Bound By Spells (Bound Series, #2)
Author: Stormy Smith
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Synopsis: Aidan Montgomery hadn’t been prepared for Amelia Bradbury to walk in and then out of his life. He also hadn’t expected to find the powerful magic hidden deep within him for the last nineteen years, but he’s embracing it — finding more control and more answers every day. Now, with the help of Amelia’s best friend, Bethany, Aidan is on a quest to understand his destiny and find Amelia.
Amelia decided to stand by her duty, which meant walking away from her first chance at love. Trapped in Cresthaven at the Queen’s mercy, she spends her days with Micah — an ally she still holds at arm’s length — struggling to manage her heartbreak while keeping her mind focused on the task at hand. As she continues to unlock the secrets of the Keeper power, Queen Julia’s true motives reveal themselves, forcing Amelia to decide, yet again, how much she’s willing to sacrifice.
Will Aidan get to Amelia before it's too late, or will the very power that sustains them keep them apart?
SNEAK PEEK
(AIDAN)
Through our first month of class, I sat back and observed the
quiet girl who moved with the same weighted motions I did. She understood
loneliness. It was clear in the way she would brighten at an instructor's
question, but dim as she refused to allow herself to answer. The way she moved
with awkward grace, always bumping into things, but never people. I had
overheard her and Bethany talking, and I knew she would be at that party. It
was why I'd gone. But I felt like a creeper. I had been hiding out, berating
myself for being there, when she came flying down the stairs.
FUN FACTS
Queen Julia was initially King Julian. That’s technically a Bound
by Duty fact but one not many people actually know. It wasn’t until the fourth
draft that he became a she, and it’s one of the best decisions I made.
I don’t plan out a lot of my secondary characters and as I was
writing one scene in particular, a little ten-year-old with scruffy red hair
and a penchant for formality came to life. Dillon turned into one of my
favorite characters in Spells.
Cresthaven, the Queen’s home in Washington, was actually named by
one of my readers, Maggie. I was struggling to come up with a great name for an
old Versailles-like mansion and went to my amazing Facebook community for help.
I loved Maggie’s idea and ran with it!
One of the critical plot surprises in Spells (can’t share –
spoiler alert) was something that I inadvertently set up in Bound by Duty. I
was jumping for joy when I did my Duty reread and realized that I had set
myself up perfectly for where the story really needed to go.
I have a really bad relationship with outlines. I try to do them
but I’m someone who doesn’t get to write every day and when I do write, I’m in
for the long haul. When I’m heads down like that and the words start flowing,
crazy stuff happens and my characters just do what they need to do. I can think
of a handful of scenes and ideas that came in my fugue states and those are
hands down my favorite parts of the book.
Writing in a guy’s perspective was not as hard as I thought it
would be. I’ve been either dating or married to my husband for fourteen years
in total and I consider myself a fairly observant person, so watching him and
the interactions between he and his friends provided me all the material I
could hope for.
Aidan’s mom, Kayla, was named after a reader of mine in Des
Moines, Ia. The real Kayla is a local librarian, was a huge supporter of Bound
by Duty and won a contest I held at my launch party. She is forever
immortalized in Aidan’s story.
Check out Bound by Duty, Book One in the Series!
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Synopsis: Amelia grew up in a world of half-truths. She knows she's an Elder but has no idea what that means. Her father reminds her daily that she must maintain control but he refuses to explain why. Even worse, she's betrothed to the prince of the Immortals and she doesn't even know his name.
Finally breaking free to live a few normal years at a community college, the last thing Amelia expects is to find her best friend in a cheeky Southern girl and to fall for a self-assured human who sees her for who she is and not what she'll be.
As she learns more about herself, Amelia realizes the line between love and duty is a thin one. As her power continues to increase exponentially and her questions are slowly answered, Amelia must make the ultimate choice. The question is, will her head or her heart win the battle?
About the Author
Stormy Smith is the author of the Amazon best seller, Bound by Duty, and Bound by Spells. She calls Iowa’s capital home now, but was raised in a tiny town in the Southeast corner of the state. She grew to love books honestly, having a mom that read voraciously and instilled that same love in her. She knew quickly stories of fantasy were her favorite, and even as an adult gravitates toward paranormal stories in any form.
Writing a book had never been an aspiration, but suddenly the story was there and couldn’t be stopped. When she isn’t working on, or thinking about, her books, Stormy’s favorite places include bar patios, live music shows, her yoga mat or anywhere she can relax with her husband or girlfriends.
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