Tallow by Karen Brooks

From bestselling author Karen Brooks, comes a story of intrigue, deadly magic and a love so deep it transcends life itself. The first book in the epic romantasy series The Curse of the Bond Riders.

On the edge of a mystical border called the Limen, close to a beautiful canal-laced city, a humble candlemaker rescues a child whom he raises as his apprentice.

Years pass and the child's unusual talents are revealed, the gentle art of candle making slowly transforming into something far more sinister.

Lingering in the shadows, enemies watch and wait - a vengeful aristocrat, an exotic queen and the lethal creatures known only as the Morte Whisperers.

They hunger after the child's ancient magic and will do anything to control it - betray, lie, manipulate. Even murder.

Enter a dark, magical world with The Curse of the Bondriders Book 1