Lacey Sterling is Ebonspire’s newest detective. By-the-book. No-nonsense. And totally ready to put her leather bodysuit and magic phaser to work locking up every lowlife tied to the Crimson Syndicate—the city’s most notorious criminal cabal. But the Syndicate’s claws run deeper than a blood curse, and Lacey’s cases keep vanishing into dead ends.

Then she crosses paths with Kade Blackfyre—a devilishly handsome mercenary with the right connections to crack the city's darkest secrets—and Lacey isn’t about to let him off the hook without an investigation of her own. Kade’s everything Lacey’s been warned about.. He doesn’t follow rules. He bends them, breaks them, and probably sells the scraps to the highest bidder. And gods, he gets under her skin faster than a misfired hex. But there’s more to him than just sharp cheekbones and a smug attitude. He’s sitting on secrets—secrets about the city, the magic that powers it, and the brewing conspiracy threatening to split Ebonspire wide open.

A war’s coming, and everyone—from the Crimson Syndicate to Lacey’s very own government—is playing a game that could destroy everything she’s sworn to protect. Forced into an uneasy alliance, Lacey and Kade must work together to survive. Every lead raises more questions, and it’s getting harder to tell who’s really on which side.

In a city where magic runs deep and alliances crumble faster than a vampire at sunrise, Lacey must decide if she can trust the man who goes against everything she believes in. The fate of Ebonspire depends on it. And the last thing Lacey needs is to fall for the one man who might burn it all to the ground.

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