Laura Hubbard

Corporate life might feel like hell, but it’s nothing compared with the real thing. Brie spends her days at Curated Care fixing broken fax machines, haranguing her colleague Debra to send the weekly sales report on time, and trying to ignore how distractingly handsome her new boss, Luke, is. All simple, until Brie walks in on Luke exorcising a literal demon from Debra.

When Ana Dolabra and Dinios “Din” Kol are called to the heart of the empire’s cattle- and farmlands to investigate a murder, Ana anticipates that the hardest part of their job will be preventing further conflict between the two noble houses at the center of the case. After all, the case is presumably open and shut: The accused left the scene of the crime covered in the blood of his victim.

Since the death of their adopted aunt at the hands of a gang called the Lucky Crows, the three Kawakami siblings have rebuilt their lives with an eye toward revenge. But just when their target is within reach, Toshiko Kawakami blows her cover. In a moment of panic, she steals a magical pearl from one of the Crows’ chief lieutenants. The decision not only puts her family in jeopardy but also changes the lives of two others.