Deadly Charms

<p>In the shadow-drenched city of Valemire where charmcraft is as common as crime Detective Marin Vale walks the thin line between law and magic. When a high-profile socialite is found brutally murdered her chest hollowed and black velvet petals scattered like a signature Marin is thrust into a case that's both eerily familiar and dangerously personal.</p><p>The crime scene reeks of charmcraft-dark precise and unmistakable. The evidence points toward Lucian Drake a notorious charm dealer with a history tangled in Marin's past. But Lucian's name isn't the only one whispered in the shadows. Selene Ward a rogue charmcrafter thought to be nothing more than a ghost has resurfaced and her deadly spells leave more than just bodies in their wake-they leave marks on the soul.</p><p>As Marin digs deeper she uncovers a web of corruption woven through Valemire's elite secret societies like The Crimson Veil and a sinister force known only as <em>The Velvet Hex</em>. The victims aren't random. Each murder is a message part of a larger design connected to forbidden magic capable of bending wills and erasing identities.</p><p>Haunted by her own history with Lucian and the dark past she's tried to bury Marin must navigate a world where nothing is as it seems. Allies have hidden motives and every clue pulls her closer to a truth she isn't ready to face-that some spells never break and some ghosts refuse to stay dead.</p><p><em>Deadly Charms: The Velvet Hex</em> is a gritty spellbinding noir where murder meets magic loyalty is an illusion and the real danger isn't what's hidden in the dark-it's what's standing right in front of you.</p>