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

He didn't have to agree so fast. I wiped a smear of blue powder off from the crook of my elbow, my arms covered in goosebumps and missing his warmth. "Okay, well, we either declutter down to boss and employee, or..."  


I left a generous pause in case he felt like jumping in, but Mr. Bossy had become Mr. All-the-Patience-in-the-World. 


I wasn't relationship-averse, but this was Levi and me. We'd been nemeses for so many years. Sex was one thing, but what if he laughed at me for suggesting more? Part of me didn't think he would, but the part that still heard his mocking laughter and years of taunts pulled up the drawbridge and got the boiling pitch ready. 


It was very fine metaphoric boiling pitch, but empty fortresses were lonely places. And I missed having a home like this, somewhere I felt I could be my full self. I hadn't felt like that in a long time. 


I took a deep breath and steeled myself. "Or we try having a relationship." 


"Huh. I owe Miles twenty bucks," he said.  


Chapter 159