Book 1 of Tear Down Heaven
The Crew
A hulked-out wrath demon who eats gamer rage and loves cats, a
shapeshifting lust demon who enjoys their food a bit too much, and a
void demon who doesn’t see the point of any of this. They’re not the sort
of mercenaries you hire on purpose, but Bex wouldn’t trust her life to anyone
else.
Ever since the ancient Mesopotamian king Gilgamesh decided death wasn’t
for him, killed the gods, and conquered the afterlife, times have been rough
for a free demon. But the denizens of the Nine Hells aren’t the quitting sort,
and Bex and her team have been choking a living out of the Eternal King’s
lackeys for years. It’s not honest work, but when Heaven itself declares you a
non-person, you smash-and-grab what you can get.
This next gig looks like more of the same…until Bex meets the client.
The Job
Adrian Blackwood is a witch with a problem. His family has skirted the
edges of King Gilgamesh’s ire for centuries, but thanks to a decision he made
as a child, Adrian is personally responsible for putting his entire coven in
Heaven’s crosshairs.
Determined to set things right, Adrian drags his broom, caldron, and
talking cat thousands of miles across the country to Seattle where he can fight
the Eternal King’s warlocks without bringing the rest of his family into the
fray. But witchcraft--like all crafts--takes time, and if the warlocks catch
him before his spells are ready, he’s dead. So Adrian does what any
professional witch would do and hires a team of mercenaries to keep the warlocks
off his back. He didn’t expect to get demons, but when you’re already on the
killing-edge of Heaven’s bad side, what’s a bit more fuel on the fire?
Sometimes, you get more than you paid for.
Neither Adrian nor Bex knew what to expect when they signed their
contract, but witch-plus-demon turns out to be a match made in the Hells. With
this much chaos at their fingertips, even impossible dreams start to come back
into reach, because Bex wasn’t always a mercenary. She used to be the Eternal
King of Heaven’s biggest nightmare, and now that she’s got a witch in her
corner, it’s time to put the old magics back on the field and show Adrian
Blackwood just how much hell he’s hired.
NEW!
Read a sample of the book over at Civilian Reader.
It's time! Hell for Hire is here. You can read it in a lot of places.
*That's right, I figured out how to do hardbacks. I'm so excited about this! It even has this super-sexy dust jacket that feels like velvety butter when you pick it up.
**Available widely, so check your favorite bookstore site. Or get your local bookstore to order it for you. Booksellers, please see Ingrams if you'd like to order. I've got your needs covered.
It's not Audible-exclusive for this one! You can buy Hell for Hire from this long list of places:
Librarians, check this out. Hell for Hire is also published to various library distributors. Such as,
I'm sorry that I don't have links for most of these as they require specialized accounts. In those cases, I'm relying on Author's Republic to do the job for me. But still, library access! I did it! ^_^