The Secret Circle by L.J. Smith series

The Secret Circle is a supernatural novel series by an American author L. J. Smith, which was initially released in 1992. The trilogy focuses on Blake, who moves to another town with her mother to live near to Cassie's grandmother. Later, to her own surprise, Cassie finds out that she is endowed with mysterious majestic abilities. Subsequently, initiated into a Circle, formed by other eleven teenage witches, she gets accustomed to being one of them. She becomes privy to secrets which are never to be known by anyone. However, everything should be paid, but the price may be too high when dark forces become aware of your magic. Danger hangs over the whole town and the encounter is inevitable. Various omens foretell us that a disaster may be waiting for them at every turn. But everything becomes even more tangled when Cassie realizes that she is trapped in a love triangle because she can’t help falling in love with the boyfriend of their coven leader. Needless to say that forbidden love has deadly consequences. Now the future of the Secret Circle is under threat and it seems that there is no way out.
As we turn over the pages of the book, we find out that Cassie loses her head from her newfound magic. She is literally addicted to it, ¬¬¬¬ as a result, this strength is very hard to overcome. However, uncontrollable power conceals many dangers. But Cassie seems not to realize that she is constantly in jeopardy. She cannot resist the temptation to be together with Adam. Craving for love by means of magic she breaks the fragile balance, letting furious dark forces go out. Everyone quivers with a single thought of them.
But Cassie has to face a dilemma between tormented love and prosperity of the Secret Circle. It is this unit which is capable of winning evil powers that may be threatening the whole world let alone the small town of New Salem, which can be easily wiped out from the face of the earth. But Cassie is afraid that her supernatural gifts are not strong enough to obliterate the evil. The victory means that even her wildest dreams will come true; otherwise, their Power is to be in hands of dark forces, causing nothing but a total disaster. Will good triumph ov¬¬¬¬¬¬er evil or will the usual pattern be broken for the first time? When everyone struggles to protect himself it is difficult to stand up for close friends.«A friend in need is a friend indeed» as the saying goes. Will their relationship pass a test? Will the girls stay faithful to each other under a pain of death?
Cover The Hunt
book 5
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