Book description
"Using magic, meant it used you back. Forget the fairytale
hocus pocus, sparkles and pixie dust crap. Magic, like booze, sex,
and drugs, gave as good as it got"
Everything has a cost. And every act of magic exacts a price
from its user, maybe a two-day migraine, or losing the memory of your
first kiss. But some people want to use magic without paying and they
Offload the cost onto innocents. When that happens, it falls to a
Hound to identify the spell's caster - and Allie Beckstrom is the best
there is.
Daughter of a prominent Portland businessman, Allie would rather
moonlight as a Hound than accept the family fortune - and the strings
that come with it. But when she discovers a little boy dying from a
magic Offload that has her father's signature all over it, Allie is
thrown into the high stakes world of corporate espionage and black
magic ...
Devon Monk has one husband, two sons, and a dog named Mojo. She lives
in Oregon and is surrounded by numerous colourful family members. She
has been published in six countries and published countless short
stories in fantasy, SF, horror, humour and young adult anthologies. When
not writing, she can be found knitting all sorts of weird and wonderful
things (including a gargoyle that features in the book). Take a look and
read some extracts at www. devonmonk. com
