Bound by Hope and Spirit: A Dark Paranormal Fantasy Romance (The Merna Annals Book 4)
Bound by Hope and Spirit: A Dark Paranormal Fantasy Romance (The Merna Annals Book 4)
[Couples: Vouvry (dracokin) x Maria (vampire); Ian (human/vampire) x Nephtyri (vampire)]
Enjoy this dark epic paranormal romantasy series by sci-fi/fantasy author, Jenna O’Malley where…
Fate Could Not be Changed…
Ian sacrificed everything by joining the Hunters’ Guild as Imperial Lord Hunter, shattering the Alliance of merna as prophesized. Meanwhile, Elders and allies conduct a desperate search for his mate, Nephtyri. Though paranoia abounds, her Turnlings refuse to give up.
The ghosts of the Arsinoëphorus Alliance, which kept all magical beings bound to one another, linger while the immortals flee. Every wasted sunset tips the hourglass one sunrise closer toward baby Elias’s birth as the prince of all arcane immortals.
Vouvry, the ever-loyal dracokin, feels betrayal’s sting. Rather than taking the mantle as the new dracokin Elder, he leaves behind hope and banishes himself into exile. He takes his precious Maria with him, even though her amnesia condemns them to isolation.
In Polish territory, they convert an abandoned monastery into a shelter for misfits and orphans. Tormented by his past affection for her, Vouvry desires a new life with the lovely Spanish vampire. The commonality of their old beliefs might make winter a perfect opportunity to kindle a new, shared life.
Without her memories, Maria rebuffs him at every instance. At his weakest, the enemy sends temptations to lure his pure spirit. Will Vouvry fall for them, or will Maria finally allow herself to feel the love he has for her? Will they realize the danger and prevent further heartbreak?
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The years bring turmoil as rumors and betrayal coalesce into anarchy, and loyalties among the merna realign. Find out what will happen in The Merna Annals, an epic paranormal fantasy romance series, which contains a diverse host of magical heroes caught in the human world, fighting to save their fates and their loves from a desolate legacy of extinction.
Extended Main Character Blurbs:
Meet Vouvry
As a former Swiss Pontifical Guard, Vouvry thought coming into his life as a dracokin would be yet another unexpected spiritual adventure. Once he joined the Alliance with his found family, he struggled to fit in. He could appreciate the need for power, but he never wanted to wield it. Watching the romances of his siblings blossom, while Maria spurned his love, tightened the barbed wires around Vouvry's spirit. As the Alliance falls apart, Vouvry disappears with his beloved to help her heal. His Christmas wish is that she will recognize her soulmate is not the abusive sire she left behind, but the kind and loyal dracokin standing in front of her.
Meet Maria
Growing up in Castilian Spain as a minor noble wasn't the life Maria dreamed of. She doesn’t recall why she was forced into a nunnery at age five, or how she lost her sight. Her memories are shrouded in flame. Grateful that Abraxas Turned her, she is unaware of how the vampire has manipulated her and misused her loyalty over the long years. She ignores advice from her friends and found family, including that of the dracokin who loves her. Maria returns to what is left of mernakind, a broken version of her former self, but Vouvry refuses to give up on her. Can she trust herself enough to see she has a love worth fighting for?