Whispers of the Velvet Veil: 1

When a priceless artifact is stolen from the Unseelie Court and the city's ley lines begin to fracture, bartender and shapeshifter Celeste Boudreaux finds herself pulled into a world she's spent years carefully avoiding.She's spent five years protecting New Orleans from the shadows - stopping small rituals, disrupting cult operatives, keeping the peace no one asked her to keep. She never planned to do it with company.Rhys Malveaux is the Unseelie Commander, two centuries of controlled stillness and obsidian eyes, and the last person Celeste wants watching her back. He offered the partnership. She accepted it because the alternative was watching the city burn. Neither of them expected the other to be so difficult to ignore.But something older and more dangerous than either of them is moving beneath the city's streets. The Crimson Hand has been waiting for the right moment, the right tool, the right night. The new moon is coming. And Celeste is exactly what they need.Whispers of the Velvet Veil is a paranormal romance set in the supernatural underworld of New Orleans - where factions hold an uneasy truce, the ley lines run hot beneath the cobblestones, and the most dangerous thing in the city might be learning to trust someone who makes you want to forget why you shouldn't.Content warning: mature themes, sensual content (3-3.5 flames), violence.