"Wizards are back and selling their services to the highest bidder. Amethyst Rey has just been outed as a wizard, and now she's on the auction block, too-whether she wants to be or not." Amethyst just wants to live quietly as a stained glass artist. But when she and Talys, her familiar, confront another wizard who's meddling in local New Mexico politics, she lands herself square in the sights of the shadowy figure called Ragman, a headhunter who supplies wizards to corporate clients. When the game of cat and mouse with Ragman and his hired thugs turns deadly, Amethyst is forced to partner with Jas Harker, the wizard who almost ensnared her last year. But charming, devious Jas always has his own agenda. And this time, he's maneuvering to pick up where he and Amethyst left off.