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A Witch's
Tale
by
Maralee Lowder
ISBN-13: 978-1481023979
ISBN-10: 1481023977
Publisher: Taylor
Street Books
Blurb
:
When hard-bittern
reporter Mac McCormick is sent to Port Bellmont to report on the chilling death
of the popular Reverend Elkins who has been found ritually sacrificed in a
field just outside the town, he encounters an enraged crowd baying for the
blood of a coven of witches whom it believes responsible for the crime.
However,
when Mac subsequently meets the youngest of the witches, the beautiful
flame-haired Cassie Adams, he immediately starts to doubt the crowd’s
interpretation of events - or has he just fallen under her cunning spell?
About the
Author:
Maralee Lowder found so
much pleasure in reading such a wide spectrum of romance genres, she has never
been able to write in just one.Her
novels run the gamut of contemporary, historical, humorous, horror, paranormal
and suspense.
Look
for the sequel to "The Morticians Wife"coming soon
“Hey! Watch it, you moron!”
Mac widened his stance, planting his feet more firmly on the pavement. This mob
scene should not have come as a surprise to a reporter with Mac’s experience.
Nothing like a good burning at the stake to bring out the crowds, he reflected,
sizing up the gathering mob.
Jockeying for a more
advantageous position, he cast a searching glance over the rapidly growing mass
of humanity.
At least a couple hundred
people, both reporters and locals, had converged before the front steps of the
tiny courthouse.
The sidewalk had long since
reached critical mass, forcing citizens and the media alike out onto the
street, until it had become necessary to divert traffic around the growing
crowd.
Though he’d used the term
‘witch hunt’ often enough in the past, Mac had never expected to actually
witness one.
And yet, here he was,
smack-dab in the middle of a scene that belonged more in the seventeenth
century than the twentieth.
Unconsciously licking his lips,
he thought of the story he would file, one that had drawn him to this small
town on California’s north coast. It was a story which possessed all the elements
of a paranormal mystery, complete with a coven of lovely young witches. Before
he was through with it, every man, woman and child in the USA would be afraid
to sleep at night, sure that, left unguarded, their souls would be ripped from
their unsuspecting bodies by evil witches.
Review
A body found in a pentagram of
candles, a coven of witches in town:of
course you know who is responsible for the death, right?The Sheriff is sure.The pastor is sure.The media circus that has come to town doesn’t
care as long as the story is great; but even so, they are sure also.Only things aren’t always what they seem on
the surface.As more bodies pile up, can
love help prove the truth?
Loved watching the cynic find a
place in town and try to help the lovely witch prove her mother didn’t kill
anyone.This book has a charming little
town that collectively goes a little crazy when ritualistic murders begin to
take place two years after a coven of witches move to town.Never mind that there isn’t any real proof,
hysteria is a common denominator.Fabulous book with small town charm, true love, murder, mystery,
witches, and more.And the murderer was
a surprise to me (but then again it usually is).Loved it.
I give this book 4.5 out of 5
clouds.
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Blurb :
A date on a space station?
Alien lovers? Madame Evangeline, owner of the exclusive 1Night Stand dating
service is known to be magical in fulfilling the ideal dates of her clients,
but she’s outdone herself this time, bring together beings from Earth and
beyond. As long as applicants are willing to let go of their pasts and open
their hearts and minds, she will find their perfect match, whether they be a
former sci-fi television star, a nurse, an employee of the Space Service, a
former Marine, or even an extraterrestrial. Because everyone in the universe
deserves a happily ever after…
About the Author:
Jessica Subject started writing to encourage
her daughter to read. Now she writes to keep herself grounded. Although she
reads many genres, she enjoys writing Science Fiction Romance the most and
believes everyone in the universe deserves a happily ever after. She lives
Southwestern Ontario, Canada with her husband and two kids and loves to hear
from anyone who has enjoyed her stories.
Excerpt
from Beneath the Starry Sky – MF Contemporary Erotic Romance
She’d held onto so much hope for this date, and
nothing had gone right. She still didn’t know who this guy was. Yet, he’d
already rejected her with his expression. This is the last date I’m going on, unless I’m lucky enough for my hair
to grow back.
His gaze never left her, making her even more
humiliated. “You’re….”
“What? Ugly? Bald?”
He shook his head. “No, I was going to say my date.
I’ve been so busy lately and Madame Evangeline had to send me a reminder.”
She paused at the Frenchwoman’s name. Could this
hunk of a man really be her date? Didn’t matter. He wouldn’t want her now.
“Well, surprise! I’m damaged goods, so you might as well leave and ask her for
a refund.”
As she slumped to the floor, more tears streamed
down her face. Why is life so unfair? She’d worked hard all of her life,
never taking shortcuts or the easy way out. Not an outcast or popular, she’d
been friends with everyone in school and college. And healthy. She’d taken
extra care to eat properly in order to avoid being diagnosed with diabetes, like
her parents.
Excerpt
from Celestial Seduction – MF Science Fiction Erotic Romance
Her intensity excited him, but he needed to find a way to
keep her calm. She refused to look into his eyes. His mouth crashed down on
hers, absorbing her next words. She objected at first, but then her tongue
reached out to him, a passionate gesture unheard of on Ginnun.
He matched the force of her kiss and skimmed his hands down
her arms to rest on her sides near her breasts. She no longer struggled. Her
arms wrapped around him, keeping him close. When she released his mouth to take
a breath, he sat up. She panted underneath him.
“That was incredible. I….I felt like I was flying through
space. So many colors and the brightest stars.”
He experienced something different. With that kiss, he had
finally found someone who could keep him grounded on Earth and repress any
regret for not returning to Ginnun. He brushed his thumb along her cheekbone.
“I’d like to continue if you’ll let me.” He leaned down and placed light kisses
across her face.
A sigh escaped her lips and the last of her tight muscles relaxed
underneath him. He slid his body down her legs, his hands returning to her
belly.
“I thought you were going to continue something else,” she
whispered.
His cock pressed against his pants already. Her sudden
interest in sex made it painful. “I want to, but I need to finish giving you
this gift.”
Her body moved but she didn’t struggle or try to get away.
“What exactly are you doing to me? What is this gift? Why was my stomach
glowing?”
He took in a deep breath and released it a little faster and
louder than he’d wanted. He knew the answer would lead to more questions. While
prepared to answer them, he didn’t want to scare her away. His response
required carefully chosen words to ensure he gave her the gift before he told
her of his origins.
“I’m healing you.” The blue glow returned across her belly as
his hands warmed. “You’ll be able to have a child when I am finished.”
Her eyes widened. He sensed her fear, but she didn’t move.
“Your child?”
“No, I am not giving you a child. That can only be done in
the usual ways. I am simply making your body able to become pregnant and carry
a child.”
Carrie propped herself up on her elbows. Her eyes stared down
at her belly, but she remained calm. “How? No doctor could do that for me. How
can you? Are you some type of voodoo priest or something?”
“No.” He needed to continue and keep his heritage from her
for as long as possible.
“A religious fanatic who thinks I’m possessed by demons?”
Frey laughed. “Nope.” He was almost finished. Just a little longer.
The scarring had all returned to normal, healthy tissue. He only needed to
stimulate the maturation and release of eggs in her ovaries.
“How then? I know you’re doing something to me. I can feel
it.”
“Remember how I said I needed an open-minded partner?”
She nodded, her eyes catching a quick glance from his before
returning to her stomach.
Just a couple more minutes and he’d be finished. He prepared
to hold her down should she freak out when he told her he came from space. “I’m
not exactly like you and most of the people on Earth. I’m….different.”
“Like a demon or a guardian angel?”
He laughed. It sounded forced, but he needed to stay focused
on healing Carrie rather than mating with her. “No, you’re thinking paranormal.
Try science fiction.”
She began to squirm under him, but he didn’t need to restrain
her. “A….clone? Artificial intelligence?”
He finished healing her and lay down beside
her. His thumb ran across her lips, wanting to taste them again, but knowing he
probably wouldn’t. “Try alien.”
Excerpt
from Unknown Futures – FF Science Fiction Erotic Romance
“Let’s
hit the dance floor.” The drinks could wait. She wouldn’t let her guest out of her
sight again.
The
music thrummed, filling her to the core, preventing her from standing still.
She found a spot with just enough room for the two of them. No one else
mattered. With each hit of the bass, she moved her feet, her hips, her hands.
She let the beat control her body and her heart.
Although
others might be watching, her attention remained on Jewel. Each movement, a
planned seduction. She couldn’t let her go without trying. When the next song
began, Jewel finally relaxed. She moved to the music.
And V
moved closer. She slid her hand from Jewel’s waist, down, then back up, swaying
in front of her. Only an inch between them. She couldn’t get enough. Her Earth scent
became intoxicating.
Beat
after beat, song after song, she kept her hands on the sexy woman. She claimed her,
telling everyone else to stay away. She wanted to savor her precious body.
Maybe she could make her forget about her date.
She
pulled Jewel even closer, her sensitive nipples pressed against the woman she desired.
Holding her with both hands, grinding against her to the music. Her heart raced
with hunger. I want to take her on the floor. Right here. Right now.
But
the song changed. The beat slowed, indicating last call. The club would close soon.
Most
of the patrons had left. Only those hoping to hook up remained. She stepped back.
Jewel would have to make the first move. V could never force herself on anyone.
When
Jewel took her hands and placed them back on her body, she couldn’t help but smile.
Perhaps the evening would end the way she wanted.
Jewel
pressed against her, her head resting on her shoulder, swaying to the decelerated
beat. “I don’t want this night to end.”
Their
dancing became deliberate, a sensuous and intimate rhythm. “It doesn’t have
to.”
Jewel
stopped and looked up at her. “You…you’re interested?”
“Why
wouldn’t I be? You’re the most beautiful creature in the space station.”
Somehow,
she had to make her see. She brushed her thumb across her lips, wanting to touch
more, her entire luscious body. Taking a deep breath, V steadied herself. If
this were to go any further, Jewel needed to show her own intentions. As warm
moisture pooled between her thighs, V schooled herself to patience.
“Are
you sure you’re not my date?”
Shit!
That damn date, the only wedge between them. “No, but
I wish I was.”
“I
wish you were, too.” Jewel stood on the tips of her toes and claimed her mouth.
V
pulled her closer until the bit of space between them had been filled. Excited
by the warm, curvaceous body pressed against her taut nipples, she fed from the
sweetness of Jewel’s mouth, drawing out each delicious sweep. But she wanted more.
She wanted all of her.
Excerpt
from Satin Sheets in Space – MFM Science Fiction Erotic Romance
She had her eyes closed, her lips
pressed against his, when the sensation started. First, a tingling in her hands
and feet, as he swept his digits deep inside her. The buzz spread up her arms
and legs until it engulfed her entire body. She no longer sensed the ground
below her.
The man continued to drive his
fingers into her core with vigor, ridding her of the urge to pull away and find
out what was happening to her. She landed with a thud, feeling returning to her
limbs. Nothing stopped the man who held her, though. He continued to ravage her
mouth, her jaw, her neck, keeping her pressed against the wall.
But something felt different.
Gone was the hard brick pressing through her corset and against her skin. She
reached behind to brush her hand along the surface. Soft. Almost like cushioned
satin.
With a whimper, she pushed the
strange man away. Where was she? What had she been thinking? This is the
stupidest, most insane thing I’ve ever done.
The Prince Charming she’d had the
fortune of being set up with peered down at her, his gaze intense and filled
with lust. “My name is Galan, and we’re in my spaceship.”
At least she now knew his name,
but wait…. Spaceship? She stared at the man, disillusioned. She could think of
no other explanation for how they had traveled to a new location with the press
of a button. Oh God, she’d been abducted by an alien. How would she get out of
this situation? The first time she’d done something spur-of-the-moment, and
she’d ended up being finger-fucked by an extraterrestrial.
Or was this some kind of elaborate stunt Josh had pulled off? But
why? He was on his honeymoon, unable to enjoy his handiwork. Her body grew
numb; a loud ringing pierced her eardrums. She could no longer think with the
clouds invading her mind. Then she blacked out.
Jared
shucked his towel and stroked his rigid cock. That woman made him hard every
time she came to the door, trying to persuade him to sign up for the Space
Service. Her claims had seemed far-fetched when she’d first approached him, yet
his commander had confirmed her credentials, having been approached to join by
another many years ago. While Jared would never add his thumbprint to the
contract he’d read, he wouldn’t mind if she stopped by to try and convince him
again.
Ms.
Brown, with her black blazer revealing a hint of cleavage and a skirt that
showed the perfect curvature of her ass. When he’d answered the door fresh out
of the shower and seen her on his porch, he’d gripped the door handle to hold
himself back from yanking her inside and tearing off her fine-pressed suit.
He
squeezed his balls; no time to jack-off. Dylan and Madison would arrive in an
hour, and he had to take one last run through his house to get rid of any
lingering dust bunnies before Children’s Services appeared. No obvious dirt in
the living room, he headed toward the kitchen, but his mind kept flying back to
Ms. Brown.
She had
the whole librarian thing going on, with her dark hair tied up in a bun and
glasses resting on the end of her nose. Though, none of the women who worked at
the local branch made his cock throb. Perhaps there was some truth to the
naughty librarian tale. He wished.
Most
women’s version of naughty did not come close to his. While the whole BDSM club
scene didn’t appeal to him, he enjoyed a little bondage during foreplay. He’d
spent months at a time deployed in the Middle East. While home, he appreciated
the opportunity to date the pretty women who found a guy in uniform sexy. But
once he fetched the cuffs, they bolted. They hadn’t even wanted to use them on
him.
Ms. Brown was no girl, though. No more than a couple years his senior, she exuded experience with her seductive glances, her posture that
plunged her cleavage into his line of sight, and that damn wiggle of her ass as
she sashayed back to her car. She could teach him a
thing or two. He
yearned for the chance to find out.
No, his
next lay could no longer be at the forefront of his mind. In less than an hour,
he would become the father-figure to two impressionable young children. His
sexual urges would have to take leave for the foreseeable future.
He’d
been in his last month of deployment to Afghanistan when the call came in. And
it took another day for his commander to reach him with the news. His
brother-in-law had been killed in a car accident, leaving his niece and nephew
orphans. And as much as he loved the Marine Corps—Semper Fi—he couldn’t let the
kids be raised by strangers. They had no other family left.
So,
after he returned to the States, he contacted his lawyer and spent a couple of
weeks obtaining guardianship of the children. He’d received his discharge
papers, found a civilian position working as a desk jockey for the CIA through
his contacts with the Marines, and bought a house suitable to raise two growing
youngsters. After months of preparation, they were coming to live with him.
He
glanced at his watch. Ten minutes until they arrived.
Shit! He’d wasted precious time
thinking about Ms. Brown and his new life.
Grabbing
a pair of jeans and a T-shirt, he yanked them on. Screw the boxers; his niece
and nephew wouldn’t notice. He peeked into their rooms to ensure they looked
somewhat presentable. Would Children’s Services take them back to California if
his new living space didn’t meet their standards?
He
groaned. They weren’t even at his house yet, and he’d been distracted. No more.
Nothing would come before them. The children would be his priority. Everything
he did would be for them, for the rest of his life.
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BIO:
I have been a writer from the time I was old enough to recognize that
reading was a doorway into my imagination. Poetry was my first foray into the
art of the written word. Books were my best friends, my escape, my haven. I am
essentially a recluse but this part of my personality is impossible to practice
given I have two teenage daughters, who are actually my friends, my tea-makers,
my confidantes… I am blessed with a husband who has left me for golf. It’s a
fair trade as I have left him for writing. We are both passionate supporters of
each other's loves – it works wonderfully…
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I highly recommend this book.I give it 4 out of 5 clouds.A good read!
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Book Review of A Witch’s
Tale
Maralee Lowder found so
much pleasure in reading such a wide spectrum of romance genres, she has never
been able to write in just one. Her
novels run the gamut of contemporary, historical, humorous, horror, paranormal
and suspense. 
“Hey! Watch it, you moron!”
Mac widened his stance, planting his feet more firmly on the pavement. This mob
scene should not have come as a surprise to a reporter with Mac’s experience.
Nothing like a good burning at the stake to bring out the crowds, he reflected,
sizing up the gathering mob.
