Practical Witchery
(2026)(The first book in the Shutter Witch series)
A novel by Shelby Odneal and Morgan Quaid
Ruth Gowdie is a real witch. Not the Instagram crystal-and-good-vibes kind—the honest-to-whoever-you-pray-to, curse-for-cash kind.
Turns out misery pays better than miracles.
By day, Ruth is a talented photographer who could make magic in a darkroom. By night, she ruins lives for clients who prefer revenge to therapy. With an acerbic light demon named Phenex providing commentary (and extremely questionable life advice), Ruth scrapes by—one hex, one unpaid bill, and one existential crisis at a time.
Then a Fae queen makes her an offer.
A fresh start. Real power. A way out of the curse-slinging grind.
Naturally, it’s a trap.
Now Ruth’s new employer is tossing her into jobs that definitely weren’t in the contract. Wrestling sirens. Charming a dangerously attractive changeling prince. Navigating the kind of supernatural politics that make mortal office drama look like kindergarten.
And the Faerie? They never forget a deal.
Haunted by the damage she’s done and the person she used to be, Ruth must decide what she’s willing to become to win back her freedom. Because in Faerie, every favor has a cost—and sometimes the bill comes due in blood, magic, or the last piece of your soul.
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Turns out misery pays better than miracles.
By day, Ruth is a talented photographer who could make magic in a darkroom. By night, she ruins lives for clients who prefer revenge to therapy. With an acerbic light demon named Phenex providing commentary (and extremely questionable life advice), Ruth scrapes by—one hex, one unpaid bill, and one existential crisis at a time.
Then a Fae queen makes her an offer.
A fresh start. Real power. A way out of the curse-slinging grind.
Naturally, it’s a trap.
Now Ruth’s new employer is tossing her into jobs that definitely weren’t in the contract. Wrestling sirens. Charming a dangerously attractive changeling prince. Navigating the kind of supernatural politics that make mortal office drama look like kindergarten.
And the Faerie? They never forget a deal.
Haunted by the damage she’s done and the person she used to be, Ruth must decide what she’s willing to become to win back her freedom. Because in Faerie, every favor has a cost—and sometimes the bill comes due in blood, magic, or the last piece of your soul.
Genre: Urban Fantasy