To Catch a Witch Assassin

by Victoria Szalay

Cursed to feel the pain of another…

Magic-less conwoman Gentry Greenbriar hates witches, especially her deadbeat father. Because of his selfishness, she’s cursed to forever siphon another’s pain while imprisoned at the Curse Ward. When she discovers the identity of the politician who bought her, Gentry comes up with a escape and break the curse, even if she must put a bounty on her own head.

Killing a defenseless, magic-less girl should be easy…

The witch city of Skadra whispers that he’s an assassin, but Kit saves his lightning quick spellwork for those who slaughtered his coven leader—one evil witch at a time. Now Kit wants out, but his ex-girlfriend promises his services to Skadra’s most powerful coven. The job is scummy yet simple.

He never anticipated his target stealing his free will with an ancient ritual.

Three wishes. Dark soul magic. A city of gun-for-hire supernaturals. Freedom sings for Gentry as her pet witch obeys her every word. But untangling her soul from a deranged politician’s is nasty business, and the city suffers because of it. Gentry shouldn’t care. She shouldn’t. Too bad her plans never accounted for an overprotective, sexy witch assassin who stirs up her lustful (and illogical) feelings.

Heat Medium Spice / Explicit Open-Door PNR

Themes and Tropes

Enemies to LoversForced Proximity / Magical BondsShadow Witch Magic

Kindle Edition

Expected publication February 9, 2026

Reviews

[Mariaan Belinfante · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 1st time with Victoria Szalay and I had to change my mind as the book grew on me. The MFC Gentry, a highly intelligent, crafty, non magical human was soul bounded and stuck in the Curse Ward for years, but she planned her escape geniusly. Visha, ex girlfriend of Kit and head of of the Jumpers Coven made a deal with Clea, a violent and vicious Weaver debt collector. Kit had to murder Gentry. From here on the suspense and action picked up by notches to keep you on edge. Some very interesting and unexpected twists and truths about the pasts not the mention the spice thrown in towards the end. Kind of a enemies to lovers theme. A bit of a slow start, but the rest will definitely be worth it.
I received an advanced review copy and leave this review voluntary Thank you BookSirens

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is my first ever advanced reader copy review and I feel very blessed to have been able to read this book so thank you to Victoria Szalay.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. To Catch a Witch Assassin is about our MFC Gentry a cursed magic-less conwomen and MMC Kit a witch assassin and three wishes. I enjoyed the character progression throughout the story. I was surprised with the unexpected twists.Loved the bit of spice we got and really happy with how the book ended. Can’t wait to read more books by this author.

[chloe bolton · Rating 5 out of 5]

# Slow burn
# Enemies to lovers
# Magic

I r we any enjoyed reading this book I could not put it down from the first chapter all the way through to the last!

It is about a cursed human who when living with her father was a con woman and soon became cursed. She meets who is a witch that accepted a job to kill her to try and protect his friend.

I loved the character growth for the two characters separately and together. It was a well written story that was well paced with great descriptions that made you feel like you was part of the story.

I can’t wait to read more from this author in the future.

[Sheila Gilbraith · Rating 3 out of 5]

We have our main FMC plotting to escape her captors and it just takes off from there. The skadra world was interesting because you have these different covens that fight each other but they're also protected from monsters outside the barrier. There was a bit of repetition mentioning his ex in the same room so I felt that could've been smoothened out more or less mentioned. Overall It was fast paced, tension, and with a little bit of fine tuning this world with some side character stories could be a good continuation.

[Linda Z · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love books with their own imaginary worlds that are coherent and consistent within the book with well thought-out details. This book definitely had that and made the story particular treat to read. I loved the lead characters and their personalities which combined so well. I'm looking forward to the next book in this series. Thanks to the author. I recommend it.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

[Abe Wickstrom · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this fast paced paranormal fantasy book. It kept me engaged until the last page, I can’t wait until more books come out in this series!