"Marinda and Iyla must work together to save themselves and the ones they love from the wrath of the Snake King"--

Katy receives a "gift" of poison that turns her into a killer, while powerful witches stir up trouble, not only at Ainsworth School, but in a world known as Avalon, as well.

Bound, by duty and responsibility, Kell is King only in name. Trapped in a loveless marriage, he leaves affairs of state to his wife, Sigrid. When his old friend, Willow, turns up asking him to go on a journey to her homeland he can't wait to leave. The Malice, a malevolent poison that alters everything it infects, runs rampant across Willow's homeland. Desperate to find a cure her cousin, Ravvi, is willing to try a dark ritual which could damn her...

When rat poison is discovered in the jars of Naomi's strawberry jam sold at the Swiss Miss, Cheryl sets out to prove her friend is not the one responsible for poisoning anyone. But first, she needs to figure out who did it and why. After several people in Sugarcreek end up in the hospital due to the contaminated conserve, Cheryl follows the trail to the perpetrator of the crime and ends up in an unexpected place. As she and Naomi's stepson, Levi....

"Food for thought: seasoning with these berries results in a dash of murder. It's been a quiet autumn so far in the small town of Bradley, North Carolina. Or, as Myrtle would put it, a boring one. The slow pace and lingering post-summer heat are making life in Bradley very slow-paced, indeed. That all changes when a local resident is poisoned by what looks like a scrumptious pie. The victim is a boorish man who has plenty of enemies in Bradley. Despite...