It's a hoodoo Halloween!
My gypsy witch lives in the very mundane town of Sacramento, but she's anything but dull, as this scene reveals:
Elena
stepped between the rogue knight and the cops. “Get thee gone.” Her voice
was a low growl as she confronted Sinister. She tossed one last substance
onto him, then ripped the topaz from around
her neck, breaking the chain. She thrust it at Sinister. Power flowed from the gem. Golden
rays spurted from between her fingers and arced toward him. He was thrown violently backward
and up into his niche. He melted into the stone.
The night was suddenly
still. The rain and lightning stopped. The wind died
down. Elena unclenched her
fingers and dropped the topaz into her pocket. The gem’s residual
glow pulsed through her skirt’s thin cloth. She sighed and said, “Okay, show’s
over. Into the car with you."
Here's what the story's about:
The Sacramento Sheriff's Department is no place for airy-fairy
wimps, and Ben McCullough is the toughest of the tough. He tells himself he's
bedding the luscious Elena Lautari only because she's a babe, not because she's
a card-carrying member of the Northern California Church of Wicca. Ben thinks
she's a feather away from an arrest for fraud, since she makes a living telling
fortunes and making charms for the lovelorn. He can't see her as a lifelong
mate even though she's more than a match for him in the sack, and losing her is
unthinkable.
But Elena is the real deal, a modern witch of much power and even
more restraint. When her daughter, Gina, steals her mother's spell book and
uses it to shatter the fabric of existence and release an ancient evil, Elena
must put reality back in place—even if she loses Ben in the process. Will Ben
and Elena's fragile love be lost with the revelation of her magic?
Maybe, but there are others ready to heal her battered heart. When
Ben's partner attempts to claim Elena, will Ben move aside or move in?
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Gypsy + witch? Squee!!! And a mature adult heroine? Double squee!
ReplyDeleteOh, wow! That cover is hot! *fans face* And I love the snippet too. I want to read this book!
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