Ties of blood and bone
By: A. E. Lowan
Series: The Second Book of Binding
Publisher: Phoenix Quill Books
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Missouri
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9781732316416
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Wizards; Fiction; Addicts; Fairies; Kidnapping; Magic
Description: Winter Mulcahy's life is getting better since her brush with death in October. She has a new family and they are helping her to grieve and rebuild her shattered life. She is learning to balance family, medicine, and holding the chaos of living among the preternaturals of Seahaven at bay. She meets a wizard, Alerich Ashimar, with the soul of a poet and the heart of a demon who is desperate to escape the life and choices that have been forced onto him. This man may hold the secret to the tragedies that have plagued House Mulcahy, but time is running out--for them both. Alerich's family is bound to a demon in a powerful geas set by his grandmother. Kill every Mulcahy by the upcoming winter solstice and her dead husband will be returned to her. Fail, and Alerich's father, Magnus, will be forfeited to the demon. Magnus sends Alerich to collect Winter, the last of the Mulcahys, and bring her to the demon's gate before the rapidly approaching deadline passes. Alerich is horribly conflicted. He has been trying to mend his estranged relationship with his father, and he doesn't want his father to die. But nor does he want to kill this beautiful, kind woman upon whom so many depend. When Alerich does not bring the girl at the appointed time, his father, feeling that Alerich has abandoned and betrayed him, strikes a terrible deal with the demon--something the demon has always wanted in exchange for the power to kill this last Mulcahy and his traitorous son.
Notes: "A. E. Lowan is the pseudonym of three authors who collectively create the dark urban fantasy series, The Books of Binding... [Jessica Smith, Jennifer Vinck and Kristin Vinck]"--Page [287].