Vampire for Hire (The Freelance Vampire #1)

She hired a man to fake being her boss.

Nobody warned her he'd have fangs.

Tatiana Sterling can pick a lock in sixteen seconds, disarm a knife-wielding thief with a tablecloth, and clock every threat in a room before the door closes behind her. The one thing she can't do is get anyone to trust a security firm run by a woman. Eight lost clients deep, she finally caves to her mother's ridiculous idea: hire a charming, maddening actor to play the man in charge.

Jackson Dale Shade is too handsome, too smooth, and far too good at reading her mind. He drives like the roads belong to him, bakes at dawn, names a WWII combat knife on sight, and never quite seems to age. He's hiding something — and on their very first case, a tech mogul's grandson vanishes, a billion-dollar family closes ranks around its secrets, and armed men keep turning up wherever Tatiana starts asking questions.

She hired JD to pretend to be her partner. Now she needs him to be the real thing — before whoever took that boy decides she's asked one question too many. The only catch? The most dangerous thing in this city might be riding shotgun in her own car.

The start of a witty, slow-burn paranormal mystery series — a heroine who's the sharpest person in every room, an immortal who only has eyes for her, and a partnership neither of them saw coming.