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Every sort of magick collides in these six paranormal tales of magick and romance . . .
Magick Justice from P.J. Bishop, a wonderful new voice in urban fantasy
A man on a mission to save his soul and a young reporter descended from a Samurai magicker must risk everything in a fight against a Rising of Demons.
Spirits Rising from RITA winner Evelyn Vaughn
A little haunted history is what Penny expects when staging a Victorian mansion in Galveston. What this amateur ghostbuster doesn't expect is a mysterious stranger and a dark curse.
Blood Rising from RITA finalist and Reader's Choice award winning author Karen Fox
When revenge for her sister's killer drives a vampire slayer's every thought, can she put aside her vengeance long enough to trust the one man who can help her?
A Shift in Magick from Golden Heart winner Laura Hayden
Private investigator Jonathan Craft's tricks-of-the-trade include the carefully guarded secret of his shapeshifting. A routine case turns dangerous and forces him to rethink everything he knows about his life.
Destiny Rising from popular romance writer Jodi Dawson writing as Jodi Anderson
Celeste and Erik have serious history. Centuries ago she doubly damned herself by killing the man she loved to save the world from an evil wizard. Her one chance to bring him back to her has gone horribly wrong.
Wolf Rising from bestselling YA author Parker Blue
Duncan Gray desperately needs a cure for the lycanthropy that is killing him. His last hope is a Wiccan woman with secrets and fears of her own.
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Miko Jones is a reporter investigating the brutal murders of homeless men in the city by a serial killer. She is determined to get to the bottom of them before she comes across her missing uncle as one of the victims.
Hadrian Hawken is a mysterious man with a British accent. Miko has her suspicions that he is the serial killer know as the butcher but she has no proof. She tries to follow him in order to learn more about him and what he is up to. He catches on to the beautiful woman following him and fears she is putting herself in danger. She has no clue what is really going on and he knows they will come after her. He is determined to keep her safe.
Spirit Rising by Evelyn Vaughn
In the city of Galveston, Texas there is a Tudor house named Sorrow’s End. It has been around for over a hundred years surviving the hurricane of 1900. Penny has been hired to stage this historic house for owners who want to sell it. However, she knows that she has been hired for a different purpose entirely. She needs to get a feel for the house and see if any ghosts reside inside. She can hear them and sense their feelings. When she arrives to do a walk through of the house, there is a strange man standing on the porch. Richard Pemberley is there to warn Penny about the ghosts in the house, informing her that they are dangerous.
Penny continues with her job until she reaches the attic where she encounters the screeching and malicious intent of the house ghost. Richard appears and saves her.
Richard then reveals the story behind the ghost. Penny is surprised to learn the tale and who Richard really is. She knows she needs to get the ghost to move on without hurting anyone else, even if she loses the most important person to her in the process.
Blood Rising by Karen Fox
Hayley Donahue is a self appointed vampire hunter. She is following the one known as The Destroyer. He killed her sister Lissa and she is determined to stop him. She has been following him across the country destroying the vampires he creates and leaves behind.
Her search leads her to Manitou Springs. She knows that a local murder is the work of The Destroyer and she needs to dispose of the new vampire before he kills anyone. She spies Rurik at the funeral and then meets him in the cemetery when he interrupts her attempt to destroy the new vampire. He wants to help her and after his unwanted companionship in her searches, she agrees to let him help.
She is attracted to him but fights it until her ever present loneliness rears its ugly head. She loses the battle and gives into her feelings and his. However, when his secrets are revealed she is shocked. She questions everything, even her own judgment. She doesn’t know what to believe anymore. All she does know is that the Destroyer needs to be stopped.
A Shift in Magick by Laura Hayden
Serenity and David Worth were a happy married couple until David’s accident. Then he seemed to change. He was no longer that man that she married. He left her with a mountain of medical bills. Serenity needs David to sign papers to end their marriage and turn over an inheritance to her. She has hired P.I. Jonathan Craft to find David and bring him to her.
Jon is a shifter and can change his appearance to look like other people. He enters a known club David is supposed to be working and is sidetracked by one of the waitresses. He is shocked to learn she is also a shifter. He enters a world of female shifters, drugs and violence as he is jumped in an alley. He looks like David and takes a beating for it. When he is delivered to Serenity in a taxi, she thinks it is David, but his secret is out when he starts to change back. Then the real David Worth shows up and things get complicated quickly.
Destiny Rising by Jodi Anderson
Celeste Soraya killed her lover Erik. Actually he sacrificed himself to save her, he used the knife she held and her hands to stabbed himself. She has lived multiple lifetimes trying to undo what was done and bring him back. This is the last time she is going to try to bring Erik back. She is offering herself in turn.
When nothing happens during the spell she is defeated. The knock at the door startles her and Rose. They scramble to clean up. Celeste finds her neighbor at her door with an injured stranger. The stranger has Erik’s face. As Celeste looks at him in shock, she sees another looking out at her through Erik’s eyes. The evil known as Erik’s twin brother Victor, the one they were trying to stop which started it all, is staring out at her. Erik and Victor are sharing Erik’s body. Erik wasn’t dead like she thought. He had been living through the same lifetimes as she was. She was tricked by Victor as he planned his take over of this dimension.
Erik doesn’t remember Celeste or anything dealing with Victor. The only thing he remembers is Celeste killing him. When Victor emerges, Erik doesn’t remember what happens. Victor threatens Celeste and plans to kill Erik once and for all. Celeste has to persuade Erik that what she is saying is the truth and they need to fight Victor or all is lost.
Wolf Rising by Parker Blue
Duncan Gray has a secret. He is a werewolf and he doesn’t want to be. He has been searching for a cure since his first change. He fights the wolf inside everyday. His brother Ian has been helping him along the way. In fact Ian thinks that one of his other patients can help him. He sends Duncan to stay with a Wiccan witch named Beth Aldiss. She has Huntington’s Disease and Duncan may be able help her in return.
Duncan ends up on her doorstep and Beth finds an instant attraction to him. She is shocked but keeps her distance. When he reveals the real reason he is here and what disease he needs help with, she doesn’t believe him.
However after some consideration and the word from Ian claiming everything is true, she works to find an answer. The Goddess Lupa is the only one who can help and her answer is not what Duncan is willing to do. Beth has to figure out a solution that Duncan can live with or they will both die.
This collection is full of different types of magic. There is shape-shifting, spell casting, vampires, demons, demon slayers, vampire slayers, and even ghosts. Most magical beings are covered. These novellas are short reads and the stories are wrapped up pretty quickly. I liked some stories better than others. I liked the first three stories more than the last three. The storylines were more interesting to me. The first three also contained more fight scenes filled with battles between humans and magical beings. They seemed more action packed. The last three were more based on outsmarting the enemy and problem solving. All the stories included are full of creativity and unique stories. Anyone who likes reading paranormal stories that include different types of magick will find something here. I give it a 4 out of 5 for the wide variety of stories included.
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