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Spellbound by Ava Marie Salinger
Fallen Messengers, Book 2
Can Cassius and Morgan overcome an elusive enemy and save a young girl’s life?
Eden Monroe has spent her entire existence believing she has no magic. Shunned by her mother Brianna and the magical bureau Hexa, she runs away from home when she is forced to embrace a future she never chose, only to fall into the hands of ghastly monsters from the Nine Hells. After being rescued by a mysterious Dryad with secrets of his own, Eden realizes there is more to her past and future than she could ever have imagined.
When San Francisco PD asks Argonaut to assist them in solving a series of strange bank robberies, Cassius Black and Morgan King uncover a disturbing plot that points to an unknown artifact hidden somewhere in the city. Their investigation soon has them crossing paths with a desperate Brianna, who seeks their help in finding her missing daughter. When the witch reveals the shocking circumstances surrounding her daughter’s birth as well as the deadly magic sealed inside the young girl’s body, the Argonaut agents realize their case is linked to Eden and the weapon of devastating power the bank robbers are after.
Can Cassius and Morgan defeat the malevolent organization behind it all and save Eden from her cursed fate? Or will the young girl suffer a destiny worse than death itself?
Spellbound is the second novel in the gay urban fantasy romance series Fallen Messengers. If you like your paranormal adventures full of action, magic, snark, and a host of steamy angels and demons, then you’re not going to want to miss this jaw-dropping, fun-filled ride!
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Cassius studied the two dull-faced demons standing in their path. As heliophobes, the Lucifugous could control darkness and wield it as a weapon, blinding their victims’ sight while they attacked.
“You guys should stop before things get ugly,” he warned the pair.
The demons glanced at one another.
“You ugly,” the one on the left said sullenly.
“He didn’t hire the smartest cookies in the batch as his guards, huh?” Morgan muttered.
“How do you want to play this?”
Morgan sighed. “I’ll handle Dumb and Dumber. You go after our guy.”
The Lucifugous demons’ eyes rounded as Cassius unfurled his wings.
“Devil!” the one on the right mumbled, staggering backward.
“Guardian of Light!” the second demon said hoarsely, his tone almost reverential.
Cassius leapt into the air. His black and red wings, so different from the gray ones of the other Fallen, had earned him worse names than devil. Guardian of Light was newer, however, and a title he’d only become aware of recently.
Steps appeared in the distance as he navigated the torch-lit tunnel, his feathers skimming the ceiling and walls. He accelerated and darted up them. A group of startled magic users came into view halfway up the stairs. Cassius rolled and flicked around them. Dazzling brightness framed the exit some hundred feet above him. He folded his wings as he emerged into the daylight and landed lightly on the pavement at the top.
A commotion to the left drew his gaze.
Julia was sitting on top of the alchemist on the dented roof of a Maserati parked at the curb.
“Get off me, you bitch!” the man yelled.
His face was puce and his chin peppered with spit where he struggled beneath her, hands and feet scrabbling uselessly at the metal as he attempted to shift the angel off him.
Julia didn’t budge.
“Not until you say uncle.” She paused. “And apologize for the bitch comment.”
“How’d they get up there?” Cassius asked the rest of their team as they arrived at a light jog.
“She picked him up when he came out and dropped him on the car,” Adrianne replied, her voice full of misplaced pride.
Cassius sighed at the Terrene angel. “You know the owner is gonna be pissed, right?”
Julia shrugged. “So?”
On cue, a loud wail rose behind them. “My baby!”
A man in a suit that probably cost Cassius’s rent hurried past them and headed for the damaged vehicle, his fingers stretching his skin as he dragged his hands down his pale face.
He glared at the angel and the prisoner atop it. “What did you do to my car?!”
“I apologize, sir.” Julia rose, snagged the alchemist by the back of his collar, and landed lightly on the curb. “Please rest assured that the Argonaut Agency will take care of the repairs to your vehicle.”
Zach and Bailey cuffed the disgruntled alchemist and checked him over for hidden weapons and potions while Julia dealt with the Maserati owner.
“Take care of the repairs?!” The man scowled. “How is that going to help me in the meantime? I need my—”
He stopped talking. Julia had just smiled.
“Hmm.” The guy blinked. “I mean—”
Julia indicated the coffee place on the corner of the block. “How about I take down your details over a drink?”
“Sure.”
The man headed after Julia with a glazed expression.
Cassius made a face.
Like all the angels and demons who fell to Earth five hundred years ago, Julia was stunningly attractive. Humans couldn’t resist the Fallen’s looks at the best of times. They pretty much had zero chance when an angel or demon turned on the charm.
Adrianne watched the pair stroll away with an expression that was half awe, half disgust. “Wow.”
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About the Author:
Ava Marie Salinger is the pen name of an Amazon bestselling urban fantasy author who has always wanted to write scorching hot M/M urban fantasy. In 2021, she launches FALLEN MESSENGERS, her first M/M urban fantasy romance series. She also writes contemporary M/M romance as A.M. Salinger. When she’s not dreaming up hotties to write about, you’ll find Ava creating kickass music playlists to write to, spying on the wildlife in her garden, drooling over gadgets, and eating Chinese.
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