Spellbound by Shannon West

Asher MacGregor has come to the haunted hills of the Blue Ridge with his elderly grandmother to visit her ailing sister. Her home is an old one, deep in the Appalachian woods, and Asher has good reason to be uneasy there. His mother died in those mountains, a victim of witchcraft. Asher was accused of killing her himself, though he was only a child when she died. Only his young age and the intercession of his father, a powerful witch’s magistrate, managed to save him then. Now, fifteen years later, his father is dead, and it’s long past time for Asher to tell the other magistrates what he knows about the terrible events surrounding the night his mother was murdered.

The magistrate assigned to his case is Ben Jackson, who thinks Asher may still be under a powerful curse that took away his memories of that night—memories of a demon, a witch, and a persistent curse that is still actively stalking him and trying to kill him. Something other than the curse is after Asher, however, and it will take all of Ben’s considerable power and skill and the fact that he has fallen in love with Asher to discover the truth before the warlock that almost killed Asher once, makes another, more successful attempt.

A Witch’s Curse, powerful magic, and ghost stories of the Appalachians combine in this unique adventure story based on the world of fantasy, witchcraft, and magic.