Witches, Jerks, and Revenge

In a world where witches are brutally murdered when found, Maya Stone knows to never let her guard down. When she was only a few years old, her parents were killed by witch hunters, and she herself barely escaped, the ordeal marring one side of her face with terrible scars and burns. After escaping orphanage after orphanage, Maya now lives on her own in the huge city of Lochvale, barely scraping by thanks to her job at a local bakery. Yes, her life is difficult, but Maya is determined, and she knows she won't rest easy until she finds the people who took her parents' lives and gets her revenge.

Enter Gregory Oktresson. Rich, attractive, and quite a ladies' man, he really does seem to have it all, and when he begins to express interest in Maya, she decides to use his affections to find her family's murderers. The plan Maya formulates has three simple steps. First, become Gregory's girlfriend. Then, use his money, connections, and whatever else of his she can get her hands on to avenge her parents. Finally, dump Gregory and disappear from his life forever. This may seem rather cold-hearted to you, but Maya knows that Gregory will recover-after all, he is the most notorious player in the city. All she has to do is keep her guard up, and nobody will get hurt.

But solving a mystery is hard when Gregory makes it so incredibly easy to start believing one's own lies...