by Kira Thorne
An orphan PI scraping by in London, Elara Vance only trusts herself. When a simple missing person case forces her to unleash a power she never knew she had, she's dragged into the lethal world of the city's magical Conclave. Marked as an illegal mage, she's given a choice: serve the powerful Archmage who discovered her, or be erased. But when her mentor is murdered and she inherits his enigmatic estate, Elara becomes the primary suspect and the target of every power-hungry mage in London. Now, she must unravel the conspiracy behind his death to clear her name.