Mission: Magic Series by Diana Pharaoh Francis

It’s tough to have a conscience when you kill for a living. So six years ago, Mallory Jade gave up killing. Now she’s a fixer. Got a problem with a demon? She can help. Infestation of pixies? She’s got you covered. Kidnapped by an undead lich? She’s on her way. Anything you need, so long as she doesn’t have to kill. It’s her one unbreakable rule. Aside from a few near-death experiences, her new life is good, until her job dumps her in the lap of the man she walked out on six years before... moreIt’s tough to have a conscience when you kill for a living. So six years ago, Mallory Jade gave up killing. Now she’s a fixer. Got a problem with a demon? She can help. Infestation of pixies? She’s got you covered. Kidnapped by an undead lich? She’s on her way. Anything you need, so long as she doesn’t have to kill. It’s her one unbreakable rule. Aside from a few near-death experiences, her new life is good, until her job dumps her in the lap of the man she walked out on six years before. Law Stanger, her former partner and lover, wants her back in his life. He's not above playing dirty. But Mallory knows it can never work. She has secrets Law can never understand or forgive. All Mallory wants now is to finish her job--track down an incubus and the precious box he stole--and get the hell out of town before Law shatters her heart again. But it wasn’t fate that drew her and Law together after all these years, it was cunning calculation. Now they must face an enemy more powerful than they can imagine, one that has no intention of leaving anybody alive. less

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that any sane being who sees a pixie should immediately run in the other direction. Don’t look back, don’t stop, not even if you happen to be having a stroke or spontaneously burst into flames. Get as far away as possible and maybe, just maybe, if you’re very lucky, you’ll get clear of the disaster zone before all hell breaks loose. Because hell will break loose, and when it does, even the mountains will wish they could hide... moreIt’s a truth universally acknowledged that any sane being who sees a pixie should immediately run in the other direction. Don’t look back, don’t stop, not even if you happen to be having a stroke or spontaneously burst into flames. Get as far away as possible and maybe, just maybe, if you’re very lucky, you’ll get clear of the disaster zone before all hell breaks loose. Because hell will break loose, and when it does, even the mountains will wish they could hide.Mal has been enjoying her extended vacation—aka recovery from near death—but tomayto tomahto, right?Fortunately for her sanity, the vacation comes to an abrupt end when a flood of wedding guests, eager to see a pixie marry a giant, pour into the luxury hotel where she lives. Adding to the sudden excitement, her boyfriend’s pet goat drops a bloody hand in her lap.It soon becomes clear that someone not only wants to stop the wedding, they want to change the I-do into I-dead.Mal must investigate a murder while pixies spread mayhem and giants reveal a rather dangerous secret about themselves. With the help of her ghost companions and demon frenemy, Mal and her witch boyfriend race to find the culprits before they can kill the bride and groom, not to mention annihilate the eastern seaboard.But there’s more at stake than marital bliss. An ancient curse and a revenge plot guarantee nothing is quite as it seems.Mal doesn’t mean to end up in a life-and-death struggle, but then again, she never does. The question is, has she recovered enough from her previous near death experience to survive this one?PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE PIXIE JOB WAS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS PART OF THE DIRTY DEEDS ANTHOLOGY THAT CAME OUT IN JANUARY 2021. DIRTY DEEDS IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. less

Mallory Jade is about to do something very risky and undoubtedly stupid. It won’t be the first time, but it may be her last.Reunited with the man she loves and enjoying a life of luxury and incredible sex, she should be happy. Except she and her boyfriend, Law, are both walking on eggshells as they navigate their complicated relationship... moreMallory Jade is about to do something very risky and undoubtedly stupid. It won’t be the first time, but it may be her last.Reunited with the man she loves and enjoying a life of luxury and incredible sex, she should be happy. Except she and her boyfriend, Law, are both walking on eggshells as they navigate their complicated relationship.It doesn’t help that her seventeen ghost companions are so bored they’re playing poltergeist tricks, or that she’s bound to a demon who delights in tormenting her. As if all that weren’t bad enough, she’s getting blamed for Law’s magical pet goat stealing the Housekeeper’s underwear.When she and Law clash over her professional choices, Mal recklessly accepts a job she knows better than to take: working for an elf.They say the definition of insanity is to repeat an action and expect a different outcome. The magical community says working for elves is insanity squared. But Mal has something to prove, and she’ll be damned if she’ll let anything like caution or reason get in her way…even if it kills her. less