It’s time for Unnaturals to reclaim their place in history.

On the run from the law, Evelyn ends up smack in the middle of a city turf-war between notorious hotelier Erol King and the Vigil City Police. Furious and feral, still bleeding from a run-in with a government mage that left her nameless and nearly dead, Evelyn refuses to let these bullies win. She throws her all into the fight, saving Erol’s life while he saves hers, creating an unshakable bond of debt and promises between them—one Erol seals with a human tooth, proof they couldn’t kill her if they tried.

Determined to wrest control of her life from human laws and prejudice, Evelyn volunteers to perform in Erol’s three-day Solstice Spectacular, an illegal magical show vicious enough to shake the city on its foundations. With the police raids intensifying, and the Mages Union closing in, Evelyn struggles to master her shadowy footwork in time.

Worse, her new co-star—Jackson Eden, a sweet and gentle man who treats her like the upstanding lady she isn’t—won’t quit begging her to run. He offers her a new life with him, anywhere but here, swearing that Erol King is worse than a racketeer and rum-runner. He’s a literal monster, one that will sell her out the first chance he gets.

But Evelyn knows monsters; she’s building a necklace of their teeth. She swore Erol King a promise she intends to keep. Vigil City’s going to write her name in lights—or else, in molotov cocktails and curses, she’ll autograph these streets herself.

Don’t miss this standalone sequel in the Uncivil Wars Series combining the gritty urban fantasy of Laurell K. Hamilton, the romantic fantasy vibes of Hannah Witten, and the glittering glamours of the 1920s.