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The Stray Spirit: The Lutesong Series, #1
The Stray Spirit: The Lutesong Series, #1
The Stray Spirit: The Lutesong Series, #1
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The Stray Spirit: The Lutesong Series, #1

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A bard and a forest spirit uncover a deadly magical threat…and the key to survival lies within their own forgotten songs.

 

Struggling bard Emry Karic has only one path home: impress the Auric Guild, join its ranks of elite musicians, and return to his family with his honor in hand.

 

Difficult to do on a good day. Impossible to do with a possessed lute.

 

Hours before Emry's big break, an unnatural earthquake strikes, forcing a forest spirit named Aspen to take refuge in his lute. Aspen is loud, talkative...and not leaving anytime soon.

 

Panicked, Emry swears the spirit to silence on stage, in exchange for a favor: he will help investigate the mysterious quake that nearly killed them.

 

But Emry is a bard, not a scholar, and his research leads straight to the person who resents him the most: Cal Breslin, his studious ex-girlfriend. Despite their history, Cal can't pass up the opportunity to study a mythical being. Yet as the trio delves into the forgotten folklore of spirits and gods, they uncover a magical threat—and lingering feelings—looming beneath the surface…

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Release dateAug 8, 2022
ISBN9798985581904
The Stray Spirit: The Lutesong Series, #1

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