Seeking Representation

Two witches. A portal. And lots of homework. Also a hot vet. And a perfect pair of Prada boots.

EARLY MAGIC is a young adult contemporary fantasy of 98,000 words. It blends the character-driven storytelling of Rachel Griffin’s Wild is the Witch with the modern teenage witchcraft of Alyssa Villaire’s The Glittering Edge. 

Rowan Standish is sixteen, cocksure, and heir to both a fortune and a magical legacy. As the granddaughter of the High Priestess of the Ilitra Lor coven, her path to power should be a breeze—if she could just keep her ego in check. Fed up with her grandmother’s suffocating rules and sensing latent magic in her classmate Danika, Rowan starts her own rogue coven.

Danika, still reeling after her mother’s sudden death and unaware of her hereditary powers, is caught between the undertow of guilt and depression and her resurfacing desire to hit the waves. She welcomes the distraction of an invitation to Rowan’s coven. But the fun implodes when Rowan loses her magic to a trickster daemon and the mini coven fractures.

Catching grief from her grandmother and desperate to get her magic back, Rowan is drawn into the hunt for a missing portal, and must decide if she's willing to betray Danika to reclaim her own power. Meanwhile, Danika’s sixteenth birthday ignites her magic, leading to a chance to join the Ilitra Lor coven and connect with her mother’s memory. But she finds disturbing links between her mom’s research into mysterious stone keys, her sudden death, and forces that may be tied to Rowan’s search. Though perceived betrayals keep the girls apart, their trajectories edge closer with every revelation. 

On the path to initiation, amid mutual rivalry, poor romantic choices, and Santa Cruz surfing, one girl chases the truth and the other clings to power. If they don’t work together, they’ll end up with nothing, and magic itself could be on the line.

This dual POV standalone novel is the first in a proposed series.