Jinx High
The Diana Tregarde series, Book 3
Mercedes Lackey
Fay Harper looks like any other teenage girl - any other Queen Bee, that is. She's blond, and beautiful, and very, very popular - the kind of popular that attracts boys like honey. Fay and her gang take a lot of risks, but so far they've managed to get away with everything. It's as if they are magically protected.
Summoned to Tulsa by an old friend whose son has fallen in with Fay's crowd, Diana Tregarde, practicing witch and successful romance novelist, quickly finds herself in hot water. The new girl at school, Monica Carlin, has come under sorcerous attack, but Diana cannot identify, or stop, the power-wielder. To make matters worse, there is an ancient being sleeping under Tulsa, a being who might be woken by the magic battles taking place in the city. What will happen then, even Diana cannot predict . . .
First published October 15, 1991
Praise for the Diana Tregarde series:
“Mercedes Lackey’s work is as sharp – and as scary – as the suddenly revealed fang of a vampire. She’ll keep you up long past your bedtime.” — Stephen King
“Diana Tregarde is an intelligent and resourceful entrant in the [dark fantasy] field–with a most charming and unusual associate.” — C. J. Cherryh on Children of the Night
“A very enjoyable thriller with a sense of humor.” — Locus on Children of the Night
“[The heroine has] a wry, practical sense of humor. Further pluses include an almost complete lack of sexual stereotyping or politics. Anyone who likes their supernatural yarns laced with intelligence will find this novel more than satisfying.” — Dragon magazine on Burning Water
“The characters, love triangles, and action will hook the reader immediately. The plot weaves a magic spell of its own. This is a hard one to put down, and readers will clamor for the rest of the series.” — Booklist on Jinx High