Silk and Ashes

SILK AND ASHES
In the sweltering, jazz-soaked shadows of New Orleans, the line between hunter and prey is about to bleed.
Rita is a brilliant, sharp-witted investigator who navigates the world’s most dangerous secrets under the guidance of Victor Smoke and her elite colleague, Terri Lynn. Her job is the "Audit"—a clinical, high-stakes cleanup of the occult underworld. But when three powerful law partners are found dead in a Crescent City morgue—not just murdered, but surgically exsanguinated and branded with the ancient sigil of the Void—Rita realizes they are dealing with a hunger older than the city itself.
The trail leads directly to Nyx Collins. Striking, ancient, and devastatingly beautiful, Nyx is a predatory queen who rules the shadows. When Rita tracks Nyx into a damp French Quarter alley, she doesn't find a monster to slay; instead, she is pulled into a dark, intoxicating claim of passion and blood. Drained and transformed, Rita is swept into Nyx's seductive orbit, leaving behind only an empty hotel room and a chilling silence.
Enter Terri Lynn: a blonde force of nature armed with high-powered resolve, an encrypted network, and her own hidden scars. To save Rita, Terri must plunge headfirst into a dangerous labyrinth of voodoo rituals, lethal cultists, and ancient relics. As the stakes escalate from the damp warehouses of Louisiana to a high-seas chase heading toward Spain, Terri faces a terrifying realization: the enemy isn't just trying to destroy them—she wants to claim their very souls.
A sultry, breathless gothic thriller, Silk and Ashes weaves a hypnotic tale of ancient bloodlust, high-fashion noir, and the devastating cost of surviva