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Magic to the Bone
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Allie Beckstrom: Book 1

Magic to the Bone (2008) (edit title/settings)

by Devon Monk (Author) (edit contributors)

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Devon Monk is casting a spell on the fantasy world...
Using magic means it uses you back, and every spell exacts a price from its user. But some people get out of it by Offloading the cost of magic onto an innocent. Then it’s Allison Beckstrom’s job to identify the spell-caster. Allie... read more

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"Using magic meant it used you back. Forget the fairy tale hocus-pocus, wave a wand and bling-o sparkles and pixie dust crap. Magic, like booze, sex, and drugs, gave as good as it got."
Everything has a cost. And every act of magic exacts a price from its user--maybe a two-day migraine, or... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

"Using magic meant it used you back. Forget the fairy tale hocus-pocus, wave a wand and bling-o sparkles and pixie dust crap. Magic, like booze, sex, and drugs, gave as good as it got."
Everything has a cost. And every act of magic exacts a price from its user--maybe a two-day migraine, or losing the memory of your first kiss. But some people want to use magic without paying, and they offload the cost onto an innocent. When that happens, it falls to a Hound to identify the spell's caster--and Allison Beckstrom's the best there is.
Daughter of a prominent Portland businessman, Allie would rather moonlight as a Hound than accept the family fortune--and the many strings that come with it. But when she discovers a little boy dying from a magical offload that has her father's signature all over it, Allie is thrown back into the high-stakes world of corporate espionage and black magic.
Now, Allie's out for the truth--and the forces she finds herself calling on will overturn everything she knows, change her in ways she could never imagine...and make her capable of things that powerful people will do anything to control.

Characters edit see section history

  • Allie Beckstrom: Primary female character. Despite his father's vast fortune she is trying to make living as a Hound, can track magic signatures back to its casters.Studied Business Magic at Harvard.
  • Nola: Allie's best friend. Has a farm outside of city and its magic grid.
  • Mama Rossitto: One of Allie's client.
  • Bonnie Sherman: another Hound.
  • Cody: A Savant, magical genius and forger.
  • James: One of Mama's boy :)
  • Zayvion Jones: Allie's love interest.
  • John: Nola's husband.. who has gone awol
  • Kevin: works for Violet as a body guard
  • Violet: Daniel Beckstrom's latest wife. Allie's stepmother.
  • Perry Hoskil: Him and Daniel Beckstrom had a patent dispute...
  • Daniel Beckstrom: Allie's father. Head of the Beckstrom corporations..
  • Marty Pike: the ex-marine who Hounds for the cops.
  • Jupe: Nola's dog, part Lab, part Great Dane.
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  • “There are reasons why I like to sleep in my own bed. One, I have good pillows. Even though the mattress is too hard, as long as I have enough pillow, I don't care. The other reason I like sleeping in my own bed is because gorillas with baseball bats don't come in the room and bash in my head while I'm asleep.”
    Allie Beckstrom
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  • I could handle dangerous. Dangerous and me went back a long way. We did lunch when dangerous was in town.
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  • And in his pocket were bones, little children’s bones full of bad magic.
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  • comfort, ease, and pleasure mint could offer. For whatever reason, I liked mint and I missed it. A lot.
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  • ‘‘You were there when I needed you,’’ I said. ‘‘Every time. You’re the only person in my life who ever has been.
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First Sentence edit see section history

It was the morning of my twenty-fifth birthday, and all I wanted was a decent cup of coffee, a hot breakfast, and a couple hours away from the stink of used magic that seeped through the walls of my apartment building every time it rained.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Seventeen chapters in the book.

Glossary edit see section history

  • Magic: Can be used but the user has to pay a price. Usually it involves pain, flu, fever, even some lost memories, etc

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 9 in Allie Beckstrom. (standard series)

Followed by Magic in the Blood.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Devon Monk (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Roc
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: November 4, 2008
ISBN: 978-0451462404
Page Count: 368

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