<p><b>Book one in the darkly hypnotic Bargainer series!<br><br><i>The King of the Night always collects his debts...</i></b><br><br>Callypso Lillis is a siren with a very big problem, one that stretches up her arm and far into her past. For the last seven years she''s been collecting a bracelet of black beads up her wrist, magical IOUs for favors she''s received. Only death or repayment will fulfill the obligations. Only then will the beads disappear.<br><br> Everyone knows that if you need a favor, you go to the Bargainer to make it happen. He''s a man who can get you anything you want... at a price. And everyone knows that sooner or later he always collects.<br><br> But for one of his clients, he''s never asked for repayment. Not until now. When Callie finds the Bargainer in her room, a grin on his lips and a twinkle in his eye, she knows things are about to change. At first, it''s just a chaste kiss - a single bead''s worth - and a promise for more.<br><br> For the Bargainer, it''s