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Witches Don’t Always Have It Easy by Linda Wisdom
I don’t believe it making it simple for my characters. What’s the fun in the story if there aren’t some obstacles there to mess up what could be a perfect life or even a hot sex life? And just because you’re a 700 + year young witch doesn’t mean you have complete control over your life.
Especially if Cupid isn’t happy with you.
Jazz had her problems, but nothing like Stasi in Wicked By Any Other Name when she’s served with a scroll from the Wizards Court that she’s being sued for fraud. All it takes is one little hexed sachet to ruin her day.
What I like about Stasi is that she has a soul for romance. She wants every woman to feel beautiful inside and out via the gorgeous lingerie she sells and inspired by the romance books she also carries in her boutique. And then there’s the bespelled sachets she tucks in with each purchase meant to encourage self-confidence and romance in the purchaser’s heart. And what woman doesn’t want that?
Except that’s Cupid’s territory and he doesn’t like anyone messing with his romance mojo.
Thus starts Stasi’s trouble. The human plantiff’s wizard attorney, Trevor Barnes, who has red hearts dancing over his head. The same red hearts that happen to be hovering hers. Cupid’s sign they’re meant to be soul mates. Stasi’s hiccupping iridescent bubbles all over the place, the lake is tainted with an olde magick, and the townspeople are looking at her and fellow witch Blair as if they’re spawns of the devil. For Stasi, it could be Olde Salem all over again and she didn’t like it one bit the first time around. Except she’s got Trev, Blair, Jazz, and Nick to help out along with Jake Harrison, the town handyman, who could have a few secrets of his own. It speeds ahead with Stasi in fear of the past being recreated in the present and people not who they claim to be.
I like to have fun with my characters and I feel I did that here. We have romance, lots of magick, suspense, along with Bogie, Stasi’s beloved magickal dog who’s patterned after my own Bogie and Horace, the eight inch gargoyle that likes to hang out in her boutique because well, you’ll just have to read the book to find out what keeps Horace there.
The best part of any romance is if it can make you laugh and/or cry. Personally, I’d rather make you laugh and hopefully brighten your day with magick that you can even find within yourself.
So go out and buy yourself a sexy piece of lingerie and pick up some scented sachets in your drawers. And whatever you do, don’t find yourself on Cupid’s romance radar. You might find yourself with more than red hearts doing the Macarena over your head.
But if you read Wicked By Any Other Name you might learn just what to do if it happens to you.
Linda
This looks sooo cute! I'm putting it on my list! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat post!
ReplyDelete- and I also enjoyed meeting you via Cathy´s Scene of the blog. Wonderful collage of photos.
Thanks!
ReplyDeleteLinda
Sounds like a fun book, Linda!!!
ReplyDeleteI love the cover too...
Lisa :)
Linda, you are a fantastic writer and I can't wait to see where you take both this series--and any other projects. :)
ReplyDeleteYasmine
Thanks Lisa.
ReplyDeleteThis book was fun to write in bringing in the new characters and also revisiting the previous ones.
Linda
Thank you Yazza!
ReplyDeleteIf anyone knows what I've done with this series, it's you, so very high praise indeed.
Linda
Linda~
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to read it! I love all your books so I'm sure I'll love this one too. I already have a soft spot for Horace.
Robin :)
Yep, this one's on the TBR pile (which is really getting rather tall these days!)
ReplyDeleteHi Linda -
ReplyDeleteBesides the terrific stories, you covers are sooo cute. Makes me just want to hug the books. ha.
Another... Linda
Professional jealousy from Cupid? Hmm. How does he feel about romance novelists?
ReplyDeleteAnother charming (pun intended) tale.
Thanks Robin!
ReplyDeleteHorace really wiggled his way into my heart with every word I wrote. Although he's as difficult to control as Fluff and Puff are.
Linda
Thanks Judi!
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about the ever growing TBR pile. Same with all my pre orders at Amazon.
Linda
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ReplyDeleteHey Linda!
ReplyDeleteMight not be too safe hugging this book unless you want Horace looking down your top. :}
Linda
Thanks MM.
ReplyDeleteYou never know what Cupid might do to romance novelists. It could turn interesting.
Linda
Linda - Tell HOrace I've got a werewolf love slave by my side at all times. So if he tries to look down my top - he's mincemeat. Literally.
ReplyDeleteThe other - Linda
Love the hearts dancing over their heads being Cupid's sign that they are meant for each other. What a cute idea! Looking forward to reading your whole series, which is on my teetering TBR pile!
ReplyDeleteLinda,
ReplyDeleteLOL! Can you imagine the two having a "discussion"?
Linda
Thanks Marie!
ReplyDeleteI don't think our TBR piles ever get smaller because we always find more books.
Linda
I loved this book! It's definitely a fun read and very sexy ;)
ReplyDeleteMarta's Meanderings
Thanks Marta!
ReplyDeleteLinda
This does sound fun! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThanks MarthaE!
ReplyDeleteLinda
still not found a pair of \slippers like that at any store LOL
ReplyDeletei love jazz and your sense of humor
I just want to thank Linda and everyone who came to my blog yesterday. I hope you all come again!
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