Endora Bast lost three-quarters of her magic forty years ago when she was found guilty of sabotaging a Tribunal operation. She had gone to save her friend from an egomaniacal wizard and had found her cosmic twin, the man born on the same day at the same time, there trying to stop the same wizard from destroying his followers.  Unfortunately when cosmic twins meet, they are instantly devoured by lust and find it hard to concentrate on anything other than their twins. Because of this, they were otherwise occupied when the evil wizard, Obsidian Ashmedai, killed every one of his followers.  Now, forty years later, the very council that unfairly judged her is asking her for help. Only a set of cosmic twins can save the world from Ashmedai’s power. Endora implores her friend and her friend's mother to perform an anti-love spell so that she can focus on the mission at hand.

Marcus knows that Endora is coming back; he saw it with his divination, the only power that the council left him. He is torn as to whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. He still loves her and knows that she is his heartmate, but can they continue a relationship that has had a forty year hiatus? Will Endora want to? When he finds out why she's back in his orbit, he cannot believe her gall, or that of the council. Help the very people that ruined their lives and tore them apart? He thinks not, and when Endora is giving him the cold shoulder while his emotions are churned up, he really doesn't want anything to do with her or the council's mission.  Until Endora explains that they will lose their magic if they do not succeed.


Endora, Marcus, a telepathic dog, and a dyslexic vampire are the only things standing between Ashmedai and world domination. Can they put aside their problems and focus on the task at hand?


That Old Black Magic is the sequel to Some Practical Magic, but can be read as a stand alone.