Sugar & Vice

A murder has Seattle on edge, and it falls to a pacifist empath, and a notorious empath hunter, to find the killer before it's too late. It's the middle of the night when part-time police consultant and full-time empath Reece gets an anonymous call warning him that his detective sister needs his help. At an out-of-the-way Seattle marina, he discovers that three people have been butchered-including the author of the country's strictest anti-empathy bill, which is just days from being passed into law. Soon, Reece's caller arrives, a shadowy government agent known as “The Dead Man”, who is rumored to deal exclusively in cases involving empathy. He immediately takes over the investigation, locking out both local PD and the FBI, but, strangely, keeps Reece by his side. As the two track an ever-growing trail of violence and destruction across Seattle, Reece must navigate a scared and angry city, an irritating attraction to his mysterious agent companion, and a rising fear that perhaps empaths like him aren't all flight and no fight after all...

In a thrilling alternate-universe Seattle, empaths are disappearing,and it's up to grumpy Reece and his mysterious protector, Grayson, to investigate. Empath hunter Evan Grayson is the Dead Man, transformed by a dark past into a perfect weapon against corrupted empaths. Nothing can distract him from stopping these superhuman killers, until he's mired in a new battle, fighting a forbidden attraction to an empath on the verge of corruption. For pacifist Reece Davies, every day is a struggle to keep his darker side in check. It's only his complicated relationship with Evan that keeps him grounded, a relationship that, despite his growing feelings, must stay at arm's length. But when an empath's murder on the East Coast points to a treacherous plot back west, with Reece as the next potential target, Evan races across the country to be by his side. Together, they search for missing empaths, their proximity heightening the chemistry they must resist. But corruption isn't the only danger they face as sinister forces close in from the shadows, sights set on empath and empath hunter alike...