Thirty years ago, a young woman was murdered, a family was lynched, and New Orleans saw the greatest magical massacre in its history.
Benton-Walker\'s contemporary fantasy debut, Blood Debts, with powerful magical families, intergenerational curses, and deadly drama in New Orleans..
Or worse.
Terry J.
And if they don\'t succeed, New Orleans may see another massacre.
But if they have any hope of discovering who is coming after their family, they’ll have to find a way to trust each other and their family\'s magic, all while solving the decades-old murder that sparked the still-rising tensions between the city’s magical and non-magical communities.
Even better than the random guys he hooks up with.
Cristina and Clement used to be each other’s most trusted confidant and friend, now they barely speak.
A distraction from his anger and pain.
For Clement, magic is his lifeline.
An ancient spell is what killed their father and she was the one who cast it.
Someone who will come for them next.
Cristina, once a talented and dedicated practitioner of Generational magic, has given up magic for good.
Cursed by someone on the very magic council their family used to rule.
Until, by chance, they discover their mother isn’t sick—she’s cursed.
In the days that followed, a throne was stolen from a queen.
On the anniversary of these brutal events, Clement and Cristina Trudeau—the sixteen-year-old twin heirs to the powerful, magical, dethroned family—are mourning their father and caring for their sick mother.
Thirty years ago, a young woman was murdered, a family was lynched, and New Orleans saw the greatest magical massacre in its history