Of Flesh & Bone · #5

The Heir & the Spare

Harper L. Woods

8.0 / 10
5 expectations

From New York Times bestselling author Harper L. Woods comes The Heir & the Spare, a never-before-published novella in the Of Flesh & Bone series!

SPOILER WARNING: This book is overflowing with spoilers and should only be read after devouring What Sleeps Within the Cove.

Once, I’d spent my life in the tunnels beneath the mountains. Now, I’m bound to a husband I didn’t want.

My mother waited centuries to find me on the other side of the Veil of Flesh and Bone where the Lunar Witches hid me. She sent her greatest weapon, the God of the Dead, when the Veil finally fell.

But I never expected to love his human mate, Estrella, the way I did–to feel the sisterly bond between us as if it had never been interrupted in our lifetimes spent apart since a rogue witch took her away.

But Mab sees love as a weakness, and she uses my bond with Estrella to manipulate me into a betrothal I never desired.

This marriage is a cage, a means of control that goes against everything within me.

But when Estrella is banished into Tartarus, I am left no choice but to journey to the Summer Court and take my place as a bride and a queen.

No matter what I leave behind.

Of Flesh & Bone Reading Order:
What Lies Beyond the Veil
What Hunts Inside the Shadows
What Lurks Between the Fates
What Sleeps Within the Cove
The Heir & The Spare
What Roams Beneath the Stars
Untitled Book Six

Published
February 3, 2026
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Author

Harper L. Woods

Harper L. Woods, the pen name of the USA Today bestselling author Adelaine Forrest, crafts tales that are as dark and captivating as they are poignant. With a heart rooted in small-town Vermont, Harper's journey into writing began as a child, when the long, quiet winters gave her the perfect space to escape into worlds of her own creation. Writing stories from the age of ten, Harper honed her craft, eventually evolving into an author whose books blur the line between fantasy and romance, with a twist of the sinister lurking just beneath the surface. Her debut novel, What Lies Beyond the Veil, marks the beginning of the Of Flesh & Bone…