Magic and mayhem seem to find Ashira Cohen, who is a private investigator and a snarky one at that. Ash is successful in her career, even though she has family issues, which still affect her. Got to luv Ash's personality and she is stubborn to boot. When a case lands her with Levi, head of House Pacifica, who has strong magic, and long-time enemy of Ash and sexy to boot, everything changes. No longer is Ash a mundane, as she believed, but now has this magical ability that according to Levi should not exist. But who locked away her magic? Many questions, with few answers, including this "smudge" that is causing deaths. But how did it come about and does it relate to the missing people around the city? Ash is on the case, with Levi's help , but each have their own way of doing things, being rather similar and cannot trust each other. Ash will have to find assistance from unlikely sources to find those missing kids and learn to harness her own abilities before it is too late. Looking forward to the next novel in the series!