An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here. Driven by a lust for powerful blood, the first LeFey plunged the Four Houses of Magic into a century of conflict. Survivors of the Great War, desperate to repair their tattered worlds, signed a treaty banning any contact between the Houses of fae, werewolf, vampire and witch. And for over a thousand years that treaty has held strong... Haunted by the dark talents she once embraced, Rose LeFey is determined to confront her manipulative aunt and prove she’s finished with blood magic. Instead, she finds a basement full of prisoners and a false-mate bond with an insanely attractive, and utterly forbidden, werewolf. As lust tears into her hard-earned self-control, Rose realizes the werewolf was bait. Her aunt wants to unleash war on the magical Houses and humans alike—with Rose at her side. To stop that from happening, Rose must deny both her own deadly powers and the temptation to turn the false mate-bond real.

After a thousand years of separation, the Four Houses of Magic walk together once again. A witch, a werewolf, a fae and a vampire stood at the gates of the fae city and stopped a rising darkness. And while the powers that govern their worlds want to believe that darkness ended with a rogue witch, the true danger lies buried much deeper… Rose LeFey wishes the threat ended with her aunt, but it rages on—the conspiracy behind her aunt’s destruction and those who aided that carnage, not to mention Rose’s own burning desire to use her reclaimed blood magic. Most of all, the intense bond she feels with the werewolf Dar has only grown stronger. The trail leads Rose, her allies, and the werewolf she wants more than anything to the one place she absolutely can’t touch him—home. New Orleans. But the center of witch governance in North America is not the city she left. Ancient barriers are falling apart. Vampires rampage through the streets, abduct tourists. As the witch council claws for control, they deny their weakness and turn their blame on Rose’s blood magic. In the face of their condemnation, Rose and Dar grow closer, dangerously so. And Rose and her friends discover the conspiracy runs deeper than they’d imagined—all the way into the grave.

Mitrick Black is no hero. The vampire and gun-for-hire is old enough to know better than to take a bad contract for the wrong side. Except he did. Brutally injured, he has a single chance to survive: become a double agent for the werewolf who spared his life. But reclaiming his position at his evil employer’s side forces Mitrick to do something truly desperate: taking a human blood-servant—one whose fierce spirit makes him want to protect her at any cost. Laine O’Callaghan is determined to reclaim her family’s heirlooms before the world sends her into an early grave with the rest of the O’Callaghans. But after chasing the thief to New Orleans, the Irishwoman’s entire tour bus is captured by vampires. Monsters are real, and they have her at their mercy. Except something tells her that the vampire who claims her is just as trapped, and she can’t deny the fire that consumes her at his every touch. Mitrick is everything she should hate, yet she finds the man beneath the fangs to be so much more than a bloodthirsty predator. In the magic tunnels beneath New Orleans, unexpected love is their greatest strength—and their greatest weakness. When Laine’s quest for answers lands them both in the crosshairs, can they survive a curse in the dark?

The Four Houses are poised at the brink of war. Sickness brews beneath the streets of New Orleans, and while enemies claw their way to the surface, Rose and Dar are forced to fight for their future from opposite sides. Trapped within her enemy’s very walls, Rose is playing a deadly game beneath New Orleans: pretending to be on Ravencroft’s side while feeding vital information to her mate and friends above. But with every step, her dance becomes more dangerous. Because how can she prove her use to her enemy’s cause, without actually serving it? The need to reach his mate threatens to tear Dar apart. But he has to hold it together, has to lead the fight above ground. He might have more sway over the local werewolves than he’d ever imagined possible—but his enemies are corrupting the local werewolves and vampires. Even the dedicated Terra have been compromised by Ravencroft’s evil. To draw out the traitors in the witches’ midst, Rose has to unleash her blood magic. But will that help her mate, her friends and her home—or will it drive her further into Ravencroft’s clutches?

War has claimed The Four Houses of Magic. Despite all efforts to stop it, an ancient power is rising beneath New Orleans. Neither witch, nor fae, nor vampire, or werewolf—the true enemy is older and deadlier than any realized. Still trapped in her enemy’s lair, blood witch Rose LeFey pretends to support her enemy while fighting even harder to return to her mate. But the gathering dark has other plans. Her enemy wants her—and her magic—for itself. Needs that magic to unleash its final strike. To escape that fate, she has to embrace powers beyond her control and trust her mate and friends will reach her in time. Leading the charge above ground, Dar must draw up an Alpha’s strength—which grows harder every day. Being separated from his mate is agony. But an Alpha must protect all of his pack, and his allies need him to stand firm. The vampire Sebastian is battling past demons, and the fae Raina is listening to shadows—and somehow they must gather their people, convince them to fight. As Dar, his pack and their army plunge into the magical depths beneath New Orleans, Rose pits herself against an ancient power. Though he fears for his mate, Dar must trust in her strength—her magic and her love—to hold back the rising tide. His belief in her cannot falter. That faith is their bond—her anchor. And their only hope. At the end of all things, the Four Houses must stand united—or they’ll fall forever.