The Mage's Cuff Part One: Sand-Born

By Candice M Nutting

In a realm where ancient treaties bind kingdoms in uneasy peace, two young lovers discovers that everything they have been raised to believe is a lie.

When Princess Alise stumbles into the forbidden garden of Ethon, a reclusive young gardener with silver eyes and impossible abilities, she uncovers a secret that could shatter her world: Shapeshifters are real, magic is real, and a centuries-old treaty is all that stands between her kingdom and annihilation.

But Ethon harbors an even darker secret. Half Sand-Born and half human, he should not exist-and he survives only through a mage's cuff that restrains his deadly powers. When the cuff is stolen, Ethon has mere days to live, and Alise will risk everything to save him: her throne, her family, and the fragile peace her realm.

As she races to find another cuff, Alise uncovers the terrible price her family has paid to maintain the treaty-and learns that her own hidden bloodline may hold powers she never imagined. But when long-buried betrayals surface and old enemies return seeking vengeance, Alise faces an impossible choice that will determine not just Ethon's fate, but the destiny of all the realms.

A sweeping epic of forbidden love, dangerous magic, and impossible choices, "The Mage's Cuff" is a tale where bloodlines determine destiny, secrets have devastating consequences, and one young woman's defiance could unite kingdoms-or destroy them all.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GQYGSP7B
• ISBN13: 9798248713509
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.5" x 11.0"