A Fistful of Charms (Rachel Morgan, Book 4)

A Fistful of Charms is an urban fantasy novel by the American writer Kim Harrison, published in 2006. It is the fourth book about the witch and bounty hunter Rachel Morgan, and it is set in and around Cincinnati.

Rachel has acquired a reputation for dark magic, which makes her interesting to humans, to the undead and to the authorities in roughly that order, none of it helpfully. She is also under orders to keep a low profile or face the anger of a demon, which is difficult for someone in her line of work.

Into that situation comes a mortal former lover who abandoned her and who is now being hunted over something he possesses. The people who want it are capable of destroying the Hollows and everyone in it, and the timetable is short because a pack is gathering for the first time in millennia to raid and to rule. Rachel has to act quickly even though acting at all puts her soul and her standing at risk.