Cocktails in Hell

Want longer hair, whiter teeth, a smaller nose? Violet has a potion for that. Want to hex an enemy, make someone fall in love with you, or curse someone? Well . . . that will cost you. By day, Violet is a supposed charlatan running a potion shop in New Orleans and catering to drunk tourists who want to take a walk on the wild side. By night, she's a Potion Master, a rare, magical being whose shop straddles the portal to Earth and Hell, slinging potions to magical beasts who only come out at night. She's also the protector of both, a neutral being who carefully navigates the Accords between oblivious humans and the creatures who wouldn't mind snacking on them. Unfortunately for both sides, Violet is terrible at her job. After the last Potion Master dies a horrible death and she's pulled out of anonymity by a handsome and super annoying demon, Violet's shop transforms and she's thrust into unwanted instafame. And not the good kind, either. Suddenly, everyone either wants to date her, or they want to kill her. And, honestly? Violet isn't sure which one is easier anymore.

Violet is the newest Potionsmaster, Guardian of the Hell Gates, and Lucifer has his eye on her . . . With her life a weird mess right now, Violet has no one to turn to. Az is still in hiding, and she's never been able to trust Max. Lucifer has offered a shoulder, but Violet knows better than to trust the original Serpent and her brand spanking new employer. Doesn't she? As the hunt for the creature who escaped the boundaries continues, more Potionsmasters meet their ends. But when someone she definitely shouldn't trust offers her a cryptic clue, Violet has to decide if her life is worth the truth. Can she endanger everyone she loves and the entire world to save her own hide? Or will she make the ultimate sacrifice and take her secret to the grave?

Violet's secret is out. Now comes the fun part . . . It's time to train. With Violet's identity revealed to her closest allies, the time has come for her to embrace who she is. But who is she anyway? Witch? Angel? Demon? None of the above? Meanwhile, Daddy Dearest is busy gathering a powerful force to stage a coup in Heaven, while Violet and the crew have to harness her powers and teach her to use them before he succeeds. Between slinging drinks for Hell's finest, training for a potential world-ending war, and trying to figure out why the new brooding bar guest keeps giving her funny looks, Violet has her hands full. And then came the dragons . . . Unfortunately, Violet ain't seen nothing yet.

What happens when you accidentally kidnap a Fae King, invite a demented vampire queen to bunk with you, and enlist both to plot revenge against the dragons? Violet doesn't know yet, but she's about to find out. Her little jaunt to the fae lands ended with Violet carrying more luggage out than she brought in. Now, with a ticked off Unseelie King brooding and tied up in the corner, she has to figure out how to smooth relations while also deciphering Michael's newest plans. Toss in a sullen traitor, an emotional fairy, and a human(ish?) law enforcement officer sniffing around, and Violet's juggling more balls than she knows what to do with. As if that's not bad enough, Violet receives one final visitor to her bar the night before she visits the dragons, and this one is a real doozy . . . Welcome to Swan's, where the creatures are weird, the drinks are potent, and the antics are completely unhinged.

When an accidental meeting results in an unlikely alliance, Violet discovers earth-shattering secrets . . . Sounds like a Tuesday to her. Lucifer's efforts to secure the angel's cooperation are proving unsuccessful until a chance meeting ends with an invitation to attend a forum. There's only one caveat. Violet's presence is required, and she must offer a demonstration of her powers. Lucifer is against it. Clara wants to destroy them all. Dave is . . . Dave. And the enigmatic ruler of the dragons doesn't care about any of it. He's chosen to pursue Violet with a single-minded focus. But whether he wants her for her or her powers remains unknown. Violet has to decide soon whether she's ready to face the world and claim her heritage. But what she doesn't realize is her heritage isn't straightforward at all, and the choice she has to make could bring the entire world to its knees.

The world is in chaos, but Violet's more focused on the wolf stalking her . . . With a war looming and a moody vampire roommate, Violet has her hands full these days. Add on a shifter stalking her at all hours of the day and night, and she's about to lose her mind. When Violet realizes the wolves aren't quite on her side yet, she has to make a choice. Absolve the wolves of their responsibility to the world, or use the power Easton inadvertently granted her and show them what a true leader looks like. She can force them to submit to her rule, but that isn't Violet's way. Enlisting Clara and Dave to help her, Violet comes up with a plan to win the loyalty of the New Orleans clan, but it comes with one major complication. She falls in love. For real this time. But matters of the heart aren't on Violet's to-do list. She has a war to win, a vampire queen to fetch pickles and ice cream for, and a devil to save. Love is just going to have to wait . . .