Phoenix Immortal Series by Alexa Piper

"I couldn’t change that I was…attracted to a guy I’d watched getting murdered on the subway."Amory lives a quiet life as a waiter. The Moonlight Diner is the home he found after he was kicked out and disowned by his family for no other crime than who he loves.Amory's life is shaken to its very foundations after a chance meeting that has Amory witness a murder--except the man who dies in Amory's arms doesn't stay dead.Far from being a ghost, Soyer is very real... more"I couldn’t change that I was…attracted to a guy I’d watched getting murdered on the subway."Amory lives a quiet life as a waiter. The Moonlight Diner is the home he found after he was kicked out and disowned by his family for no other crime than who he loves.Amory's life is shaken to its very foundations after a chance meeting that has Amory witness a murder--except the man who dies in Amory's arms doesn't stay dead.Far from being a ghost, Soyer is very real. He pulls Amory into a world in which magic exists and wreaks havoc on the life of unsuspecting people. But within what remains of the spell that touches both their lives, Amory and Soyer may just find love.Warning: This m/m romance contains sexual content only suitable for mature audiences. It also contains graphic depictions of violence, past experiences of homophobia experienced in adolescence, and allusions to conversion therapy. less

"You know, I… this is going to sound insensitive, but I'm glad you got murdered, that day on the subway. I can't imagine my life without you. I don't want to. I'm really badly in love with you."Amory has burned for his Soyer, and now, Amory is no longer what he was, no longer human. He has come to embrace both his change and the overprotective Soyer... more"You know, I… this is going to sound insensitive, but I'm glad you got murdered, that day on the subway. I can't imagine my life without you. I don't want to. I'm really badly in love with you."Amory has burned for his Soyer, and now, Amory is no longer what he was, no longer human. He has come to embrace both his change and the overprotective Soyer.While Amory finds his footing in the supernatural world he is now a part of, things are not easy when you fall in love with a notorious witch hunter and assassin. Soyer’s past is looming, and to make matters more complicated, so is Amory’s birth family.Dangers start encroaching on the both of them, and while Amory and Soyer are determined to hold on to one another, those who wish them harm want them apart. Will Amory and Soyer overcome their enemies unscathed?Content violence, torture; allusions to conversion therapy and domestic abuse (side characters). Readers may find this book, outside of the main couple’s relationship, somewhat darker than the first. less

He looked fierce now. Had since I'd mentioned occasionally dying. To be…cherished like that. To have someone who cared about my deaths, it…it had been a very long time.Cursed with immortality, the man known as the Black Shuck by some, as Bennet by others, has resigned himself to a lonely, endless existence. Long days are interspersed with death, dying, and the odd assassin job... moreHe looked fierce now. Had since I'd mentioned occasionally dying. To be…cherished like that. To have someone who cared about my deaths, it…it had been a very long time.Cursed with immortality, the man known as the Black Shuck by some, as Bennet by others, has resigned himself to a lonely, endless existence. Long days are interspersed with death, dying, and the odd assassin job.During one of these jobs, he dies and comes back to life in front of very human and very innocent Amory, who is both fascinating and enchanting. Through his courting, Bennet finds himself enjoying his existence for the first time in a long time. He will do anything to protect Amory, will die and live for this human who has captured his immortal heart.Yet, the self-doubt Bennet hides behind a confident mask plagues him, and beings from the supernatural world he is a part of target Amory to target him. Bennet knows what he wants, but will all the skills he learned over hundreds of years be enough to keep Amory?This book covers some of the events that occur in Moonlight Cherries. While this is the third book in a series, it can be read before books one and two as an alternative entry point. Given the character telling the story is an immortal assassin, some readers my find this book too dark.Black Heart Blooming contains mentions of suicide, suicidal ideation and thoughts, self-harm, violence, murder, and abuse. Conversion therapy and homophobia are mentioned. less

I loved my firebird very much, didn’t want to be without him and wanted to wake up next to him each morning for the rest of forever, but when he was trying to be mean like this, albeit lovingly mean, I wanted to pinch him. In Soyer, Amory has found something he didn’t even know he wanted. He’s beginning to understand what love means, and how deep his feelings for Soyer run... moreI loved my firebird very much, didn’t want to be without him and wanted to wake up next to him each morning for the rest of forever, but when he was trying to be mean like this, albeit lovingly mean, I wanted to pinch him. In Soyer, Amory has found something he didn’t even know he wanted. He’s beginning to understand what love means, and how deep his feelings for Soyer run.After Soyer saved him from the witch, Amory scares easily, even if there isn’t much to be afraid of in their shared life of domestic bliss and running the Moonlight Diner. Yet, things always change, and Amory has to learn how to adapt.But the past won’t leave Soyer, Amory, and their found family alone quite yet, and for phoenix lovers such as these two, there is no stepping back, no pulling apart. If they don’t have each other, they have nothing. less