Part of The Fae Chronicles
First published 2013
Syn is a witch with a simple rule: stay away from the Fae. Then a murder case changes everything. Someone is targeting Fae and witches both, leaving bodies that no one can explain, and Syn and her friends decide they are going to find out who is responsible. The investigation pulls her straight into Faery politics and straight into the orbit of Ryder, the Prince of the Dark Fae. He is arrogant, controlling, and absolutely relentless in his determination to make Syn work for him. She wants nothing to do with him. The problem is that every time he looks at her with those gold eyes, every time he gets close enough to touch, something shifts inside her that she cannot argue away. Syn has spent her whole life distrusting the Fae, and she has good reasons. But the case keeps pushing her toward Ryder, and the closer she gets, the less certain she is about everything, including herself. Nothing in this world is what it appears to be on the surface, and that warning applies to Syn most of all.
Genres: romance, mystery, fantasy, paranormal-fiction, adult-fiction, dark-fantasy
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, fast-paced, intense, mysterious, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, found-family, slow-burn
Setting: Faery
394 pages · ebook · Amelia Hutchins
Content warnings: murder, violence