Plot recap
Quick recap: what happens in Bound and Unbound?
Here’s a summary of what happens in Bound and Unbound by Ali Hazelwood, two connected novellas forming a duology.
Bound
- Veronica “Vero” Mercer, raised by con artists, uses her art history background to forge manuscripts to pay for grad school and help friends. - Dr. Viktor Ashworth, a very British and secretive professor, discovers Vero's forgery skills. Rather than reporting her, he orchestrates a “polite kidnapping” and hires her to forge a mysterious ancient manuscript for him. - Vero, pulled into Viktor’s world of rare vellum, obscure inks, and arcane texts, starts to spend long nights with him. As danger and risk mount, she’s torn between her survival instincts and her attraction to Viktor, while wondering what he truly wants and whether he trusts her at all.
Unbound
- Lilit of Nineveh, a revenant over 5,000 years old who has outlived empires, dedicates her life to protecting mortals—and avoiding personal attachment. - Roman Martin is an overworked, kind ER physician. Though Lilit knows relationships are risky, she finds herself drawn repeatedly to him. - When someone begins hunting Lilit, Roman becomes endangered as well. They’re forced into a confrontation where Lilit must decide if she’ll stick to her rule of keeping mortals at a distance—or risk everything she’s built to protect Roman, even if it could bring ruin.
These novellas are packaged together into one book—Bound and Unbound—offering two stories that explore secrets, power, forbidden relationships, and the risks that come when two worlds collide.