The Curse of Nefarr

Griffin McCallum knows the inky darkness of grief. He feels the weight of regret on shoulders well accustomed to the mantle of responsibility. Of duty. Commander of the vast Defender army, Griffin rules with blades of steel and a mind for strategy. Yet in the dead of night, he surrenders to the abyss of the past, the pain and loss a mire he can’t escape. When a powerful shape-shifting leopard bespells one of his own men, Griffin hunts the great cat himself. The promise of death hangs over his head.


Annalissa de Biassi is an accomplished thief. Three years ago, the theft of a golden cuff seemed so harmless and the promise of a rich reward was too tempting to ignore. What she got instead was a curse by Darrin Wilson, a man who seemed to defy the laws of time and space. When the spell ends—five days from now, so does Lissa.


When Griffin finds Lissa, something within him awakens. After so long, he dares to reach for an emotion he’d thought long gone. But Darrin wants Lissa dead, retribution for what she took. Now Griffin’s past threatens to repeat itself unless he can find a way to break the dual spell Darrin put on Lissa. With no time left, he must now save not only one of his warriors but also the beautiful thief who gives him a reason to live.