Finally back in the kitchen, apprentice baking witch Anise Wise is cooking up all kinds of enchanted treats under the semi-watchful eye of her great aunt, Agatha. Anise has a job she loves, a cute and crazy-powerful familiar, and real-life friends she can count on for spellwork and sympathy.
Life is a cozy, quiet dream until the vampire queen of Taos summons Anise for a meet-and-greet. The vamps want a piece of her magic and no one says no to the queen.
Dragged deep into the town’s underbelly, Anise is jammed in the middle of an epic struggle between the Spellwork Syndicate and the frightening powers rising to challenge its control. She’ll need a little help from her friends—and her former bodyguard, Wynn—if she’s going to live to bake another day.
Whether she wins or loses, Anise is headed down one seriously rocky road—and that last bump might be a killer.