The Lady Under the Lake

<p><em><strong>This client is all wet...</strong></em></p><p> </p><p>After receiving a hot tip on the whereabouts of my almost-boyfriend's nearly-ex-husband (hey I told you—it's complicated!) I thought my love life was finally coming up for air. But when we stake out the remote lake it's not the ex who surfaces.</p><p> </p><p>It's the Faerie King's long-missing mother (and I mean really long as in double-digit centuries) and she wants to hire Quest Investigations. Since one of my bosses is the king's brother he has a tsunami of…feelings about her as a potential client and refuses to take the case. Instead he passes it to me.</p><p> </p><p><em>Yes!</em> However…</p><p> </p><p>Should I be thrilled at the vote of confidence or suspicious that he's tossing me in the deep end without a life preserver the better to punish the woman who abandoned her kid all those years ago?</p><p> </p><p>You know what? It doesn't matter. I may be Quest's token human but I've proven I can get the job done so I dive right in. Then the lady explains what she wants me to do: find her missing child.</p><p> </p><p>Seriously? I expected more of a challenge. All I have to do is introduce her to the king and bingo case closed. But when she says "Not <em>that</em> one" this little family drama threatens to send ripples throughout the supernatural community—especially with my boss in over his head as the prime suspect in a fae kidnapping.</p><p> </p><p>As if things weren't complicated enough… Remember that nearly-ex? When he shows up and muddies the waters I'm faced with a choice: I can solve this case or I can finally hook my almost-boyfriend.</p><p> </p><p><em>Dammit.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>The Lady Under the Lake</em> is the third in the Quest Investigations M/M mystery series a spinoff of E.J. Russell's Mythmatched paranormal rom-com story world. It contains no on-page sex or violence and although there is a romantic subplot it is not a romance. The series is best read in order.</p>