Sweet Ruin

Josephine grows up among humans without knowing what she is. She is an outcast with strange powers, and her one purpose is protecting her baby brother. The day he is taken from her turns her from a girl who dreams of being a hero into something closer to a villain.

Archer Rune, called the Baneblood, is an immortal enforcer who has never failed to kill a target. His current mark is the oldest living Valkyrie. Before he can act, a vampiric creature bites him, giving him aching pleasure and taking his forbidden blood.

The theft endangers the secrets his brethren keep. Rune begins to wonder whether the woman who drank from him is a spy sent by the Valkyrie he is hunting.

Jo, meanwhile, gives away the identity of the one man she would die to protect. That slip locks her and Rune into a tense contest of wills, with loyalty on one side and fierce physical desire on the other. This paranormal romance belongs to the Immortals After Dark series.