Inheritance of Shadows

A stand-alone 35k novella set in the Border Magic Universe. Rural England, 1919.

by A. L. Lester

Inheritance of Shadows - A.L. Lester - Bradfield Trilogy / Border Magic Universe

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Part of the Border Magic Universe series:

The Flowers of Time
Inheritance of Shadows
The Fog of War
The Quid Pro Quo
London Calling Box Set
Lost In Time (London Calling #1 in Audio)

Part of the Bradfield (Border Magic) series:

Inheritance of Shadows
The Fog of War
The Quid Pro Quo

Now in audio! $1.99 at Authors Direct.

It’s 1919. Matty returns home to the family farm from the trenches only to find his brother Arthur dying of an unknown illness. The local doctor thinks cancer, but Matty becomes convinced it's connected to the mysterious books his brother left strewn around the house.

Rob knows something other than just Arthur’s death is bothering Matty. He’s know him for years and been in love with him just as long. And when he finds something that looks like a gate, a glowing, terrifying doorway to the unknown, it all starts to fall in to place.

Matty’s looking sicker and sicker in the same way Arthur did. What is Rob prepared to sacrifice to save him?

The answer is in the esoteric books…and with the mysterious Lin of the Frem, who lives beyond the gate to nowhere. It’s taken Matty and Rob more than a decade to admit they have feelings for each other and they are determined that neither social expectations or magical illness will part them now.

A stand-alone 35k novella set in the Border Magic Universe (formerly the Lost in Time Universe). You can read about the universe and all the books here.

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Published: April 6, 2020
Editors:

Lourenza Adlem

Genres:

Fantasy, Fantasy - Historical, Historical, Historical - 20th Century, Mystery & Thriller, Paranormal, Paranormal - Psychic Talents, Suspense

Tags:

author - british, format - novella 15k-40K, format - self published, format - series, potential trigger - death, potential trigger - suicidal ideation, potential trigger - violence, what - concept - resilience, what - concept - second chance, what - emotion - grief, what - emotion - love, what - emotion - survivor guilt

Pairings: M-M
Heat Level: 3
Romantic Content: 3
Ending: Click here to reveal
Character Identities: Gay

Excerpt:

About the Author

Writer of queer, paranormal, historical, romantic suspense and contemporary romance. Lives in the South West of England with Mr AL, two children, a Bichon Frise, a terrifying cat and some hens. Likes gardening but doesn't really have time or energy. Not musical. Doesn't much like telly. Non-binary. Chronically disabled. Has tedious fits.

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