First published 2024
Elise Saint returns to New York in 1926 to inherit her family's reaper hunting business. These vampires plague the city, but the Saints control them with more authority than the crime bosses who run the nightclubs. Elise faces a deadly problem. The Harlem reapers want her eliminated. Layla Quinn became a reaper five years ago when she lost her parents and her humanity. She blames Elise for her transformation and the betrayal that destroyed her life. Now someone is killing both reapers and humans in brutal attacks. The murders seem connected to rumors of a cure that could restore reapers to human form. When Layla gets framed for one of these killings, the Saint patriarch makes her an offer. Work with Elise to solve the case or face execution. The former friends must navigate the Jazz Age underworld together. They investigate the mysterious deaths while confronting their shared past and the attraction that still burns between them. The hunt reveals a conspiracy that threatens everyone in the city.
Genres: historical-fiction, 20th-century, adventure, mystery, crime, action
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Harlem, New York
Period: 1926
457 pages · Hardcover · Sourcebooks Fire
Content warnings: violence