A Curse of Ash and Iron Author:Christine Norris Eleanor Banneker is under a spell, bewitched and enslaved by her evil stepmother. Her long-lost childhood friend, Benjamin Grimm, is the only person immune to the magic that binds her. Even if he doesn't believe in real magic, he cannot abandon her to her fate and must find a way to breach the spell -- but time is running short. If he doesn&... more »#39;t succeed before the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve, Ellie will be bound forever...« less