I Hear the Bones Singing

Another realm exists just beneath the skin of our mundane one and children's stories and nursery rhymes hint at hideous creatures who prey on humans. In that world, true love can be both your greatest strength and your greatest weakness.

Violet Fitcher is Bluebeard's eternally-sixteen ex-spouse and the mother of his child. They're also the leader of a team of undercover fairytale cops from all corners of the mythical world that hunt the monsters out of children's bedtime stories. They're on the prowl to take out Bluebeard once and for all, and they've finally got him pinned down in Arizona, where a string of murdered teenage girls have been found in pieces in the desert.

Then Violet meets Nick Arai, a senior at the local high school where Violet and their team have gone undercover to ferret out Bluebeard's contacts. Nick is sweet and gentle, and he's wonderful with Violet's son. A regular Prince Charming. Unfortunately Violet is a living fairytale and true love is a curse their kind can't escape. Against their better judgment, they find themselves falling for Nick. But they still have a mission and a homicidal ex-husband who won't hesitate to eliminate anyone he views as a threat to their "love." When evidence suggests that Bluebeard isn't the real killer, Violet and Nick have to deal with a threat on two fronts: on one side, Bluebeard wants Violet back and Nick dead; on the other, a centuries-old evil known as the Deathlysser has targeted Nick and his family, who are more connected to the fairytale world than either of them ever suspected.