Family can be tricky. In the Otherworld, tricky can get you killed. Shade’s latest case from her Unseelie master drags her into the home of a ruthless Seelie lord. A set of enchanted goblets has been stolen, and he wants her to find the thief. To make matters interesting, Flint has a relationship with the Seelie lord in question—He’s his stepbrother.Cael is proof that not all horrors come from the darkness. As the most infamous interrogator for the Court of Light and Illusion, he’s built a reputation for torture that goes beyond the physical. And he’s looking for a reason—any reason—to subject his stepbrother to his tender mercy. The stakes are raised when a member of the household is murdered—and Shade's group joins the suspect list. Surrounded by secrets and treachery, Shade is forced to question the loyalties and motives of everyone around her.Unfortunately, Cael’s patience is running out. Now he’s given Shade an Catch the thief. Catch the killer. Or pay for both with her own blood.

When Agent Andrew Bradford returns from his post-demonic corruption hiatus, Shade is ready to give him time and space to heal. A nice quiet rest, free from magic, monsters, and murder. Too bad Andy has other ideas. The now less-than-human FBI agent is ready to get back to work, and he’s not taking no for an answer. Fortunately, a case falls into Shade’s lap that is perfect for the freshly returned law man—a rogue zombie a group of kids raised to celebrate Halloween. Silly witch. Nothing in the Otherworld is easy. The necromancer Shade calls to return the zombie to her grave finds one corpse too many in the cemetery. A corpse that leads to a desecrated church. An evil altar. Someone tried to summon an elder demon. And with Halloween only two days away, Shade knows they’ll try again. It’s Andy’s worst nightmare. And when he refuses to abandon the case, it becomes Shade’s worst nightmare too.

Someone has kidnapped the vampire’s son. And they’d better pray Shade finds Dimitri before daddy finds out he's missing… After barely surviving Halloween—physically and emotionally—Shade is ready for a distraction. She gets her wish when Dimitri Winters, son of vampiric crime lord, Anton Winters, hires her to look into a disappearance—His own. And she's got to do it without his father finding out. According to a cryptic audio file sent to her by Dimitri himself, and information delivered to Shade by her technology-savvy ally, Silence, while investigating a top secret security breach, Dimitri followed a potential suspect to a motel room—and was taken prisoner. Now Dimitri is gone. And his suspect is dead. Evidence suggests Dimitri was held captive by the victim before he escaped, but there’s no clue to what happened to him after the murder, and Shade is forced to call on unusual allies to help her in her search—allies as chaotic as they are helpful. Piece by piece, they start to put together a picture of what happened. Unfortunately, the first murder isn’t the last, and keeping secrets from Cleveland’s most notorious vampire is as dangerous as it is difficult. To make matters worse, Shade begins to realize that someone is working against her behind the scenes… The line between friend and enemy blurs, and Shade suddenly understands that a choice between two evils is no choice at all…

A witch has no business meddling in the affairs of werewolves. Still… Witch PI Shade Renard and werewolf Detective Sergeant Liam Osbourne have come a long way since their hostile first attempt to work together. But even in her wildest dreams, Shade never dared to imagine he would ask not only for her supernatural help on a case—but for her to take the lead in the investigation itself. There’s been a murder on the doorstep of New Moon, the shifter rehabilitation center run by Liam as alpha of the local werewolf pack. The number one suspect has killed once before and gotten away with it. If she’s proven guilty this time—of a murder committed while she was in Liam’s charge—it could be the leverage a rival alpha needs to oust Liam from New Moon, or worse, seize control of the Rocky River pack itself. A rival alpha like Liam’s vicious patriarch, who arrives eager to remake New Moon in his own violent image. Solving this murder is about more than bringing a killer to justice. It’s about making sure that Osbourne Sr. doesn’t get the chance to destroy the sanctuary his son has worked so hard to build. Fortunately, Shade isn’t just a private investigator. She’s a witch. And she knows how to handle tyrants…

It’s Twelfth Night. The night when the good witch La Befana travels the world, bringing treats to good little children and coal for the bad. Wizards don’t like coal. And one wizard in particular has held a grudge for a very long time. Suddenly a mysterious affliction is overwhelming a small Italian village, and it seems the only salvation is an ancient ritual wherein an effigy of La Befana will be burnt on a sacrificial bonfire. But if the wizard has his way, it won’t be an effigy that burns. Can Shade pull La Befana from the flames before the wizard gets his revenge? \*this short story is available exclusively on Jennifer Blackstream's website

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.

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 no contacting the authorities. No Vanguard, no queens, no cops…and no Detective Sergeant Liam Osbourne. Condition 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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