Bound and Unbound by Ali Hazelwood (Paperback)

Two books in one. This special flip edition brings together Sunday Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood’s intoxicating paranormal romance duology for the first time in print: read the dark academia romance Bound, then flip your book over to unleash the dangers of forbidden love in Unbound. This edition also features gorgeous four-colour interior artwork by Lilithsaur and beautiful gold-foiled elements.

In Bound, a reluctant con artist and a professor with too many secrets are tied together by an arcane text — in more ways than one. Veronica “Vero” Mercer grew up with grifters for parents and knows her way around a con, so when grad-school bills pile up and her friends land in trouble, she turns her art-history skills into a forgery side hustle. It’s meant to be short-term, until her work draws the attention of Dr Viktor Ashworth, a reserved, very British professor who, rather than turning her in, politely kidnaps her and makes an unusual offer: forge a mysterious ancient manuscript for him. Soon Vero is spending long nights bent over rare vellum and obscure inks beside Viktor, and as the con grows riskier, she has to wonder what he really wants — and why she can’t stay away.

In Unbound, a five-thousand-year-old woman who has outlived empires and a doctor who has spent his life fighting death collide in a blood game of vengeance. Lilit of Nineveh, a powerful revenant, lives by one rule above all — protect mortals — and has learned that attachments lead only to ruin. Then comes Roman Martin, an overworked, relentlessly kind ER physician, and the one mortal Lilit cannot quit. When someone starts hunting her and Roman is caught in the crossfire, she must choose between the world she’s sworn to protect and the man she was never meant to love.

These are adult paranormal romances for mature readers; please check any content warnings before reading.

Perfect for readers who love dark academia and paranormal romance, forbidden love, a morally grey professor, an ancient immortal heroine — and anyone who’d enjoy a gorgeous flip-book collecting both stories with full-colour art.