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Bound and Unbound: A Paranormal Novella Duology

by Ali Hazelwood

Two paranormal romances, two uneasy bonds

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Two paranormal romances, two uneasy bonds

This volume brings together two novellas built around relationships that cross dangerous boundaries. In “Bound,” an art-history graduate student who turns to forgery is drawn into a secretive professor’s request to reproduce an ancient manuscript, tying their growing attraction to a risky mystery. “Unbound” shifts to a millennia-old revenant committed to protecting mortals and the ER physician whose presence challenges her distance from them. Across both stories, romance is entwined with supernatural obligations, hidden motives, and the consequences of attachment. The duology’s contrasting pairings—academic intrigue in one novella and a mortal-revenant connection in the other—give the collection two distinct paranormal settings for exploring love under pressure.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers seeking paranormal romance in novella form.
  • Those interested in romance involving academics, ancient manuscripts, revenants, and mortal-supernatural relationships.
  • Readers who enjoy a paired collection with distinct romantic premises.

Themes

Paranormal romanceForbidden love and attachmentSecrets and deceptionDuty and protection

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Book overview

New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood's intoxicating paranormal romance novella duology--together for the first time in print and ebook!

Read the captivating dark academia romance in Bound, then flip your book over to unleash the dangers of forbidden love in Unbound.


Bound

A reluctant con artist and a professor with too many secrets are bound by an arcane text--in more ways than one.

Veronica "Vero" Mercer grew up with grifters for parents, and she knows her way around a con. When grad school bills pile up and her friends are in trouble, she turns her art history skills into a forgery side hustle.

It's supposed to be a short term deal, but her work draws the attention of Dr. Viktor Ashworth, a reserved, very British professor. Instead of turning her in, Ashworth kidnaps her--politely--and makes an unusual offer: forge a mysterious ancient manuscript for him.

Soon Vero finds herself spending long nights with Viktor, bent over rare vellum samples and obscure inks. But as the con grows riskier, Vero has to wonder: what does Viktor really want, and why can't she stay away?

Unbound
A five-thousand-year-old woman who has outlived empires. A doctor who has spent his life fighting death. They fates collide in a blood game of vengeance.

Lilit of Nineveh has spent millennia in control. As a powerful revenant, she enforces one rule above all: protect mortals. Disciplined and focused, she has never made the same mistake twice, and she has learned that attachments can only lead to ruin.

Enter Roman Martin. An overworked and relentlessly kind ER physician, he is the one mortal Lilit cannot quit. Any relationship between them is against everything Lilit has fought for. Still, she keeps coming back to him.

Until someone starts hunting Lilit, and Roman is caught in the crossfire. When everything comes crashing down, Lilit must choose between the world she has sworn to protect and the man she was never meant to love.
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