Imitation and Alchemy: Elemental Legacy Novella Two

Promises made in the heat of anger don't always outweigh the lure of gold.

From USA Today bestselling author Elizabeth Hunter comes the second Ben and Tenzin adventure in the eleven-book Elemental Legacy series. A vampire heist. A slow burn partnership. And the immortals of Italy, who never give up their secrets without a price.

All Ben Vecchio wanted was a quiet summer before his last semester of university. Was that too much to ask?

All Tenzin wanted was a cache of priceless medieval coins that had been missing since the nineteenth century.

And some company.

The plan starts simply enough. A forger in Venice. A perfect set of replicas. A trap for treasure hunters baited with fool's gold. But nothing involving Tenzin stays simple, and the immortals of southern Italy have their own games in play. To get what they want, Ben and Tenzin will have to gamble with vampire politics. The stakes are higher than either of them admits.

Ben grew up among the immortals of Italy. He thought he knew what their world could cost. But when the game turns violent and the danger lands at his feet, he has to face the question he's been avoiding for years: whether there's a future for him among vampires at all.

Walking away should be easy.

It isn't.

IMITATION AND ALCHEMY is the second novella in the Elemental Legacy series, an eleven-book urban fantasy adventure featuring ancient vampires, lost treasure, international heists, and the slow burn partnership readers can't stop talking about.