…” An ominous pause. “You know what will happen.”
I tensed.
“Should any sort of ‘accident’ befall me,” she went on, “you’ll answer to these two. You can imagine how that will go.”
Frigid anxiety fluttered through me.
“If you’re the person I think you are, this shouldn’t be a problem. If you’re not, well …” Zora stared hard into my face. “So, you have three options: you can accept my terms, you can surrender, or we can fight it out right now.”
My gaze shifted from the sorceress’s unforgiving stare to Kai’s glacial eyes to Aaron’s stony expression, his face lit by the flickering fire in his hand. I had no intention of breaking any laws beyond the ones my illegal contract had already trampled over. I was a good person. I wanted to be a good person.
But it wasn’t my morality that had my stomach twisting into knots.
It was my not-so-good, not-so-law-abiding, and all-too-disobedient demon that made me think this would probably end very, very badly.
Robin’s story continues in
HUNTING FIENDS FOR THE ILL-EQUIPPED
The Guild Codex: Demonized / Three
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Heya! I hope you enjoyed the second installment in The Guild Codex: Demonized!
This is just a quick heads up that Robin’s next adventure, Hunting Fiends for the Ill-Equipped, will contain hefty spoilers for Demon Magic and a Martini, the fourth book in Demonized’s sister series, Spellbound.
You can enjoy either series on its own, but if you’re thinking about reading The Guild Codex: Spellbound, I recommend giving it a try before continuing this series.
(It’s worth it, I promise. Spellbound is all about the Crow and Hammer’s feisty bartender, Tori, and the mysterious three mages—and the two Guild Codex series are about to get all up in each other’s business.)
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HUNTING FIENDS FOR THE ILL-EQUIPPED
The Guild Codex: Demonized / Three
I thought I understood power.
My parents taught me that magic attracts equal danger, and everything I’ve seen since becoming a demon contractor confirms it. I’ve witnessed how power twists and corrupts—and I’ve tasted power no human should wield.
I thought I knew greed.
Ambition and avarice drove my family into hiding. My parents died for someone else’s greed. I’ve never hunted anything in my life, but now I’m hunting their killer—with my demon’s help.
I thought I’d seen evil.
But with each step closer to my parents’ murderer, I’m uncovering a different sort of evil, piece by hidden piece. I’ve stumbled into an insidious web that silently, secretly ensnares everything it touches. My demon and I came as the hunters …
… but I think we might be the prey.
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Coming April 3, 2020
THE GUILD CODEX: SPELLBOUND
Sassy urban fantasy by Annette Marie
Welcome to the Crow and Hammer.
Meet Tori. She’s feisty. She’s broke. She has a bit of an issue with running her mouth off. And she just landed a job at the local magic guild.
Problem is, she’s also 100% human. Oops.
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DRUID VICES AND A VODKA
The Guild Codex: Spellbound / Six
I’ve said it before, but sometimes I’m a bad person. I cheated on my twelfth grade math final, I’ve run countless yellow lights, and I gossip about how hot my kickass best friends are.
But there’s bad, and then there’s bad. And I’m not sure which applies to a certain dark druid/wanted criminal/reluctant friend of mine. His transgressions include black-magic dealings, kidnapping, and murder, and he’s about to add “revenge-fueled” killing spree" to his resume—if I don’t stop him.
Should I stop him?
He and his nemesis are gearing up to tear each other apart, rogues and vultures are converging with their sights on the spoils, and the guilds that would normally stomp them into the ground are under attack. We’re on the brink of an all-out criminal turf war, and my time to decide is almost up.
Who’s the real bad guy ... and do I dare stand in his way?
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Coming January 3, 2020
THE STEEL & STONE SERIES
YA urban fantasy by Annette Marie
When everyone wants you dead, good help is really hard to find …
Piper knows the first rule for an apprentice Consul is don’t trust daemons. But when she’s framed for the theft of the deadly Sahar Stone, she ends up with two troublesome daemons as her only allies: Lyre, a hotter-than-hell incubus who isn’t as harmless as he seems, and Ash, a draconian mercenary with a seriously bad reputation. Trusting them might be her biggest mistake yet.
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The Spell Weaver Trilogy
Urban fantasy by Annette Marie
The only thing more dangerous than the denizens of the Underworld ... is stealing from them.
Living in exile among humans, Clio has picked up all sorts of interesting skills. But pilfering magic from the Underworld’s deadliest spell weavers? Not so much.
Unfortunately, that’s exactly what she has to do to earn a ticket back home.
Conning her way into the Underworld may have gone pretty well, but now she’s got a new problem. His name is Lyre, and he’s a sinfully alluring incubus and gifted spell weaver—and her biggest obstacle to getting her hands on some forbidden magic.
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THE RED WINTER TRILOGY
YA romantic fantasy by Annette Marie
A destiny written by the gods.
A fate forged by lies.
If Emi is sure of anything, it’s that kami—the gods—are good, and yokai—the earth spirits—are evil. But when she saves the life of a fox shapeshifter, the truths of her world start to crumble. And the treachery of the gods runs deep.
This stunning trilogy features 30 full-page illustrations.
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