Bright Familiar: a Dark Fantasy Romance

Written by Jeffe Kennedy

Narrated by Deborah Balm

He wanted her with consuming passion... and so did the monster within.

Lady Veronica Elal has been freed from her tower—and entered a life of servitude. It doesn’t matter that her wizard master has odd ideas about circumventing Convocation tradition and making their relationship equal. Nic prides herself on her practicality and that means not pretending her marriage is full of hearts and flowers. Besides she understands that, despite her new husband’s idealism, they face obstacles so great the pair of them could be crushed to nothing, even without dashing themselves brainless trying to fight the Convocation.

Lord Gabriel Phel has come this far against impossible odds. He was born with powerful wizard magic, the first in his family in generations. He’s managed to begin the process of reinstating his fallen house. And—having staked his family’s meager fortune to win a familiar to amplify his magic, a highborn daughter to be mother to his children, his lady, and lover—he rescued Nic in a distant land, successfully bringing her home to House Phel. Though she’s cynical about their chances of success, he’s certain they can defy their enemies and flourish. Together.

But, the more Gabriel discovers about working with the fiery Nic, attempting to learn the finer points of wizardry and marriage, the more illicit fantasies plague him. His need for Nic—and the dark cravings she stirs in his black wizard’s heart—grow daily. Though Nic has reconciled herself to being possessed by Gabriel—and indeed yearns for even more from her brooding and reluctant master—creating a new life for herself isn’t easy. Especially when Gabriel seems determined to subvert the foundation of her world. Starting with her father.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Brightlynx Publishing
• Release date: Mar 31, 2022
• ISBN: 9781958679081

Reviews for Bright Familiar

[Katie Young · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Missing a section!

*Edit*** after finding and finishing the book on another platform, it seems like this recording skips all the way through the beginning of the third book!

(Original review) Good story but the recording is missing a huge section after chapter 16! Super disappointed because now I am missing an important part of the story. Fix this please

[Chrissy Petrone · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The book itself is great! I love the dark, erotic fantasy. The writing is on point and the narrator does an amazing job. But this recording is messed up! After chapter 16, the book skips all the way to the 3rd novel. If you are looking to finish the book, check out YouTube. Scribd, fix the issue!

[Missie Clements · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Spoilers possibly.

The book was good, but I’m not sure what happened. Chapter 16 everything was good and well and then chapter 17 they were in mid battle? It’s like a chapter is missing, but the audiobook reader announces the chapter numbers at the beginning of the chapters and it didn’t skip a number. So I just kept listening thinking maybe it was a nightmare by Nic, but no.

Edit… ugh chapter 18 feels like it skipped. The battle didn’t finish :/

[becky · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is a long drawn out book that leads in to book 3 fantastic story that made me listen to all 3 books was a little old that they fought about 2 hours in the book about sex get a room already

[kristinagallant · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I did not experience the issues with the recording that others have reported!