A Bond of Storms and Stitches

Their bond is an accident, but is it a mistake?

Millia is a lady of breeding, and as such, she’s expected to bond, manifest her magical creature companion, and grant her lands and titles to her bound mate. But after five failed binding attempts, she’s been carted off to become a sister and serve the Golden God.

But even sisterhood won’t save her from her parents’ latest suitor. Her only escape is to join the handmaids’ ranks and activate her powers—no mate required. If she fails, she’ll be forced to enact another painful, humiliating, futile binding ritual with a stuck up lord.

Unless the problem isn’t her, it’s the stuck-up lord.

Alroth was born in the gutter. When he was barely a teenager, he crossed the Lake to earn his fortune in the Canal War. All he got for his trouble was a head full of bad memories, an unfortunate reputation as a turncoat, and a tight-knit band of mercenaries he can trust with his life. But now he’s trying to build himself some peace, if only his past would stop coming back to haunt him.

Could binding a mage solve all his problems, or will it just create a whole pile of new ones?

When Alroth’s mercenaries run off with Millia’s handmaids, sparks fly while the disciples of the Golden God hunt them.
Is it true what they say: Once you catch ‘em, your lady friends stay catched?

Tropes: kidnapping as romance, accidental bond, he's a merc, ghost puppy.

A Bond of Storms and Stitches is a fantasy romance Seven Brides for Seven Brothers riff perfect for fans of Milla Vane and Grace Draven.