by Cate Martin
I settled back into my chair, snuggling the edges of the blanket around me, and took another sip of my tea. Chamomile with a generous spoonful of honey.
This felt nice. Not just the warmth of the tea in my belly or the gentle breeze playing through my hair and dropping the first of the autumn's leaves at my feet.
It felt nice to enjoy a quiet moment with two friends. I had missed such moments so much since high school ended and all my friends had moved away.
And we had a calling, we three. It tied us together, probably for the rest of our lives. It was a huge responsibility, but it was also kind of comforting.
I would never be alone again.
Sophie and Brianna were talking about something, some magical technique that Sophie demonstrated with little movements of her hand and Brianna tried to copy. Sophie made sparks with hers, but Brianna just got her fingers tangled together.
"Try it again," Sophie prompted, and made the same series of motions again.
This time when Brianna tried it, a cascade of green light erupted out of her hand and Sophie and I both laughed and clapped. Brianna flushed so red we could see it even in the dying light.
It was nice to be among friends. Even if, in little moments when they didn't think I noticed, my new friends looked at me with a nervousness that bordered on real fear.
I had channeled something massive that afternoon. We all knew it.
But I didn't mind that bit of fear. Because it was just a tiny shadow compared to my own.
Massive power. What if I was called on to summon it again? Would I be able to set it aside a second time? Or would the temptation to fulfill my every petty whim be even stronger?
I didn't know. All I did know was that I had two friends willing to do anything for me, just as I was willing to do anything for them. They would pull me back from any abyss, even one of my own making.
There wasn't a friendship in the world that held a candle to the friendship between a trio of exceptional young ladies.
Check Out Book Two!
The Witches Three return in Work Like a Charm, out now!
Amanda Clarke knows she's a witch. She unleashed unstoppable magic to save her friends and catch a murderer.
But she only did it the one time. And now? Back to powerlessness.
Her friends insist that all she needs is proper training. Sophie wakes her before dawn for meditation and workouts designed to channel magic. Brianna buries her under books, so many books.
Amanda longs for a distraction. But when the woman who lives next door to Miss Zenobia Weekes' Charm School for Exceptional Young Ladies turns up dead, and the murder weapon dates back to Prohibition, she gets more of a distraction than she bargained for.
But who in 1927 would want her neighbor dead in 2018?
"Work Like a Charm", Book 2 in the Witches Three Cozy Mystery series. If you're a fan of Amanda M. Lee, N.M. Howell, or Amy Boyles, this mélange of magic and murder mystery is sure to charm you.
Work Like a Charm, Book 2 in the Witches Three Cozy Mystery Series!
Free eBook!
Like exclusive, free content?
If you’d like to receive “Enter Three Witches” a free trilogy of short stories, a prequel to the Witches Three Cozy Mystery series, click here to subscribe to my monthly newsletter! This eBook is exclusively for newsletter subscribers and will never be sold in stores. Check it out!
About the Author
Cate Martin is a mystery writer who lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Also by Cate Martin
The Witches Three Cozy Mystery Series
Charm School
Work Like a Charm
Third Time is a Charm
Old World Charm
Charm his Pants Off
Charm Offensive
Copyright © 2020 by Cate Martin
All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.
Cover design by Shezaad Sudar.
Ratatoskr Press logo by Aidan Vincent.
ISBN 978-1-951439-06-4
Created with Vellum
