Magic to the Bone
Reeks: An Allie Beckstrom Novel
Devon Monk
- "Using
- magic,
- meant
- it
- used
- you
- back.
- Forget
- the
- fairytale
- hocus
- pocus,
- sparkles
- and
- pixie
- dust
- crap.
- Magic,
- like
- booze,
- sex,
- and
- drugs,
- gave
- as
- good
- as
- it
- got"Everything
- has
- a
- cost.
- And
- every
- act
- of
- magic
- exacts
- a
- price
- from
- its
- user,
- maybe
- a
- two-day
- migraine,
- or
- losing
- the
- memory
- of
- your
- first
- kiss.
- But
- some
- people
- want
- to
- use
- magic
- without
- paying
- and
- they
- Offload
- the
- cost
- onto
- innocents.
- When
- that
- happens,
- it
- falls
- to
- a
- Hound
- to
- identify
- the
- spell's
- caster
- -
- and
- Allie
- Beckstrom
- is
- the
- best
- there
- is.Daughter
- of
- a
- prominent
- Portland
- businessman,
- Allie
- would
- rather
- moonlight
- as
- a
- Hound
- than
- accept
- the
- family
- fortune
- -
- and
- the
- strings
- that
- come
- with
- it.
- But
- when
- she
- discovers
- a
- little
- boy
- dying
- from
- a
- magic
- Offload
- that
- has
- her
- father's
- signature
- all
- over
- it,
- Allie
- is
- thrown
- into
- the
- high
- stakes
- world
- of
- corporate
- espionage
- and
- black
- magic ...
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