Cauldron: Pentacles & Poisons

by Kerrie L. Hughes

Lia Faraday is the new Cauldron Keeper for a coven of witches that are living in her head. The wizard who used to hold them is dead, sort of, he’s living with the witches in the Cauldron and it’s his job to teach Lia how to use the magickal construct. The problem is that one or more of his brothers killed him to get the power for themselves, and his sister has shown up to find out who knows the truth. As if things weren’t complicated enough, Lia has discovered she has a long-lost half-sister, who just happens to be the ex of the man she’s falling in love with. She may even know what happened to their father who disappeared when they were children. That or she’s lying about who she is and what she wants from Lia. She has money, a place to live, invitations to fancy parties, and friends to share it with. But how does anyone interact with shifters and vampires without looking like a fool? Especially when the bodies start piling up and you’re getting the blame.

332 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 18, 2021

About the author

KERRIE L. HUGHES is an artist, writer, editor, and traveler, currently working towards a Master's degree in Community Counseling. She has been editing anthologies since 2005.

Reviews

[Mark Marin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good book overall. A few sections have enough typos and dropped words (making one have to guess what's meant by a few sentences) and a places where the wrong character's name is used (making me reread the paragraph 3 times until I realized that Graiden could not be the one looking through the telescope, had to mean Taran).

Still it's quite an interesting story, different than others I've read such as the Dresden Files.