The Honey Witch by Sydney J. Shields Debut Novel The Desert Heiress is the

The Desert Heiress is the first book in The Seven Star Empire Series

given how necromancing (or any 'mancing) is forbidden upon penalty of death

He’s annoying

but she’s taking care of her family after her mother’s passing

The Honey Witch by Sydney J. Shields Debut Novel The Desert Heiress is theTwenty one year old Marigold Claude has always preferred the company of the spirits of the meadow to any of the suitors whove tried to woo her. So when her grandmother whisks her away to the family cottage on the tiny Isle of Innisfree with an offer to train her as the next Honey Witch, she accepts immediately. But her newfound magic and independence come with a price: No one can fall in love with the Honey Witch. When Lottie Burke, a notoriously