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

Well, if I wasn't stung to death, this would make great dinner party conversation, should I ever like enough people to host one. 


Inside was a labyrinth of dense honeycomb-shaped chambers, all with that translucent glow. Each hexagonal room was a self-contained tiny treasure: one pinky-red, made of petals that smelled like roses, another emerald green with feathery grass stalks higher than my head, yet another a brilliant sky blue where you crossed on fluffy clouds. 


My footsteps echoed off a fallen trunk that traversed a miniature forest rich with the scent of pine. Vespa had created a microcosm of nature within this hive.  


I headed deeper and deeper inside. "Hello? A little guidance here?" 


"Right, right, left," Vespa buzzed. Their voice both boomed through the space and drilled down from the crown of my head to my toes like a precisely wielded jackhammer.  


Chapter 102