Bitter Spirits by Jami Gray (ePUB)

In the shadow‑filled streets of Arcane, lingering spirits, deadly secrets, and a desire that can crush you are the true forces at play. When a midnight alarm pierces the quiet of Wonderland, bar‑owner Isa Serrano is prepared for trouble—but a panicked server and a corpse push the night into chaos. As a seasoned Reaper, Isa knows how to calm the tormented souls left behind by death, yet the discovery that the victim died wielding magic he never owned drags her into a web of questions, especially when a dangerously alluring stranger watches her every move.

Locke Turon holds pieces of the puzzle, but he’s not eager to hand them over to the captivating woman who’s been on his mind for months. Loyal to the formidable Cordova Family, Locke is hunting a missing teen who may be the key to a new, lethal drug that’s leaving a trail of bodies through Phoenix’s underground clubs. He never imagined his chase would intersect with Isa and the mysteries of her past.

She distrusts his family; he doubts the secrets she guards, yet the two reluctant mages must forge a shaky partnership, chasing clues through whispered conspiracies, funded chaos, and straight into a criminal syndicate that haunts Isa’s nightmares. As the plot thickens and threatens to unravel the very fabric of Arcane’s magical world, will they dare to trust one another, or let the sour sting of suspicion poison their guarded hearts?