Books with title The Magician of Hoad

Lucy has been forced to run away from home, as she fears for her safety from her drunken father. She is taken on as a maid at the house of Dr Dee, court magician, upon whom Elizabeth I relies heavily, even down to advising the date of her coronation. The household is strange and sinister, and Lucy has a nose for intrigue.... And she has more than enough to satisfy her: Lucy stumbles across a plot to assassinate the queen and has to find means to warn her....

Kat is heir to the throne… …but the last thing she wants to do is rule. When the day she’s been dreading finally arrives, Kat is torn between her royal duties and a magical destiny. Will she choose true love and risk certain war, or accept an arranged marriage with a man three-times her age? With only a wyvern and a messenger boy as her friends, who can she really trust? How deep do the secrets run? Inspired by the tarot and set in a rich medieval world, The Magician is the first installment of The Ravenglass Chronicles, a fantasy novella serial with new episodes released each month. You’ll love this coming-of-age epic because everyone loves hidden magic, family secrets, and forbidden love. Get it now.

'I know where the Devil lives. The actual, literal Devil I mean. The pitchfork, the horns, the twisted goatee. I met him when I was eight years old.'In this collection of short stories, we get to meet and are introduced to the vampiric Mary Longnails, the chaotic and capricious Magician, my good friend Matt, and last, but by no means least, the literal Devil.