Haunted. Hunted. Humiliated. She’ll risk it all if it means answering the one question she’s never stopped asking.

Boston, 1692: Where being a witch is dangerous, being an ambitious witch is deadly, and being the only witch who knows what really happened to August Swaine? Well, that's just asking for trouble.

Meet Kate Finch: she's got the ear of Boston's elite, more magical talent than is strictly proper, and one very inconvenient obsession with solving her mentor's mysterious disappearance.

(Yes, trading political favors while hiding supernatural abilities is as stressful as it sounds...)

Was I the finest actor in Massachusetts? In all the Colonies?


In that moment, I believe I was.


Nary a hint of my incandescent rage showed. I likewise refrained from flinging my arms wide and setting the entire hall and everyone in it ablaze, curtains of searing flame leaping from my palms.


Though that would have made for a spectacular exit.

— The Governor’s Witch

THE STORY:

Here's the thing about Kate Finch: she's spent four years carefully crafting the perfect mask of respectability. Sure, she may secretly be the most influential witch in the colonies, but she's made an art form out of making powerful men think their ideas just happen to align with her goals. Everything's under control - except for that one nagging question she can't let go: what really happened to August Swaine?

When her biggest critic shows up with an impossible case - a woman who's somehow both dead and not-quite-dead enough - Kate should absolutely say no. She's got a precarious position to maintain, after all. But then the clues start pointing to her own mysterious past, and suddenly maintaining her carefully built facade doesn't seem quite so important anymore.

Now she's racing to unravel a mystery that keeps getting darker with each revelation. Between dodging witch hunters, navigating colonial politics (because apparently even supernatural investigations require proper teatime etiquette), and facing off against the only other witch in the colonies, Kate's about to discover that some questions have answers you might not be ready to face.

(Warning: This historical fantasy contains improper uses of magic, proper uses of tea, political intrigue, and at least one very inconvenient ghost. Also colonial fashion, which is its own kind of horror story.)

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