Unclean Spirits: Book One of the Black Sun's DaughterIn a world where magic walks and demons ride, you can't always play by the rules. Jayné Heller thinks of herself as a realist, until she discovers reality isn't quite what she thought it was. When her uncle Eric is murdered, Jayné travels to Denver to settle his estate, only to learn that it's all hers -- and vaster than she ever imagined. And along with properties across the world and an inexhaustible fortune, Eric left her a legacy of a different kind: his unfinished business with a cabal of wizards known as the Invisible College. Led by the ruthless Randolph Coin, the Invisible College harnesses demon spirits for their own ends of power and domination. Jayné finds it difficult to believe magic and demons can even exist, let alone be responsible for the death of her uncle. But Coin sees Eric's heir as a threat to be eliminated by any means -- magical or mundane -- so Jayné had better start believing in something to save her own life. Aided in her mission by a group of unlikely companions -- Aubrey, Eric's devastatingly attractive assistant; Ex, a former Jesuit with a lethal agenda; Midian, a two-hundred-year-old man who claims to be under a curse from Randolph Coin himself; and Chogyi Jake, a self-styled Buddhist with mystical abilities -- Jayné finds that her new reality is not only unexpected, but often unexplainable. And if she hopes to survive, she'll have to learn the new rules fast -- or break them completely.... |
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... wasn't . I couldn't blame the guy for being nervous . Christ only knew what Eric had told him about the family . Even the broad stroke of " My brother and sister - in - law don't talk to me ” would have been enough to make the guy ...
... wasn't . I couldn't blame the guy for being nervous . Christ only knew what Eric had told him about the family . Even the broad stroke of " My brother and sister - in - law don't talk to me ” would have been enough to make the guy ...
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... wasn't think- ing about it , so the smile looked real . I could see why Eric would have gone for him . Short , curly hair the color of honey . Broad shoulders . What my mother would have called a kind mouth . I hoped that he'd made Eric ...
... wasn't think- ing about it , so the smile looked real . I could see why Eric would have gone for him . Short , curly hair the color of honey . Broad shoulders . What my mother would have called a kind mouth . I hoped that he'd made Eric ...
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... wasn't ? " " He never told me . ” “ Oh , ” I said , mentally recalculating . “ Maybe he wasn't . I assumed . . . I mean , I just thought since my dad wouldn't talk about him . . . my dad's kind of old - school . Where school means ...
... wasn't ? " " He never told me . ” “ Oh , ” I said , mentally recalculating . “ Maybe he wasn't . I assumed . . . I mean , I just thought since my dad wouldn't talk about him . . . my dad's kind of old - school . Where school means ...
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... wasn't much mail in the box - ads and a water bill . I tucked it under my arm while I struggled with the lock . When I finally got the door open , I stumbled in , my bag bumping behind me . A dim atrium . A darker living room before me ...
... wasn't much mail in the box - ads and a water bill . I tucked it under my arm while I struggled with the lock . When I finally got the door open , I stumbled in , my bag bumping behind me . A dim atrium . A darker living room before me ...
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... wasn't any tea , but I found some fresh peppermint and one of those little metal balls , so I brewed that . The lawyer sat at the kitchen table , her briefcase open , small piles of paper falling into ranks like soldiers on parade . I ...
... wasn't any tea , but I found some fresh peppermint and one of those little metal balls , so I brewed that . The lawyer sat at the kitchen table , her briefcase open , small piles of paper falling into ranks like soldiers on parade . I ...
Contents
Section 15 | 190 |
Section 16 | 203 |
Section 17 | 214 |
Section 18 | 225 |
Section 19 | 238 |
Section 20 | 252 |
Section 21 | 266 |
Section 22 | 282 |
Section 9 | 98 |
Section 10 | 112 |
Section 11 | 129 |
Section 12 | 147 |
Section 13 | 160 |
Section 14 | 177 |
Section 23 | 295 |
Section 24 | 308 |
Section 25 | 320 |
Section 26 | 333 |
Section 27 | 346 |
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