The Witches of Dark Root by April Aasheim

My name is Maggie Maddock, and I’m a wilder-a witch who cannot control her powers. A dirty word, hardly better than a warlock.

My sisters and I were trained in the old ways of witchcraft by my mother, my aunt, and The Council. With Dark Root’s magick, and our talents, we were destined to save the world.

But there was a rift in The Council, between those desiring a darker path, and those committed to the light. When The Council fell apart, Mother stopped caring; the town, and its magick, began to die.

One by one, we moved away, leaving our childhoods behind.

Now, 7 years later, I’ve been summoned home to Dark Root: Back to my mother, who has succumbed to her delusions; to my sisters and our rivalries; to the boy who once loved me; and the demon who haunted my nightmares.

And back to the secrets Mother went to great lengths to hide. Secrets that change everything.

Category: Fantasy – Metaphysical & Visionary

“There are rules that must be followed, Maggie.”
“Even in witchcraft?”
“Especially in witchcraft. What someone puts into the world comes back to them.”
“You mean karma?”
“Like karma, yes. But for a witch it comes back threefold. Never forget that.”
“That doesn’t seem fair.”
“Who said life was fair?”

In the second installment of The Daughters of Dark Root series, Maggie Maddock and her sisters are back, training under their coven-leading mother Miss Sasha Shantay to take over as the new leaders of The Council. But life isn’t as smooth as Maggie had hoped it would be. Harvest Home’s taxes have come due, and her mother’s illness has returned, stronger than ever.

Desperate, Maggie and Eve devise a scheme to make money through witchcraft.

And that’s when things go terribly wrong.