There are three books out in the Kitaine Neris Urban Fantasy series and the fourth book, The Vanish Strike, will be released on April 21, 2026
There are a few things that could land a witch in hot water. One is having stronger magic than most. Like a Vanish Witch who can make not only objects but people disappear. Another is being in possession of amulets that contain ghosts whose touch is death.
Kitaine Neris has both.
But she keeps the flirtatious ghost hidden, stays off the High Coven’s radar, and keeps up appearances with her local coven while secretly using her magic to Vanish the corrupt and violent from her city.
Until a hit goes horribly awry and Kit ends up Vanishing instead. She’s shocked when she ends up in a chaotic, parallel world, and realizes that everything Vanish Witches made disappear wound up there.
Including her boyfriend, Marrik, who Kit never meant to make disappear at all.
Kit and Marrik’s reunion is passionate, but they need to get back home. But that’s easier said than done when every bad soul Vanish Witches used their magic on are gunning for Kit, wanting their pound of flesh.
When a mysterious and powerful witch presents a way home, Kit and Marrik will do whatever it takes to fulfill the conditions that will free them before the enemy enacts a vanishing act on them that sticks.
Kitaine Neris is a Vanish Witch who fell victim to her own magic. Fortunately, her disappearing act didn’t stick.
After escaping Elsewhere, a chaotic pocket world full of violent criminals, Kit and Marrik return to their lives and try to heal their fractured relationship. But they have to contend with Marrik’s witch-hating family, who want Kit out of his life. And after her failed attempt to Vanish a high ranking, corrupt witch, Kit is in the crosshairs of the powerful High Coven.
To keep her safe, Kit and her tale of Elsewhere are thrust into the spotlight. Kit’s heightened visibility makes the High Coven hesitant to retaliate, but stirs up anti-witch groups especially because, thanks to Kit, witches can now become stronger. Not only that, a disruption caused by a magical surge will bring a disaster down on Kit’s city. With her stronger Vanish magic, Kit is the only one who can stop it.
But saving her city will be easier said than done when the anti-witch groups zero in on Kit. And when they unleash a devastating strike, no matter how strong Kit’s magic is, it might not be enough to stop her from losing everything.
Savior of the Ley Lines.
Hero of Vonuis.
Puppet of the High Coven.
Kitaine Neris could do without that last title. But she’s squarely under the thumb of Linton Gladstone, one of the powerful members of the High Coven. In the wake of high tensions between the witch and non-witch population, she becomes a pawn in Gladstone’s agenda to use her powerful Vanish magic to show how witches and their abilities can play a positive role in society. And with Kit’s strongest allies scattered to the wind, she feels helpless in her quest to ensure the High Coven faces consequences for their deadly misdeeds against their own kind.
All while navigating the complexities of a broken heart and evolving feelings for a certain charming ghost.
When the skull of a witch god is discovered, the brutal history of witches and their gods illuminates a long-laid plan to revive a witch class the gods themselves tried to eradicate. When Kit is recruited to ensure that doesn’t happen, multiple plans with the skull at the center unfurl, and no matter which one is executed, the potential for danger is high. But Kit’s allies are closer than she thinks, and as plans are set in motion, Kit and her Vanish magic might face her biggest challenge yet: a god whose grievances span millennia.
Release Date
April 21, 2026
After surviving the wrath of an enraged god and with the downfall of the corrupt High Coven looming, Kitaine Neris wants to shift her focus to an important task: bringing Remi back to life. But that’s easier said than done when the complexities of the spell include a sacrifice no one might be able to make. But Kit is determined to see the plan through.
And then an affliction of ghost magic starts to decay the entire world, and Kit is summoned by the god of the Afterlife to curb the outbreak with one of her Vanish abilities.
In addition to problems in the Afterlife, Kit contends with the destabilized High Coven, which will leave witches vulnerable during an upcoming eclipse that will bring a surge of volatile magic. Eyes turn to Kit for leadership, and as she grapples with stepping into more power so she can help guide witches safely through the eclipse, she also deals with death threats from an adversary with a very personal axe to grind.
With a burning desire for her life to stop being endangered, Kit’s only hope might be a mysterious power that was planted within her. And the Afterlife might be the place where she can finally unravel that mystery. With her allies there to support her, Kit is ready to bring life to the ghost who’s ready to give her his heart, and consequences to her enemies that will make them wish they could just disappear.
Character Art
Kitaine in Elsewhere
Artist - Arcnts
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