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Witch Got Your Tongue

The Plot:

Aren McAllister is a beautiful but shy and withdrawn young woman who has battled a stuttering problem her entire life. But then, seemingly by accident, she discovers that she wields an incredible power: she is actually a witch and can cast potent spells—but only by singing them.

This discovery throws Aren into a dangerous power struggle between different factions in the society of witches who live among humans, unknown by them. And for the first time she encounters a romance that may change her life as much or more than the powers she never knew she had.

A Peck of Pickled Warlocks

She has been lied to her whole life. Her father is trapped in a hostile world, and it’s her fault. Her former lover is a warlock who can’t be trusted. Her only hope to put things right is a thousand-year-old talisman that once belonged to a handsome warrior who was also the most powerful warlock in all the land.

Aren McAllister, the tongue-tied witch, is back in A Peck of Pickled Warlocks. In this sequel to the critically acclaimed Witch Got Your Tongue, Aren searches for a way to rescue her father from the other-worldly realm of the witches’ council. From the sandy beaches of the Gulf Coast to the bright lights of Las Vegas to the dangerous depths of an abandoned silver mine.

About the Author:

Under the names Livia J. Washburn and L.J. Washburn, Livia Reasoner has been writing award-winning, critically acclaimed mystery, western, romance, and historical novels for almost thirty years. She began to write in collaboration with her husband, author James Reasoner, and soon branched out into telling her own stories.

In addition to writing, Livia enjoys photography, arts, crafts, and cooking, but she also loves having a pile of lumber, a circular saw, and a building project. An accomplished carpenter, she has framed houses and built more sets of bookshelves than she can remember, some of which have been filled with the books she’s written. A good day for her includes having time to create something new in the kitchen, on a story, and in the garage.

Livia lives in the Texas countryside with her husband, and her dogs. Her websites can be found at http://www.liviajwashburn.com, and she blogs when she can find the time at http://liviajwashburn.blogspot.com.

Review:

Again, I've reviewed two books in a series together because they simply need to be read that way. I greatly enjoy humorous books, and these did not disappoint. All her life, Aren has stuttered, and has felt inferior to her brother, the warlock her parents always wanted. Little did she know why she stuttered, or why she never really sang around the house, in the shower, or along with the radio when she drove. Then her temp agency sends her to an “entertainment” agency on Halloween, and she finds herself wearing a skimpy witch costume, singing a telegram that sounds kind of like a curse. She’s even more shocked when the man to whom she sang the curse shows up at the agency complaining it worked.

The only problem I had with both books was stilted dialog, and Witch Got Your Tongue had a cliff-hanger ending. I suggest buying both Witch… and A Peck of Pickled Warlocks together so you can go straight from one to the other. And both books come with a warning: choking hazard. You will laugh. A lot. Also set aside a good block of time. You won’t be able to put them down.

Author Website:  http://www.liviajwashburn.com

Warnings:  None

Lengths:

Witch Got Your Tongue:  152 Pages

A Peck of Pickled Warlocks:  254 Pages

Prices:

Witch Got Your Tongue:

Print:  $8.99

Digital:  $2.99

A Peck of Pickled Warlocks:

Digital Price:  $2.99

Buy Links:

Witch Got Your Tongue:  https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B005AWNG04

A Peck of Pickled Warlocks:  https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B008PFD29I

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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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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.

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