Betrayals and secrets, devils and saviors, fae folk and foul, and a magic stronger than even the gods can tame… Lovers Lula and Brogan Gauge have dealt with magic, monsters, and gods for eighty years. Bound to travel the lonely roads of Route 66, Brogan’s a spirit with no chance of leaving the earthly realm while Lula, neither human nor monster, is only half-alive. Their search for a way to break their curse might finally come to an end if the ghost in Illinois is telling the truth about a magical journal. Lula and Brogan aren’t alone in wanting the journal. If they don’t get to it first, their chance at freedom might just turn into the fight of their un-lives…

A deal with a god comes with deadly strings attached... Lovers Brogan and Lula Gauge have traveled the haunted byways of Route 66 for almost a hundred years. Their deal with the god Cupid has brought Brogan back to life, but the return to the living world hasn’t been easy for him. What’s more, that deal left them deeply indebted to the god. Now the god is demanding his due. To honor their side of the deal, Brogan and Lula must find what Cupid wants found. The god hasn’t given them much to go on other than: find the rabbit that is not a rabbit. Do the right thing. If the right thing involves facing down feuding werewolves, banishing vengeful ghosts, and venturing into the deep, ancient caverns beneath the Missouri hills, then Brogan and Lula might be on the right path. But lurking deep within those caverns is an evil older than the gods. It is clever. It is waiting. It is hungry.

This book was previously published in Dirty Deeds 2, which is no longer available. Ricky Vargas stands six feet two, with magic tattooed across every inch of her skin, and a broken heart she doesn’t want to talk about. She’s a Crossroads who provides sanctuary for supernaturals on the run, helps negotiate peace between monsters, and takes exactly no shit. Cardamom Oak is a half-dryad wizard on the run from an angry goddess. Stealing from the gods is a terrible idea, but his sister’s life is on the line and he’ll do anything for her. None of this is Ricky’s problem, except Cardamom once saved her life by giving her that first magic tattoo. He also broke her heart. When he shows up on her doorstep asking for help, Ricky is prepared to send him packing. Unfortunately, her annoying heart has other ideas, even if that means dealing with a swamp siren, her jerk of a father, and an enemy strong enough to tear her world apart.

Brogan and Lula Gauge have spent a lifetime traveling Route 66, hunting the monsters that attacked them and left Brogan an earthbound spirit and Lula a near-vampire. They never wanted to catch the attention of Cupid, the god of connections and destruction. They never expected the god to want to strike a deal with them, either. Cupid's deal brought Brogan back to life, but now they owe the god a favor. They must find the spell book of the gods. A book of magic so powerful, it could destroy the world. The hunt for the book leads them down the Mother Road, across Kansas and Oklahoma, and straight into the sights of a seer who is not a seer, a healer who is not a healer, and a man from their past who carries a deadly secret. But for a chance to finally have the life together they want, a life they were cheated out of years ago, Brogan and Lula will fight any monster, face any magic, and take on any foe. Even if that foe is Death himself….

Cursed to follow Route 66 for nearly a hundred years, Brogan and Lula Gauge have made a deal with Cupid to find the spellbook of the gods—a book powerful enough to destroy the world. But they aren’t the only ones looking for it. The evil goddess, Atë, has already tried to kill them once for the book, and now Brogan and Lula must race to find it before Atë finds them and finishes the job. Luckily, a coven of honky tonk witches in Shamrock, Texas claims to know where the book is hidden. But their information comes at a great price. Brogan and Lula must help the witches kill an ancient monster. To do so, they will have to form an alliance with an old enemy who wants the Gauges dead. Brogan and Lula’s luck is turning, but whether it’s good or bad teeters on a knife’s trust the devils they know, or go all in with the wayward devils they’ve just met.

It’s ancient, it’s dangerous, and it’s the only weapon they have… Lula and Brogan Gauge made a deal with the god Cupid to find the spell book of the gods—but finding it put a target on their backs. Now they’re on the run across New Mexico with powerful gods on their heels. One who wants to kill them. One who wants to enslave them. One who wants to use them to destroy the world. With nowhere left to go, they turn to a family of monster hunters and a rouge wizard for help. But only they can make the deadliest decision of their flee to Oregon to hide the book, or wield the book’s magic to kill the monster they’ve been hunting for a hundred years. They can’t trust the gods, they shouldn’t trust the magic, but can they trust each other enough to cast a spell no mortal can survive…

When the going gets tough, the tough get their hands dirty. Join NY Times bestselling authors Faith Hunter and Jennifer Estep along with USA Today bestselling authors R.J. Blain, Diana Pharaoh Francis, and Devon Monk on a brand-new romp through magical worlds where the damsels bring the distress, what can go wrong will go wrong, and nothing is as it seems. Adventure with Eli Younger, Liz Everhart, and Brute in the thrilling world of Jane Yellowrock. Face off against old gods and lost souls at a magical crossroads on Route 66. Become entangled in Ashland’s dark, deadly web with side characters from the Elemental Assassin series. Return to the irreverent world of Beck Wyatt, where disaster waits around every corner and cheesecake makes it all worthwhile. And finally, meet up with the Quinns and friends in the zany world of the Magical Romantic Comedy (with a body count) series. In this collection of all-new urban fantasy and paranormal stories, the gloves are off and simply surviving might just be the dirtiest, most difficult deed of all. stories included: 101 Ways to Die by R.J. Blain (Magical Romantic Comedies series) Putting the Chic in Psychic by Diana Pharaoh Francis (Everyday Disasters series) Liz and Eli Sitting by Faith Hunter (Jane Yellowrock World) Magic School for Geezers by Faith Hunter Oak and Ink by Devon Monk (Souls of the Road series) Heart Strings by Jennifer Estep (Elemental Assassin series)