“You should be afraid of me, mongrel. I keep telling you that.” The first hybrid in Magique in a thousand years, Leda Shadow finally learns why her parents died, years after seeing them murdered outside a tube stop in London. Their deaths left Leda to raise her younger brother virtually alone, all while attending school, trying to get a scholarship to a prestigious university in the hopes of bettering their fates. Just as she gets everything she wanted, her aunt comes to take her away. Nineteen-year-old Leda soon finds herself enrolled in a very different university, one filled with dark and light magics, adult Magicals who shudder at her touch, ghostly animals channeling otherworldly beings, and students who perform unbelievable supernatural feats. She can’t return home. She can’t see her brother. Most Magicals view her as a lesser creature, a near-animal, yet Leda can’t deny her resonance with this strange world. She should be grateful, her aunt tells her. Founded by the illustrious Bones family, a family as infamous for their power and wealth as they are for their dark magic, the prestigious university, Malcroix Bones Academy, never admitted a half-human before. The male heir to that family, Caelum Bones, is even her classmate. Of course, he despises her on sight. But when someone tries to kill Leda, Caelum learns something strange about both of their magics. Together they make a pact. He’ll help her stay alive, and she’ll help him with his magical “problem,” and absolutely no one will know of their agreement. But as the school year unfolds, their already-volatile relationship gets increasingly complicated. And Caelum’s got a rep as the biggest prick in school for a reason. For fans fantasy academy (with adult characters!)enemies to loversslow burn, epic romancedark and light magicforced proximityangsty, trapped, morally grey herosecret identitiesunique world and magical systemfound family (ensemble cast)plot twists, complicated political world, and big character reveals!lots of banter :)dark cults and hidden enemies Malcroix Bones Academy is book one in a new romantic fantasy series, Bones and Shadow, which takes place in a fantasy academy setting with all adult characters in a brand new world, filled with deadly creatures, dark sorcerers, invisible cities, ancient myths, animal gods and spirits, strange magic, and cults obsessed with wiping out the human race.

“You should kill it. Now. While you still can.” Caelum Bones, heir to the wealthiest and most powerful family in Magical England, hell, possibly all of civilized Magique, appears to have more than anyone could reasonably want. All of Magique, the parallel world to Earth following what Magicals call “The Great Rendering,” worships the ground his father walks upon, which is perhaps not surprising, given how much of that ground their family owns. Caelum’s life, beyond charmed, looks from the outside to belong to a commoner’s fairytale. But secrets lurk in the shadowy halls of the famed Bones estate, known as The Black Tower. His father, Malefic Bones, proudly shoulders a legacy of powerful magic with a greater purpose, that of reunited two estranged worlds into one glorious empire. Caelum is his chosen weapon. But will Caelum live long enough to do as his father demands? Maybe more to the point, does he even want to anymore? Fighting to keep his dual identities apart, the one at home and the one he wears for school and out in the world, Caelum finds his mask slipping when he finally meets someone who can see past it. Leda Shadow, the least likely person imaginable, has begun to see past his carefully constructed facade. Unfortunately, it will likely only get her killed. For fans fantasy academy (with adult characters!)enemies to loversslow burn, epic romancedark and light magicforced proximityangsty, trapped, morally grey herosecret identitiesunique world and magical systemfound family (ensemble cast)plot twists, complicated political world, and big character reveals!lots of banter :)dark cults and hidden enemies Malevolent Bones is book two in the romantic fantasy series, Bones and Shadow, which takes place in a fantasy academy setting with all adult characters in a brand new world, filled with deadly creatures, dark sorcerers, invisible cities, ancient myths, animal gods and spirits, strange magic, and cults obsessed with wiping out the human race.