It's not leaving a trail of corpses everywhere it goes. The monster they're tracking-it's not hiding. My three best friends are determined to slay it, but even badass combat mages are critically out-magicked. And now a demon has been loosed in the city. My guild is strictly hellion-free, but some people will risk life and soul to control the biggest bullies on the mythic playground. Turns out they have a good reason for that. These days, I'm practically an expert on the different magical classes, but there's one nobody ever talks about: Demonica. When I first landed a bartending job at the local guild, I didn't know a thing about magic. Oh, and our grand plan for safely capturing said murderous rogue? Yeah, that completely fell apart about two minutes ago.ĭeadly secrets are revealed in Demon Magic and a Martini, the dark and enthralling fourth instalment of urban fantasy The Guild Codex: Spellbound.

They wanted to wrap me up in a pretty ribbon and plunk me in the crosshairs of a murderous rogue to lure him out of hiding. Did they want access to my encyclopedic knowledge of cocktails? Oh no. Then my favorite guild members-three sexy, powerful, and intermittently charming mages-asked for my help. Good thing this lame-o human is adaptable, right? At a guild, populated by mages, sorcerers, alchemists, witches, and psychics. It all started when I accidentally landed a job as a bartender-but not at a bar. When I found myself facing down the scariest black-magic felon in the city, practically daring him to abduct me, I had to wonder exactly how I ended up here. So what's a broke girl to do? Take the job, of course-with a pay raise.Ī bold and sidesplitting new adventure awaits magic-less guild bartender Tori in Dark Arts and a Darquiri. Either I'm exactly the kind of takes-no-shit bartender this guild needs, or there's a good reason no one else wants to work here. And the three cocky guys I drenched with a margarita during my trial? Yeah, they were mages. That's the definition of fitting in, right? Their customers were complete jerks, and I was an asshole right back. It went downhill the moment they asked for a trial shift instead of an interview-to see if I'd mesh with their 'special' clientele. Those are my official reasons for answering a wanted ad for a skeevy-looking bartender gig. Three Mages and a Margarita opens the hilarious and heartwarming Guild Codex series.īroke, almost homeless, and recently fired. Sassy redhead, ex-waitress with an attitude, and human bartender of a magic guild.

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