Wreathed in Tide & Torment - Rowan MacKay - Bog

Aly knows better than to trust a copper. But he might be her only chance at freedom.Enforcer to the city's most vicious crime laird, Aly expects a long prison sentence when she's arrested for murder.But instead, the inspector offers her immunity in exchange for her help finding the killer. It's a chance to escape her boss's cruelty and start fresh-as long as the detective never learns she's more than a petty thief.Haunted by a childhood in Faerie, Calum can't ignore reports of missing people. Even when it risks his career.After fleeing his fey captor, Calum rebuilt his life in the mortal world, finding purpose in his work as a detective inspector. But when he disobeys orders to overlook a spate of disappearances from the slums, that job is endangered.Solving the murder of a local politician is his last chance, and he'll use all the resources at his disposal-even trusting a criminal he suspects knows more than she admits.As they chase the bloody connections linking the victim to the crime lairds and even the fey, Calum's feelings for Aly grow, forcing him to question the career he's fighting to save. And soon, Aly finds herself gambling not just her freedom, but her heart.Wreathed in Tide & Torment is the first book in The Eskalian Fey, a new gaslamp fantasy trilogy set in a world inspired by Scottish history and folklore and brimming with magic, intrigue, and romance.