Complete Witch’s Path Series by N.E. Conneely
An urban fantasy series by N. E. Conneely, the Witch’s Path series explores the adventures of a witch named Michelle who is often hired as a consultant by local police and is joined by her elven companion, Elron. The author also writes two more series, Kelsey Pine: Urban Necromancer and the Earth Born Cycle.
The author explained to A New Look on Books why she loves to write about science fiction and fantasy:
“Growing up I read so many novels with fantasy elements and I fell in love with the genre. Not only does it transport the reader to a wonderful new world, but it’s allows you to enjoy adventure without living through the hardships. Plus, many of the problems characters face in a fantasy world mirror ones each of us face in life. To me, that gives the reader a way to process a problem that they may struggle with in real life in a much less threatening way.”
Below are all the Witch’s Path books to date.
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Witch’s Path Series
Witch for Hire Most witches don’t work for police departments, but Michelle isn’t your average witch. She’s clanless, looking for a warlock who isn’t offended by her lack of family connections, and in danger of losing her job if she can’t find the escaped trolls before they start eating the local residents. Trolls, angry police, and misbehaving spells are the least of her problems. Statues attacking homeowners might be problematic for your average witch, but to Michelle it’s another day at the office. Her real concern is the wizard suddenly interested in dating her and an old elf set on pestering her. When her happy family is rocked by a long kept secret her stable life falls apart faster than she can pick up the pieces. And she still hasn’t found those trolls.
A Witch’s Path After a near death experience, Michelle has vowed to do her job, magical assistance for the police, and leave the heroics to someone else. Besides, life should be settling down for her since the trolls have been captured and the sorceress was neutralized. Unfortunately, the power behind the sorceress wants her dead, Elron starts acting funny, a magical creature wreaks havoc on a town, and there’s trouble with the werewolves. As if that wasn’t enough, the clans have started to notice her power and she has more reasons than ever to fear the clans. Things go from bad to worse when Michelle’s best friend is abducted, and she must decide between her friend and her vow to stay out of dangerous situations.
A Witch’s Trial When Michelle pulls an old book out of a fire, she finds answers and heartbreak. The book confirms that a demon walks the land, though according to legend they were all dead. Now, she needs to rediscover the secrets to killing demons before her loved ones fall victim. Elron’s budding relationship with Michelle suffers a blow when his mate returns. While he struggles with love and guilt, it becomes clear that not everyone gets their happily-ever-after.
A Witch’s Concern Michelle has been figuring out what her life is like now that the demon has been killed, and Sylvia and Varro are dead. Even the clans of witches trying to attract her to their way of life have backed off and given her a chance to grieve. Her relationship with Elron is stronger than ever, but there are things left unsaid. On the way to her parents' wedding, the delicate calm she’d been living in is broken. Witches are out for her blood, her family is caught in the crossfire, and friendships are threatened. Work doesn’t let up either, and she partners up with Elron to deal with magic gone wild. Michelle finds that her problems are larger than one clan of witches, and is forced to choose between the people she holds dear and the way of life she loves.
A Witch’s Rite Michelle is getting used to her new life, one with clans, parents, a loving grandmother, and a boyfriend. But her old responsibilities are still around. The police still need her help, and balancing all her obligations is becoming more difficult, but police cases won’t wait for anyone, and when the police call, she has to answer. It starts out like any other case. Suspicious magic has been reported, and the police need Michelle to help them check it out. When it turns out that the magic is deep in the Cohutta Wilderness Area, Michelle asks Elron to accompany her. It isn’t long before she’s learning just how much she doesn’t know about the woods. When that small problem turns into a really big problem, spells are flying, danger is everywhere, and only one question remains. Will they escape alive?
A Witch’s Demons For months Michelle has known another demon would come after her. What she doesn’t know is that it’s already stalking her friends, hunting her colleagues. Instead, her attention has been focused on learning all she can about witch clans, the engagement ring on her finger, and why Elron won’t set a wedding date. Elron has a secret, one he’s afraid could ruin his relationship with Michelle. He knows the demon has arrived. He knows it’s only a matter of time before it strikes. When a detective from a neighboring town calls Michelle, some secrets will be revealed, but will she discover the demon in time to protect the people she loves? Will she survive a fight not just for her life but for her very identity, the core of what makes her a witch?
A Witch’s Magic No rest for the wicked means no rest for good witches. Michelle thought ridding the world of demons would finally give her some time to rebuild her magical reserves, but fate has other plans. Someone has unleashed magical mayhem on her town, inflicting its residents—magical and mundane, living and inanimate—with all kinds of dangerous spells, and she’s the only witch capable of containing the damage. She can’t even have a date night with Elron without things going to the dogs. Dogs whose barking can send people flying across rooms, for starters. To add to her misery, the premier of all the witches has chosen Michelle to be her successor, but tragedy strikes before their plans can even start. Michelle’s never wanted to be a politician, and navigating the treachery of the clans proves to be a deadly game—one that Michelle doesn’t know how to play. As Michelle struggles to solve one witch-made emergency after another, the evidence mounts that a freak accident may actually be an act of mass murder. She needs to find enough reserves of magic within her to uncover a sinister plot before time runs out for everything—and everyone—she cares about.
A Witch’s Halloween Trick or Treat. October is always a festive time of year, but some years are more festive than others. When Friday, October 13th coincides with a full moon, the tricks are trickier and the sweets are sweeter than ever before.
Witch’s Path World
Handyman for Hire Logan had a perfectly good life, thank you very much, before the accident, before he was turned, before he woke up a vampire. These days he’s an out-of-work handyman because Ellijay, Georgia, isn’t exactly a thriving metropolis, and there isn’t much work for a guy who’s only available at night. He’s spending yet another night at the graveyard, thinking of what was and what could have been and wishing life hadn’t been so cruel, when a car wheezes into the parking lot. Logan may be down on his luck, but life isn’t done with him. Handyman for Hire is a short story from the world of the Witch’s Path series.
Oceanside Years after suffering a devastating loss, Robert has built a good life. It isn’t overflowing with happiness or joy, but he’s content with his jewelry business, house near the ocean, and daily walks on the beach. Rather, he was content until one blustery day when he meets a woman playing in the shallows. Celia reminds him of his past and the joy he lost. Her enchanting smile and love for the ocean give him hope that life could be more than one mildly satisfying day after another. When she vanishes, he watches the waves, and waits. He knows her secret, the one that could be keeping her away, and has a secret of his own. Will their secrets draw them together or tear them apart?
Fireball Starting a business helping police solve magical problems had seemed like a fine idea. Excitement and nerves had carried her through setting up the business, but now only the nerves were left. Days were passing, her phone wasn’t ringing, and she didn’t make money unless she worked cases. After days of waiting, Michelle finally gets a call. She races to the day care only to find fireballs flying through the air. And, witches burn just as easily as anyone else.
The Golden Egg After nearly losing her powers, a weekend getaway sounds just about perfect to Michelle. Elron has planned it all, from the bed-and-breakfast to the little town that caters to people like them who need a break from their lives for a few days. The bed-and-breakfast is as lovely as promised, the town just as quaint, and the afternoon’s entertainment is a scavenger hunt with a free dinner for two as the prize. But as they work their way through the clues, Michelle starts to wonder if partaking is a good idea. However annoying, it’s only a scavenger hunt. What’s the worst that could happen?
Short Story Collection
Michelle’s Case Files (A Collection of Short Stories) From the world of the Witch’s Path series, Michelle’s Case Files presents three short stories of mayhem that require a witch’s help to combat magical problems. In “Trouble in the Neighborhood,” Rodriguez calls Michelle when he gets reports of a creature frightening children. Together they must neutralize the monster before it does more than scare someone. In “Leather and Fire,” what starts as a normal day gets strange when Michelle is called out to a farm in Pickens. It turns out you never know what magical creatures are living just down the road. In “Vacation Magic,” Michelle faces wildlife that found themselves at the wrong end of a spell and discovers that not everything is what it seems.
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