[The Spell Saga 01] • Spellbound · Book One (The Spell Series)

Trapped by the same confinement spell as her mother, Irene is a young slave girl willing to do anything to free herself from a malicious witch’s control. The horrible spell confines Irene to Sora’s isolated cabin, the hideous witch making the girl carry out her every whim and tedious chores. Finally, the day comes, the day Irene has dreamt of for years, but the messengers of this most happy news is not what Irene had expected. Prince Alec and the king’s most loyal advisor, Alden, have come to Sora for help bringing with them the opportunity for Irene to escape Sora’s clutches. Needing a curing potion for King Launder, Sora gives Irene a golden necklace that will temporarily lift her confinement spell and allow Irene to venture into the great unknown and retrieve the ingredients for his elixir.

With her faithful cat companion, Conner, and Prince Alec, Irene begins her journey into the world to gather the rare ingredients such as the magical Black Lilac, Red Raven feather, and Dragon Turtle tear, but the task is much more treacherous than they could have ever imagined. Irene is given seven days to complete her mission and return before the golden necklace detaches from her neck and the spell is once again in place. With nefarious bandits on their tail and mysterious beast tamers trying to detour their plans, Irene and her friends must pull together if they ever hope to save the king.

Along the way, they meet a cast of allies such as a silver fox called Archer and a wayward warrior from the northern lands named Aliana. With the help of her new comrades, Irene is able to succeed and return to Sora’s cabin where the witch and Alden’s true intentions are soon revealed, but by then it is too late. Now, Irene must put a stop to the evil plan that she helped to put into motion not only for her sake, but for the future of the entire kingdom.