A Scone to Pick — Mara Webb

Take a trip to Compass Cove, an enchanted town full of magic and mayhem…

Zora Wick's magic lessons can sometimes be more dangerous than the murderers she captures, and as she learns more about magic's dark history, she starts to find missing puzzle pieces from her own mysterious past.

Where did her mother vanish to all those years ago? Why does it feel like she's closer than ever before? Who is the strange and enigmatic wizard behind the Sisters of the Shade, the dark coalition of witches intent on recruiting Zora?

Compass Cove brews up more trouble as well when another body turns up, and with a murderer on the loose Zora has no choice but to spring into action again and solve the mystery. The only problem is that the police are already convinced they've caught the killer, a close friend of Zora's who would never hurt a fly.

That would be enough, but with one of her guardians away dealing with pack politics, Zora is left with his strange and unusual replacement, Niles. She might be slightly less paranoid if someone wasn't messing with the magical boundaries keeping dark witches out of the town -- there seems to be a traitor among Zora's ranks, but can she figure it out and survive before the enemy takes everything from her?

Zora's yet to fail, but with enemies lurking in every corner this might just be the end. Will she live long enough to unearth the shocking secret from her past?