Gah! I did it again. Once again, I for­got to post the descrip­tion of the book along with the cover art — you know, what the book is actu­ally about. Sigh. Any­way, here’s the back cover copy for Venom to go along with the pre­lim­i­nary cover art.

Warn­ing: There are a few mild spoil­ers below for folks who haven’t read Spider’s Bite. You’ve been warned, so here goes:

It’s hard to be a badass assas­sin when a giant is beat­ing the crap out of you. Luck­ily, I never let pride get in the way of my work. My cur­rent mis­sion is per­sonal: anni­hi­late Mab Mon­roe, the Fire ele­men­tal who mur­dered my fam­ily. Which means pro­tect­ing my iden­tity, even if I have to con­ceal my pow­er­ful Stone and Ice magic when I need it most. To the pub­lic, I’m Gin Blanco, owner of Ashland’s best bar­be­cue joint. To my friends, I’m the Spi­der, retired assas­sin. I still do favors on the side. Like rid­ding a vam­pire friend of her over­sized stalker—Mab’s right-hand goon who almost got me dead with his mas­sive fists. At least irre­sistible Owen Grayson is on my side. The man knows too much about me, but I’ll take my chances. Then there’s Detec­tive Bria Coolidge, one of Ashland’s finest. Until recently, I thought my baby sis­ter was dead. She prob­a­bly thinks the same about me. Lit­tle does she know, I’m a cold-blooded killer … who is about to save her life.

Yep, that’s right. Gin’s long-lost baby sis­ter Bria finally shows up in Venom. Huz­zah! Much fam­ily drama ensues, along with the usual bouts of may­hem, mis­chief, and vio­lence.