Metropolitan areas never stop growing: population, business, technology—but especially crime. Aside from solving cases that never seemed to end peacefully, he didn't realize how serious the situation was until someone tried to kill a long-lost friend during her unexpected return.

A poor family background led to poor life decisions, but he still agreed to help a conman steal a lonely heiress's inheritance in return for partial profits. Convincing her to fall in love with the conman's disguise seemed easy, but resisting his own attraction to her was not.

Danger lurks in Equinox, a buffer zone protected by the Sisters of the Scarlet Shawl. Two of them disappear, and the Night Queen unleashes a massive attack. Will the newest Sister save some boys who arrived by accident, or fight by her Sisters who still critique her every move?

Invitations to Winter Ball led him to find true love and her to experience true freedom, but all that ended when midnight struck and shattered this dream. These glass slippers now have a mind of their own, and this girl can't stay loyal to her godmother forever anymore.