Against The House: A Kayla Diaz Novel

Kayla Diaz thought stopping Dominic Voss would save Las Vegas.Instead, it may have broken the rules holding the city together.Since the blackout, the old magic woven through Vegas casinos has begun to fail. Territorial boundaries vanish. Suppression wards go dark. Supernatural factions cross lines they haven't been able to cross in decades. At first, the failures look like damage left behind by Voss's attack.They aren't.Someone is dismantling the city's supernatural protections one rule at a time, exploiting old grievances and leaving evidence designed to turn vampires, werewolves, casinos, and practitioners against one another. And beneath the gaming floors, Kayla discovers an uncomfortable truth: the so-called house rules were never natural laws. They were bargains, magically enforced agreements built to favor some players while keeping others permanently on the losing side.Now someone wants the whole table overturned.With Detective Marcus Chen following the mundane evidence and Clyde stealing anything shiny enough to qualify as evidence, Kayla must uncover who is rigging the game before decades of resentment erupt into open war.Because in Vegas, everyone knows the house always has an advantage.But this time, someone is playing against the house.