Beasts of Hedge End
City of Beasts, book #1
In Hedge End, magic doesn’t just corrupt—it transforms. When a murder shatters Clara Aldridge’s carefully controlled world, she’s forced to join forces with a cunning thief she vowed never to trust. As citizens vanish and the monstrous attacks grow disturbingly strategic, they uncover a dark conspiracy that could consume the entire city—unless they can survive each other long enough to stop it.