns up dead on May Morning, she’s determined to pin the murder on Drake. The problem is that none of the evidence points to him. Instead, it leads Jack into a web of conspiracy involving the most powerful people in the country, people to whom Jack has no access. But she knows someone who does.
To get to the truth, Jack will have to partner up with her worst enemy. As long as she can keep her cool, Drake will point her to the ringleaders, she’ll find the murderer and no one else will have to die.
Body bags on standby.
May Day is the first book in Josie Jaffrey's six-book Seekers series. It's an adult novel featuring terrible people who make terrible decisions, often with terrible results. Check out the content warnings here.
This campaign is for a special edition hardback of May Day, with all-new and original art, including:
- a foiled dust jacket featuring new art by Salome Totladze
- a foiled hardcover featuring new art by Nel Kingman
- custom endpapers featuring new art by Madeleine Rico
- sprayed edges featuring art by Martin Beckett
- PLUS all-new interior design by Talli L Morgan!
There will also be all-new Seekers series bookmarks, plus prints of character art by Salome Totladze PLUS other cool stuff too, if we hit stretch goals!
Early Bird Follower Bonus!
Don't want to miss out on Jack's shiny new special edition? Follow this project now to be notified the moment it launches, and receive an ebook copy of Blood Work, a Seekers short story prequel featuring Cam (everyone's favourite cinnamon roll), which tells the story of how he first joined the Seekers.
Dying's easy. Lying's hard.
Cam never wanted to come to Oxford. He's only here because he followed Ed, the man he loves, but Ed's more interested in his experiments than he is in Cam.
It looks like it's going to be a boring few years, until Cam stumbles into a crime scene and unwittingly becomes a key witness. He faces a choice: continue being bored, or go undercover to help the Seekers to track down the culprit.
If only he knew how to tell a lie.
