It seems like only yesterday
that I was here to chat up my Halloween 1-Night Stand, Flirting with Fire. Even as I was in the midst of writing Leo’s
story, I couldn’t help but be intrigued by his potty-mouthed colleague. Leo’s a
really nice guy, don’t get me wrong, but he’s reliable, dependable, and
by-the-book. It makes him the perfect match for his familiar Cat, but my taste tends
to run toward bad boys.
So as Leo’s best friend forced
him to go on the fateful date on All Hallows’ Eve, I was rubbing my hands in
anticipatory glee. When his turn came, I planned to have Jack Frost fall hard
and fast, and Christmas Eve seemed like the perfect day for this playboy’s
undoing. Unable to resist the temptation, I dropped a few hints about his soul
mate in Book 1, though the reference was so fleeting most probably missed it.
As a magical Washington, D.C.
gears up for another Snow-pocalypse,my naughty (but secretly nice) frost mage
will dodelicious things to a cat familiar who has always adored him from afar.
This witch and warlock were a blast to write, more so because they tried so hard
to resist each other. Of course, not even the most powerful mage can stand up
to Madame Eve, so the end is a foregone conclusion. But the icy road to their
frost-covered destination is one for the books (or so I’d like to think).
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Frosty
Relations (A Witch’s Night Out, 2)
Attorney Jack Frost never
understood why holidays did weird things to people. His secretary went on vacation,
his best friend ditched their annual Aspen trip, and the law firm’s stubborn
human resources assistant refuses his clerical support request. What’s a
warlock to do on Christmas Eve but go on a 1-Night Stand? But when an oddly
familiar empath shows up as his date, this ice mage has a hard time denying the
magic of the winter solstice.
Faced with an anemic employment
market and financial woes, college graduate and former witch Mina Mao lands an
HR assistant job at Frost and Sons. Having spent her day saving Christmas from
Frost Junior’s Grinch-like behavior, she accepts the gift of Madame Eve’s
service and heads over to the Castillo Capital. When her date turns out to be
her childhood crush and workplace nemesis, she braces herself for the sexiest
icy ride of her life.
Genre:
Paranormal Romantic Comedy, Interracial/Multicultural
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Excerpt:
“So the guy seriously had a
boner? That’s so messed up.”
Mina rolled her eyes at their
joint reflection. “I know, right? And since I’m an empath, I could sense him
getting, you know, all hot and bothered. Whoever he was fantasizing about, she
turned him on big time. I don’t know how he could think about sex when he’s on
the verge of exploding from too much unused magic. ”
Sweets snorted. “Men—warlocks
or human—they care about one thing.” She picked up a handful of Mina’s hair.
“Ready?”
Mina swallowed. “Are you sure
you know what you’re doing?”
Using the scissors, Sweets
pointed at the set of combs and razors peeking out from a battered leather
sleeve. “Can’t you feel the mojo rolling off my grandmother’s enchanted tools?
These babies are idiot proof.”
Since not even her cousin could
squeeze her in after 3:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve, Mina’s options had been
limited enough to make her take a gamble. “But you have done this before?”
Patting her shoulder, Sweets
bent at the waist and squinted one eye. “I cut Shelley’s hair all the time. She
hates leaving the house, remember? Okay, yours is too long. You need to stand
so I don’t get a backache.”
This idea seemed worse by the
minute. Rising to her feet, Mina made a pinching motion with her index finger
and thumb. “All I need is for you to take off the ends—nothing fancy.”
Her friend’s mock salute didn’t
bolster Mina’s confidence. “Your hair is safe with me. Your head is another
story.”
Mina closed her eyes. “Very
funny. Do it already, will you? The anticipation is killing me.”
She heard a snip, followed by
“Oh, wow.”
Her lids snapped up. “What do
you mean, ‘Oh, wow’?”
She saw the answer for herself.
Scissors and razors slashed around unguided in the air, slicing off huge chunks
of her tresses in the process. Her friend stood several steps away, staring at
the spectacle as if seeing the phenomenon for the first time. Since moving
risked impact with pointy magical objects, Mina glared at the culprit’s
reflection in the mirror. “I thought you said you’d done this before.”
Sweets’s expression lacked any hint
of guilt. “Okay, I lied. Shelley’s grandmother is the actual owner of these
puppies, and she always uses them on herself in the bathroom. Since her hair
turns out fine, I figured they’d work on you, too.”
Her hands fisting, Mina hissed,
“How do you turn the darn things off?”
I have the first book but still need to read it. Both books sound really good.
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