USA TODAY bestselling author Syrie James and her son Ryan M. James return with their trademark drama, humor, romance, and suspense in this action-packed, page-turning novel. Embolden is book 2 in the critically acclaimed Forbidden series, about a teenage girl with newfound paranormal abilities and an angel gone AWOL, who become embroiled in a secret war between a race of powerful angelic beings and their Fallen brethren. In Embolden, Claire and Alec's outlawed relationship is tested to the limits as they deal with her new paranormal gifts, their enemies, and the search for her missing father-who they discover is being held prisoner by The Fallen.