A collection of short stories written in the Kate Daniels universe. I think they have all been previously published but I'd only read two of them before.
A Questionable Client - the story of how Kate and Siaman met. I'd read this one before and it definitely shows Kate knowledge, determination, and sense of fairness. Oh, and Siaman is a dick from the start.
Retribution Clause - The company Adam works for has been hired to kill the husband of a murdered woman as part of a retribution clause in her will. He and his partner have their work cut out getting to him with his excellent security but what they find is not at all what they were expecting.
Of Swine and Roses - Alena has been caught the eye of Chad Thurman, the son of a powerful family in their area. Her family has pushed her to go on the date but she is very much uninterested but goes along for her family. The date is going horribly when she spies a small pig running away from Chad's cronies and Chad yelling at them to kill it. Alena decides it's now worth it to keep that pig alive and see what is so special about it.
Grace of Small Magics - Grace's family is under a bond of servitude to the Dreoch Clan for crimes committed generations ago. Her uncle has had to do a few jobs for them and so has her mom but now they want Grace to help them in an arbitration challenge. She is bound to go by the contract but she stands the chance to win so much.
Magic Tests - Kate is making Julie go to school and Julie is not a fan of this plan. She finally picks a school from Kate's list but when they get there, she is put in charge of finding a missing school rather than just getting a regular tour. Kate knows just the way to get Julie to decide that maybe this school thing isn't as bad as it seems. I've also read this one before and enjoyed it this time around as well.
In all, I enjoyed the collection although in my opinion there is never enough Kate and Curran these were fun forays into that universe.
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