Vagabond

Guilt and anger taste the same on my tongue. I never know which is meant to be virtuous.

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After her father's disappearance, cold, clinical and calculating Verity Xie must take up the mantle as the Butcher of West London and become the Vitris crime family's organ harvester. In an effort to assimilate into the family, she is granted a close partnership with diplomatic and intensely private Alexander Vitris, eldest son and heir apparent of Augustine Vitris.

Granted, taking up her father's mantle comes with inheriting his enemies. The secrets that Verity must keep threaten to unravel the further she falls into business with Alex. Someone close by is determined to cut her from the organisation. A relentless detective has scented her blood trail. And Verity is beginning to suspect that Alex, who seems to be the only person sharing in her darkness, isn't painting her a complete picture.

Forced to bury more than just the bodies on her operating table, Verity must choose between her ambitions and protecting her remaining family from the repercussions.

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GLORY & GORE #2

No one in this story is a good person.