When detective for hire, Ashira Cohen, was 13, her con artist father disappeared, leaving her with emotional scars and a limp she can't hide. But she toughened up, determined never to be played again. Is history repeating itself?

First, she's hit on the head during a stakeout, revealing a mysterious tattoo on the back of her skull. Even worse? It's a now-broken ward unleashing dangerous magic that as a Mundane, she shouldn't possess. 

Her unruly powers nearly kill her long-time nemesis, Levi, the uptight leader of the magic community. One word from him about her forbidden abilities, and everything she's built will be taken from her… by force.

The only bright spot is that Levi requires her supernatural skills, providing Ash's chance at payback and she's going to enjoy every second of it.

Series includes: Blood & Ash, Death & Desire, Shadows & Surrender, and Revenge & Rapture.

The Jezebel Files is created by Deborah Wilde, an eGlobal Creative Publishing author.

The Jezebel Files

My hand grew heavy as veins of black rock snaked through my palm, numbing my sense of touch and turning my flesh into dead weight. My armor flickered out entirely. 


The pouch fell from my grip and clattered to the ground next to Freddo, who groggily rubbed his head. 


Think, Ash. This is invasive magic. I destroyed it in other people with the third-party smudges, I could do the same for myself. I tried to hook into it but couldn't. My magic merely chipped off flakes of the obsidian mass spreading like a pernicious weed through my body. 


A man in a balaclava brushed past me. "Hand over the feather, old man." His low gruff voice was totally exaggerated to disguise his real one. 


"BBQ," I said. My arm hung limply at my side, half of my forearm turning to stone thanks to Medusa magic.  


Freddo, you betraying little douche baguette.  


"Corn nuts, meathead." I grabbed for him, but the dead weight of my arm threw me off balance and he sidestepped me. 


Chapter 79