Blackthorns Chronicles

THE BLACKTHORN FAMILYFor generations, the Blackthorn family has lived quietly among ordinary people. They are an old magical family, wealthy enough to disappear into respectable society and powerful enough to be feared by those who know what they truly are. Yet the Blackthorns have never believed that magic makes a person better than anyone else. They work ordinary jobs, maintain ordinary friendships, employ ordinary people, and live behind the respectable name of Blackthorn Holdings. But their peaceful life has never been quite as ordinary as it appears. At Blackthorn Manor, strange things have a habit of happening. A letter arrives carrying a spell that should have disappeared centuries ago. An old house begins behaving as though it remembers its former occupants. A supposedly harmless magical creature turns up where it should not be. A forgotten object is discovered with a mystery attached to it. Sometimes, the problem is magical. Sometimes, it is simply human. And when such mysteries appear, someone in the Blackthorn family inevitably becomes curious. Led by the family’s elderly patriarch, Lord Octavian Blackthorn, and his formidable wife, Lady Isolde, the Blackthorns approach these problems in their own peculiar way. Alaric and Seraphina bring experience and responsibility; Cedric and Arabella bring their own unpredictable methods; the older children bring youthful curiosity, talent, and occasionally disastrous enthusiasm. Then there is Cassian, the youngest Blackthorn. Born without the ability to use magic, Cassian should have been considered the least remarkable member of a family whose bloodline is filled with powerful spellcasters. Instead, he possesses a strange ability of his own. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Blackthorns Chronicles — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠