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Mercenaries and Magic: Books 1-4
Step into a world where magic is both lucrative and deadly in this fast-paced romance series. With morally gray characters, found family, and a whole lot of spice, this box set is a must read for anyone who likes their HEA's with a dark side.
'Mercenaries and Magic' is about the Edgeworths, a found family of mercenaries and treasure hunters, with shady pasts that just won't stay dead and love affairs that burn hot.
This box set collects the complete series, with each book following a different family member as they work together to defeat the powerful cult, Aurora, who are determined to keep magic to themselves and to wipe out anyone who stands in their way.
Please note, this is a series with dark themes, graphic violence, swearing, and steamy sex scenes.
'Mercenaries and Magic' is about the Edgeworths, a found family of mercenaries and treasure hunters, with shady pasts that just won't stay dead and love affairs that burn hot.
This box set collects the complete series, with each book following a different family member as they work together to defeat the powerful cult, Aurora, who are determined to keep magic to themselves and to wipe out anyone who stands in their way.
Please note, this is a series with dark themes, graphic violence, swearing, and steamy sex scenes.
766 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 19, 2023
About the author
Alessa Thorn
53 books990 followersAlessa Thorn believes that all monsters and villains deserve their happy endings. She prefers her clothes black, eyeliner winged and books full of hot romance. She thinks heroes are boring, so her first series 'The Court of the Underworld' centers around dark gods, monsters and villains from her favorite Greek Myths.
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March 6, 2024
Sensational
I’d read the first two books in this series separately last year, and for whatever reason felt like I wouldn’t be interested in books 2 and 3. Well, after reading Persephone and bingeing the Gods of the Duat series, aka falling even more madly in love with Alessa’s work, I went back and got this omnibus. Needless to say, I was so, so wrong. I am utterly gone for this entire cast of characters, and Altun/Julian and Leo/Dante’s books were right on par with Kon/Athens and Silas/Iz. This world was incredible, and I’m so glad I circled back around to finish the series out.
I’d read the first two books in this series separately last year, and for whatever reason felt like I wouldn’t be interested in books 2 and 3. Well, after reading Persephone and bingeing the Gods of the Duat series, aka falling even more madly in love with Alessa’s work, I went back and got this omnibus. Needless to say, I was so, so wrong. I am utterly gone for this entire cast of characters, and Altun/Julian and Leo/Dante’s books were right on par with Kon/Athens and Silas/Iz. This world was incredible, and I’m so glad I circled back around to finish the series out.
October 25, 2024
I LOVED this series, it is an interconnected series where each book follows a different couple while furthering the overall plotline of an ongoing story. This is firmly contemporary paranormal romance with morally gray characters, found family, and a magical and dark mystery unraveled throughout the series. The fourth book is a M/M romance and it was amazing. I loved all the characters in this series and especially the locations that the author took the characters to, plus, throw in some ancient magical artifacts and I’m hooked! This is considered an adult dark romance due to graphic scenes, violence, and of course, the smut.
May 20, 2026
Decent story, fairly entertaining. Erotic? Meh.
The foundational story has real merit. The heavy application of "erotic" passages, were crude, common, and repetitive. I can enjoy a well crafted love scene or heavy erotica, but this was crass rather than titillating.
The underlying story is well worth the effort to fast forward through the parts that annoyed me. Perhaps the next reader will be more interested in the whole experience.
Caveat Emptor.
The foundational story has real merit. The heavy application of "erotic" passages, were crude, common, and repetitive. I can enjoy a well crafted love scene or heavy erotica, but this was crass rather than titillating.
The underlying story is well worth the effort to fast forward through the parts that annoyed me. Perhaps the next reader will be more interested in the whole experience.
Caveat Emptor.
March 13, 2026
DNF at 25%
Way too much sex and not enough world building or plot☠️
Way too much sex and not enough world building or plot☠️
December 13, 2025
I loved this series!
It has all of our favorite elements we've come to expect from Alessa - fast paced, cool magic, found family and steamy scenes. With the bonus of queer love on page!
However, there is something different about this world, and I am here for it. The characters are gritty in a way that makes them feel so real and relatable. In a way that makes me believe we really could call them up to hunt magical artifacts together.
AND this series has the bonus of queer love on the page! A main character, who has his own book - not just a chapter.
Definitely worth the read.
It has all of our favorite elements we've come to expect from Alessa - fast paced, cool magic, found family and steamy scenes. With the bonus of queer love on page!
However, there is something different about this world, and I am here for it. The characters are gritty in a way that makes them feel so real and relatable. In a way that makes me believe we really could call them up to hunt magical artifacts together.
AND this series has the bonus of queer love on the page! A main character, who has his own book - not just a chapter.
Definitely worth the read.
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