Immortal Boss

She never wanted a vampire boss. He never saw the point of being good. Now they hunt serial killers together—and pretend the tension between them is purely professional. I met my father once in a Transylvanian café. He called himself “Renfield,” scribbled in strange ledgers, and muttered about “the master.” Years later, I’m summoned to a Carpathian castle for my inheritance. Instead of riches, I inherit servitude to Alexandru—an arrogant, centuries-old vampire who expects me to run his “affairs.” I flee back to Ohio. He follows—and my best friend ends up on his dinner menu.

Thanks to an unfortunate quirk of my family tree, I’m stuck serving a dangerous vampire who looks like a luxury menswear ad and thinks humans are livestock. Lately, though, he’s been looking at me like I might be something more than his latest Renfield. When a new body turns up—death by crossbow bolt—I’m relieved. Not that death is good. But at least now there’s a killer for Alexandru and me to hunt… which means he’ll have someone to drain who isn’t a friend. The investigation should be straightforward. It isn’t. Every pattern falls apart. Every lead points somewhere new.

My immortal boss’s worst enemy has come to town. Nero has taken up residence in Ashwood. Alexandru thinks he’s up to something, but everyone else in town finds him delightful. I have bigger problems.Granabelle has been arrested for the murder of her social media rival, Laverne. And the more...