Retrievers (Gilman)

Welcome to the world of the Cosa Nostradamus, where magic crackles on every corner, and not every person you meet is human…. If you've lost something of value, and you can't go to the police, you need a Retriever. And if that item is magical? You need Wren Valere. An exceptional thief - with exceptional Talent. Normally, Wren loves her job. But some clients are worse than others, and some jobs just scream trouble from the start. And with this one, involving a real estate mogul and a stolen spell, she and her business partner Sergei may have gotten into more than they can handle alone… But some secrets shouldn't stay buried. No matter the cost.

Welcome to the world of the Cosa Nostradamus, where humans and non-humans co-exist...uneasily. Wren Valere knows she's the best. So when she and her partner Sergei are hired to track down a missing - and deadly - parchment, she thinks it'll be a piece of cake. And getting out of the city, with its rising tensions between human Talent and the fatae, seems like a really good idea. The problem is, their employer hasn't told them everything, and the job, taking them from the Italian countryside back to the summer-sweltering streets of New York City, will unleash a terrible magic that cannot be killed, or controlled…. Best or not, Wren's going to need a miracle to pull this one off. "[CURSE THE DARK] maintains the standard set in the first volume of this series. Gilman has managed the nearly impossible here: a cleverly written and well-balanced fantasy with a strong romantic element that doesn't overpower the main plot." - Romantic Times (4 1/2 Stars) "[This series is]…an entertaining, fast-paced thriller set in a world where cell phones and computers exist uneasily with magic, and a couple engaging and highly talented rogues solve crimes while trying not to commit too many of their own."- Locus

The first rule of lonejacks is "don't get involved…." Wren Valere just wants to do her job, collect a paycheck, and figure out her relationship with her business partner-turned-romantic partner, Sergei. No muss, no fuss, no outside entanglements. But when she takes on a job she shouldn't have, she finds herself once again in the cross-hairs of the Mage Council - and their aim is getting better. Meanwhile, tensions between human Talents and the non-human residents of the city are escalating, putting one of her dearest friends in danger. Her job, her people, and her city are at risk. And now, rather than her usual invisibility, everyone's looking at Wren to do something… So much for never getting involved

The Cosa Nostradamus is falling apart…. Wren's got enough on her plate right now, thank you very much, trying to stop her partner Sergei from self-destructing. But attacks against the non-human Fatae have escalated into hate crimes against all members of the Cosa - humans included. With the Mage Council distracted by internal struggles, the Talented and Fatae communities form a fragile alliance….with Wren and the demon P.B. at the heart of it. But to protect themselves, they're going to have to do something drastic, something that will change the city forever…