Shade’s latest case hits close to home when a witch shows up on her doorstep claiming her magic has been stolen. A fly-by-night coven is using an online message board to recruit inexperienced witches—only to vanish weeks later, leaving a trail of magicless women in their wake.
And it only gets weirder from there.
An offer of help from a familiar, but unwelcome source.
Growing discord from Scath threatening to play right into their enemies’ hands.
And the mutilated body of a solitary witch.
Now it’s personal. There’s something theatrical about these magic thefts, something beyond a simple lust for power. Someone is pulling the strings—and there’s no shortage of puppeteers among Shade’s suspects.
But a witch can only be pushed so far.
And Shade has had enough.
Scath has been arrested by the Unseelie Court. Multiple homicides, along with a crime the fey consider even worse than murder.
Magic theft.
Conviction will mean execution unless Scath can return the power she took. And for that, she’ll need Shade’s help.
Fortunately, Shade has allies in high—and low—places. A demon lawyer hired by the Queen of Air and Darkness herself. A determined pixie. An alpha werewolf. And an old friend who’s learned a lot about the truth of good vs evil…
The only thing standing in Shade’s way? A century old murder. To save Scath’s life, Shade will need to find the killer before closing arguments.
And the dark court believes in a speedy trial.
Being at the mercy of someone you’ve wronged is never good.
When they’ve had a hundred years to plan their revenge, it’s worse.
Scath is serving her first weregild, and to fulfill her duty, she’ll have to enter the world of muleskinners—skinwalker-adjacent magic users who rely on enchanted animal skins to access their magic. Two of them have been killed and their enchanted skins stolen within the past week, and the primal sidhe lord Baine has set Scath the task of finding the killer—with a few special conditions.
Condition one: no contacting the authorities. No Vanguard, no queens, no cops…and no Detective Sergeant Liam Osbourne.
Condition two: Scath is to hand over the killer—and the missing skins—to him.
Shade’s not about to let Scath face the weregild alone. Together they proceed with the investigation, each of them bracing themselves for the worst.
And they’re both shocked when they find it.
After the events of Skinned, Scath is called away from New Moon on a little side quest.
You’ll need tissues.
In a good way…
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It was supposed to be a simple theft.
Scath’s next weregild should have been easy. Infiltrate a Seelie noble house posing as an unscrupulous witch and her large feline servant looking to purchase a new animal companion–or perhaps a slave. Spend the day wandering the Seelie’s stable full of rare and dangerous creatures and having lunch with happy slaves who demonstrate how effective the family’s training program can be. Then when darkness falls, locate the artifact and make a quick get away.
In and out.
Easy peasy.
Only nothing’s ever that simple.
When a murder is committed in a Seelie household, all eyes turn to the Unseelie guests.
Now it’s not just a matter of escaping with the artifact.
It’s a matter of escaping…period.