Heir Apparent

Winterblade Mafia, Book 1

By: Margaret Couplet

Narrated by: Nicholas Cain

Damian Garcia is a half assed mage and a world class thief living on the wrong side of town with his brother and their roommate. But when his latest heist turns into a rescue and he wakes up the next day with a tattoo on his arm Damian is forced into a world that he never expected to be involved in.

Faelyn Winterblade is the heir to the Winterblade empire, a criminal enterprise that his father had built from the ground up. But when he is kidnapped by a pair of prejudiced geriatrics and rescued by a thief wearing the worst glamour known to man and elf he is left with a gift that many had assumed was lost to his people. Now all Faelyn has to do is convince his mate that he’s serious about chasing him.

©2025 Margaret Couplet (P)2025 Margaret Couplet

This was refreshingly human

Thank you for hiring a real narrator! Also the bloopers were hysterical. But the story itself is so vibrant and inclusive! Can't wait to read more!

Love it

The story is amazing and I'm looking forward for more, 10/10 would listen to again

Good story, but...

I enjoyed the story and the narration is excellent. the audio editing is awful.

What's Not To Love?

Very good fast-moving mystery solved by a band of supernatural characters. Low angst re m/m fated mates falling in love. Some might say that “criminals with a heart of gold” is a tad cliché, but what’s not to love about main characters who 1) know right from wrong 2) find their true love and 3) use their unique abilities to try to fight for a better world for their loved ones? (Don’t be put off by cover art.)

It was okay…

There were a lot of editing errors where the same sentence was repeated multiple times. The story was a little hard to follow at the beginning. I felt like I was missing some information. Overall the story was interesting but the world building was all over the place.
The next couples are obvious and I assume it will be a similar story.

The narrator was new to me but did a great job with all the different voices.
If you are looking for spice there is only one 🌶️ scene at the end.