"Chilling, thrilling, and a page turner!"

—Heather Graham, New York Times bestselling author of The Killing Edge

"Dakota Banks is firing on all cylinders."

—Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The Charlemagne Pursuit

Author Dakota Banks dazzles with dark magic in Sacrifice, the second book in her urban fantasy series Mortal Path featuring Maliha Crayne, the former immortal assassin known as the Black Ghost—a bewitching cross between  Lara Croft and Elektra. Banks offers a new twist on supernatural thrillers with this action-packed, edge-of-your-seat adventure that fans of Vicki Pettersson and James Rollins won't want to miss. Join Maliha in her ongoing quest save her damned soul, as she battles unspeakable evil to atone for the countless sins of her long and bloody past.

Steven de Selby has a hangover. Bright lights, loud noise, and lots of exercise are the last thing he wants. But that's exactly what he gets when someone starts shooting at him.

Steven is no stranger to death -- Mr. D's his boss after all -- but when a dead girl saves him from sharing her fate, he finds himself on the wrong end of the barrel. His job is to guide the restless dead to the underworld but now his clients are his own colleagues, friends, and family.

Mr. D's gone missing and with no one in charge, the dead start to rise, the living are hunted, and the whole city teeters on the brink of a regional apocalypse -- unless Steven can shake his hangover, not fall for the dead girl, and find out what happened to his boss -- that is, Death himself.

The Business of Death includes the first two volumes of the Death Works trilogy, Death Most Definite and Managing Death, as well as the third volume.
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Never trust a werewolf.

I’m the weakest cartomancer who ever lived, but I can use Tarot cards to work magic. Most days. That makes me the natural prey of the Soldiers of the Light, the jumped-up werewolves who police the magic community. They’ve hunted cartomancers for centuries because of some stupid ancient feud.

Never speak to a werewolf.

I’m helping the local vampires track a rogue that’s menacing our little town when I knock a handsome stranger off his motorbike. He’s badly hurt but refuses medical help. So I take Mr Tall, Dark and Suspicious home—and find out he’s a Soldier. Because that’s just the kind of day I’m having.

Never, under any circumstances, fall in love with a werewolf.

He’s my sworn enemy, but sparks fly between us. Now I have a monster to catch and a town to save, all while guarding my secret—and my heart—from a man who would kill me without a second thought if he knew the truth.
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It begins with an ordinary horsefly biting Samantha Moon in her garden—except Sam isn’t exactly ordinary. She’s an energy vampire, and her cold, supernatural blood does something very strange to the hungry insect.

Soon the fly feels faster, stronger, smarter, with a gnawing new hunger for blood. As her instincts warp and evolve, she fights for survival against a spider’s web, her own primal needs, and the creeping awareness of what she is becoming.

Vampire Fly is a weird, darkly atmospheric, and surprisingly moving tale that turns the natural world on its head—told from the point of view of a bloodsucking insect that may have just become the world’s tiniest vampire.

A message from beyond. A weapon of legend. A wizard with an agenda.

Smoke doesn’t do riddles. But when a coded warning leads him and Sid to a dark wizard with impossible powers, they’re forced to chase down an artifact that might just turn the tide in a losing war.

Enter the Knights of Nigil—myth, legend, and maybe humanity’s last hope. The catch? The only map to their secrets is stored on a dying jump drive, and everyone wants a piece of it—including Smoke’s own brother, Specks, who’s made a deal with the devil.

Outmanned, outgunned, and out of time, Smoke and Sid will have to outwit dragons, dodge black magic, and stay one step ahead of the growing army on the other side of the portal. Because once these dragons are loose… there’s no putting them back.

The dragon war has just begun. And Smoke’s about to light a match.

If you like brutal antiheroes, portal-hopping chaos, witty gun-slinging wives, and dragons that don’t play fair, then it’s time to grab the next evolution in urban fantasy.

Perfect for fans of The Dresden Files, The Iron Druid Chronicles, Supernatural, and Monster Hunter International.

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I picked the wrong pocket. Now, I’m being hunted by a dark sorcerer.

Three years on the run from my gangster ex taught me how to disappear. But one risky heist changed everything — leaving me in a dark alley with a dying sorcerer, a stolen magical relic, and a target on my back.

That relic isn’t just powerful. It’s dangerous. And I was desperate enough to sell it to a dangerously charming stranger… who might be more lethal than my ex.

Now, the sorcerer I robbed wants it back, the stranger has vanished with it, and every predator in the city’s supernatural underworld is closing in. My only chance of surviving is to hunt down the man who stole from me — the same man I can’t decide if I want to punch or kiss.

Fans of Ilona Andrews, Jennifer Estep, and K.F. Breene will love this action-packed urban fantasy filled with slow-burn romance, dangerous magic, and twist-filled heists.

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