Magic To the Bone
Book 1 in the Allie Beckstrom Series
Using magic means it uses you back, and every spell exacts a price from its user. But some people get out of it by Offloading the cost of magic onto an innocent. Then it’s Allison Beckstrom’s job to identify the spell-caster. Allie would rather live a hand-to-mouth existence than accept the family fortune—and the strings that come with it. But when she finds a boy dying from a magical Offload that has her father’s signature all over it, Allie is thrown back into his world of black magic. And the forces she calls on in her quest for the truth will make her capable of things that some will do anything to control…
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Hey, I’d love to get an ebook version of Magic To The Bone. Except that ebook versions of this book are not available in Canada via Penguin/Roc, Amazon or Kobo. Why are we blacklisted?
Catharine–I’m looking into why the books aren’t available via Kindle (etc) in Canada. Sorry for the hassle. I don’t actually have any say over where the ebook is distributed. My publisher bought those rights when they bought the rights to publish the books in paper format, so it’s up to them to see that the book is available electronically.
But as soon as I find out why they aren’t available (or maybe when they will be available) I’ll let you know.
All best,
Devon
I live in the UK and I would like to read the first book in the series of Allie Beckstrom on my kindle but it is not available at Amazon uk. Do you have any idea why it is not available?
Thanks for your help.
Kevin,
I have good news! We recently sold UK rights which means the first two books will be available on Amazon UK in the near future. I don’t know exactly when, but as soon as I get any news, I’ll post it here.
Thanks for asking!
Devon
Thanks for the info. Devon. I look forward to reading Magic to the bone on my kindle.
Keep on writing!
Kevin.
Are there any plans to release your books on audio?
Melissa–The audio books have just started coming out. Here’s a link to Tantor Audio Audiobooks: http://www.tantor.com/BookDetail.asp?Product=B0307_MagicBone
I live in Canada,
I entered an address in the USA (temporarily) on my Amazon account, downloaded the e-books that were not available in Canada, and then switched back to my Canadian address.
I do it all the time, it works like a charm.
Great book, by the way, Thanks.
I’m intrested in trying out your books but I’m worried it, like so many other books these days, is filled with romance and/or sex. Is this the case?
Btw I dont mind if there’s some romance (like in dresden files) but it should be just a sidestory.
Pyryp–The Allie Beckstrom books aren’t paranormal romance. They’re pretty firmly urban fantasy, which means there are relationships and some sexy scenes in the books, (like the Dresden Files) but romance isn’t the main focus of the books.
I’m also wandering about an audio-book version of this series as, It is the only way I listen/read books now. I lost the majority of my eyesight from an IED over in Iraq so reading for me is very difficult. Please let me know if you could when a audio-book version is going to become available.
Josh– Yes! The books are in audio now. You can find them at Tantor Audio AudioBooks. Here’s a link:
http://www.tantor.com/BookDetail.asp?Product=B0307_MagicBone
Hi
I live in Mexico, and I want to buy this books, but I can’t find’em I read the first one in the highschool when i was in US. Do anyone know where I can buy them? Thanks for answering this.
I’m in the same situation as those above. In Australia there is no kindle version. I was hoping to try this series being a big Dresden fan and this looking like a similar style series but unless I can get an book it won’t happen
I’m a huge fan of the urban fantasy genra, but i get kinda tired when the romance seems to take over the story. As a female author to another, I understand the draw of writing romance, but before I devote the next 2-3 days of my life tracking down a copy of this book and reading it, could you tell me if this is more of a romance or an adventure story?
nevermind I see you have already had this question. Hopefully the sexy scenes don’t get to be too much for me ^_^, away we goooo!!!!
Hey… my last name is Beckstrom… I didn’t know I had a daughter, or was a practicer of black magic. o_O
I’ll have to read the series now just to see how terrible a father I am now!
Other then that, Looks like a brilliant series. Love the idea you present in the summery.
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Cant get your Books (for kindle) in new Zealand either (I suddgest you get on your publishers case they sound like they need a kick in the bum to ensure things get moving)
P.S. good luck with sales Will check back every now and again to see if the situation with avalibility is sorted
Cheers
I’ve managed to get ebooks 3 through to 8 for my kindle through Amazon but 1 and 2 are not listed for Australia either. Any chance they will become available in the near future, as I’d really like to have the complete set?
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Just read my first Allie Beckstrom novel, expected trashy yet enjoyable (sorry, front cover is a little cliched) but instead got something I couldn’t put down! I read literally hundreds of books a year and this is one of the best fantasy series I’ve found for a while. Have just found the whole lot on Amazon and am looking forward to immersing myself in this rather gritty and dirty fantasy world. Thanks to Amazons mad ebook sale over Christmas for putting this out there. Don,t usually post online but if this book is anything to go by, I may be back!
P.s. Read a post earlier by someone ‘critiquing’ Allie Beckstrom. Just wanted to point out you are meant to have the ‘willing suspension of disbelief’ to really enjoy a book. I am an English teacher and spend a lot of time interrogating novels but the best bit of any lesson is when a kid says ‘that was ace miss!’ Allie is a great character – enjoy her!
Hi,
I live in Germany and got the second book as a present – in German. But I can’t find the first book “Magic to the bone” and I also have no idea what title it got in German. Do you have any idea or some way to find out what the book is named and how to get it?
Regards,
Peremptor