
Agent: Jim McCarthy, Dystel & Goderich Literary Management. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. The pace doesn’t lag, however, and the fate of the Cahill sisters inspires genuine dread by the time the cliffhanger ending arrives. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Born Wicked (The Cahill Witch Chronicles Book 1) at. Spotswood falls prey to occasional pedantic exposition, and casting Christians as fascistic chauvinists is nothing new. Born Wicked Book 1 Born Wicked Romance, magic and an age-old prophecy - the first novel in a stunning new paranormal young adult series. Her dilemma worsens when an eagle-eyed governess takes up residence, and a mysterious note arrives, urging Cate to seek her mother’s diary.

Cate is responsible for protecting her family, a responsibility that does not square with marrying the tempting and handsome Paul McLeod. Cate, like her two sisters, is a secret witch, the legacy of a mother who died young trying to produce a male heir. Girls must marry or go into the convent by their 17th birthday, and Cate Cahill’s moment of truth is fast approaching. Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood 3.90 17,222 Ratings 2,264 Reviews published 2012 37 editions Everybody knows Cate Cahill and her sisters are ec Want to Read Rate it: Book 2 Star Cursed by Jessica Spotswood 4.

She is the editor of the anthologies A Tyranny of Petticoats and The Radical Element, and co-editor (with Tess Sharpe) of Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft. The Brotherhood has established a Christian dictatorship by overthrowing a governing caste of witches, and any hint of the arcane is now reason enough to sentence a woman to an asylum or hard labor. Jess is the author of the historical fantasy trilogy The Cahill Witch Chronicles and the contemporary novels Wild Swans and The Last Summer of the Garrett Girls. Spotswood’s debut, first in the Cahill Witch Chronicles, is set in an alternate New England circa 1896.
