In Ashland, dwarves, giants, vampires and witches are the
norm, along with those that are known as elementals.
Elementals are people who can control one of the four
elements-- fire, ice, stone and air. Gin Blanco is a strong
stone elemental who is a part time assassin and a full time
cook at the Pork Pit. Known throughout Ashland as the
Spider, Gin is the most feared assassin in the South. When
her handler, Fletcher Lane, sends her out right after she
completes her latest assignment, Gin's curiosity, along with
the client paying her double her going rate, gets the best
of her.
When Gin's client attempts a double-cross and kills
Fletcher, Gin finds herself on the other end of the assassin
game, trying to keep herself and those she loves alive.
Teaming up with the last honest cop in Ashland doesn't make
things any easier either. Detective Donovan Caine may be the
sexiest man Gin has laid eyes on, but he hates her for
murdering his partner and wouldn't be broken up over her
death. With the magically stronger unknown enemy closing in
on them, Gin is going to have to use all her assassin skills
to make sure she, and those she cares about, all get out alive.
Jennifer Estep's SPIDER'S BITE is the first in a gritty new
series featuring assassin Gin Blanco. From the moment you
read the first line, you are pulled into an unapologetic
world where magic rules and you take everything you can get.
There's no glossing over the unpleasantness of Gin's
job. In fact, she revels in every bit of it; the hunt, the
kill, going home covered in blood after making someone a
widow or an orphan. That's what makes this book work. Gin is
who she is; she knows she's not a good guy and makes no
apologies for it, which makes her likable. The banter
between Gin and Finn Lane, Fletcher's son, is highly
entertaining and the fire that burns between her and Donovan
Caine is singe worthy. I can't wait to read more about them
and find out if Detective Caine will ever loosen up his
morals enough to allow him to be with Gin. A must read for
anyone who enjoys having a daring and dangerous killer
heroine kick ass.
My name is Gin, and I kill people. They call me the Spider. I'm the most feared assassin in the South -- when I'm not busy at the Pork Pit cooking up the best barbecue in Ashland. As a Stone elemental, I can hear everything from the whispers of the gravel beneath my feet to the vibrations of the soaring Appalachian Mountains above me. My Ice magic also comes in handy for making the occasional knife. But I don't use my powers on the job unless I absolutely have to. Call it professional pride. Now that a ruthless Air elemental has double-crossed me and killed my handler, I'm out for revenge. And I'll exterminate anyone who gets in my way -- good or bad. I may look hot, but I'm still one of the bad guys. Which is why I'm in trouble, since irresistibly rugged Detective Donovan Caine has agreed to help me. The last thing this coldhearted killer needs when I'm battling a magic more powerful than my own is a sexy distraction...especially when Donovan wants me dead just as much as the enemy.
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