An unstable balance. Shade’s uncertain future. And the warrior intent on tipping the scales…

Just when Rebecca Bloodshadow thought she could handle life as Shade’s commander, a ghost from her old life tracks her down, demands to be seen, and threatens everything.

Rowan Blackmoon should never have been able to find her. Now, he won’t leave her alone, and if anyone finds out about their shared history together, all bets are off for Rebecca. What better way to get rid of him than with an ancient initiation rite rigged to make him fail? But when Rowan succeeds, Rebecca’s now stuck with him—the one elf who can destroy her entire life in Chicago, laughing all the way.

The shifter Maxwell Hannigan isn’t happy about it, either. With him and Rowan constantly at each other’s throats, leading a successful magical task force like Shade becomes nearly impossible. Avoiding Rowan’s attempts to get her alone and still unsure if she can trust Maxwell, Rebecca’s chucked between another rock and a hard place. Or, more specifically, her brooding shifter Head of Security and the elf who might have been something more to her, once upon a time.

If she can’t get them both to shape up fast, Shade will fall before they ever see the dangers coming for them. And someone else has noticed the Bloodshadow Heir hiding in Chicago…

An elven prophecy. An unwanted crown. And a shifter who ruins it all

Joining the underground organization of magical vigilantes known as Shade was supposed to help Rebecca Bloodshadow keep her head down, reinvent herself, and hide in plain sight. Sweeping the criminal garbage off the streets was supposed to be an added bonusnot the greatest threat to her plans.

When a mission goes terribly wrong under incompetent leadership, Rebeccas first mistake is to react. Her second mistake is becoming part of the coup herself, succeeding, and being voted in as Shades next leader. That was not the goal, but she cant refuse the position now. Not if she wants to keep her past—and her identity as the Bloodshadow Courts elven heir—a secret from all of Chicago.

Not so easy now thanks to Maxwell Hannigan, the shifter who distrusts her just enough to start digging into the truth of her past.

Despite blocking his attempts to expose her secrets, Rebecca finds herself entangled in a battle of wills with the shifter—and the infuriatingly hot-and-cold attraction growing between them. As pieces of her old life catch up to her in the Windy City, though, destiny and duty and prophecy all come knocking with a vengeance. Rebeccas still determined to define her own destiny, but can she pull it off no matter how much blood winds up on her hands?