When the element of fire burns within your veins, the academy for all things scorching is the best place to learn how to make that flame burn even hotter. Alice Blaze is my name, and I'm not exactly your typical sixteen-year-old. My mom disappeared after my birth and my dad was an alcoholic maniac, so I was raised by my protective grandparents in the single house up the hill. The one people only come to visit on Halloween. Because, yeah, apparently, our house is haunted. Naturally. As an orphan living in a spooky house, it’s no surprise that my life has been…eventful. I’ve been inadvertently causing trouble since I was little and it always ends up with something combusting into flames. You know, lighting up the curtains, exploding vials in lab class. And don't get me started with the accidental school fire. Need I say more? The flames really hit the fan when I'm accused of shattering all the windows in the entire school. Of course, that doesn't make sense because it has nothing to do with my burning nemesis. But it doesn’t matter. Expulsion is imminent and my grandparents are fed up with my constant transfers. But then something amazing happens: a letter of invitation lands right onto our doorstep. Or should I say window? I'm invited to Blazing Academy, the school for all things—and people—that are scorching hot. Shifters, demons, and blazing hot witches...oh, right. I almost left that part out. According to the school, that’s what I am. A blazing hot witch. Let's hope that's all I am, and that this first semester goes a whole lot smoother than I'm imagining. Otherwise, my whole life might just go up in smoke.

Those cursive words, written in dark red ink, haunt me day by day in my new life here at Blazing Academy. I, Alice Blaze, always dreamed of staying in one school long enough to learn, grow, and make a few friends. At last, my wish has been granted at the academy for all things blazing, but it comes with heavy consequences. Semester two is only weeks away, but I'm stuck staring out a single window and enduring daily therapy sessions with Headmaster CloverSpell herself. Not only am I forced to think about the future, but she also wants me to unlock the secrets left behind from my Mother’s past. Bitterness and grief are hard to endure when you're all alone, but fortunately, I'm not the isolated sixteen-year-old I was four months ago. With Gabriel, Kerebrus, and Westley on my side, I've decided to turn my frustration and sadness into fuel as I train for the duty I've been assigned. Now it's my time to rise above the fiery obstacles before me, unlocking my flaming gifts and opening the chest of secrets my mother left behind. I'm a blazing witch, and the enemy who lingers in the darkness will soon find out how scorching things can get with me in the picture. It's time to fight fire with a blazing inferno.

"Join us, Alice, or the next victim will be…you." I, Alice H. Blaze, have always been up for a challenge. After all, my whole life has been a rollercoaster of obstacles designed to bring me down. The latest: watching my best friend’s business explode and subsequently landing on the enemy’s radar. Now deadly threats are aimed my way. To escape it all, I go to Blazing Summer Bootcamp with my trusty Blazing Knights and two assistants. The easygoing training center shouldn’t come with its own share of problems, but your Blazing Horseman can't get a break to save her life. When school starts, things only get worse. A jealous group of students transfers in and makes Gabriel's life a living hell, Keru’s sleepwalking problems are on the rise, and Damon and Westley are feuding. The last thing I need is to be falsely accused of murdering my best friend's sister, so of course that’s exactly what happens. Semester Three is designed to make us stronger, but with all the barriers, I may not be able to tackle everything on my own. It's time for me to look to the stars and hope a certain universal friend comes to my aid. May the stars align and grant me the blazing force to bring all my enemies down.