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Deadly Charms: The Velvet Hex
Paperback
Publisher: Trucky World Publishing
Published: Feb 2 2025
Pages: 194
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.45 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
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.
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.
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 The Velvet Hex. 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.
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.
Deadly Charms: The Velvet Hex 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.
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