A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping

Fifteen-year-old witch Sera Swan is about to resurrect her dead great aunt Jasmine with the help of Clementine “Clemmie” Bennet, a witch who is trapped in the body of a fox. Clemmie appeared at the inn only weeks ago but did not explain how she ended up as a fox. Clemmie seems untrustworthy, but she does know the spell that Sera needs in order to resurrect Jasmine; it is illegal, like many of the spells Clemmie knows, though she lacks the power to cast them. Sera has plenty of power. In fact, she has more than any other witch except for the imperious Albert Grey. Although the British Guild of Sorcery could punish Sera for performing this spell, Sera prioritizes Jasmine’s well-being over the approval of the stuffy, racist organization.

Because Sera’s mother is Icelandic and her father is Indian, she lacks a Guild-approved pedigree, and her father’s ethnicity renders her “extra foreign” in their eyes. After Sera’s parents left to pursue some adventure when she was two, Jasmine raised Sera, declining the Guild’s cursory offer to educate her. However, when Sera’s significant talents became known, Albert and the Guild’s Chancellor insisted that Sera be brought up as Albert’s apprentice.