Blood Moons & Binding Magic

BLOOD MOONS & BINDING MAGIC is a standalone new adult urban fantasy with series potential. Its multi-POV showcases the queer found family of the Green Creek series by TJ Klune and the crackling interpersonal dynamics of Olivie Blakes’s The Atlas Six.

Shifters and Witchbloods are eternal enemies in Westhaven. Daiquiri, a kingfisher Shifter, devotes himself to protecting his fellow Shifters (raccoon, scorpion, and coyote) until he falls for a mysterious young man at the bookstore named Aurelius—who turns out to be a Witchblood. While Daiquiri and Aurelius become more intertwined, the other Witchbloods are working behind the scenes with the parasitic realm of Hell, binding monstrous hellions to do their bidding. As these hellions begin hunting down Daiquiri’s Shifters, disturbing clues arise that this is more than old animosity.

As they investigate the hellion attacks, they discover that someone is using them to harvest spell components—including Shifter blood. This magic may be put to darker purposes than Daiquiri ever imagined—like making a deal with the most powerful hellion of all, the Archduke of Westhaven. When they discover that the last component to the spell requires the sacrifice of Daiquiri’s beloved Aurelius, Shifters and Witchbloods will have to work together to have any hope of saving him.

This manuscript includes themes of the grief of losing loved ones, intergenerational trauma, mental health (especially anxiety and depression), and queer romance. The full manuscript is available upon request!