All the Dark Souls

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The first book in a new trilogy set in the same world as <em>The Benighted Saga.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Joss Brevyn is the last heir in a long line of executioners. Although a woman the same rules still apply: kill the condemned within three tries or be tortured and killed. Joss has yet to miss her mark and even though she spends her free time as a healer the town views her only as a deathsman. So when she and her assistant Henrik stumble upon a beaten man on the way home both are hesitant to reveal who they really are. The only problem is so is he.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Aric Kayden has seen better days. After failing to assassinate his last victim he's left bleeding on the side of the road until he's found and taken in by Joss and Henrik two seemingly innocent locals. Healing from his wounds Aric is still haunted by the target he didn't kill especially by those who paid him. Despite the undeniable attraction between him and Joss Aric can't bring himself to tell the truth: that the masked figures who hired him knows where he is and his original target is the mysterious prisoner who was recently sentenced to death. Forced to uphold the deal Aric's only job now is to make sure the execution goes as planned and eliminate whoever intervenes.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Bound by their duties both Joss and Aric assume this next kill will be easy. But then one of them has a change of heart sparking a chain reaction that could leave one-or both-of them dead.</span></p>