Stephanie Burgis - Magical Books for Ages Ten to Fifteen

“You have to promise not to tell anyone else about this,” I said. “And I have to warn you: I’m going to be practising magic. Scandalous magic..."

Kat Stephenson may have inherited her mother's magical talents, but not everyone in the Order of the Guardians is ready to accept her. When she is tricked into losing her temper in front of the most powerful Guardian in England, she finds herself expelled without a single magic lesson.

After a devastating accusation shatters her sister Angeline's romance, their stepmama whisks the family away to the fashionable city of Bath and orders Angeline to find a new fiancé. But as Angeline plays a dangerous game with a scandalous rake, their brother, Charles, tumbles headlong into danger...and Bath's wild magic gets ready to explode.

With more than one life at stake, will Kat's untrained magic be enough to reunite Angeline with her true love, conquer the danger at Bath, and prove she truly has what it takes to be a Guardian?

Kat Book 2 was published in the UK as A Tangle of Magicks (August 1, 2011) and will be published in the US as Renegade Magic (April 3, 2012).

Read the first three chapters now (caution: these chapters do include spoilers for Book One!), go behind the scenes, or check out the extras (a page that will be growing over the next several months).