{"product_id":"a-bond-for-the-breaking-victoria-laurie-9781496760838","title":"A Bond for the Breaking","description":"\u003cb\u003eThere's no rest for the gifted in the latest novel in this spellbinding series starring Dovey Van Dalen, former 1840s belle of Copenhagen turned present-day Washington, DC, magic-wielding mystic--and sleuth, charged with recovering magical property from the unbound.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf murder can have a silver lining, it's 200-year-old Dovey's blossoming romance with handsome FBI agent Grant \"Gib\" Barlow. The two have become smitten since solving their first case together. But when a fellow agent at Gib's Bureau office who is suspected of being a mystic disappears, Dovey can't help but wonder . . . is Elric, her boss, jealous former lover, and world's most powerful mystic, responsible? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen three murders occur with seemingly no common MO--until the medical examiner discovers that hidden on each body is a small piece of paper with the victim's full name written in elaborate script. To Dovey's eye, the script sparkles with a magical luminescence. She connects more dots when she hears about a binding gone terribly wrong within Elric's territory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRespected mystic Veda Akkineni recently cast a binding spell on an unbound named Fitch, then enslaved him, forcing him to churn out magical trinkets at a brutal pace. Desperate to escape, yet bound from murdering Veda \u003ci\u003edirectly\u003c\/i\u003e, Fitch has imbued a limited-edition Montblanc pen with the power to compel others to do the deed--whenever it's used to spell out a person's full name. But testing it has created a small army of indiscriminately murderous serial killers . . .\u003cbr\u003eTo stop the madness, Dovey and Gib must find Fitch and confiscate the pen. But when Fitch decides to end Dovey's meddling by writing out \u003ci\u003eher\u003c\/i\u003e name, it's her own eternal life Dovey will be fighting for . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Victoria Laurie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496760832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496760838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kensington Cozies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Victoria Laurie","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48437679620351,"sku":"9781496760838","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a5e07cb3-9df1-45e9-b352-0c097c665493.jpg?v=1777163364","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-bond-for-the-breaking-victoria-laurie-9781496760838","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}