Seventh born

Eighteen-year-old Seraphina Dovetail has been called an abomination, a curse and a murderer. As the seventh-born daughter of a witch, she is the reason her mother lost her powers and, in turn, her life. Abandoned as a child, Sera dreams of becoming an inspector and finding the family she never knew.

To get there she needs a referral into the Advanced Studies Program at the Aetherium's Witchling Academy — and her birth order, her temper and her habit of setting things on fire have left her an outcast with failing marks. Which is exactly what Professor Nikolai Barrington is looking for. The tall, brooding young professor offers her a deal: become his assistant and he will write the referral.

Sera is pulled into a world where witches are being kidnapped, bodies are raised from the dead, and someone is burning seventhborns alive. Seventh Born is the first book of Monica Sanz's Witchling Academy series.