The preternatural world is changing. After a massive magical throwdown tore apart the established order, the dark elements are rebuilding their ranks unopposed. Celia Wird’s world is changing, too. She’s the mate of the pureblood were Aric, and his Warriors are honor-bound to protect her family as she and her sisters recover from unimaginable horrors.
Celia hesitates to reveal the true extent of the Wird sisters’ trauma, but they aren’t the only ones keeping secrets: Aric and the werewolf Elders are tracking a stone that grants limitless power. So is a tough coven of witches. Then Misha, a master vampire with his own plans for the stone, sends Celia after it. Can she and the vamps beat both the weres and the witches to the treasure before it falls into the wrong hands?
Fearing for Celia’s safety, Aric begs her to stay out of the hunt. What they don’t realize is that they’re the ones being hunted. But Celia’s ready to prove that she’s not easy prey.
“Celia’s also my fiancée.” His smile widened as he stroked my back. “She just agreed to marry me.”
Delilah’s gaze swept over the devastation. “After all this? Hell, darlin’, it must be love.” She waved to the other witch who had followed her. “Betty Sue, come here, sweet thang.” The tall African American woman glanced up in the middle of drawing a ring of salt around the shifters. She passed her container to a were and joined us. “This here’s probably the best tracking witch any coven’s ever seen. Tell the young’uns what you did.”
Betty Sue grinned. “The eagle shifter passed over us while we were on our way,” she said. “I hit him with a tracking spell. I’ll be able to trace him within a two-thousand-mile radius. But more important, I’ll be able to warn you any time he reenters the state.”
Hearing I would at least have advanced warning felt like music to my ears. My shoulders slumped with relief. While I didn’t trust most of the broom humpers, some weren’t so bad after all.
“Thank you, Betty Sue,” I said.
“And I thank you on behalf of the Pack,” Aric said.
Which was wolf for “I owe you.”
“Consider it a wedding gift,” Betty Sue said with a laugh.
Delilah pointed a finger at Aric. “And while you’re at it, tell that diva, Genevieve, that if another shifter wanders back here, he’s ours. We’re no spring chickens, but we still have a fight left in our peckers.”
Aric chuckled. “I’ll be sure to tell her just that.”
Betty Sue finished circling the shifters’ corpses with salt. The rest of the coven joined them now that their camouflaging spell was in full swing. They nodded to the weres, then formed a ring around the shifters and joined hands.
Tahoe’s magic stirred as they called it forth. They chanted something I couldn’t quite make out, but each word pricked at my skin with its strength.
My sisters and I had been wary of witches since our smackdown with them when we first moved to the area, but it wasn’t their presence that bothered me then.
Shape-shifters carried the power of hell within them. While they were technically dead, I could still sense their evil surrounding us. “Don’t worry,”
Aric murmured in my ear. “The purity of Tahoe’s magic will cleanse whatever remains in the air after the coven purges the ground.”
My eyes widened. “No one purged the ground after we killed the other shifter. Were we supposed to do that?” I was picturing the last nutcase shape-shifter I killed rising from the ground. It wasn’t the prettiest of images.
“It’s not necessary to us, but it is to the witches. Nature’s sacred to them, and because of the lake’s power, anything directly around it is considered hallowed ground. Their strong beliefs won’t permit them to simply walk away.”
About the Author:
Cecy Robson is the New Adult author of Once Perfect, Once Loved, and Once Pure and the award-winning author of the Weird Girls urban fantasy romance series. A self-proclaimed professional napper, Cecy counts among her talents a jaw-dropping knowledge of useless trivia, the ability to make her hair big, and a knack for breaking into song despite her family’s vehement protests. A full-time writer, registered nurse, wife, and mother living in the Great Northwest, Cecy enjoys spending time with her family and silencing the yappy characters in her head by telling their stories.
Jennifer’s Review of A Curse Unbroken
Review (4.75 Stars): I can’t tell you how much I love Ms. Robson’s books and I’m glad to say that A Curse Unbroken was the perfect end to Celia and Aric’s emotional journey for the time being. Celia has been through hell and back and was still reeling from the tragic events that occurred in A Cursed Bloodline, but before she can truly recover, she is faced with defeating another dark evil intent on destroying everything that she holds dear.
A Curse Unbroken was an emotional thrill-ride that was jam-packed with action, heartbreak and hope that good will conquer the darkness. I was in tears by the book’s conclusion, but in a good way, because everything that they have been through over the course of the series was wrapped up rather nicely and made way for a new beginning for these two characters. I know that Ms. Robson has more stories to tell for these amazing characters and I can’t wait to see what she comes up with next. I’ll have my tissues and bottle of wine waiting for the next book.
Hey, Jennifer! I’m so happy you loved A Curse Unbroken–and yes, tissues, wine, and a little chocolate are often needed when picking up one of my novels. Thank you for tagging along for the ride, and enjoying Celia and Aric’s journey. Many thanks for taking the time to review and for being a part of my blog tour. Hugs!
Thank you for hosting A CURSE UNBROKEN!