Cirrus@Austlit

'There are two Demon groups, the Guard and the Renegade. The Renegade use humans for sport and food, they hunt down all Witches and Warlocks for their prized blood and the temporary transference of magic. There is one particular style of magic that is permanently transferred through the blood. This is prized above all others, they hunt the Howard family. The Guard protect all humans. They recruit Witches and Warlocks into their organisation, to help clean up the mess left behind by their nemesis. It also helps to keep the main targets close to assist in stopping the slaughter. They search for the prized users of the preferred magic and protect them. They want to protect the Howard family. Today, Elspeth Howard is known as a powerful Witch, the matriarch of her family. She has ruthlessly killed many demons, from both organisations to protect her and hers, and she won’t apologise for that. What has made her this way? As a child she was kept hidden from the world for her own protection. But, you can’t be hidden forever; life has a way of revealing your secrets. At the tender age of 17, Elspeth is painfully introduced to a world of deceit, love, sorrow and happiness. For a young woman who has never spoken to anyone but her parents, how will she cope? Let’s go back to the beginning and see…..'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

In this final volume of the trilogy, the extended family must deal with the consequences of a renegade Guard and the threat that this poses to the secret demon world.

'There is another world out there, a world of Magic and Demons, a world that I am still learning about. I'm a new Lamiahaem Demon, I wasn't always like this. Before my change I was a Witch who could read minds. I have recently found out that my sister Taylor and I come from a long line of Witches, it's in our blood. We have been told it goes back seven generations; maybe even further. We are different from other Witches and Warlocks, we don't use spells. Taylor and I discovered a lot of information about our family and our childhood. We didn't remember much, because our Nanna Elsie had played with our memories. She erased memories of a childhood full of Demons that had threatened us. We both know that our grandmother and our parents had all the best intentions, but ever since they did this I'd been having nightmares every night. A lifetime of nightmares, no wonder I was always tired and occasionally a bit irritable.' (Publication summary)

In Ivin's fantasy world, the seven Elders keep in check the multiple demons (vampires, lamiahaem, jorgenhan, changelings, sirens, casanovas, witches and warlocks) who lives their lives in a world of unsuspecting humans.