Forging the Bond

by Laney Stuart

Sage Aieto has lived in the guild’s City of Towers since she fled her home in the Queen’s Forest as a teenager. Due to her Half-Elf heritage she is considered somewhat of a curiosity by the human population of the city and is treated as a respected, but excluded, outsider. Following the violent death of her young apprentice, Sage accepts a field assignment on the borders of Human and Elf territories. Lonesome, she ventures out to a crossroads tavern and accidentally attracts the attention of a formidable male Lipitoare, a race of savage blood-drinkers. While widely known to be dangerous and unpredictable, Sage finds herself unable to resist his raw appeal. Unfortunately, she also attracts the attention of the Elvish military who has been searching for her since her desertion. After an encounter with a border patrol, the Lipitoare finds Sage unconscious in a pile of burnt corpses on the roadside and carries her home to his bed. As his kindness becomes the least surprising thing about him, Sage's lonesome heart could well be on the mend - provided the dangerous rumors about his people prove false.

316 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Laney Stuart is a Network Engineer and writer with one cat, two dogs, and an avid love of all things scifi and fantasy. She is married to her high school sweetheart and they live together in South Carolina.

Reviews

[Kel]

My initial though when I started reading this book was.. ‘this shouldn’t take too long, it should be a simple read’… but after a bit I really started liking the book and characters. Sage is a half-breed, half human and half elf, who is also a fire battle mage. After a close call with a fellow soldier and losing her adoptive father, she escapes to the City of Towers. Alan is a Lipitori, a blood drinking race, he owns a weapons shop in a bordering community to the City of Towers and one night both he and Sage cross paths at a local tavern.

Forging the Bond by Laney Stuart is a fantasy tale full of action and adventure, true love and overcoming racial prejudices. Journey along with Sage as she and Alan try to protect the life they’ve built.

I liked this book. It was a rather quick read for me, but it’s not all about the length, its about the feeling you are left with after you’ve finished. I’m eager to see if there will be a book 2!