UNDER A DARK & CROOKED SKY,

Book Two of A Dark & Crooked Tale By Axel Vale

 Almost a year has passed since the devastating ending of Book One.

 As Bobby Matthews approaches his eighteenth birthday, the entire clan descends on Mourningford Hall—summoned by the new Lord himself for the first conclave in nearly twenty years. 

But whatever they expected to find, it is not the Bobby who now stands before them. No longer the boy they once knew, Bobby is marked by the family curse, his dependence on magic curdling into obsession and addiction. 

Power answers his call too easily, and with every spell he casts, the darkness within him grows. Sophie can only watch in anguish as the boy she loves spirals further into shadow. To save him, she will need to summon strength she never believed she had—and risk losing herself in the process. 

 But her greatest challenge is not Bobby’s hunger for power. Claire has returned, and she will do whatever it takes to keep Sophie from reaching him. For Sophie knows better than anyone: Claire is far from human…

“The curse of Mourningford Hall is only beginning. Under a dark and crooked sky, love and loyalty will be tested, and the cost of power may prove unbearable…”

 How far would you go for love? 

What would you sacrifice for the truth? 

 Prepare to descend into a gothic fantasy unlike anything you’ve experienced before: 

an ancient dynasty, 

a family rotten to the core, 

a dark secret buried for three hundred years… about to rise again. 

 Once you set foot on a dark and crooked path, there is only one direction to travel.

 And how far down you go… is, as always, up to you…