He lied to get close.
Now he can't get her out of his head.

He lied to get close. Now he can't get her out of his head.

Her fox commands fire, the rarest magic of all. She has no idea how to use it.

Seventeen-year-old Tess Franklin barely escaped a dark realm of countless doors with a three-tailed fox at her side and something monstrous on her heels.

Now she knows what was hunting her: the Noctu, corrupted magic users who steal the final breath of the dying and kill people like her for their power.

At a secret academy, students bonded to magical animal spirits train to fight them. Tess's fox, Yoru, chose her, and he can transform into a nine-tailed kitsune made for battle. But Tess can't tap into her magic at will, can't make him transform, and can barely keep up in combat training.

And then there's Ayden. The academy's youngest hunter wields the same fire Tess can't control. Arrogant and infuriatingly attractive, he flirted with her from the day she arrived in San Francisco. Now he acts like she’s nothing, and Tess is determined to prove him wrong. But what changed? And what did he really want from her all along?

She's determined to prove him wrong. The boy who pushed her away keeps showing up whenever she’s in danger. And with the Noctu already on her trail, Tess has to figure out fast who she can really trust.

★ All eight books are complete — no waiting for the next installment.