Of Magic and Mating — Odessa Lynne

Thousands of years haven't been enough to bring an end to the conflict between humans and the aliens who share their world. But the last of the old Canton Wars has brought a fragile peace and the New Canton Republic's been holding steady for more than a hundred years.

Thrace is one of the long-lived, shape-shifting aliens the humans call monsters, and he's spent the last several hundred years living a reclusive life, protecting what's his from humans who would rather see him dead.

Then Thrace meets Gregory, a magic-wielding assassin who means to kill Thrace.

But magic and monsters don't mix, and by the time Gregory realizes he might be in over his head, it's already too late: He's at the mercy of a monster who's much more interested in sex than death.

The time's coming for the ages old conflict between species to end and magic's got just the plan to make it happen.

Of Magic and Mating is the first book in the New Canton Republic series.