Ever since the world birthed the race of witches, there were covens to train them. Unfortunately for Poppy Ellsworth, she was born in the wrong era. Covens were disbanded over a hundred years earlier, and no matter how much magic she could tap into, Poppy found herself slaving away at Dead End Soups & Subs just to make her meager ends meet. Trouble was, no more covens meant no training, and no training led to unavoidable disasters.

Covered in soup and trying desperately not to curse herself again, warlock Manon McCloud was the last person Poppy wanted to see entering her place. Just when she thought her day couldn't get any worse.

Given an ultimatum, Poppy faced a difficult decision. Either she would decide to help the dark and mysterious men she'd always steered clear of, or her magic could become a severe liability, and she stood to lose everything.