Bound and Unbound

Veronica “Vero” Mercer grew up with grifters for parents, and she knows her way around a con. When grad school bills pile up and her friends are in trouble, she turns her art history skills into a forgery side hustle. It’s supposed to be a short term deal, but her work draws the attention of Dr. Viktor Ashworth, a reserved, very British professor. Instead of turning her in, Ashworth kidnaps her—politely—and makes an unusual offer: forge a mysterious ancient manuscript for him.

A five-thousand-year-old woman who has outlived empires and a doctor who's spent his life fighting death collide in this novella from New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood. Lilit of Nineveh has spent millennia in control. As a powerful revenant, she enforces one rule above all: protect mortals. Enter Roman Martin. An overworked and relentlessly kind ER physician, he is the one mortal Lilit cannot quit.