Words That Bind

Tam Kerish works as a social worker, and she prides herself on staying composed. That composure slips when Mr. Burns, one of her clients, stirs feelings in her that go beyond the professional line, so she ends the working relationship. The break does not settle things. Tam learns she is the talisman that has held Burns, an immortal djinn, since the time of King Solomon.

Her profession's code of conduct forbids personal involvement with clients, and that rule weighs heavily on her. Burns, however, begins to melt the emotional distance Tam has always kept. Around him she starts to feel things she has never allowed herself to feel.

Tam now faces a hard decision. She can remain on the outside, always watching life from a distance, or she can give up the world she knows to find out what it means to fall in love.