Blackpines: The Magpie Witch: The North Star in Eclipse:

Nova returns in the second arc of the Blackpines series! Nova's gone to the desert to find himself, but trouble finds him first. A one-night stand that turns into a robbery leaves him trapped in the orbit of a peculiar stranger whose motives are as mysterious as they are alluring. But if the stranger is to be believed, he might hold the keys to everything Nova has ever wanted... The North Star in Eclipse is the seventh book in the Blackpines series.