Hunted By The Undead Is Out Today! Sorta 🫢
Sep 10, 2025 5:01 pm
***Note: If you've bought Hunted and the link to the bonus content is coming up as invalid, please email me with a screenshot. Then I can send you the valid link. The cyber gremlins are after me today....
It's officially September 10th on the late side of the world, which means Hunted by the Undead is OUT in eBook form on most retailers, plus my book shop! 🥳
Buuuuut if you happened to read this email's title, you might realize there's something a little funky going on with this new book....
If you've been hanging out on my newsletter for any length of time, you know I do my absolute best to be honest with you, even if that honesty hurts (me). So here's the scoop: I didn't finish writing Hunted by the Undead in time for its scheduled release date (today). 😔
Then why is the eBook actually available to buy, if that's the case?
Well, because if I didn't release some version of Hunted today, a certain large and monopoly-like retailer would BAN be from holding pre-orders for an entire year. And I really, truly can't afford to be under that ban again. Not when my creative juices don't seem to cooperate without outside pressure.
So you can buy a copy of Hunted by the Undead right now from all major online retailers. The file you'll get includes Chapters 1-26 of Helena and Konstantin's ongoing saga. It also includes a link to exclusive bonus content that will be vanishing into the ether once the full version of Hunted is finished. 👀
Where To Get Hunted by the Undead
Yep. There's bonus content peeking out from behind the curtain, ready to accost unsuspecting readers who buy the currently-unfinished version of Hunted. That content might include the outlines for Claimed by the Undead and for our happy couple's origin story, Gift of Light. Plus a sneak peek at where my weirdo brain has ruminated while compiling Helena's love story with the Black Priest Konstantin. Some of that stuff made it into their books. And some of it waits on the sidelines, wondering if it'll ever need to show itself....
That means if you buy a copy of Hunted right now, you'll have the chance to find out all the gory details that haven't made it into Helena and Konstantin's saga. And you'll see how the outlines differ from what actually ended up in the books!
Ready to join a group of REAL Teutonic insiders? 🧐 Grab your eBook copy of Hunted by the Undead from any of the stores listed below:
My book shop:
https://clcarhart.com/products/hunted-undead-ebook
Amazon:
US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FDBVZNBD
UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FDBVZNBD
CA: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FDBVZNBD
AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0FDBVZNBD
Universal: https://books2read.com/techunted
Other retailers:
Kobo
https://www.kobo.com/ebook/hunted-by-the-undead
Apple Books
https://books.apple.com/book/id6747365166
Google Play Books
https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=aOSEEQAAQBAJ
Barnes & Noble/Nook
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/1147646595?ean=2940184609669
Smashwords
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1791951
Itch
https://cl-carhart.itch.io/hunted-by-the-undead
As always, you can read Hunted by the Undead with a Kobo Plus subscription. It'll also be available on library apps like Libby, BorrowBox, cloudLibrary, and Palace Marketplace once I finish the final version of the book.
If you pre-ordered Hunted, check your e-reader to make sure your payment went through. Sometimes cards get declined on pre-orders once the book actually comes out, so if that happened to you, you might have to order again. Don't forget to look for the link to the secret bonus content when you start reading! **And please email me a screenshot of the page if the link isn't working for you; I'll get you the right one ASAP.
If you pre-ordered Hunted by the Undead from my shop, be sure to check whichever email you entered on the check-out page for a BookFunnel delivery of your eBook. I know some of us use separate emails to buy things than to download eBooks, so now you know where to hunt for your next read!
Hunted by the Undead: Random Info
Okay, so why should you bother to read the second book in Helena's twisted saga with Konstantin, when this ridiculous author couldn't manage to finish it in time for its release date? Come on, C.L. Carhart, you weren't supposed to suddenly catch a super-snotty cold last weekend that rendered your brain incapable of writing for a handful of days. Readers wait for no sick human!
Yep, I know. And believe me, no one's more disappointed and frustrated with me than I am. Hunted by the Undead is the twenty-first book I've published, and I've never completely missed the release date before now. (Except with Gift of Water, which I missed by only 2 hours thanks to time zone craziness.) So don't bother telling me I'm a lazy bum who wasn't supposed to get sick. I know it.
So should you buy the next part of Helena and Konstantin's saga, or should you walk on by? From the brain of one weirdo to another, here's some insight.
Hunted by the Undead is for you if....
- You secretly love the Twilight saga but think Edward was super immature when he broke up with Bella in New Moon. For real, he could have done it SO MUCH more respectfully. Like Konstantin does in Hunted. 😁 Mutual heartbreak, but mutual agreement concerning the future!
- You have a thing for 'only one bed' scenes...none of which result in sex. 🙃
- You want to meet a married pair who decide to randomly f*** each other inside the Black Castle. Wut. 💀
- You like reading about dudes having intelligent conversations. 📜 (I'm sticking this in here in honor of my dad, who is over the moon about several conversations Konstantin has in this book.)
- You're interested in prophecies...of the Teutonic variety. 🔮
- You want Helena to try it out with another Teuton priest...wait. 😱
- You want to see Nemo get punched out. Yes. It happens. 😈
- You're ready for a much-less-horrific cliffhanger ending. Helena's got her mind made up by the end of Hunted! 💪
Hunted by the Undead is NOT for you if....
- Reading several torture scenes would trigger you. Helena goes through it in this book. 😔 Be forewarned.
- You're scared of lighthouses.
- You don't like cats.
- You think fictional characters should never, ever think things through because nobody really does that, right?
- You want all of my books to be standalones with HEAs between the main couple. Sorry, this series is an ongoing saga. Helena and Konstantin's futures will eventually intertwine, but we're not there yet!
- You haven't read Claimed by the Undead. This series works best read in order, so...Book 1 comes first?
Has my weirdly wandering brain convinced you yet? 😜 Grab your copy of Hunted by the Undead today and join Helena and Konstantin as they emerge from the rubble at the end of Claimed.
After you buy your copy and dive into the secret workings of my muse, be sure to keep an eye out for more newsletters from me. We've got some itch bundles happening this month, plus another freebie event of the dark and cozy variety.
If the creeks don't rise and I can avoid getting sick again, I plan on uploading the final, beta-reader-scoured version of Hunted by the Undead onto all storefronts by Monday, September 22nd. I'll be sending an email that day to remind you to grab the new version from your retailer of choice.
ARC team? Will I be sending out ARCs for this book? Indeed yes! Keep an eye on your inbox for news on that front; I'll be sending ARCs as soon as I finish writing and smoothing out the edges of Hunted. 💖
For now, happy reading, and have yourself a wonderfully weird week!
Talk to you soon,
C.L. Carhart
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