Tarot Academy

Magick is real. It's also highly illegal-not that I'm worried about that. Sure, I heal faster than most, and I've got a sixth sense for brewing tea that can fix just about any problem, but my cafe isn't exactly a hotbed of paranormal activity. At least it wasn't . . . until some psycho attacked me and woke up the freaky, forbidden magick inside, earning me a one-way ticket to jail. Now, a covert magickal university is offering me a deal: my freedom in exchange for help with the Tarot prophecies-cryptic predictions they believe hold the key to stopping a deadly apocalyptic plot. Predictions only I can decipher. Because the witch who divined them? She died years ago. I should know. She was my mother. Grab your grimoires, girls. Magick school's officially in session. All I have to do now is master my crazy powers, decode the doomsday prophecies, outwit a mean-girl coven that puts the psycho in psychic, and survive the temptations of one very naughty professor and three scorching-hot, overprotective mages shadowing my every move. There's only one problem. If I'm right about the prophecies? Survival isn't in the cards for any of us. Contains mature themes.

I spent my whole life believing magick was a curse-and that I didn't have enough of it to worry about, anyway. Turns out I was wrong on both counts. I'm so much more than a magick-blessed Academy student. I'm an Arcana Witch, bound to a sacred order whose sole duty is to protect magick-and one another-at all costs. Thankfully, I'm not alone. My Arcana magick brought four fiercely loyal, impossibly sexy Arcana mages into my life. But it also brought trouble. Corrupt Academy officials. Mysterious attacks stripping students of their power. And the terrifying Dark Arcana-five insanely powerful ancient beings desperate to reclaim the magick they believe is their sole birthright . . . and destroy the rest of us. Our best shot at defeating them is to track down the hidden Arcana artifacts-sacred Tarot relics that bind and balance all magick. But to do that, we'll have to embark on a dangerous otherworldly journey-one that will change us in ways even the Tarot can't predict. Surviving my first month at Arcana Academy was no easy feat, but compared to what's coming? That was training day. This is the real deal. And the fight is just beginning. Contains mature themes.

No one said it would be easy. No one promised we'd escape unscathed. When Baz, Kirin, and I ventured into the dream realm in search of the sacred Arcana objects, we had no idea what the Dark Arcana had in store for us. No idea that our darkest, most deeply-hidden terrors would follow us back home. Now, Baz is haunted by monsters from the past none of us can see, let alone defeat. Kirin is wrestling with a heartbreaking accident that fractured his family a decade ago. Doc is compromising everything he stands for in hopes of gleaning even a scrap of intelligence about our enemy. Ani is flirting with disaster, desperate to claim the Wand of Flame and Fury before the Dark Arcana cause any more harm to the people he cares about. And I'm just trying to get through the day, fiercely protecting the men who've become my family. The men I love. We survived the dream realm. And we've survived every day since, despite the terrors plaguing us. But like our magic, everything has a cost. Even survival . . . Contains mature themes.

The Dark Arcana have marked us. If anyone with a crystal ball and a halfway decent deck of Tarot cards ever predicted I'd be sharing a gorgeous house with four insanely-hot mages and the best witch-sisters a girl could ask for, I would've called it a dream. The reality is a nightmare. The mages and witches in this house? We're fugitives, forced into hiding by magickal fanatics bent on stealing our power and burning the world to the ground. While we spend our days poring over lore books and honing our magick, they spend theirs attacking cities, executing our people, and building a dark, unstoppable army capable of ending humanity. Time is running out for the Light Arcana. Sworn allies have betrayed us. One of our own is trapped in the dream realm, enduring tortures we can only imagine. And all around us, the world smolders-a horrifying preview of what's to come. The mages I love and the fierce, kickass witches standing by our side? All we can do is prepare . . . and hope. Prepare to defeat the monsters. And hope to goddess we don't become monsters ourselves. Contains mature themes.

How dark are you willing to go for the ones you love? Our enemy claims that the darkness lives in all Arcana. That in a world of light and shadow, one cannot exist without the other. That we're all but one tragedy away from giving in. Even the mages who've sworn to love and protect me. Even me-the Star herself. We call ourselves the Light Arcana, but you know what? The enemy's right. I've seen that darkness. Tasted it. Felt it flickering inside me like a black flame. The Dark Acrana have taken nearly everything from me. My parents. My friends. My magick. My men. No more. It's time to ignite that flame. It's time to show them what happens when the Star blazes hot enough to burn. Contains mature themes.