Death by Miss Adventure

WINNER—2023 Indies Today Award (Urban Fantasy)

*HONORABLE MENTION—2024 Indie Author Project (Sci-Fi/Fantasy)*

“She’s not a killer. She’s an accident waiting to happen.”

My name is Adina Venture, and I am a Deathwalker. The only Deathwalker, as far as I know. I lurk in the shadows of Las Vegas like a ghost, hunting down bad people at the behest of unknown clients. If I decide they’re “worthy,” I dispatch them via poetically bizarre accidents. It’s a messy gig, but the pay is decent, and I’m very good at it. Sure, I’m estranged from my family, and my only friends are my “crow-conspirator” Shiva and a late-night DJ I’ve never met in person. But what can I do? There are some people out there that just need killing—and like I said, I’m very good at it.

Of course, being a ghost assassin has its downsides. For example, when the magical oversight organization known as the Order accuses me of taking out one of their star employees, my alibi isn’t something I can put on the official record for more reasons than one. At least they’re giving me a chance to prove my innocence, though there is a catch—I must remain magically bound to one of their Inquisitors until I’m cleared. Their Chief Inquisitor, to be more exact.

Before you ask—yes, I guess he’s what you might call “good-looking.” Tall, blond, British, the whole nine. But he also seems pretty damn sure that I’m guilty, and if I can’t convince him otherwise, he’ll verify it by digging into my mind and ripping out my memories one by one. Between that and his loyalty to the Order, I doubt my feminine wiles will work on him. Assuming I had any, of course.

But what begins as an effort to exonerate me (or arrest me, depending on who you ask) ends up uncovering a plot much more sinister than a simple murder. If my unlikely partner and I don’t find the true culprit soon, we could see the rise of a monster far deadlier than both of us combined. Not to mention that the longer we stay bonded, the tighter and more intimate the connection between us seems to grow…