Hunting Down Dragons — Tricia Owens

The Oddsmakers have been overseeing the use of magick in Las Vegas since the city's inception. For a dragon sorceress like Anne Moody, who tries to stay beneath the radar while running her cursed pawn shop, the Oddsmakers are the boogeymen she never wants to meet. They have the power to strip of her of her magick or worse if they deem her to be a danger to the city. Unfortunately, the Oddsmakers want her for a mission, and they're willing to kidnap and torture her friend Vale to force her hand. Anne can't refuse, however she has her own agenda: investigating a sorcerer who possesses the power to not only create life, but to raise the dead. With the gargoyle Vale by her side and with the help of her magickal friends, Anne tracks strange creatures through the seedy underbelly of Las Vegas. But when tragedy strikes close to home, Anne realizes she may have to risk the wrath of the Oddsmakers and call upon her dragon for help. Because in the isolated desert, far from the eyes of mortals, she is about to confront her parents' killer and nothing is going to stop her from finding vengeance.