Sight unseen by Alexis Marie

Sight Unseen, is not the novelization of the Canadian television series but a completely unrelated magical “romantasy” novel of nearly 400 beguiling pages of prose, written by the viral sensation Alexis Marie from Georgia, USA.

Hiram Ellis has returned to his small town home where his privileged parents still reside. He has Antaris in tow - his ‘found’ and mute 6yr old son. We learn from Inspector Gabriel that Antaris’ mother had lured her killer away from her house to protect her son, thus his trauma when she never returned. But there have been more kilings.

In this ‘slow burn’ single dad romance is an old combatant, Veda Thorne. Hiram seeks her out to tutor his son. She’s a mage and gardener of souls, who connects with Antaris as if they were already acquainted. Veda is herself dealing with her own fatal curse - the Sanguis Curse, causing fatigue and bruising and a cyst that will prove as fatal to her cursor as herself. She’s thrown all her magical botanticals at it and accepted her fate.    

Can combatants become lovers by joining forces as the victims of a predatory serial killer begin to mount up? The twists and turns of their searching fill these pages as do the source of the enchanted spider lilies that outpace their next moves. Could the answers be right under their noses?  United in their shared pain, Antaris' affinity with Veda, herbalist and earth mother figure, and his salve. Are Hiram and Veda fated to be together and can they protect Antaris and his extraordinary gifts?

The work of a transportive high fantasy craftsperson - the fusion of mystery,  magic and romance is so gripping it suspends the reader’s disbelief.

Themes: Romance, Fantasy, Magical, Single parent family.

Deborah Robins