“Angel Tattoo” is a 18,900-word urban fantasy novella about a broke woman whose awakened bloodline might kill her—and the mysterious fighter sent to recruit her who ends up stealing her heart. Slow-burn romance meets gritty magic. Set in a converted auto garage gym and a drained swimming pool where the veil between worlds wears thin.

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Catrina can't pay rent. Her landlord needs the money for baby formula. Her car is seized. And now a magical duel just shattered her workplace window.

Then a serpent-stag corners her. Then Jaime appears—iron handwraps humming, moving like water. He says her bloodline has awakened. She doesn't care about magic. She cares that he watches her like she matters.

She agrees to train with him. Not for power. To stay close.

Their first accidental touch shows her his worst memory: his mother handing him over to strangers. Their kiss shifts the tattoo on her chest. They try to resist. They fail.

But Jaime wasn't honest. He was sent to recruit her as a weapon against her own mentor. When the rogue master Vera firebombs her landlord's building, Catrina pulls Charlotte from the smoke—then walks away from Jaime.

Now Vera has captured him. He's kneeling before a sealed mirror that steals bloodlines. Catrina's iron knuckle-dusters whisper a deadly offer: enough power to save him. Each strike will cost a memory.

She has nothing left to lose. But what will she forget? And will he still love her when she doesn't remember herself?

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“Angel Tattoo” is a story about two people who used each other first and are trying to build something real from the wreckage. The magic costs memories. The romance costs honesty. Forgiveness is hard-won. If you want a love story where the heroine doesn't break—she just gets very tired—pick up “Angel Tattoo.” You won't forget it.

Table of Contents:

• Free Sample

• Angel Tattoo. Part 1.

• Angel Tattoo. Part 2.