Bound

They regulate the magic. They can't regulate the fire.

In the world of Alexandria, magic is power, and power must be controlled. Every Partikular is registered at birth, their abilities catalogued and contained. The unregistered are hunted.

Tallula Aberdeen has been hiding for thirty-two years.

As an unregistered Ember, able to conjure fire from her bare hands; Tallie has survived by being forgettable. Brown clothes, trimmed hair, a rooftop shed for a home. In a city where the wrong kind of power gets you dragged before the law, invisibility is everything. She has made herself very, very good at it.

Then Torin Fairbairn sits down across from her and shares his meal.

He's younger than her, aggravating, and entirely too comfortable everywhere he goes. A stablehand with mahogany hair and chestnut eyes full of mischief, he keeps appearing - on her rooftop, at her door, with the patient, unhurried certainty of a man who has decided she is worth the wait.

Tallie has survived abusers, Sentinels, and years of running. She does not know how to survive someone who simply stays.

BOUND is a slow-burn fantasy romance for readers who love immersive world-building, a magic system with real consequences, and a heroine who earns every inch of her happiness. Book 1 of The Burning Isles. Sequel: UNRAVELED.