Cursed City (Harker Academy #2)

Cursed City (Harker Academy #2) by Kate Golden is an Urban Fantasy release, out on October 8, 2026.
Cursed City (Harker Academy #2)

Author: Kate Golden

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Release date: October 8, 2026

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Cursed City (Harker Academy #2) Release Date: October 8, 2026
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Welcome back to Harker Academy for Deviant Defense, where the line between hunter and hunted has never been thinner.

To rescue someone close to her, Viv Abbot must team up with Reid’s violent, unpredictable older brother, Deacon. Her uneasy truce with him offers Viv something Reid never could: the chance to embrace her darkness.

Viv’s mission takes her to the center of Astera’s seedy underbelly with none other than the White Stag as her guide. But when a bounty on Viv’s head puts those she cares about in danger, Viv will be forced to go to lengths she never dreamed in order to protect them.

With enemies closing in from all sides and a ticking clock on her life, Viv must save the Half City from destruction while surviving a betrayal that strikes at the heart of everything she’s fighting for. Because in a world where monsters wear familiar faces and temptation cuts deeper than any blade, making it through her second semester at Harker will take more than skill-it will take everything Viv has left to give. Who can she really trust in a city that thrives on lies?

‘Welcome to Half City, in which Kate Golden does nothing by halves: full-throttle action, a twisty mystery, and a deliciously tense romance make this an absolute romp. Our lead, Viv, is equal parts badass and messy, and her love interest may give you a thing for claws. Absolutely fabulous action writing by Golden, beautifully offset by a story about acceptance, belonging, and what it means to be human’ – Brigitte Knightley, author of The Irresistible Urge to Fall For Your Enemy

‘Kate Golden deftly fuses a lush and bewitching dark academia setting, complex characters, and a sizzling slow burn romance in Half City, the unputdownable first installment of a trilogy that will leave readers breathless’ – Julie Soto, author of Rose in Chains

‘Packed with edge-of-your-seat action, steamy scenes that will set your curtains on fire, and some of the wittiest banter I’ve ever read, Half City is the urban fantasy / dark academia book this Buffy fangirl has been waiting for all her life. I don’t know what sort of magic Kate Golden weaves into her books but I hope she never stops. The Harker Academy series is my newest obsession’ – Jenna Levine, author of Road Trip With a Vampire

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Genre: Urban Fantasy

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