You met the powerful and mysterious Jacob Black, of Black, Inc., in the celebrated Women of Midnight series. Now it’s time for Jacob to step to the fore, in the first installment of a scorching, heart-pounding all-new series from Lisa Marie Rice—Black, Inc.

Alexandra Hethering lost her best friend, the boy she loved, at the lowest point in her life. Since then she’s forged a new life for herself as a top-tier scientist at the CDC. Yet her lost love haunts her dreams.

Now, eighteen years later, she’s facing down a world-wide threat that could kill billions. She needs help -- expert, fearless, powerful help.

Mind reader Kalli Ballas decides to go for a much-needed girls’ weekend to visit her new fortune teller friend, Sunny Meadows, never imagining she’s headed on a road trip to ruin…

As Lady Cecilia Branstoke convalesces after a severe bout of influenza, an urgent plea for assistance arrives from their friend, Mrs. Montgomery: The Earl of Soothcoor languishes in a goal in Lincolnshire, accused of murder. The victim? Mrs. Montgomery’s husband, Malcolm, reported dead over two years ago!