Poppy Oddwood
How to Train Your Demonic Goat by Poppy Oddwood, cover

The Chronically Chaotic Chronicles · Book 1 of 4

How to Train Your Demonic Goat

Retired Witch, Demonic Goat: A Whimsical Tale of Magical Mayhem

When retired witch Hester Peppin offers a digestive biscuit to a shivering demonic goat on her doorstep, she doesn't expect to end up magically bound to him for life.

In the sleepy village of Whimble-on-the-Wold, even the most innocent acts of kindness can have supernatural consequences. Bugs (formerly Junior Tempter Class-C, Seventh Circle Administrative District) just wants to belong somewhere. Hester just wants to tend her prize roses in peace. Instead, they find themselves navigating infernal bureaucracy, nosy neighbours, and the suspicions of the village when Bugs' chaotic magic results in talking plants and teacake imps.

As the Ministry of Magical Affairs threatens to dissolve their accidental partnership, Hester and Bugs will need every unlikely ally they can find, including Hester's nemesis Millicent Parble, to keep the village they have both come to care about safe.

Warm, witty, and wonderfully British, "How to Train Your Demonic Goat" is a charming tale of found family, second chances, and the magic of belonging.

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