Gales Haven is a small town hidden from the rest of the world. For centuries, it’s been a refuge for those with magic. It’s where witches and wizards can let their eccentricities hang loose.
Years after leaving home, Marla is coming back with her tail tucked between her legs. Her two teenage children are sparking with their emerging powers, and as the only dud in a family of remarkable mages, she can’t help them.
When Marla returns, her family welcomes her with open arms. Her grandmother and three aunts are wild, loud-mouthed, and brazen. They’re also powerhouses not to be messed with. No matter what, family always has your back.
Finally, Marla is where she belongs. And when her first love is possibly interested in picking up where they left off, even when she disappeared without a forwarding address, well, Marla only wishes she came back sooner.
Even when the trouble starts, and the spell that has protected the town all these years goes on the fritz, there’s nowhere Marla would rather be. That is, until she starts hearing a little hedgehog sassing her, anyhow...
Lucía Ashta is the bestselling author of young adult and adult fantasy and paranormal fiction, including the series Royals of Embermere, Smoky Mountain Pack, Witches of Gales Haven, and Magical Creatures Academy.
When Lucía isn't writing, she's reading, painting, or adventuring. Magical fantasy is her favorite, but the romance and quirky characters are what keep her hooked on books.
A former attorney and architect, she’s an Argentinian-American author who lives in North Carolina’s Smoky Mountains with her husband and three daughters. She published her first story (about an unusual Cockatoo) at the age of eight and has been (more or less) at it ever since.