I discovered this series when Felicia Day was recommending the latest book in her old Flog webseries. The story follows Raine Benares, an elf in the land of Mermia. She's a low level sorceress from a family of criminals who specializes in finding lost magical artifacts. She winds up coming into contact with a magical beacon - in the form of an amulet that bonds to her and can't be removed without killing her - that is linked to a powerful, evil artifact and suddenly has a whole lot evil and good people coming after her.

( Review under cut, mild spoilers )