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Hemlock Chronicles
Series · 5 books · 2018-2019

Books in series

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#1

Witch's Shadow

2018

No rest for the wicked… or the dead. I'm Jas Lyons, and as far as anyone knows, I'm nothing more than a novice necromancer who banishes the dead for a living. I might be the last surviving member of the notorious Hemlock Coven, but I've never been able to cast a spell in my life. Being a nobody is safer. At least until a near-death experience causes me to find out that before the last Hemlock witch died, her spirit was bound to mine. If I want to survive the horde of enemies hunting me down, I need to learn to use her magic, but the spirit has no interest in sharing. Worse, binding two spirits together is forbidden by the supernatural council, on pain of (permanent) death. To get my own life back, I'm forced to put my trust in a dangerous vampire with a grudge against the Hemlock witches for reasons he refuses to divulge. Someone in Edinburgh is meddling in dangerous magic, and if I don't get to the bottom of it, I'll have much worse to worry about than a few rogue spirits…
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#2

Witch's Soul

2018

Being the sole survivor of a notorious witch coven who dealt in forbidden magic isn't as fun as it sounds. I might have stopped an evil spirit from taking over my body, but now another rogue necromancer is on the loose, harnessing power by sacrificing innocent humans. Even with the help of the necromancer guild and my friends, it quickly becomes clear that the enemy is too elusive to find with the guild's usual methods. When a spirit line turns off, the situation turns lethal. The killer has set his sights on both me and the dark spirit who shares my body, and the only way to catch him is to tap into my forbidden Hemlock magic again. But if the wrong person finds out the spirit exists, I'll face instant execution—assuming the killer doesn’t get there first...
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#3

Witch's Spirit

2019

For a necromancer, finding a dead body is all in a day's work. When the body belongs to a mage council member who's been killed by a shifter, though? It's definitely not good news for the council of supernaturals who've gathered in Edinburgh for the purpose of maintaining the peace. Especially when I uncover that dark magic similar to my coven's may have caused the murder. Now it's up to me to catch the culprit and prevent a supernatural war. Oh, and I have to do that without anyone finding out I have a dark spirit sharing my body, I accidentally bound my soul to the vampire I'm dating, and my dead mentor was sitting on some major secrets. And the spirit of Evelyn Hemlock gets more vocal by the day. No pressure at all…
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#4

Witch's Secret

2019

Exiled from the necromancer guild and at the top of the Mage Lords' most wanted list. Not exactly where I'd hoped saving the city would land me, especially since I'm also the sole heir to the Hemlock coven and the last line of defence between our world and a bunch of angry gods. Not only is my spirit still bound to my ancestor, Evelyn Hemlock, she's beginning to develop an alarming taste for freedom. And then there's Keir, my vampire boyfriend, whose connection to me might be the death of both of us. With the mages hell-bent on taking everyone who might challenge them out of the picture, the stakes have never been higher. The only way to win back my freedom is to bring down the most powerful man in the city. Let's just say the odds—and the gods—aren't on my side…
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#5

Witch's Sacrifice

2019

Some doors can never be closed… Evelyn Hemlock is gone, but her actions have cast ripples through the supernatural world. Now the gods that were once banished are returning to the world, and are hell-bent on revenge for everything they think my coven took from them. Starting with kidnapping my friends. To save the people love, I must uncover the entirety of my coven's dark secrets in order to bring Evelyn down. Defeating her might mean dooming myself to suffer the Hemlocks' curse in her place, but if I let her live, then the Ancients will devour the world. One way or another, this is the end of the Hemlock Coven. Witch's Sacrifice is the final book in the Hemlock Chronicles series.

Author

Emma L. Adams
Emma L. Adams
Author · 68 books

I'm Emma, a fantasy author, book collector, gamer, and restless dreamer. I write urban and epic fantasy novels, including the Changeling Chronicles, the Gatekeeper's Curse trilogy, and the Order of the Elements series. *Note: I am not a professional reviewer and I use Goodreads only to record my reading progress. Please don't send me unsolicited review requests.*

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