HEX EDUCATION

A clever new novel about a former coven that reunites to stop their lives from going up in flames, from the author of SUBURBAN HELL.

Beauty, grace, and a resting witch face...
On the outside, luxury realtor Sarah Nelson looks like every other mom in the neighborhood - running errands, navigating the school pickup line, and begrudgingly volunteering at the high school concession stand. Yet she has an edge that others don't: She's a witch! She uses light magic in secret, small ways, almost like an enchanted personal assistant. And absolutely no one knows about it.

Except her estranged ex-coven. In college, when she and two friends, Katrina and Alicia, first uncovered the magic, it didn't take long before they used it to improve their lives. Yet, they made a mistake one night, and their dorm went up in flames and burned to the ground. After that terrible night, the coven scattered. And no one ever found out that the fire was their fault. Their secret was safe, until the three reunite at a ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the fire. Suddenly, the magic doesn't seem to want to stay small any longer. Her familiar - an overweight orange tabby cat named Katy Furry - begins to argue with her. Her self-brooming broom goes full Martha Stewart. Her fridge overdoes it and stocks thirty pounds of sliced turkey for school lunches.

As it grows more and more difficult to hide the magic and the past, Sarah, Katrina, and Alicia once again gather to harness their power, and keep their secrets safe... before they find out if polite society still burns witches.

For readers of Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper, The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling, My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix, and Witch Please by Ann Aguirre.

Maureen Kilmer graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and lives in the Chicago suburbs with her husband and three children. She thankfully has not had to battle the forces of darkness (unless going to Costco on a Saturday counts). She is also the author of Suburban Hell, her horror debut.