Dealing in Death

Ethan Blade—assassin extraordinaire, cold-blooded killer, heartless monster, and . . . retiree?I've spent my whole life dealing in death, efficiently eliminating targets while fighting to preserve a sense of self and morality, to avoid becoming as detached and ruthless as my siblings. I thought I had succeeded. Then I met Jack Reardon—contrary, handsome, forgiving, and far too good for the likes of me—and my life was tipped upside down. When he asked me to move in with him, he didn't specify that I had to quit my job, but I wanted to—for myself, not for him. I should have known it wouldn't be that easy.My old instincts—"Ethan Blade"—are soon tempted out of retirement by a job offer I can't afford to refuse and by an old hook-up of Jack's he'd be a fool to refuse. While falling prey to my own temptation, Jack struggles with his. Which is precisely when the true danger exposes itself—one of my siblings with no such sense of...