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Crimson moth volume 1
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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In a world where witches face persecution, Rune leads a double life, masquerading as a socialite during the day and transforming into the vigilante known as the Crimson Moth by night, and forms a complicated alliance with the witch hunter Gideon Sharpe, blurring the lines between love and danger.
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
When a fatal turn of events plagues the town, librarian witch Josie Way asks the spellbound books for help, seeking the aid of Sherlock Holmes, but when strange things continue to happen, she wonders if she is dealing with her own Moriarty as she tries to solve this mystery.
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Series
Bone spindle novels volume 3
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Trapped in a tower with Briar Rose, Fi faces the Spindle Witch's threat and the imminent discovery of Siphoning Spells, while Shane seeks a weapon to save Andar and contends with the danger of Red's betrayal and the ruthless Spindle Witch's executioner, leading them to unravel the secrets of the Tomb of Queen Aurora.
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Series
Stormfall volume 1
Publisher
Inimitable Books, LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
After being forced from her home five years ago, Alana Zaya has finally been given the opportunity to return and claim her rightful place on the Okaron throne. When her voyage is waylaid by pirates, she soon finds herself stranded at sea, surrounded by strangers harboring dark secrets. But hers are perhaps the darkest of all. Across the world, Rae Toma is a warrior who can't walk away from a fight. After years of using her skills to rebel against...
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Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Ellie Briar is the first non-witch to be born into her family for generations. The Briar family of witches run the town of Silverton, caring for its inhabitants with their skills and magic. In the usual scheme of things, they would be burnt for their sorcery, but the church has given them dispensation in return for their protection of the borders of the Darklands, where the much-feared Leech Lords hold sway. Ellie is being trained as a steward, administering...
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Series
Kitchen witch mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"To keep her cooking school and catering business, Mia's Morsels, afloat, Mia's handed off oversight to her boyfriend Trent's mother while she focuses on earning a steady paycheck. Too bad her mean-spirited boss at the lodge keeps the misery flowing as steadily as the money. At least her roommate, Christina, is still dedicated to Mia's Morsels-though she's also distracted, thanks to her clingy mother's constant demands. And the distraction only grows...
Series
Witch hat atelier kitchen volume 2
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"It's not easy running a magical atelier. Between teaching their apprentices and crafting exotic contraptions, witches Qifrey and Olruggio barely have a quiet moment during the day. What better place to unwind than in the kitchen, where the only limit on their imagination is the contents of their pantry? Just a sprinkle of salt here, a dash of pepper there...and the second course is served"--
10) Fervor: a novel
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A close-knit Jewish family in London is pushed to the brink when they suspect their daughter is a witch. Hannah and Eric Rosenthal are devout Jews living in North London with their three children and Eric's father Yosef, a Holocaust survivor. Both intellectually gifted and deeply unconventional, the Rosenthals believe in the literal truth of the Old Testament and in the presence of God (and evil) in daily life. As Hannah prepares to publish a sensationalist...
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Series
Witch Hall volume 1
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Two girls reluctantly bound by fate must weather a dangerous courtship as a prophesied war grows ever closer in Jasmine Skye's high-stakes, queernormative dark fantasy debut, Daughter of the Bone Forest. Rosy is a bone familiar, gifted with the power to shift into animals marked with exposed bone. She spends most of her days in the magical Bone Forest, caring for her feral grandmother and hiding her powers to avoid conscription by the Witch King's...
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In a modern world where being a successful witch is as much showmanship as it is about brewing potions, young Madge and her roommate Ririka, are looking to make names for themselves and to earn some money. Sure, these girls don't have much, and their living space is barely big enough to fit one person (let alone two!), but they're taking it one day at a time. That's witch life, after all!"--Back cover.
13) Medea
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Discover the full story of the sorceress Medea, one of the most reviled and maligned women of Greek antiquity, in this propulsive and evocative debut in the tradition of Circe, Elektra, and Stone Blind. Among the women of Greek mythology, the witch Medea may be the most despised. Known for the brutal act of killing her own children to exact vengeance on her deceitful husband, the Argonauts leader Jason, Medea has carved out a singularly infamous...
Author
Series
Supernatural singles volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Olive Maxwell much prefers teaching about the supernatural world to taking part in it and leaves the magical shenanigans to her two sisters -- the Prima-Apparent and Bounty Hunter-In-Training. But after assigning her college students a project designed to nudge them outside their comfort zones, Olive realizes that she's never once stepped a toe over her own...and it's about time that changed. Her first trip into the unknown? Moving in with her long-time...
15) Flying witch: 12
Series
Flying witch volume 12
Publisher
Vertical Comics / Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"High Stakes Missions To atone for stopping time under the influence, Makoto’s sister Akane must undertake a challenging job for the Society. Her mission: retrieve a sacred artifact from a long-sealed chamber in the Tibetan mountains or risk forever staining her reputation. Back in Aomori, Makoto fits a friend in a handmade robe—only to unexpectedly unleash a little chaos. And when a special visitor asks for help, Makoto and her crew put all...
16) Flying witch: 11
Series
Flying witch volume 11
Publisher
Vertical Comics
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Summer finally comes to a close for Makoto and her friends--but not without incident! In Aomori, Beachy makes a surprise visit and helps Chinatsu with a summer project that's out of this world. Meanwhile, in Tokyo, Akane gets sauced and puts Makoto's plans to return to Aomori on hold. And when Makoto gets back, she'll find plenty of surprises waiting for her. However, the biggest surprise comes when her friends find Makoto in a compromising situation...
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
After calming Liskal's rage, Sena and Keith return to the royal capital of Vekral, where they're in for a double whammy of a shock. Not only has the news that Sena is a caller spread like wildfire, but the kingdom has also proclaimed to the masses that Keith and Sena are engaged! Vekral's rulers intend to use Sena's powers as a political bargaining chip, and their posturing is immediately noticed: The neighboring kingdom of Phondona, with the fire...
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Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the breakout fantasy novel Thistlefoot: a collection of dark fairytales and fractured folklore exploring all the ways love can save us-or go monstrously wrong. The stories in Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart are about the abomination that resides within us all. That churning, clawing, hungry yearning: the desire to be loved, and seen, and known. And the terror of those things too: to be loved too well, or not enough, or for long...
19) The invocations
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"To get what they want most, Zara and Jude search for Emer, an orphaned witch with dark and deadly powers, but when a serial killer targets Emer's clients, the three girls form an uneasy alliance to hunt the killer before they meet the same fate"--Provided by publisher.
20) Remedial magic
Author
Series
Course in magic volume 1
Publisher
Bramble, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Intrigued by the beautiful, too properly dressed woman in her library who has appeared as if out of nowhere, librarian Ellie finds the pull between them undeniable, but unbeknownst to Ellie, the woman, a powerful witch, has come to awaken Ellie's powers to help save her dying homeland.
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