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Mercenary Kate Daniels knows all too well that magic in post-Shift Atlanta is a dangerous business. But nothing she´s faced could have prepared her for what´s to come in this heart-stopping novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

Kate and the former Beast Lord Curran Lennart are finally making their relationship official. But there are some steep obstacles standing in the way of their walk to the altar.

Kate´s father, Roland, has kidnapped the demigod Saiman and is slowly bleeding him dry in a never-ending bid for power. A Witch Oracle has predicted that if Kate marries the man she loves, Atlanta will burn and she will lose him forever. And the only person Kate can ask for help is long dead.

The odds are impossible. The future is grim. But Kate Daniels has never been one to play by the rules...

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Praise for Ilona Andrews and the #1 New York Times Bestselling Kate Daniels Novels

"Ilona Andrews´s books are guaranteed good reads."-Patricia Briggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Kate is a great kick-ass heroine."-Locus

"One of the brightest voices in urban fantasy...Ilona Andrews delivers only the best."-Jeaniene Frost, New York Times bestselling author

"One of the best urban fantasy series ever written!"-RT Book Reviews

"Andrews´s edgy series stands apart."-Library Journal

"Urban fantasy absolutely does not get much better than this."-SF Signal

"I can´t think of another series so consistent, so well written, so full of wit and action and drama that always manages to give me exactly what I´m needing."-Fiction Vixen

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Ilona Andrews is the pseudonym for a husband-and-wife writing team. Together they are the coauthors of the No.1 New York Times bestselling Kate Daniels urban-fantasy series and the romantic urban-fantasy novels of the Edge.

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