"Niamh Kelly is dead. Her troubled twin, Ciara, now masquerades as the benevolent witch as Her Majesty's Royal Coven prepares to crown her High Preistess.
Suffering from amnesia, Ciara can't remember what she's done--but if she wants to survive, she must fool Niamh's adopted family and friends; the coven; and the murky Shadow Cabinet--a secret group of mundane civil servants who are already suspicious of witches. While she tries to rebuild her past, she realizes none of her past has forgotten her, including her former lover, renegade warlock Dabney Hale.
On the other end of the continent, Leonie Jackman is in search of Hale, rumored to be seeking a dark object of ultimate power somehow connected to the upper echelons of the British government. If the witches can't figure out Hale's machinations, and fast, all of witchkind will be in grave danger--along with the fate of all (wo)mankind."--Goodreads blurb
I reread the first one so I was able to go with the first book fresh in my mind and this second installment did not disappoint. I couldn't put it down. It wasn't just a fantasy book, it was a thriller with the reader getting to know a lot more than the characters did at the time. There are always two sides to every story, and while you might not want to see a bad guys' side, it's there. Dealing with favorite characters being dead or not who we really thought they were plagued my mind the whole time reading, and I believe that's a mark of great storywriting. Book 3 in this trilogy can't come quickly enough!
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