The Deathsniffer’s Assistant (The Faraday Files Book 1) (63 page)

Eleanor Banneker is under a spell, bewitched and enslaved by her evil stepmother. Her long-lost childhood friend, Benjamin Grimm, is the only person immune to the magic that binds her. Even if he doesn’t believe in real magic, he cannot abandon her to her fate and must find a way to breach the spell - but time is running short. If he doesn’t succeed before the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, Ellie will be bound forever…

The Judas Reflections: Murder in Whitechapel, by Aiden James & Michelle Wright
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Emmanuel Ortiz holds an ancient and dark secret: his real name is Judas Iscariot. Forced to walk the earth as a cursed immortal, Judas’ disguise as Emmanuel does little to ease his eternal loneliness.

But when the brutal murders ascribed to Jack the Ripper in poverty-stricken Whitechapel, London in 1888, he recognizes the bloody signature of killing that speaks to the unholy talents of a fellow immortal… an enemy from long ago.

Nefertiti's Heart, by A.W. Exley
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London, 1861. Cara Devon has always suffered curiosity and impetuousness, but tangling with a serial killer might cure that. Permanently. After the death of her father, Cara searches for his collection of priceless artifacts. Meanwhile a killer stalks among the nobility. Cara crosses paths with the murderer, both of them in pursuit of Nefertiti’s Heart, a fabled mechanical diamond said to hold the key to immortality. Cara needs to find the artifact, before she becomes the mad man’s last victim.

Shadows of Asphodel, by Karen Kincy
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Ardis knows better than to save a man on the battlefield. Even if he manages to be a charming bastard while bleeding out in the snow. When she rescues Wendel, it isn’t because he’s devilishly handsome, but because he’s a necromancer. His touch can revive the dead, and Ardis worries he will return from the grave to hunt her down.

A gentleman of questionable morals, Wendel pledges his undying loyalty to Ardis. She resists falling for him, no matter how hot the tension smolders between them. Especially when she discovers Wendel’s scars run much deeper than his skin, and it might be too late to truly save him from himself.

The Dead Detective, by J.R. Rain & Rod Kierkegaard, Jr.
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Medical-school-dropout police detective Richelle Dadd is… well, dead. But that won’t stop her from trying to hold on to her house in a divorce battle with a bitter husband. Or keep her from digging into her own murder, to discover who put the bullet into her heart. And it certainly won’t stand in the way of finding out the reason she’s been reanimated as a zombie assassin, no longer in control of her life.

Richelle will face off against Gypsy shamans, double-crossing ghosts, a partner she can’t trust, and her own undead nature in a journey into the depths of the occult world and out the other side.

The Curse Merchant, by J.P. Sloan
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Baltimore socialite Dorian Lake makes his living crafting hexes and charms, manipulating karma for those the system has failed. His business has been poached lately by corrupt soul monger Neil Osterhaus, who wouldn’t be such a problem were it not for Carmen, Dorian’s captivating ex-lover. She has sold her soul to Osterhaus, and needs Dorian’s help to find a new soul to take her place. Hoping to win back her affections, Dorian must navigate Baltimore’s occult underworld and decide how low he is willing to stoop in order to save Carmen from eternal damnation.