<p><br><strong>Marika always thought magic was a curse. Now she must master it before it consumes her.</strong></p><p>When a massacre leaves most of the royal family dead and awakens volatile power in Marika's veins she hides her identity and disappears into a secretive university for magic users hoping to master her unruly magic before anyone discovers who she is. But anonymity proves impossible when two enigmatic students take an interest in her abilities-and in her.</p><p>Her cold sharp-tongued roommate Argent sees through her false name almost immediately and the other woman seems determined to make Marika miserable. Harland a charismatic member of the school's elite inner circle is far more welcoming-but no less mysterious. And as Marika is pulled into the orbit of a secret society concealed behind the university's polished facade she realizes Argent and Harland may know more about her family's deaths than they admit.</p><p>The society offers Marika the one thing she desperately needs: answers about her magic and a chance to finally control it. But the deeper she falls into their world of hidden loyalties rebellion and dangerous attraction the harder it becomes to tell who she can trust-and whether Argent and Harland are worth the risk.</p><p><em>Shadow &amp; Bone</em> gets a darker new adult twist with a touch of <em>The Foxglove King</em> in this FFM dark academia romantic fantasy series starter featuring a casually queer cast university intrigue dangerous elemental magic and a tangled romance where no one is forced to choose. Pick up <em>A Cure for Magic</em> today and sink into a world of secrets rebellion and forbidden power.</p><p><br> </p>