Fire Rising

Bestselling author Grant’s slow-moving fifth Dark Kings paranormal (after 2014’s Darkest Flame) is aimed squarely at series fans. Sammi Miller is appalled to learn that her business partner and lover, Danny, laundered money for the mob through her pub in Scotland. Moments later, enforcers arrive to inquire after money Danny stole. Sammi escapes, but she’s wounded, and her bar is destroyed. After a month on the run, she heads to Dreagan, where her half-sister lives. When Sammi meets Tristan, the newest Dragon King, it’s lust at first sight. But the dragon-etched bullet in Sammi’s shoulder warns that the mob after her is connected to a banished Dragon King, who is believed to be in league with the Dark Fae. A tantalizing amnesia subplot and cliffhanger ending will leave fans eager for the next volume in the series. (June)