Not What the Name Says

Independent investigator Manís doesn't believe his sister's death was an accident. His only lead pulls him into the fog-choked back alleys of Puerto Verano, where a shop that doesn't exist on any daytime map trades in something rarer than money: cost. Memories, luck, years, voices — anything can be bargained away, and the shop never lies about the price. What it doesn't tell you is what you'll actually miss. Behind the counter is Luz, all bite and bad manners, the kind of person Manís trusts before he means to. Watching from just outside the light is Novo Mar — too charming to be safe, too familiar to be new. Manís came here for answers. He isn't sure anymore what he's staying for. Everyone in this shop is selling something. The hardest bargain Manís will ever make is figuring out which one of them is telling him the truth — and whether he even wants to know. A slow-burn m/m mystery-romance with a contract-shop urban fantasy backbone, inspired by Petshop of Horrors, Hyakki Yagyō, and Invisible City.