Caribbean & Diaspora Storytelling
Zhade
Paranormal Erotica Author
Elemental bonds, water spirits, and desire that arrives as a summons.
Zhade writes paranormal erotica from Jamaican folklore outward. Her water spirits are not imported from somewhere else and dressed in island clothes. They come from the rivers and the stories that grew up beside them.
In her books, the river is not a setting. It is a presence with a history, a claim and a memory, and the women it chooses are asked to answer for an inheritance they did not know they had. Zhade writes inheritance as a claim that has already been made on you.
Her trilogy follows one woman, one valley and one river across three books, from the first claiming to the moment the oldest power on the island opens its eyes.
Read in order
The Claiming Trilogy
Verity Campbell comes home to Swift River, and to the river that never let her go. Where the trilogy begins.
Under a full moon, the water remembers. The register turns darker and the pull stronger, as something ancient claims the lake and then claims her.
Three years of peace, a daughter with four gifts, and the First Mother waking after five hundred years. The trilogy ends where it began: at the river, with everyone.
Read them in order. The trilogy is one story that deepens with each book.
The shelf
Where Zhade’s work fits
The Claiming Trilogy sits on two shelves at once. It is paranormal erotica, where the supernatural is the engine of desire rather than its backdrop. And because its river spirit comes from Jamaican folklore and its story turns on inherited land, it is also Caribbean erotica, written from inside the culture rather than about it.
Swift River is a real valley in Portland Parish. Read the history of Swift River, then browse more on the erotica and erotic romance and paranormal romance shelves.
New to the genre, or unsure whether the supernatural is for you? Start with our guide to erotica for women: three things to check before you buy, and nine books to begin with. Claimed by Water is on it, for readers who want the supernatural to do the work.
The books
Titles by Zhade
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Frequently asked questions
Who is Zhade?
Zhade is the author of The Claiming Trilogy, paranormal erotica rooted in Jamaican folklore and published by Maroon House Press.
What order should I read The Claiming Trilogy in?
Claimed by Water, then Claimed by Shadow, then Claimed by Blood. The trilogy is one story, so start with book one.
Is Zhade’s work explicit?
Yes. The Claiming Trilogy is high-heat paranormal erotica for adult readers, 18+.
Where is The Claiming Trilogy set?
It opens and closes in Swift River, a real valley in Portland Parish, Jamaica.
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