Suddenly Spellbound by Erica Lucke Dean

Blurb:

Something witchy this way comes.

Kindergarten-teacher-slash-sorceress Ivie McKie has officially sworn off magic. With her father back from the dead—just in time for her upcoming wedding to sexy former magician Jackson Blake—Ivie has plotted a course straight to happily-ever-after-ville. And she won’t let anything get in her way this time.

But Daddy Dearest has something sneaky up his sleeve. When “just one more spell” goes horribly wrong and detours her into the path of her father’s dangerously hot new apprentice, Ivie has to scramble to get the magic—and her love life—back on track.

Along the way, she encounters a promise made before she was born, a clan of Scottish sorcerers in kilts, and yet another goat.

About the Author:

After walking away from her career as a business banker to pursue writing full-time, Erica Lucke Dean moved from the hustle and bustle of the big city to a small tourist town in the North Georgia Mountains, where she lives in a 90-year-old haunted farmhouse with her workaholic husband, her 180-pound lap dog, and at least one ghost.

When she’s not writing or tending to her collection of crazy chickens and diabolical ducks, she’s either reading bad fan-fiction or singing karaoke in the local pub. Much like the main character in her first book, To Katie with Love, Erica is a magnet for disaster and has been known to trip on air while walking across flat surfaces.

How she’s managed to survive this long is one of life’s great mysteries.

Review by Rochelle:

Suddenly Spellbound was as good as Suddenly Sorcerer, until the end. While Suddenly Sorcerer definitely left room for a sequel, and Spellbound picks up smoothly a few months later, Spellbound ends with one of the banes of my existence, a cliffhanger. Darn it, Ms. Dean! Your writing is good enough to keep readers coming back for more. You don’t need to leave your stories unfinished to lure them back. Like Sorcerer, Spellbound has humor, great pacing, wonderful characters, and even an hilarious scene in an upscale wedding boutique. (Warning: that scene is a choking hazard. Do not eat or drink while reading it.)  I definitely recommend Suddenly Spellbound, but you may want to wait until the next Ivie McKie book comes out so you can read straight through without having to wait for what happens next at the end.

Author Website:  http://ericaluckedean.com/books

Heat Rating:  R

Length:  254 Pages

Prices:

Print:  $14.99

Digital:  $5.99

Buy Link:

Print:  http://redadeptpublishing.com/#!/Suddenly-Spellbound/p/56911279/category=13398189

Digital:  http://www.amazon.com/Suddenly-Spellbound-Ivie-McKie-Chronicles/dp/1940215668/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

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Suddenly Sorceress by Erica Lucke Dean

Blurb:

PMS can be a real witch.

Ivie McKie isn’t your run-of-the-mill kindergarten teacher. After an encounter with a horny goat, Ivie has a confrontation with her lying, cheating fiancé. She is shocked when the big jerk suddenly transforms into a skunk—the black and white furry variety.

Enlisting the help of her shopaholic friend Chloe and sexy club magician Jackson Blake, Ivie is forced to play a literal game of cat and mouse as she races against the clock to change her ex back before she’s arrested for his murder.

With every new spell, a fresh wave of sexual desire draws Jack further into Ivie’s troubles, along with her panties, the car, the kitchen, and assorted seedy bathrooms.

Ivie soon discovers what every witch worth her spell book knows: There’s nothing worse than a bad case of Post Magical Syndrome.

About the Author:

After walking away from her career as a business banker to pursue writing full-time, Erica Lucke Dean moved from the hustle and bustle of the big city to a small tourist town in the North Georgia Mountains, where she lives in a 90-year-old haunted farmhouse with her workaholic husband, her 180-pound lap dog, and at least one ghost.

When she’s not writing or tending to her collection of crazy chickens and diabolical ducks, she’s either reading bad fan-fiction or singing karaoke in the local pub. Much like the main character in her first book, To Katie with Love, Erica is a magnet for disaster and has been known to trip on air while walking across flat surfaces.

How she’s managed to survive this long is one of life’s great mysteries.

Review by Rochelle:

Suddenly Sorceress was a delightful surprise. It had everything I love in a book—humor, suspense, a fast pace, well-drawn characters, and magic. There was a bit too much sex for my taste, and by the end I was skimming through the sex scenes. In fact, I came to a sex scene in the book I’m writing and just skipped it because I was burnt out. But that’s me. If you like hot, sexy books, you’ll love Suddenly Sorceress.

The only thing that kept me from giving it five roses was the slightly stilted dialog. I see it everywhere. Authors need to read their dialog aloud, and see where they tend to slide over words or use contractions and then make those changes. Unless you’re writing historical or fantasy, or your character’s an android who can’t use contractions, read it out and listen to whether or not your characters sound a bit wooden. At any rate, if you want an hysterical romp with a somewhat klutzy sorceress whose magic makes her, um… climb the nearest magician, check out Suddenly Sorceress.

Author Website:  http://ericaluckedean.com/books

Heat Rating:  R

Length:  262 Pages

Prices:

Print:  $11.99

Digital:  $5.99

Buy Link:

Print:  http://redadeptpublishing.com/#!/Suddenly-Sorceress/p/46485117/category=13398189

Digital:  http://www.amazon.com/Suddenly-Sorceress-Erica-Lucke-Dean/dp/1940215218/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

You’ll notice we always include the publisher’s buy link. That’s because authors usually receive 40-50% of the net proceeds from the publisher. Editors and cover artists usually receive about 5%. When you buy a book from Amazon, Barnes & Noble or another third-party vendor, they take a hefty cut and the author, editors and cover artists receive their cuts from what is left. So, if a book costs $5.99 at E-Book Publisher.com and you buy from there, the author will receive about $2.40-$2.99. If you buy the book at Amazon, the author will receive about $1.70-$2.10.

Download the file from the publisher onto your computer as you would any other file. I’ve created a folder for books on my computer, with subfolders by source (Marketing for Romance Writers, Net Galley, Authors who find me on Kindle lists, etc.). That way, if there’s a glitch with your Kindle, the books are on your computer. Some publishers send books in all digital formats. If my Kindle breaks and my kids buy me a Nook, I won’t have to replace all of my books. If you have a Kindle and your hubby has a Nook, you won’t have to buy separate copies, so buying directly from the publisher can save you money.

Moving the file from your computer to your e-reader is as easy as transferring any file from your computer to a USB flash drive. Plug the larger USB end of your e-reader charging chord into a USB port on your computer and simply move the file from the folder into which you’ve downloaded the book to Documents/Books directory on your e-reader. You can move the file by highlighting it and dragging it to the documents directory in you Kindle you want to move it to. Or right click on it, and then left click copy or move. Or hit Control/C for copy, Control/X for cut, and Control/V for paste.

Your author will be happy you did when he/she sees his/her royalty statement.

Thanks for visiting.