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Spells & Stitches

Spells & Stitches, December 2011
Sugar Maple # 4
by Barbara Bretton

Berkley
Featuring: Chloe Hobbs; Baby Laria; Luke
336 pages
ISBN: 042524105X
EAN: 9780425241059
Kindle: B005ERIJXY
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"What are new parents suppose to do when the baby seems to be more powerful then both of them put together?"

Fresh Fiction Review

Spells & Stitches
Barbara Bretton

Reviewed by Kathyrn Little
Posted January 8, 2012

Fantasy

Chloe and Luke are ecstatic about their new baby, but there is something different about little Laria. It soon becomes clear that Laria is blessed with powers that may be beyond her mother's own abilities. How do you teach an infant? Will these new parents survive their powerful baby? The reader will love the setting and environment of SPELLS & STITCHES. The author describes everything in such detail that it is easy to picture the scenes and characters. The homey feel of Chloe and Luke's house combined with the exciting possibility that comes from new life makes for a great story. The reader will fall in love with little Laria as surely as her parents do. Chloe's character is motherly with an edge of sexy sorceress. She is mostly in complete control of her own powers,barring hormonal changes with pregnancy, but not her child. Luke is the typical goofy, loving husband that one would want for Chloe. This little family will capture the readers' heart. The town of Sugar Maple is home to many supernatural creatures, but is there anyone who can help Chloe and Luke help their little Laria? Barbara Bretton does a wonderful job incorporating family dynamics within SPELLS & STITCHES. The magical town will grow on the reader as they discover more of the secrets. A reader should start at the beginning of this series with Casting Spells, but SPELLS & STITCHES is a book every fantasy reader should not miss.

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SUMMARY

Sugar Maple, Vermont, knitting store owner Chloe Hobbs couldn't be happier about her pregnancy. But with the arrival of the town's newest resident, things are about to get a lot more magical. Baby Laria is six pounds, eleven ounces of perfect, and Chloe and Luke are over the moon. But when they learn that Laria takes after her mom in the sorcery department, it becomes clear that their baby might have more power than even a pro like Chloe can handle...


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Re: What are new parents suppose to do when the baby seems to be more powerful then both of them put together?

Have to look for this it sounds funny,mystical...I like it that it has a fantasy to it and its magical.....
(Joanne Sumner 10:34pm March 1, 2012)

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