B*tchcraft

In a witty urban fantasy for fans of The Devil Wears Prada, a hapless barista becomes embroiled in a world of business, backstabbing, and . . . the occult? As a twenty-three-year-old college dropout, Clark Crane has nothing to show for himself but three dead-end jobs. So when he becomes the unlikely intern for enigmatic celebrity Charisma Saintly and her "coven" of personal assistants, he's prepared to do whatever it takes to succeed. Only, he has no idea who-or what-Charisma really is . . . Clark runs headfirst into this new world of midnight rituals, deadly rivalries, and notes passed furtively between Charisma and her VIP clientele. Soon, a mysterious maid warns him to "get out now," while he still can, but romance is budding with someone he met on the job. Clark isn't sure what to do or who to believe. After all, he's told a million girls would kill to be in his position. But when he witnesses Charisma firing one of her assistants by murder and magic, Clark knows one thing's certain: his boss can be a real witch! It seems no one just quits her glamorous web. Will Clark unravel the coven's secrets and survive to tell the tale, or will he become the next victim in a cutthroat game of witchcraft and ambition? The first book in A. T. Napoli's B*tchcraft series, The Witch's Assistant is a story about finding one's self in a world where magic is all around-and finding love in unexpected places.

A young professional in over his head takes on the most powerful witch in the world in the high-flying sequel to The Witch's Assistant. A month ago, twenty-four-year-old Clark Crane would have attested his new job as an assistant to fashion titan Charisma Saintly was a dream come true. But he soon found himself ensnared in an honest-to-goddess coven in which power is currency, spilled blood is routine, and failure means death. Now, Clark must help his celebrity clients-an A-list popstar and a scandal-ridden comedienne-escape a witch's contract, a supernatural conservatorship, and a fate that demands their lives (or his) as sacrifices. Meanwhile, a rival coven led by the enigmatic Mother has recruited Clark to bring down Charisma's empire from within. Plus, his best friend and coworker, Emily, who's always had his back before, is suddenly nowhere to be found, leaving Clark to navigate the real-life costs of magic on his own. And all this as he's dodging sabotage from Charisma's assistants, attempting to maintain some semblance of a love life, and most unnervingly, manifesting powers of his own: abilities that could either save him or turn him into the very thing he's working to destroy. Clark must decide-and quickly-what he's willing to sacrifice: his morals, his soul, even his own life. Blending the glamourous drama of The Real Housewives with fast-paced plotting, tongue-in-cheek dialogue, and themes of power, sacrifice, and self-discovery, A Witch's Ascension is the addictive continuation of a series in which selling one's soul is only the beginning . . . "A quirky and queer urban fantasy homage to The Devil Wears Prada." -Kirkus Reviews on The Witch's Assistant