Publisher's Synopsis
Beatrix "Miss Bee" Johnsonn has spent years fleeing her uncle's shadow, but a lucrative job lures her back to the city she once called home. As a booktamer-a rare mage who handles and deals with forbidden living books steeped in powerful, unpredictable magic-Beatrix knows better than anyone that the right book can be deadlier than any blade.
Making a deal with a member of the notorious Knight of the Faith family and secretly taming a rare collection of living books is risky enough, but she also must teach her employer's quiet and reserved son, Steffen. What begins as an obligation soon becomes something far more complicated, forcing Beatrix to question everything she thought she knew about trust, herself, and the walls she's built around her heart.
As the winter solstice looms, an ancient, possibly deadly ritual threatens to unleash chaos. Now, Beatrix must make an impossible choice: walk away-or fight for her life and the lives of those she's come to care for.
