
Shadow and Bone
romantic fantasy
Series · paranormal romance
The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy series by Nora Roberts has 3 known books (3 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Dark Witch (2013). The latest book with a fully recorded publication date is Blood Magick.
Start here: Dark Witch (2013) — then read straight through in publication order.
The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.
Dark Witch (November 2013) opens the trilogy at 394 pages, the longest of the three, introducing American newcomer Iona Sheehan to her Irish witch heritage and cousins Branna and Connor as the sorcerer Cabhan's presence stirs after three hundred years.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Dark WitchShadow Spell followed in April 2014 at 346 pages, turning to Connor's complicated history with childhood friend Meara Quinn as the fight against Cabhan deepens.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Shadow SpellThe shortest of the trilogy at 344 pages, Blood Magick closed the story exactly one year after Dark Witch, in November 2014, resolving Branna's bond with shapeshifter Fin Burke and the O'Dwyers' shared battle against Cabhan.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Blood MagickThe Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy follows three cousins of the O'Dwyer family, descendants of a legendary Irish witch, who run a horse farm and falconry business together in the Irish countryside while carrying on their ancestor's centuries-old fight against the dark sorcerer Cabhan. Dark Witch introduces Iona Sheehan, an American newcomer discovering her Irish witch heritage for the first time, as she moves in with her cousins Branna and Connor and falls for their neighbor, horse trainer Boyle McGrath, while Cabhan's presence begins stirring again after three hundred years. Shadow Spell turns to Connor, the group's easygoing brother, and his complicated history with childhood friend Meara Quinn, a fellow horsewoman drawn deeper into the fight against Cabhan. Blood Magick completes the trilogy with Branna, the family's most powerful witch, and her fraught, centuries-spanning bond with shapeshifter Fin Burke — a man tied to Cabhan by blood — as the O'Dwyers finally move to end the sorcerer's curse for good.
As in Roberts's earlier Circle Trilogy, the family's supernatural battle runs through and beneath all three romances: Cabhan grows stronger with each book, and the trilogy builds to one shared final confrontation that only the combined power of all three cousins — and the people who love them — can end.
Three: Dark Witch, Shadow Spell, and Blood Magick.
Publication order: Dark Witch, Shadow Spell, Blood Magick. The trilogy follows one continuous battle against the sorcerer Cabhan that resolves in the last book.
Yes. The threat from Cabhan builds steadily across all three books and is only defeated in Blood Magick.
Iona, Connor, and Branna — three cousins descended from a legendary Irish witch, each the focus of one book.
Not directly connected by plot or characters, but it shares the Irish-set, witches-fighting-an-ancient-evil structure of Roberts's earlier trilogies like Circle and Three Sisters Island.
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