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I'd rather face a dozen lethal assassins any night than deal with something as tricky, convoluted, and fragile as my feelings.

But here I am. Gin Blanco, the semi-retired assassin known as the Spider. Hovering outside sexy businessman Owen Grayson's front door like a nervous teenage... read more

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  • Gin Blanco: Semi-retired assas­sin/aka: the Spider. Possesses stone and ice elemental powers. Dating Owen.
  • Owen Grayson: Sexy businessman and also Gin's lover. Eva's older brother. Metal elemental. Blue black hair, violet eyes, 6'1", powerfully built.
  • Mab Mon­roe: Cold-blooded Fire ele­men­tal that killed Gin's mother and sister
  • Elek­tra LaFleur: Elec­tri­cal ele­men­tal that was hired to kill Gin. Asian decent. Comes from a family of assassins.
  • Bria Coolidge: Detective/Gin's long-lost sib­ling. Ice elemental. Blue eyes, blonde hair, beautiful. Primrose rune
  • Donovan Caine: Detective/ex lover
  • Finn "Finnegan" Lane: Foster brother of Gin.
  • Vinnie Volga: Ice elemental, Russian bartender
  • Natasha Volga: Daughter to Vinnie.
  • Xavier: Giant. Part time bouncer, also cop.
  • Fletcher Lane: Mentor to the spider and father of Finn. Retired assassin went by Tin Man.
  • Sophia Deveraux: cook and a dwarf
  • Elliot Slater: A giant who works for Mab Monroe
  • Jonah Mcallister: Lawyer for Mab Monroe.
  • Brown: Vampire working for Mab. Likes to dress all in brown which earned him his name.
  • Genevieve Snow: sister of detective Bria Coolridge and also known as Gin .
  • Annabella: Gin's older sister. Killed by Mab Monroe.
  • Eva Grayson: sister of Owen Grayson
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Quotes edit see section history

  • ““Killing people was far easier than making polite chitchat.””
  • ““Are you coming along peaceful-like, or am I going to have to hog-tie you and put you in the car?””
  • ““All I'm saying is that I understand if the novelty's worn off and you want to get off the carousel ride now before it kills you.””
  • ““But I'd much rather face a dozen assassins like LaFleur any night than deal with something as tricky, convoluted, and fragile as my feelings.””
  • “Oh, baby. You have no idea what I’d do to get through those layers and down to the good stuff.”
    Owen

Setting & Locations edit see section history

Ashland. It is located in the southern metropolis that bordered Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia. It's surrounded by forests, hills, and rivers and is over the Appalachian Mountains.
  • Southtown: the rough, raw part of town, where the working poor and blue-collar folks lived in run-down public housing units among the vampire hookers, junkies, and other white trash.
  • Northtown: home to the city’s white-collar yuppies and monetary, social, and magical elite. The area featured themed subdivisions along with sprawling, plantation-style mansions and estates.
  • Northern Agression: Night club owned and is run by Roslyn Phillips. Located in Nothtown.
  • Pork Pit: Gin's barbecue restaurant, left to her when Feltcher Lane died. Located downtown bordering near Southtown.
  • Train Yard
  • Jo-Jo's Beauty Salon: beauty salon run by Jo-Jo Deveraux is located in the back of the dwarf’s southern antebellum mansion and features every beauty service known to man and woman. You can get your hair permed, cut, and teased to new heights; your skin waxed, plucked, and tanned; and everything in between.
  • The Grayson's Home

First Sentence edit see section history

“Are you going to kill this guy?

Table of Contents edit see section history

Chapters 1-31

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 4 of 12 in Elemental Assassin. (standard series)

Preceded by Venom, and followed by Spider's Revenge.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Jennifer Estep (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Pocket Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: April 26, 2011
ISBN: 978-1439192634
Page Count: 384

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Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Spider's Bite
  • Web of Lies
  • Venom

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