ZACH: I live by smell. If it smells wrong, I fix it. When the moonstone goes missing, my pack says "get it back" like it's a simple order. It's not. It's a smoking hand grenade with a name: Dvoran Thorne. He wants the stone for something that will make the city pay. So I track the thief to a market that eats souls and run straight into Valerie.

VALERIE: Charts, sigils, scrying bowl in a neat row. I make sure my magic stays tidy. Then a wolf storms in and turns my apartment into a crime scene and my bowl into a war map. I didn't sign up for romance—don't be dramatic—but then magic happens in two more ways than one: the scry shows me him, and my wards show me how much we're in over our heads.

Together, we slam through the city: golem fights, ambushes, shards of a stone that makes you bleed starlight. We both say we don't trust, but neither of us can deny the tether. We're messy, sworn enemies with a road map to each other's worst mistakes. If we fail, the city burns. If we win, do we get to keep each other?

When enemies become lovers, the entire world trembles.

Zach Klint is a werewolf enforcer with nothing left to lose. Haunted by the death of his packmate and armed with a hatred for witches that runs bone-deep, he's the perfect weapon for impossible jobs.

Valerie Cross is a witch prodigy whose magic could reshape the city—if she survives long enough to master it. Cold, brilliant, and utterly ruthless, she's never met a problem she couldn't solve with the right spell.

They should have killed each other on sight.

Instead, they're forced into an uneasy alliance when the moonstone—a celestial artifact that keeps the city's supernatural factions from all-out war—is stolen by a fanatic bent on watching the world burn. With only days before the full moon triggers catastrophe, Zach and Valerie must navigate the deadly Nyx Night Market, outwit ancient enemies, and survive each other long enough to prevent supernatural Armageddon.

But the real danger isn't the mission. It's the fire building between them.

Every shared glance is a betrayal. Every touch rewrites the rules of their war. As magic and instinct collide in the shadows of a city that devours the weak, Zach and Valerie discover that some boundaries are meant to be broken—even if it destroys everything they've ever known.

Trust is a luxury. Survival is an art. Love is the deadliest weapon of all.

Perfect for fans of Patricia Briggs, Ilona Andrews, and anyone who loves enemies-to-lovers urban fantasy with bite.

Warning: Contains supernatural beings who fight as hard as they love.