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Shadowbound
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Evil speaks the words we wish most to hear.

For the price of a loaf of bread, young Jen spins her spells in the squalid marketplaces of the City's slums. But when her father sells her to the wizard Barras for gold, Jen finds herself bound to a man who holds her utterly in his power.

So begin five years of reluctant apprenticeship, while Jen schemes to open a gateway to the Otherworlds, her only hope of escaping Barras' binding.

Yet she remains blind to another, more profound binding—the brutality she suffered as a girl that poisons her soul and allows a dark and ancient entity housed in a black stone to entice her into its power with promises of freedom.

Before she can resist the whispers of the malevolent spirit luring her into evil, Jen must first conquer her own inner darkness.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 8, 2013
ISBN9780615874661
Shadowbound
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Kathlena L. Contreras

I have a thing for dark lords, dark heroes and antiheroes. I tend to root for villains, because they're usually a lot more interesting than heroes. But they have to be complex, nuanced villains who have good reasons for their villainy. I love variations on the Beauty and the Beast story, awkward courtships and slow-burn romances.  If want to take a look at my other fiction (usually featuring dark wizards), you can find me at FlyingTigerPress.com. I have a Tumbr account I don't know how to use at kathyswizards and one on Facebook I do at Kathlena L. Contreras. Come say hi! Visit flyingtigerpress.com Flying Tiger Press on Pinterest Kathlena L. Contreras on Facebook

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