The Holy Breath Between Us is a sweet young adult alternate universe. It follows the main characters from Call Forth the Moonlight as if they went to university together. Deubrise remains a magical island country but this version includes more contemporary technology and is reminiscent of our current fascist culture and queer counterculture.
Deubrise is a land blessed by the breath of the slumbering gods. Magíq lives within nature, powerful and beautiful. Few else can harness it besides the gryphons that reside in the mountains near Nico De Falco’s home, and the rare magíqon like Nico’s little sister. But magíqon are shunned and feared by modern society.
To protect himself from such treatment, Dr. Ackerleigh Sebring keeps his magíq a secret. Yet his “radical” teachings of magíqal history gets him fired from Ravensbourne University. Desperate, he finds a gamekeeper job caring for an imprisoned gryphon. Finally, he can be his whole self.
That is, until Nico follows a misguided impulse and frees the gryphon, injuring Ackerleigh accidentally.
Their fates—and feelings—become entangled in their determination to protect the sacred magíq of the gryphon. Ackerleigh and Nico will stop at nothing for the sake of liberation.
Not So Quiet in the Library is a spicy epilogue that follows the events of Call Forth the Moonlight.
Contains spoilers for Call Forth the Moonlight and should be read after the novel.
