Into the Fire by Morgan Brice
Badlands #7
MM Romance
November 9, 2026
Into the Fire is an action-packed MM paranormal romance chock full of old magic, ancient entities, Mob connections, a haunted hotel, found family, helpful witches, brave ghosts, loyal friends, psychic visions, hurt/comfort, supernatural suspense, and an evolving, established romantic relationship with all the feels.
Can Simon and Vic solve the supernatural arson plaguing a haunted seaside hotel, or will everything go up in flames?
The owner of the historic, haunted Ocean Visions hotel comes to Simon for help.
Ocean Visions has a nice view, but it’s more famous for illegal gambling, Mob connections, famous murders, questionable deaths, and bad luck. Over the last century, it has had cycles of boom and bust, as well as a series of questionable fires that might be supernatural in origin.
The hotel owner finds secret rooms sealed off and hidden in the basement. Legends tell of an ancient land spirit bound to the site. A powerful witch goes missing, along with an infamous spell book.
It’s up to Simon to find out whether an entity from the hotel’s past has broken free and is getting its revenge—and figure out how to stop it before more people die.
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Into the Fire: Badlands, Book 8 by Morgan Brice
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Vic the police detective and Simon the psychic medium are neck deep in their latest supernatural case. The Ocean Visions Hotel has had a suspicious fire and the owner requests Simon’s help.
Simon once again calls on his extensive circle of friends for help. Witches, vampires, psychics, necromancers, and some new sources of knowledge help with this case. This book deals with different supernatural entities so Simon needs all help he can find.
Vic fully behind Simons efforts to clear the hotel of its otherworldly inhabitants. The close, (non magical) people in their lives have an a big impact on the story.
I liked that in the chaos, they still created time for each other. Fires, explosions, and dark shadows couldn’t intrude on the safe haven they created in their home. Their relationship is stronger and the intimacy continues to grow.
So many players I some times lost track. Series should definitely be read in order. Might be time for a reread. Cool stuff happening here. Different “things that go bump in the night”. Very surprising.
Review Copy requested and reviewed on behalf of OMGReads.
Morgan Brice is the MM paranormal romance pen name for bestselling author Gail Z. Martin.
As Morgan, she writes urban fantasy MM paranormal romance. Series include Badlands, Witchbane, Treasure Trail, Fox Hollow Zodiac, Sharps & Springfield and Kings of the Mountain. She is also part of several multi-author shared-world series including Carnival of Mysteries, Subpar Heroes, Beyond the Realm: Remember, and Legends.
Gail writes urban fantasy, epic fantasy, steampunk and more for Orbit Books, Falstaff Books, SOL Publishing and Darkwind Press. Urban fantasy series include Deadly Curiosities and the Night Vigil. Epic fantasy series include Darkhurst, the Chronicles Of The Necromancer, the Fallen Kings Cycle, the Ascendant Kingdoms Saga, and the Assassins of Landria.
Together with Larry N. Martin, she is the co-author of Iron & Blood, Storm & Fury, the Spells Salt and Steel series, the Joe Mack Shadow Council series, and the Wasteland Marshals series.
Her short stories and novellas have appeared in more than 50 US and UK anthologies, most recently The Four ???? Of the Apocalypse, Solar Flare, Nevermore, and Three Time Travelers Walk Into…
She is also a huge fan of the TV show Supernatural.
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