Spellmaker

The latest exciting chapter in the exciting Spellbreaker series from Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Paper Magician features a young spellbreaker forced out of hiding by dead wizards, stolen enchantments, and broken promises.

1895 in England. For Elsie Camden, an unexplained string of deaths involving magicians and thefts of opuses is no mystery. However, exposing a skilled spellcaster as the offender would be tantamount to her admitting guilt as an unregistered spellbreaker. Elsie's secret is revealed, she is imprisoned, and the killer vanishes after she declines to work with the endearing assassin. However, Elsie's optimism hasn't faded.

By chance, Elsie is able to join the legal world thanks to the expertise of magic user Bacchus Kelsey, but there's a catch: they have to be married in order to validate their cover story. Elsie, who was forced to study under a magical tutor while her relationship with Bacchus deepens, tries to uncover the schemes of England's most cunning criminal and, if she can, foil them.

With a plan and hundreds of stolen spells at his disposal, the villain wants to turn Elsie into a dark sider. Even with her secret now public, Elsie still needs to exercise caution in how she applies the new skills she is learning to avoid giving the criminal the upper hand.