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* NotBloodSiblings: Bria ends up in a relationship with Finn, who is the foster brother of her biological sister Gin.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Gin, to the core.

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* [[FiveRaces Four Races]]: Humans, Dwarves, Giants and Vampires, any or all of which can have Elemental magic.
* GloveSlap: Gin does this to challenge [[spoiler:Madeline Monroe]] to an elemental duel - and then points out that since [[BotheringByTheBook Ashland never repealed the dueling laws]] that had been passed before the Civil War, not only does not accepting mean demonstrating cowardice in front of all present (Every single crime boss in Ashland), it also constitutes legally forfeiting one's ''entire estate'' to the challenger.

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* [[FiveRaces Four Races]]: Humans, Dwarves, Giants and Vampires, any or all of which can have Elemental magic.
* GloveSlap: Gin does this to challenge [[spoiler:Madeline Monroe]] to an elemental duel - -- and then points out that since [[BotheringByTheBook Ashland never repealed the dueling laws]] that had been passed before the Civil War, not only does not accepting mean demonstrating cowardice in front of all present (Every single crime boss in Ashland), it also constitutes legally forfeiting one's ''entire estate'' to the challenger.



* KnifeNut: Gin
* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler: Madeline Magda Monroe, Mab's daughter]]
* MentorOccupationalHazard: Gin's mentor Fletcher is murdered a third of the way through the first book.
* MotorMouth: Finnegan Lane

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* %%* KnifeNut: Gin
* %%* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler: Madeline Magda Monroe, Mab's daughter]]
* %%* MentorOccupationalHazard: Gin's mentor Fletcher is murdered a third of the way through the first book.
* %%* MotorMouth: Finnegan Lane



* OurVampiresAreDifferent
--> '''Gin (narration)''': Despite all the popular myths and stories out there, vampires were born, not made, just like everyone else was. They had heartbeats, breathed air, and could walk around in the sun just as easily as I could. Vamps could wear as much silver as they wanted, and garlic didn’t do any more than give them bad breath or the occasional case of indigestion.
--> Just about the only myth that was true when it came to vampires was that they all needed blood to live, in addition to more mundane food. To them, sucking down a pint of O-positive was just like regular humans chowing down on a steak. Animal blood would do in a pinch, but most vamps preferred people blood, and there were dedicated vampire blood banks that paid folks very well to come by and donate as often as they could. The blood banks then turned around and distributed all those precious pints like cartons of milk, with a slight markup, of course.
--> The twist was that vampires got more than just nutrition from blood, depending on whose platelets they were dining on. Regular old human blood was enough to give most vampires enhanced senses, extra strength, and lightning-fast reflexes. It was when they drank from other magic users that things got really interesting.
--> A vampire who chugged down the blood of a dwarf or giant would take on characteristics of those races and become just as strong as dwarves and giants naturally were — at least until the blood cycled out of the vamp’s system like food moving through a human’s body. Vampires who drank blood from elementals got the ability to use that person’s power, whether it was Air, Fire, Ice, Stone, or one of the offshoots of those areas, like electricity, acid, water, or metal. And of course some vamps were elementals themselves — they had the inherent magic flowing through their veins already, just like Bria and I did.

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* OurVampiresAreDifferent
--> '''Gin (narration)''': Despite all the popular myths and stories out there, vampires were born, not made, just like everyone else was. They had heartbeats, breathed air, and could
OurVampiresAreDifferent: Vampires are a natural species instead of undead, have active metabolisms, can walk around in fine under the sun just as easily as I could. Vamps could wear as much silver as they wanted, and have no particular issues with garlic didn’t or silver. They do any more than give them bad breath or the occasional case of indigestion.
--> Just about the only myth that was true when it came
need to vampires was that they all needed consume blood to live, in addition to more alongside mundane food. To them, sucking down a pint of O-positive was just like regular humans chowing down food; they can live on a steak. Animal blood would do in a pinch, but most vamps preferred people animal blood, and but prefer the human kind -- there were dedicated vampire are blood banks that paid folks very well dedicated to come by and paying people to donate as often as they could. The their blood banks then turned around and distributed all those precious pints like cartons of milk, with a slight markup, of course.
--> The twist was that
for vampires got more than just nutrition from blood, depending on whose platelets they were dining to feed on. Regular old Feeding on human blood was enough to give most vampires also gives vampire enhanced senses, extra strength, strength and lightning-fast reflexes. It was when they drank from other magic users that things got really interesting.
--> A vampire who chugged down the blood of a
reflexes; dwarf or giant would take on characteristics blood gives them SuperStrength, while that of those races and become just as strong as dwarves and giants naturally were — at least elementals gives them ElementalPowers -- until the blood cycled cycles out of the vamp’s system like food moving through a human’s body. Vampires who drank blood from elementals got the ability to use that person’s power, whether it was Air, Fire, Ice, Stone, or one of the offshoots of those areas, like electricity, acid, water, or metal. And of course some vamps were elementals themselves — they had the inherent magic flowing through their veins already, just like Bria and I did.systems.



* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Or rather, Trademark Favorite Drink:
** Gin for Gin.
** And chicory coffee for Finn.

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%%* StandardFantasyRaces: Humans, dwarves, giants and vampires.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Or rather, Trademark Favorite Drink:
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Drink -- gin for Gin for Gin.
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and chicory coffee for Finn.



* WretchedHive: Ashland is one of these.

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''Elemental Assassin'' is an UrbanFantasy series by Jennifer Estep which focus on Gin Blanco, an [[ProfessionalKiller assassin]] codenamed the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Spider]] who can control the elements of Ice and Stone. When she’s not busy killing people and righting wrongs, Gin runs a barbecue restaurant called the Pork Pit in the fictional Southern metropolis of [[WretchedHive Ashland]]. The city is also home to giants, dwarves, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]], and [[ElementalMagic elementals]] – Air, Fire, Ice, and Stone.

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''Elemental Assassin'' is an UrbanFantasy series by Jennifer Estep which focus on Gin Blanco, an [[ProfessionalKiller assassin]] codenamed the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Spider]] who can control the elements of Ice and Stone. When she’s not busy killing people and righting wrongs, Gin runs a barbecue restaurant called the Pork Pit in the fictional Southern metropolis of [[WretchedHive Ashland]]. The city is also home to giants, dwarves, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]], and [[ElementalMagic [[ElementalPowers elementals]] – Air, Fire, Ice, and Stone.



* ElementalMagic: A good part of the cast has one. The four primary powers are Air, Fire, Ice and Stone, and known offshores include Acid, Electricity, Metal and Water.

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* ElementalMagic: ElementalPowers: A good part of the cast has one. The four primary powers are Air, Fire, Ice and Stone, and known offshores include Acid, Electricity, Metal and Water.

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* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' try to harm any of Gin's family, friends, or employees.
** Damaging one of Finn's cars is also a ''very'' bad idea, although in this case it's mostly PlayedForLaughs.

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* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' try to harm any of Gin's family, friends, or employees.
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employees. Damaging one of Finn's cars is also a ''very'' bad idea, although in this case it's mostly PlayedForLaughs.

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* BlackAndGrayMorality: Because when our main character is an [[ProfessionalKiller assassin]] but ''not'' a VillainProtagonist, her antagonists ''have to'' be worst. The story taking place in a WretchedHive helps too.

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* BlackAndGrayMorality: Because when our main character is an [[ProfessionalKiller assassin]] but ''not'' a VillainProtagonist, her antagonists ''have to'' be worst.worse. The story taking place in a WretchedHive helps too.



* [[LukeIAmYourFather Bria I Am Your Sister]]: Detective Bria Coolidge was once Bria Snow, Gin's presumed dead younger sister. [[spoiler:It takes Gin two books to admit this to her once they finally meet.]]

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* [[LukeIAmYourFather Bria I Am Your Sister]]: LukeIAmYourFather: Detective Bria Coolidge was once Bria Snow, Gin's presumed dead younger sister. [[spoiler:It takes Gin two books to admit this to her once they finally meet.]]



* {{Goth}}: Sophia Deveraux

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* {{Goth}}: Sophia DeverauxDeveraux.



* ProfessionalKiller: Gin, aka The Spider, who as of book two is ''supposed'' to be retired.
** Her mentor Fletcher, aka the Tin Man, was one too.

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* ProfessionalKiller: Gin, aka The Spider, who as of book two is ''supposed'' to be retired.
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retired. Her mentor Fletcher, aka the Tin Man, was one too.



* [[TrademarkFavoriteFood Trademark Favorite Drink]]: Gin for Gin

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* [[TrademarkFavoriteFood TrademarkFavoriteFood: Or rather, Trademark Favorite Drink]]: Drink:
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Gin for GinGin.
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* CityOfAdventure: Combined with WretchedHive.



** And chicory coffee for Finn
* UrbanFantasy

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** And chicory coffee for Finn
Finn.
* UrbanFantasySuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: M.M. Monroe who is Mab Monroe in all but name. She's also a GenerationXerox being [[spoiler: Mab's daughter.]]
* UrbanFantasy: Vampires, Elementals, Dwarves, and Giants. Oh My.



* WretchedHive: Ashland

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* WretchedHive: AshlandAshland is one of these.
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* DieHardOnAnX: ''Deadly Sting'' is Die Hard At The Local Museum.
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* OpenSecret: Gin's secret identity isn't much of a secret by the end of the first arc. The first book of the second arc centers around her taking an out-of-town vacation to get away from the street punks harassing her at her day job in the hopes of being the one to kill The Spider so she can have some peace and quiet.

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* ''Snared''



* DirtyCop: [[WretchedHive Ashland]] being the corrupted city it is, most cops here are this.

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* DirtyCop: [[WretchedHive Ashland]] being the corrupted city it is, most cops here are this. The only notable exceptions are Donovan, Bria, and Xavier. And since all three of them are fully aware of who the assassin/vigilante/[[spoiler:mob boss]] known as The Spider really is and don't do a thing about it, they're not entirely clean either.



* PoliceAreUseless: Due to the corruption levels, asking for help from any cop other than Donovan, Bria or Xavier is wasting your time.



* YouKilledMyFather: Gin to Mab.

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* YouKilledMyFather: Gin to Mab. And [[spoiler:Madeline]] to Gin in return.
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* DressesTheSame: Gin goes to a party at the local museum in a dress her foster brother got for her, only to find that her ex is there on the arm of a girl wearing the same dress. Oddly, it's the ''men'' in the story who get worked up over it, as it means that the store had sold two of an allegedly one of a kind designer dress. This inadvertently saves Gin's life - when thieves raid the museum, they make a point of assassinating Gin first so she can't go Die Hard on them, only they accidentally kill the other girl, who bore a superficial resemblance to Gin and was wearing an identical dress.
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* ''Bitter Bite''
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* ''Spider's Trap''
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* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler: Madeline Magda Monroe, Mab's daughter]]
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** Jo-Jo and Sophia Deveraux are Air elementals.

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** Mab Monroe is a very powerful Fire elemental.



** Mab Monroe is a very powerful Fire elemental.

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** Mab Monroe Bria Coolidge/Snow is a very powerful Fire an Ice elemental.

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* ElementalMagic: Most of the cast. Gin's a dual element user - Ice/Stone. Other elements that have appeared include Air, Fire, Metal, Lightning, Water and Acid.

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* ElementalMagic: Most A good part of the cast. Gin's a dual element user - Ice/Stone. Other elements that have appeared include cast has one. The four primary powers are Air, Fire, Metal, Lightning, Water Ice and Acid.Stone, and known offshores include Acid, Electricity, Metal and Water.
** Gin is a powerful dual elemental (which is very rare) -- Ice/Stone.
** Owen Grayson is a Metal elemental.
** Mab Monroe is a very powerful Fire elemental.
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--> '''Narration''': Despite all the popular myths and stories out there, vampires were born, not made, just like everyone else was. They had heartbeats, breathed air, and could walk around in the sun just as easily as I could. Vamps could wear as much silver as they wanted, and garlic didn’t do any more than give them bad breath or the occasional case of indigestion.

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--> '''Narration''': '''Gin (narration)''': Despite all the popular myths and stories out there, vampires were born, not made, just like everyone else was. They had heartbeats, breathed air, and could walk around in the sun just as easily as I could. Vamps could wear as much silver as they wanted, and garlic didn’t do any more than give them bad breath or the occasional case of indigestion.
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The twist was that vampires got more than just nutrition from blood, depending on whose platelets they were dining on. Regular old human blood was enough to give most vampires enhanced senses, extra strength, and lightning-fast reflexes. It was when they drank from other magic users that things got really interesting.

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--> The twist was that vampires got more than just nutrition from blood, depending on whose platelets they were dining on. Regular old human blood was enough to give most vampires enhanced senses, extra strength, and lightning-fast reflexes. It was when they drank from other magic users that things got really interesting.
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Just about the only myth that was true when it came to vampires was that they all needed blood to live, in addition to more mundane food. To them, sucking down a pint of O-positive was just like regular humans chowing down on a steak. Animal blood would do in a pinch, but most vamps preferred people blood, and there were dedicated vampire blood banks that paid folks very well to come by and donate as often as they could. The blood banks then turned around and distributed all those precious pints like cartons of milk, with a slight markup, of course.

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--> Just about the only myth that was true when it came to vampires was that they all needed blood to live, in addition to more mundane food. To them, sucking down a pint of O-positive was just like regular humans chowing down on a steak. Animal blood would do in a pinch, but most vamps preferred people blood, and there were dedicated vampire blood banks that paid folks very well to come by and donate as often as they could. The blood banks then turned around and distributed all those precious pints like cartons of milk, with a slight markup, of course.



A vampire who chugged down the blood of a dwarf or giant would take on characteristics of those races and become just as strong as dwarves and giants naturally were — at least until the blood cycled out of the vamp’s system like food moving through a human’s body. Vampires who drank blood from elementals got the ability to use that person’s power, whether it was Air, Fire, Ice, Stone, or one of the offshoots of those areas, like electricity, acid, water, or metal. And of course some vamps were elementals themselves — they had the inherent magic flowing through their veins already, just like Bria and I did.

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--> A vampire who chugged down the blood of a dwarf or giant would take on characteristics of those races and become just as strong as dwarves and giants naturally were — at least until the blood cycled out of the vamp’s system like food moving through a human’s body. Vampires who drank blood from elementals got the ability to use that person’s power, whether it was Air, Fire, Ice, Stone, or one of the offshoots of those areas, like electricity, acid, water, or metal. And of course some vamps were elementals themselves — they had the inherent magic flowing through their veins already, just like Bria and I did.
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--> '''Narration''': Despite all the popular myths and stories out there, vampires were born, not made, just like everyone else was. They had heartbeats, breathed air, and could walk around in the sun just as easily as I could. Vamps could wear as much silver as they wanted, and garlic didn’t do any more than give them bad breath or the occasional case of indigestion.
Just about the only myth that was true when it came to vampires was that they all needed blood to live, in addition to more mundane food. To them, sucking down a pint of O-positive was just like regular humans chowing down on a steak. Animal blood would do in a pinch, but most vamps preferred people blood, and there were dedicated vampire blood banks that paid folks very well to come by and donate as often as they could. The blood banks then turned around and distributed all those precious pints like cartons of milk, with a slight markup, of course.
The twist was that vampires got more than just nutrition from blood, depending on whose platelets they were dining on. Regular old human blood was enough to give most vampires enhanced senses, extra strength, and lightning-fast reflexes. It was when they drank from other magic users that things got really interesting.
A vampire who chugged down the blood of a dwarf or giant would take on characteristics of those races and become just as strong as dwarves and giants naturally were — at least until the blood cycled out of the vamp’s system like food moving through a human’s body. Vampires who drank blood from elementals got the ability to use that person’s power, whether it was Air, Fire, Ice, Stone, or one of the offshoots of those areas, like electricity, acid, water, or metal. And of course some vamps were elementals themselves — they had the inherent magic flowing through their veins already, just like Bria and I did.
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''The Elemental Assassin'' is an UrbanFantasy series by Jennifer Estep which focus on Gin Blanco, an [[ProfessionalKiller assassin]] codenamed the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Spider]] who can control the elements of Ice and Stone. When she’s not busy killing people and righting wrongs, Gin runs a barbecue restaurant called the Pork Pit in the fictional Southern metropolis of [[WretchedHive Ashland]]. The city is also home to giants, dwarves, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]], and [[ElementalMagic elementals]] – Air, Fire, Ice, and Stone.

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''The Elemental ''Elemental Assassin'' is an UrbanFantasy series by Jennifer Estep which focus on Gin Blanco, an [[ProfessionalKiller assassin]] codenamed the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Spider]] who can control the elements of Ice and Stone. When she’s not busy killing people and righting wrongs, Gin runs a barbecue restaurant called the Pork Pit in the fictional Southern metropolis of [[WretchedHive Ashland]]. The city is also home to giants, dwarves, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]], and [[ElementalMagic elementals]] – Air, Fire, Ice, and Stone.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Spider, Gin's codename as an [[ProfessionalKiller assassin]].
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''The Elemental Assassin'' series is an UrbanFantasy series by Jennifer Estep which focus on Gin Blanco, an [[ProfessionalKiller assassin]] codenamed the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Spider]] who can control the elements of Ice and Stone. When she’s not busy killing people and righting wrongs, Gin runs a barbecue restaurant called the Pork Pit in the fictional Southern metropolis of [[WretchedHive Ashland]]. The city is also home to giants, dwarves, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]], and [[ElementalMagic elementals]] – Air, Fire, Ice, and Stone.

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''The Elemental Assassin'' series is an UrbanFantasy series by Jennifer Estep which focus on Gin Blanco, an [[ProfessionalKiller assassin]] codenamed the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Spider]] who can control the elements of Ice and Stone. When she’s not busy killing people and righting wrongs, Gin runs a barbecue restaurant called the Pork Pit in the fictional Southern metropolis of [[WretchedHive Ashland]]. The city is also home to giants, dwarves, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]], and [[ElementalMagic elementals]] – Air, Fire, Ice, and Stone.
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The Elemental Assassin series is an UrbanFantasy series by Jennifer Estep. It tells the story of Genevieve "Gin" Blanco, barbeque chef and [[ProfessionalKiller professional assassin]] in the crime-ridden city of Ashland in a world where dwarfs, giants, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]], and [[ElementalPowers elemental mages]] are everyday members of society.

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The ''The Elemental Assassin Assassin'' series is an UrbanFantasy series by Jennifer Estep. It tells the story of Genevieve "Gin" Estep which focus on Gin Blanco, barbeque chef and an [[ProfessionalKiller professional assassin]] codenamed the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Spider]] who can control the elements of Ice and Stone. When she’s not busy killing people and righting wrongs, Gin runs a barbecue restaurant called the Pork Pit in the crime-ridden fictional Southern metropolis of [[WretchedHive Ashland]]. The city of Ashland in a world where dwarfs, is also home to giants, dwarves, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]], and [[ElementalPowers elemental mages]] are everyday members of society.
[[ElementalMagic elementals]] – Air, Fire, Ice, and Stone.
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The Elemental Assassin series is an UrbanFantasy series by Jennifer Estep. It tells the story of Genevieve "Gin" Blanco, barbeque chef and [[ProfessionalKiller professional assassin]] in the crime-ridden city of Ashland in a world where dwarfs, giants, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]], and elemental mages are everyday members of society.

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The Elemental Assassin series is an UrbanFantasy series by Jennifer Estep. It tells the story of Genevieve "Gin" Blanco, barbeque chef and [[ProfessionalKiller professional assassin]] in the crime-ridden city of Ashland in a world where dwarfs, giants, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]], and [[ElementalPowers elemental mages mages]] are everyday members of society.

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The Elemental Assassin series is an UrbanFantasy series by Jennifer Estep. It tells the story of Genevieve "Gin" Blanco, barbeque chef and [[ProfessionalKiller professional assassin]] in the crime-ridden city of Ashland in a world where dwarfs, giants, vampires, and elemental mages are everyday members of society.

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The Elemental Assassin series is an UrbanFantasy series by Jennifer Estep. It tells the story of Genevieve "Gin" Blanco, barbeque chef and [[ProfessionalKiller professional assassin]] in the crime-ridden city of Ashland in a world where dwarfs, giants, vampires, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]], and elemental mages are everyday members of society.


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The Elemental Assassin series is an action series by Jennifer Estep. It tells the story of Genevieve "Gin" Blanco, barbeque chef and professional assassin in the crime-ridden city of Ashland in a world where dwarfs, giants, vampires, and elemental mages are everyday members of society.

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The Elemental Assassin series is an action UrbanFantasy series by Jennifer Estep. It tells the story of Genevieve "Gin" Blanco, barbeque chef and [[ProfessionalKiller professional assassin assassin]] in the crime-ridden city of Ashland in a world where dwarfs, giants, vampires, and elemental mages are everyday members of society.


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