Witch Kin Chronicles Series by E.M. Graham

There are no quick fixes to errors in magic...With the right training, Dara Martin could be a powerful witch, but instead she finds herself checking out the local trades college.There’s not much magic in plumbing.An illegitimate half-blood witch, her birth father pays her to stay under the radar. She has to hide her abilities because the aristocratic Witch Kin have a monopoly on all things magic, and they’re prepared to kill to keep it that way... moreThere are no quick fixes to errors in magic...With the right training, Dara Martin could be a powerful witch, but instead she finds herself checking out the local trades college.There’s not much magic in plumbing.An illegitimate half-blood witch, her birth father pays her to stay under the radar. She has to hide her abilities because the aristocratic Witch Kin have a monopoly on all things magic, and they’re prepared to kill to keep it that way.But Hugh’s arrival changes everything, because he’s not bound by the strict rules of the local Kin. Dara doesn’t care if he’s a rogue witch or not, because he shows her a thing or two about using magic. Unfortunately, she’s an impatient student and finds out the hard way that sometimes a little knowledge is more dangerous than none at all. less

Sometimes it’s not a question of right or wrong, but what you think you can get away with. Dara Martin is an untrained witch with strong natural power, and while she knows she deserves formal education from the Academy, it will take years of grueling study and hard slog for this half-blood to be accepted by the Kin. On the other hand, Willem the sorcerer may hold the secret to her lost mother, and he promises the fast-track to power beyond measure... moreSometimes it’s not a question of right or wrong, but what you think you can get away with. Dara Martin is an untrained witch with strong natural power, and while she knows she deserves formal education from the Academy, it will take years of grueling study and hard slog for this half-blood to be accepted by the Kin. On the other hand, Willem the sorcerer may hold the secret to her lost mother, and he promises the fast-track to power beyond measure. What he proposes is illegal, and if she’s caught, her magic will be painfully bound forever. But only if she's caught.... less

The Ice King’s wintry grasp. A witch cursed. A deadly Chronicle.Contact with the Crystal Charm Stone caused deep changes in Dara Martin, leaving her with a power so great, it scares even the elders. This only happened once before in the centuries of the Kin’s rule, but the witch Meg’s fate is a secret buried deep in the past. Dara has no idea what her future might hold... moreThe Ice King’s wintry grasp. A witch cursed. A deadly Chronicle.Contact with the Crystal Charm Stone caused deep changes in Dara Martin, leaving her with a power so great, it scares even the elders. This only happened once before in the centuries of the Kin’s rule, but the witch Meg’s fate is a secret buried deep in the past. Dara has no idea what her future might hold.Whisked away from Scarp to study under the Venerable Nacthan in Edinburgh, she’s forbidden to practice until the elders can understand her new magic. Yet she knows she now has the resources to rescue her mother from the Ice King’s grasp, if only she knew how to get there from here.A chance meeting leads her into the depths of the Edinburgh Vaults to Auld Meg, who’d been cursed to stone by the Kin to write the most dangerous chronicle of all. If Dara can break the spell and free the crone, she’ll be able to bridge realities to the Ice Kingdom. There’ll be hell to pay with the Kin. But only if she makes it back alive. less