(Thorns of the Bloodline, Book One)
Magic is not a gift. It is a curse bound in blood.
Circe has spent centuries hiding from her past - from the sister who betrayed her, from the curse whispered through her bloodline, and from the prophecy that warns her love will cost everything. But when a brutal attack leaves her on the edge of death in the ghost town of Elkwood, Tennessee, fate delivers her into the hands of Fabian, a warlock sworn to kill her kind.
Drawn together by forbidden desire, Circe and Fabian ignite a bond neither can deny. Yet their union awakens an ancient curse: one that dooms Circe, threatens their unborn children, and promises devastation if the prophecy is fulfilled.
As old enemies rise, family loyalty fractures, and shadows of Elkwood's dark history bleed into the present, Circe must choose - wield her ancestral power to survive, or risk everything for the love that could destroy the