“Forgive me.” Those were Professor Arnaud’s final words before I sliced through his neck. His was the first head I took, but it wouldn’t be the last. Severing my connections to l’Academie d’Invisible was harder, but eventually, I escaped and built a reputation of my own. Infamy suits me, and the harsh lessons of my childhood have served me well. I’m untouchable, undetectable, and untraceable. My targets are dead from the moment my name is whispered. I am The Guillotine, and I work alone. That is, until five criminals from my past reappear like unwanted phantoms, and I'm forced to choose between my targets and my vengeance. Either way, heads will roll.

Fire will cleanse your soul. I thought I was a phoenix who rose from the ashes of my past free of the pain and betrayal, but I was wrong. Jinx, Dwyn, Coda, Raz, and Mo were nothing more than bad memories until they magically reappeared in my perfectly organized world as smoking hot adults. By the time I realized they were the boys I loved as a teen, it was too late. For the second time, an explosion changed the course of my life in the blink of an eye. I don’t know if The Five are dead, captured, or hiding. What I do know is the shadowy client intent on conquering the criminal underworld by killing off competition will pay for daring to take what is mine. He may believe he’s won by using me to eliminate The Five, but there’s a twist he couldn’t plan for… The Guillotine is no longer working alone.