Hannah used to worry about feeling different. Now, she worries about magic, matrimony and assassins . . .


For years, Hannah has been haunted by 'episodes': waking dreams of a different world. Until one day she's pulled from her backyard into Augremont – a land where magic is a brutal industry.

Hannah discovers that her real name is Hannalyn – swapped at birth to hide her true identity, her true family has been slaughtered. Now she is left with with a crumbling castle, a confusing grimoire, and a target on her back.

Here, an unmarried female mage is a commodity to be sold. To survive, Hannalyn must discover her magic and secure an alliance the old-fashioned way: by marriage.

Malcom Peverel is the head of a rising house. He needs Hannalyn's bloodline as much as she needs his protection.

Hannalyn must transform from a modern woman into a powerful mage. But navigating a marriage of convenience isn't easy and, in this brutal world, nothing is entirely what it seems . . .

Discover Hold My Spellbook a gritty, high-stakes portal fantasy from Charlaine Harris, the queen of paranormal fiction and author of the Sookie Stackhouse series, which was developed as the long-running True Blood series.

Tropes include . . .

- Portal Fantasy
- Arranged / Strategic Marriage
- Fated Mates / Magical Bachelorette
- Hidden Royalty / Bloodline
- Revenge
- He Falls First
- Found Family
- Forced Proximity
- Knife to Throat