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  Damon stopped, one foot already on the top rung of the ladder. “How did you know about the garden witches—oh. Right. Psychic. Well, yeah, I have intel that Bannon may be setting up shop in Ohio of all freaking places. I need to go check it out. If there’s anything to it, I’ll call you in.”

  Zane grinned. “Don’t do me any favors. The last bloody witch I dated stole my dog and almost turned me into a toad when I showed up to get him back. Mr. Darcy was so upset I had to hire a doggie psychologist for him. Do you know what dog psychologists charge? We are in the wrong damn business.”

  Damon rolled his eyes. “You are a lunatic. Also, I still can’t believe you named an English bulldog Mr. Darcy. Did you have to turn in your man card?”

  Zane stuck his head over the side of the roof and looked down. “My baby sister named him. Are you dissing my baby sister?”

  “Never. Give Zenia kisses from me, okay?” Zane’s younger sister was possibly the sweetest person on the planet. She taught kindergarten, rescued and fostered dogs for a shelter, and lived with Zane. The two of them had worked hard to create the family life they’d never had before. Their junkie mom had dragged them to the U.S. and dumped them in the foster care system when they were kids. They’d been split up into different group homes, along with an older sister Zane never talked about, until Zane had managed to get custody of Zenia just about the minute he turned eighteen.

  It helped, when you were working your way through the bureaucracy of the foster care system, to have psychic powers. Zane had always known exactly how to answer every question put to him, and he’d succeeded in record time at gaining custody of his sister, like he succeeded in everything he touched. He was the best person Damon had ever known, and it pissed him off all over again that some asshole flunky had come close to shooting him.

  Zane was a badass, but only shifters and vampires were badass enough to survive some weapons—and high-powered rifles were at or near the top of that list.

  When Zane was back on the ground, Damon nodded at him. “Keep me informed on this situation. I’ll let you know what’s going on in Ohio. It’s gotta be a false rumor. What the hell would a major international drug trafficker be doing in the Buckeye state?”

  “Maybe he’s a football fan.”

  They took a moment of silence in appreciation for The Ohio State University--the best team in college football, and then Zane laughed.

  “Dude. Be careful with the scary, scary witches.”

  Damon laughed. “Please. They’re witches. How scary can they be?”

  Then, with that probably stupid and definitely arrogant question ringing in his ears, Damon headed off to his miserably gray and sterile apartment to pack his bag for a quick trip to Ohio. Not that he was in all that much of a hurry to get back to the practically empty place; it still had cardboard boxes scattered around after five years. He travelled too much to care about decorating or even unpacking. And it wasn’t like there was anybody in D.C. to miss him.

  There wasn’t anybody anywhere to miss him.

  Disgusted with his uncharacteristic self-pity party, Damon headed out. He had some witches to meet. He had to remember to be gentle with them; they were probably delicate, fragile creatures.

  He sighed. Delicate and fragile were at the top of his own personal top ten list: Things Damon Sucked At Dealing With.

  This job was going to blow.

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  Alyssa Day is the pen name (and dark and tortured alter ego) of author Alesia Holliday. As Alyssa, she writes the New York Times best-selling Warriors of Poseidon and Cardinal Witches paranormal romance series & the Tiger’s Eye Mysteries mystery series. As Alesia, she writes comedies that make readers snort things out of their noses, and is the author of the award-winning memoir about military families during war-time deployments: EMAIL TO THE FRONT. Her many awards include Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA award for outstanding romance fiction (as Alesia) and the RT Book Reviews Reviewer’s Choice Award for Best Paranormal Romance novel of 2012. Her books have been translated into a zillion languages, but she’s holding out for Klingon.

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  She’s a diehard Buckeye from The Ohio State University who also graduated summa cum laude from Capital University Law School and practiced as a trial lawyer in multi-million-dollar litigation for several years before coming to her senses and letting the voices in her head loose on paper. She lives somewhere near an ocean with her Navy Guy husband, two kids, and any number of rescue dogs. Please visit Alyssa at her website, follow her on Twitter (she’s very chatty there!), or friend her on Facebook (warning: dog photos regularly appear).

  Books by Alyssa

  THE TIGER’S EYE MYSTERY SERIES:

  Dead Eye

  Private Eye

  Travelling Eye (a short story)

  Evil Eye (coming in 2017)

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  POSEIDON’S WARRIORS SERIES:

  Halloween in Atlantis

  Christmas in Atlantis

  January in Atlantis

  February in Atlantis

  March in Atlantis

  April in Atlantis

  May in Atlantis

  June in Atlantis

  July in Atlantis

  August in Atlantis

  September in Atlantis

  October in Atlantis

  November in Atlantis

  December in Atlantis

  THE CARDINAL WITCHES SERIES:

  Alejandro’s Sorceress (a novella)

  William’s Witch (a short story)

  Damon’s Enchantress (a novella)

  Jake’s Djinn (a short story in the Second Chances anthology, to be available in 2018 as a stand-alone)

  THE WARRIORS OF POSEIDON SERIES:

  Atlantis Rising

  Wild Hearts in Atlantis (a novella; originally in the WILD THING anthology)

  Atlantis Awakening

  Shifter’s Lady (a novella; originally in the SHIFTER anthology)

  Atlantis Unleashed

  Atlantis Unmasked

  Atlantis Redeemed

  Atlantis Betrayed

  Vampire in Atlantis

  Heart of Atlantis

  Alejandro’s Sorceress (a related novella; begins the Cardinal Witches spinoff series)

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  THE LEAGUE OF THE BLACK SWAN SERIES:

  The Cursed

  The Curse of the Black Swan (a novella; coming as standalone June, 2018, originally in the ENTHRALLED anthology)

  The Unforgiven (book canceled & replaced by The Treasured)

  The Treasured

  SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS

  Random

  Second Chances

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  ISBN: 0985878029

  ISBN-13: 978-0-9858780-2-3

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