Blackbird

L.E. Harrison

The Children of Corvus Book 1 · Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

About this ebook

A deadly curse. A forbidden love. A star-crossed destiny.

Ten years after leaving his ancestral homeland, Michael Singleton returns—haunted, hunted, and running out of time. Marked by a deadly curse, Michael is doomed to have his soul claimed by the Shadowlands, the eternal domain of the Witch Goddess. His only hope lies in opening a portal to the Otherworld, the realm of Corvus, god of beasts. The key to this spell is a secret known to only one man: the powerful Guardian of the Dead.

Alena Andrick was born to inherit that title. Sworn to follow Corvus’s Sacred Law, she never expected to fall for a mysterious, tormented stranger with secrets darker than the Blackwater River. When Michael is accused of murdering the Captain of the Guard, Alena must make an impossible choice: uphold the laws of her tribe—or risk everything for the man who might be her fated mate.

Book One of the award-winning Children of Corvus trilogy. This haunting tale of shapeshifters, magic, and star-crossed love is set in Blackwater Hills, a hidden dimension in the forest of northern Maine, USA. For fans of Shifter romance, dark fantasy, and soul-deep love stories.

 

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Ratings and reviews

L.E. Harrison's Blackbird brought so many things to the table - magic, mystery, romance, grief and trauma. The storytelling kept evolving throughout the book so while the beginning was a little Twilight, that teenage 'fish out of water' trope had morped into a more mature interpretation by the end. I found it to be a darkly unique version of a werewolf story with strong and articulate writing where the author's skill made some pretty unpleasant things readable and important to the storyline. It was quite compelling reading, with complex characters that had me engrossed and unaware of how quickly I was turning pages. The cult-like setting, traditional gender roles and accepted violence from some of the men towards their families were confronting at times. This definitely isn't a HEA story but it's book 1 in a trilogy and in the first and last chapters there were hints of transition and retribution. I guess I'll have to read the next books in the series to see what this clever author has in store for her characters. This one is perfect for readers who want more than the buff alpha male werewolf stereotype and who are happy to have a spiritual take on the lore. Definitely not a run of the mill Pack story!

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About the author

L.E. Harrison is the author of the award-winning contemporary fantasy trilogy The Children of Corvus (Blackbird, Merula, and Corvus), Jarren and Reyna (The New Order of Corvus), Julian Cato and the Four Immortals, From the Uncollected Thoughts of: L.E. Harrison, a collection of previously published poems and short stories, and Letters in the Attic, a collection of poetry and flash fiction. Two short stories, “The Time Guardian” and “Tony’s Monster,” are featured in More Lore From the Mythos Volumes 1 and 2. She lives in an 1860s farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania with her husband and a fourteen-year-old long-haired tortoiseshell cat named Mosi.

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