⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Was I hooked by that book? Definitely, yes. Nail-biting action combined with some family drama and several murders will have you glued to the pages.

Protecting her secret and hunting demons is a matter of survival for possessed-practitioner Mira Fuentes. She’s spent years learning to work with the snarky demon housed in her body, and it hasn’t always gone smoothly. Nor has her recent partnership with an agent of the Paranatural Task Force. Ty Williams, uncomfortably-attractive and overly-protective, may never fully accept that his partner has a literal inner demon. But work-life-demon balance is the least of Mira’s problems when a figure from her past drags her back to the hometown she’s avoided for nearly a decade to investigate a string of potentially-magical disappearances. Someone or something is snatching teens from the local high school. Emotionally off-balance in a city full of old ghosts and new dangers, Mira will have to confront her past to discover what is hunting the innocent.

MY THOUGHTS

The outstanding world building that was established in The Magicsmith series and Demon Riding Shotgun, was skillfully maintained and somewhat expanded in this book. We were introduced to new magical creatures and the villain was not all that cut and dry.

Mira had to face her past and make peace with her boisterous and interfering family. Her partnership with Ty was not perfect at all, but they were making progress. A current of mutual attraction was continuously simmering between them, though they kept things strictly professional. Both Mira and Ty would have to overcome some serious personal obstacles first. The relationship between Mira and her demon also saw some significant growth and Ty was slowly starting to adjust his own thinking on Mira and her abilities.

This series is connected to The Magicsmith series, but you don’t have to read that series first to be enable to enjoy this one. It is better to read the books in order in each series as the events build on each other. I can highly recommend this is if you like urban fantasy and the possibility of a romance.

Thank you to Netgalley for providing me with a copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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Genre: Fantasy
Published: September 29, 2023
Sensuality Rating: None (just some longing glances and thoughts)
Series: The Rifter
Other books in the series: Demon Riding Shotgun