The Book of Autumn

For readers of Adrienne Young,Olivie BlakeErin SterlingHazel Beckand Leigh BardugoΓÇÖs Ninth Housea spellbinding debut about ambitionprivilegesecond chance romanceand ancient magic set at an enchanted school tucked among the red mesas of rural New Mexicowhere a formidable pair of magicians are summoned to pursue an alleged killer. *A Publishers Marketplace BUZZ BOOKS Selection* Try as she mightanthropologist Marcella Gibbons can’t escape the fact that she’s a dimidiumone half of a formidable pair of Magiciansforever tied together to enable the other’s powers. After a tumultuous final year at Seinford and Brown College of Agriculture (and Magic) in rural New MexicoCella felt more than a little uneasy about returning to the sun-drenched desert campus ever again. She’d cut ties with her other halfΓÇöthe charming and rugged rancher Max MiddlemoreΓÇöand sworn off Magicacademiaand heartache for good. Until Max turns up at her doorgrinning under his cowboy hat for one last favor. Something is shifting at her alma matersomething bigger than anyone understands. One student is dead. Another is floating midair in the infirmarygrowling guttural nonsense and terrifying the staff. Their bestperhaps onlychance to intervene requires Cella and Max to work together. But the origins of the disturbances lie centuries ago. To unravel themCella will have to confront the truth about her pastΓÇöand Max. Because she might be challenging a power she could never rival alone . . .