Marie Shepard dreamed of attending an Ivy league school and worked hard to get accepted. Imagine her surprise when her father sends her to live with her estranged aunt right after graduation. Her words for him were colorful to say the least, but she goes. After a run in with a literally two-faced man and a university admissions letter that shoots fireworks, she believes in magic. She even gets to study it, even if there are some offensive strings attached. Bigots have never scared her.

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Rowan Nightingale has been ready to escape his homophobic grandmother since he was ten. When he discovers an uncanny notebook beneath his parents’ ruined home, he takes it and runs. Being abducted by witches to study magic was the most exciting thing he could imagine. He would be elated if not for the familiar scent of prejudice. Was he willing to accept yet another minority status to learn magic? Yes. He doubted he had a choice anyway, might as well make the best of it.