By the Horns

Dixon packs her sizzling second Royal Artifactual Guild romantasy (after Bull Moon Rising) with snark, sensuality, and mystery. Gwenna has a magical secret: she has the forbidden ability to communicate with the dead. She attempts to ignore this power while training to join the Royal Artifactual Guild, having failed her first attempt. Her status as a “repeater” means she’s forced to take on odd cleaning jobs on behalf of the guild. When she’s sent to tidy the room of a minotaur named Raptor, recently demoted from full guild member back to fledge, he mistakes her for a sex worker, leading to a steamy encounter. Raptor longs to find a woman who can accept every bit of him and sees that in Gwenna, though she denies her feelings. When artifacts go missing and Gwenna’s fellow repeaters turn up murdered, she and Raptor work together to solve the mystery. Along the way, their explosive chemistry becomes undeniable. Dixon scorches the pages with intense and frequent erotic scenes but still finds time for ample character development and intrigue. Overflowing with both heart and heat, this is sure to please series fans. Agent: Holly Root, Root Literary. (Sept.)