Magic in the Shadows

Description

'Every time you used magic, it used you back. Sure you could magic yourself a photographic memory for that big test, for that big interview, for that big stock market job. And all it cost you was a nice case of liver failure. Or the memory of your lover's name.' Allison Beckstrom knows better than most that there's a price to be paid for using magic: she's suffered her fair share of migraines and holes in her memory during her time working as a Hound, tracing spells back to their casters. But now Allie's been visibly marked by it. On top of that, she can't remember much of the last few weeks of her life - including the man she supposedly fell in love with. But things are about to get worse. Allie's father, a prominent Portland businessman, has died recently, but he's not about to go gentle into that good night. He was a powerful sorcerer, and his spirit wants to trade magical knowledge in exchange for real estate - inside Allie's head ...

Devon Monk has sold over 50 short stories to magazines and anthologies which have been published internationally. This is her first novel of a great new series. She has been a columnist for an outdoors magazine, coordinated writer retreats and worked for a child psychologist and criminal lawyer. She is married with two sons and a dog named Mojo. They live in Oregon, where she knits, remodels her house-that-was-a-barn and hosts family celebrations when she is not writing.

"Allie Beckstrom is one kick-ass protagonist." -- Jeanne C. Stein "Fiendishly original." -- Patricia Briggs "Monk's writing is addictive and the only cure is more, more, more." -- Rachel Vincent