The Buried and the Bound

A contemporary fantasy YA debut from Rochelle Hassan about monsters,magicand wicked faeperfect for fans of The Darkest Part of the Forest and The Hazel Wood. As the only hedgewitch in BlackthornMassachusettsΓÇöan uncommonly magical placeΓÇöAziza El-Amin has bargained with wood nymphsrescued palm-sized fairies from house catsbanished flesh-eating shadows from the local park. But when a dark entity awakens in the forest outside of towneroding the invisible boundary between the human world and fairylandrun-of-the-mill fae mischief turns into outright aggressionand the dangerΓÇöto herself and othersΓÇöbecomes too great for her to handle alone. Leo Merritt is no stranger to magical catastrophes. On his sixteenth birthdaya dormant curse kicked in and ripped away all his memories of his true love. A miserable year has passed since then. He’s road-tripped up and down the East Coast looking for a way to get his memories back and hit one dead end after another. He doesn’t even know his true love’s namebut he feels the absence in his lifeand it’s haunting. Desperate for answershe makes a pact with Aziza: heΓÇÖll provide much-needed backup on her nightly patrolsand in exchangesheΓÇÖll help him break the curse. When the creature in the woods sets its sights on themtheir survival depends on the aid of a mysterious young necromancer theyΓÇÖre not certain they can trust. But theyΓÇÖll have to work together to eradicate the new threat and take back their hometown… even if it forces them to uncover deeply buried secrets and make devastating sacrifices.