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By the Horns

by Ruby Dixon Publisher: ACE

A forbidden secret complicates a guild trainee’s mission

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A forbidden secret complicates a guild trainee’s mission

Gwenna is trying to secure work with the Royal Artifactual Guild and send money home to her mother, while concealing a power that could carry a death penalty. The dead keep speaking to her, but she refuses to identify as a necromancer. Her efforts to establish herself as a trainee become tangled with Raptor, a Taurian she once slept with: he is pursuing an artifact thief for the guild and suspects Gwenna. The setup brings romantic tension into a fantasy of magical artifacts, forbidden magic, and a mystery surrounding the suspected theft. This is a sequel to *Bull Moon Rising*.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in fantasy romance featuring magical artifacts and fantastical beings.
  • Readers who enjoy romance complicated by a secret identity and a suspected crime.
  • Readers following the series begun with *Bull Moon Rising*.

Themes

Forbidden magicRomance and secretsWork and family responsibilitySuspicion and identity

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Book overview

In a world of magical artifacts and fantastical beings, a woman with a deadly magic secret needs the help of the minotaur she's trying to forget in the sizzling sequel to Ruby Dixon's New York Times bestseller Bull Moon Rising.

The special first edition hardcover will include a gorgeous, shimmering jacket with effects, brilliantly illustrated four-color endpapers, striking and detailed-stained edges, and a beautiful foil-stamped case.


Gwenna has always considered herself a normal person. A former servant, she wants nothing more than to land a steady job with the Royal Artifactual Guild so she can make some steady coin to send home to her mother. She's not special. She's certainly not a necromancer. That would be impossible, given how necromancing (or any 'mancing) is forbidden upon penalty of death. So if the dead keep talking to her? Well, she's going to keep on ignoring them. They're not going to stand in the way of her dreams.

Also standing in her way? One big, arrogant, far-too-flirty Taurian named Raptor. They slept together once, and now he wants more . . . but she doesn't have time for that. Her focus is on being a fledgling, a trainee for the Royal Artifactual Guild. But Raptor won't go away. He's on a secret mission for the guild to find an artifact thief.

Problem is, he thinks the thief is Gwenna.

How can she convince Raptor that he's got the wrong girl when all the signs point to her? And how do you tell a Taurian you can't date him because you hear dead people and it might cost you your life?
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