Cinderhex

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Her flame cannot be cast without his ward. His ward burns without her flame. And the academy has a law for that. Idony Pennrose is the first scholarship student from the mill towns ever to set foot on Inchmorrow, the fog-bound island where Mournwyck Academy has taught hexcraft for six hundred years. She has a split in her boot, a fire nobody can match, and every reason to hate Ninian Vantreux, the cool, flawless heir of the oldest hex house and top of every class. Then their dueling exam goes wrong. Fire and ward lock together and refuse to let go, and the two rivals wake in the infirmary with matching ember lines around their wrists. A cinderbond. The rule is simple: a bonded pair passes the year together, or both are stripped of their magic forever. Now they cannot cast apart, cannot stray more than a mile apart, and cannot stop arguing. But as the slow burn between them catches, so does something darker. Students keep burning out. The ancient storm ward over the island is starving. And kind, silver-haired Provost Lask has been waiting a very long time for a bond exactly like theirs. To survive Embertide, the longest night of the year, Idony and Ninian will have to trust each other with everything. Even the secrets that could break them. • Rivals to lovers with a forced magical bond • Dual point of view, slow burn, and plenty of banter • A fog-bound witch academy with a dark secret beneath its tower • Found family, a scholarship girl who refuses to be small, and a guarded hero who learns to let go • Kisses and tension, then the door closes. A guaranteed happy ending, with a hook for year two Duration - 4h 11m. Author - Tamsin R. Whitlowe. Narrator - Digital Voice Madison G. Published Date - Tuesday, 13 January 2026. Copyright - © 2026 Tamsin R. Whitlowe ©.