Witchy books in the New Year...

Happy New Year! If January is any indication we’re in for a treat this year when it comes to books. Two of my fellow witchychicks, Annette Blair and Yasmine Galenorn have new ones out this month. In Annette Blair’s first mystery, A Veiled Deception, Madeira Cutler comes home from the New York fashion world to plan her sister’s wedding. When the bride is accused of murder, Madeira becomes a sleuth. Turns out, Maddie can ‘read’ vintage clothes and follow their clues. Now she’s wondering what other gifts she inherited from her mother. “It was quite the adventure jumping out of my comfort zone once more to write a cozy mystery in first person,” says Blair, “but I’m glad I did and thrilled at the response.” The book’s been getting rave reviews and when you read it, you’ll know why. Yasmine Galenorn’s Night Huntress is the fifth book in her OtherWorld Series. The D’Artigo sisters are half- human, half-Fae operatives for the Otherworld Intelligence Agency. Delilah, a werecat who’s one of the Autumn Lord’s Death Maidens, has to fight off the demon general who stole the third Spirit Seal and is now out for blood. “This book really let all of Delilah’s demons out of the box,” says Galenorn. The hilarious Gerry Bartlett’s fourth book in the Real Vampires series is Real Vampires Don’t Diet. “Glory St. Clair, the vampire who was bloating on the day she was turned, is left dateless on New Year's Eve when boyfriend Jeremy Blade flies off on family business,” Bartlett says. “Then she's called out to convince newly turned vampire, handsome rock star Israel Caine, that falling on a stake isn't the best way to see in the New Year. A midnight boat ride on an Austin lake should cheer up the rocker but instead lands Glory and Ray in the arms of a Siren who wants vamp sacrifices. With an old enemy's reappearance, the Siren's demands and her own hormones on overload, Glory, along with her shifter/bodyguard Valdez, discovers that, while vampires may not be able to diet, if the stakes are high enough, they can still die.” Elaine Levine’s first book in her Defiance series is Rachel And The Hired Gun. It features Rachel Douglas who must rely on the hard-edged gunman, Sager, her father sends to guider across the terrain of the Dakota territory. “But Sager’s got another plan,” says Levine, “and a blood debt to settle. Time doesn’t always heal all wounds. Sometimes it takes a little vengeance.” The third book in The Black Stockings Society is Body Chemistry by Dara Girard. In it biologist Brenda Everton tries to resist the charms of her ex-husband, Dominic Ayers, when she’s forced to work with him. “When these two first appeared on the page together, the story wrote itself,” says Girard. Drive Me Wild is the latest from P.J. Mellor and it centers on a set of twins who experience everything together including sexual exploits. “I’ve always been around twins, as I have several sets on both sides of my family,” Mellor says. “Then I had twins. So it seems only natural to write a book about twins, including the highs and lows.”

Until next month...Candy

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Candy is a nationally syndicated entertainment columnist, who has interviewed just about every celebrity there is in Hollywood and written thousands of articles. She is the author of the Charmed & Dangerous series including Charmed & Ready Charmed & Dangerous, Charmed & Deadly, and Like A Charm. Her latest book The Demon King and I is available now!

Her non-fiction prose includes Joss Whedon: The Genius Behind Buffy, and essays in Alias Assumed: Sex, Lies and SD-6, and Five Seasons of Angel. She's also the entertainment critic providing the latest on TV, film and celebs for the radio station 96.3 KSCS. And she's the managing editor for FYI Television.

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