Have not returned to the paranormal genre in quite some time & what a way to get back into it !!! Love this story, the characters, the writing - and a first read by this author. 
 Synthia [Syn] Raine McKenna is a Guild witch enforcer whose contracted on a mission to impersonate a Fae heir princess. Ryder is the Dark Fae Prince slated to marry the princess - and the one who asked for Syn's assistance. There are gruesome murders taking place, the victims alternating between Fae and witch Guild members that somehow link to Syn - and Ryder wants to know the connection. He's not what he seems but neither is she - and what fun watching them try to figure each other out. 
 The chemistry between these two is off-the-charts as is the steam - OMG !!! The characters remind me of Cat and Bones from Night Huntress - she's smart-mouthed, sassy, selfless, loyal and HILARIOUS. He's hot-headed, gorgeous, sex-on-a-stick, possessive and quite nasty even more so than Bones moving towards Barron. There are so many twists and turns to this story that just suck you right in and all the paranormal elements are present - Fae, Vamps, Demons, Shapeshifters etc. 
 Great beginning to what looks to be a fantastic series - and No Cliffhanger ending. 
 *4.5 Stars*