**edited 12/08/13 
 Kate Daniels is getting the hang of her new life as a representative of the Order of Merciful Aid, but she's always happy to do a little mercenary work on the side. When Jim, her ex- mercenary partner and jaguar shapeshifter, asks her to handle a little problem with fire salamanders, she happily agrees. But of course, since this is Kate, things start getting weird. When she investigates the location where the rogue salamanders appeared, she finds an apparently bottomless pit that stinks of enchantment--not a good sign when waves of magic keep submerging the city. And that's when it get complex: a rogue coven of witches has vanished during a forbidden rite, and Kate ends up with one of their children in tow. Creepy purple undead creatures are stalking Kate and her charge, and there seems to be no way to avoid them. And as if that's not enough, a supernaturally fast thief has managed to break into the shapeshifter's keep, and now Kate is dragged back into contact with Curran, the dangerous and alluring Beast Lord. Here we go again.... 
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