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Bound by Wards: A Forbidden Witch and Cursed Man Romance
Paperback
Series: The Unwritten Fate, Book 2
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 26 2026
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.28 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
A bound ward witch. A man born of broken magic. A town protected by a lie.
Maya Littletree has bled for Hartwell since she was eighteen.
Every dawn. Every wardstone. Every ritual carved from the same scar her mother opened before her. The magic holds because she pays for it - and she has never questioned the cost.
Until Silas Raven crosses the boundary carrying a magical signature that should not exist.
The wards don't reject him.
They stay steady.
The coven calls him a threat. Maya is ordered to monitor him - keep him close enough to control, far enough to remain objective.
She fails at the second part.
Because when Silas stands beside her, the wards run clean.
And every repair they make together reveals something impossible:
The original wards were never built to require sacrifice. Someone rewrote the design generations ago - twisting protection into penance and calling it doctrine.
Now sabotage fractures the boundary. The coven moves to bind Silas permanently - chaining his power to the stones to preserve a system built on a lie.
Maya must choose.
Obey the law that shaped her bloodline.
Or trust the truth the magic has been whispering since the morning he arrived:
Love doesn't weaken magic.
It rewrites it.
Perfect for readers who love:Forced Proximity (Assigned to Monitor Him)
Love vs. Duty
Soft Hero × Hard Heroine
Touch-Starved Slow Burn
Gentle Man She Was Taught to Fear
Coven Politics & Generational Lies
Small Town Supernatural Secrets
Rewriting Ancient Magic
He Offers Himself / She Refuses to Let Him
Heat Level: Moderate
Tone: Angsty - Emotional - Suspenseful
Series Type: Interconnected Standalones
Ending: HEA
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