Thea Atkinson

From the moment he saw her, he wanted her. There's just one problem. His dark fae boss has marked her for death. The night Kit Ashe answers her estranged sister's desperate call, she has no idea that she's been marked by the Shadow Court—a ruthless, hidden world of deadly fae—and that one of its most dangerous enforcers has already slipped...

Ruby Morvannon, the last Sidhe assassin of the Nocturnes, has survived centuries of bloodshed by following one rule: never hesitate. But when she is commanded to kill Stone—an emerging warrior of the Shadow Court—her instinct falters for the first time. His quiet honour, his fierce protectiveness, and the dangerous magic woven through his blood awaken something she has long buried....

A bargain bound in blood might take a pound of flesh... or worse. A dark fae master is calling in all his favours, and Isabella has no choice but to retrieve a stolen relic for him or lose the protection he's put on her apartment. The trouble is: helping him means getting involved with vampires. Lots of vampires. And she's...