Good vs. Wicked. Willoughby vs. Darkmoore. And Eveline caught in the middle... She's spent her whole life on the outside, not just an outcast bullied for being an unwelcome child of both sides, but the law states she shouldn't even be allowed to live. Whatever compulsion has both matriarchs of her families on the fence about her existence hasn't done Eveline Willoughdark any favors. Can't they make up their minds already? Carving out a life as a private investigator serving everyone but her bloodlines hasn't been easy. When she's asked to investigate a curse from a ninth-life familiar dedicated to solving his former mistress's power loss, Eveline almost says no, sure she will wish she had. Yeah, fate obliges, having her stumbling on a body and enough intrigue to make her wonder--should she investigate after all or walk away and leave the families who abandoned her to whatever fate might bring? Find out in 9th Life Strife , book one of the Wicked Witch Case Files!