The Temptation of Magic

by Megan Scott · 2024

When Nicole Palmer discovers she is an Empyreal—a rare being who can become any creature’s natural predator—she becomes the Wake’s most coveted target. The Wake, a secretive council that controls all supernatural beings, will either force her to hunt for them or kill her, just as they did her mother. Hiding in a quiet university town, Nicole believes a hidden message in a mythic art collection will reveal how to destroy the Wake. Her plans are upended when Kyan McCarter, the Wake’s most lethal Empyreal assassin, arrives to retrieve a stolen painting. Forced into an uneasy partnership, their hunt uncovers a conspiracy that could reshape the world of humans and supernaturals alike. As danger draws them together, Nicole must choose between the forbidden love blooming with her greatest enemy and the desperate need to keep her true nature secret—because once the Wake discovers an Empyreal’s defiance, no one survives.