Boss Witch

Aguirre’s charming second Fix-It Witches romance (after Witch Please) bubbles with spice, sass, and sisterhood. Clementine “Clem” Waterhouse and her cousin, Danica, are both technomancers and proud members of a strong, diverse coven of women in a small Midwestern town. Their lives are going well until a magic spike attracts the attention of Gavin Rhys, a British witch hunter and history professor. But Rhys’s troubled familial relationship—combined with his pesky conscience—make him reluctant to actually hunt the witches he’s been sent to find. Clem’s default mode is to fix everything around her, so she decides to take one for the team and distract the gorgeous hunter until he gets bored and leaves—or until her sister witches find a way to make him leave. But Clem never expected that she’d actually end up sleeping with the enemy. Clem’s initial seduction tactics feel heavy-handed and ludicrous, but the book finds its footing once the raunchy early chapters give way to more emotional beats. Some swoonworthy dates make the romance sing, while the supportive coven provides the story’s backbone. It’s a fun, frothy fantasy romance featuring a cast readers will want to have a cup of tea with. Agent: Lucienne Diver, Knight Agency. (Apr.)