What kind of mage would be crazy enough to crush on a shifter? Me. Apparently me.The world is a messed-up place. Especially for those of us who have magic, and I know just how terrible it can be firsthand. Which is one of the reasons I try to stay away from people... humans and shifters especially.Unfortunately, the NHSO forces magi to work alongside shifters to help protect the humans from taragorians - scary beasts from another realm. Which means I'm thrown onto a new team and forced to work with Cosmo Ono-Nai, a lion shifter.And for some reason, I can't keep my eyes off him.The Scars That Bind Us is a 115K word novel and the first book in the MM urban fantasy series, The Magi Accounts.*Intended for adults only. Please read the trigger warnings at the beginning of this novel.