Hold Your Fire

Ruby Auclair ate a mysterious cookie when she was thirteen. It ruined her life. She gained a dangerous power, difficult to control and impossible to eliminate: incendiary sneezes, burnt sheets, fiery fingertips. She hid her curse from her friends and family for over ten years. Sheer luck and a string of lies took her far; she was bound to get caught.

Ruby ends up kidnapped by a mysterious society with a jealous ringleader. After escaping with help from an unlikely ally, dark forces plot in the shadows as she races to remove her power before it's too late. Pig demons try to crush her skull. Spider priests want to eat her heart. Ruby must fight to protect those she loves and keep herself alive, even if that means unleashing a terrible weapon from her worst nightmares.