You would think that getting to live in peace in the knowledge that your Kingdom is no longer over-ruled by a blood-thirsty, deranged tyrant would help you to relax. That's not the case for Cherish, the new Queen of the Tira Kingdom. She doesn't get the opportunity to relax, there's the coronation, her brother's execution, meeting her subjects, dealing with the Kingdom's issues. Oh, and there's the none too little threat coming from the Ikishri Kingdom. The Ikishri King is becoming more and more of a problem as the time goes on for Cherish and sooner rather than later she will have to deal with that. Thankfully, she won't be alone. She has the help of her guards, her Kings and she knows with them by her side, they can overcome anything. Even something that comes in the form of someone wanting her dead.

Putting the URBAN in urban fantasy…No vamp is crazy enough to hunt in The Heights. After all, it's under the protection of Malcolm Hex, known for taking down not only vampires, but every other supernatural creature that threatens the neighborhood. So, when a blood-drinker goes after one of her foster kids in their own home, Mal knows there must be something new about these vamps. Something dangerous. She's right. They are jiangshi, Chinese vampires, and they just might be powerful enough to take Mal out for good. Not only that, Bao, the vampire child in her care, starts changing with these new attacks, and it's no coincidence—Mal learns that these new vamps will stop at nothing until Bao goes with them. Mal isn't having that. No one messes with her kids.And no one messes with Malcolm Hex.