Can a hard-nosed, feet-on-the-ground cop love a powerful witch?
The Sacramento Sheriff's Department is no place for airy-fairy wimps, and Ben McCullough was the toughest of the tough. He tells himself he's bedding the luscious Elena Lautari only because she's a babe, not because she's a card-carrying member of the Northern California Church of Wicca.
Ben thinks she's a feather away from an arrest for fraud, since she makes a living telling fortunes and making charms for the lovelorn. He can't see her as a lifelong mate even though she's more than a match for him in the sack, and losing her is unthinkable.
But Elena is the real deal, a modern witch of much power and even more restraint. When her daughter, Gina, steals her mother's spell book and uses it to shatter the fabric of existence and release an ancient evil, Elena must put reality back in place—even if she loses Ben in the process.
Will Ben and Elena's fragile love be lost with the revelation of her magic?
Maybe, but there are others ready to heal her battered heart. When Ben's partner steps in to claim Elena, will Ben move aside or move in?
Romance author Suz deMello wants you to know that she has finished the process of re-acquiring rights to her books from various publishers, and then re-editing and repackaging each for indie release.
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Suz deMello says, "I'm a cliche...A vegan yoga teacher from California who loves walks on the beach, cuddling her dogs and romance novels." But she's an award-winning, best-selling writer who's hit several best-seller lists, been short-listed for the RITA and reviewed by such prestigious publications such as Kirkus, Library Journal and Publisher's Weekly.
Suz uses a pseudonym to protect her privacy. But if you're a romance fan, you've probably read one of her 20+ books or have heard of her, since she's known for fast-paced, layered novels charged with humor as well as emotion.
Her personal motto is: Never stop learning, never stop growing. She's had at least five careers she can remember: librarian, trial attorney, Starbucks barista, grant writer, and yoga teacher. Perhaps her most interesting career move was teaching English to preschoolers in China! But she loves to write romance and teach yoga. She also has earned a 2d degree black belt in kenpo karate.
She currently resides in Mazatlan, Mexico, where she practices yoga, cuddles her dogs and walks on the beach every day. And yes, she's writing romance—this time, another Regency.
I really liked the Elena character and the two children. Ben’s attitude really annoyed me from the first and even more when Elena saved them from the reanimated statue. She was first treated like a dirty secret and then denied totally. I loved how his ex-partner showed him that Elena was just as respectable and acceptable as any of the other women at the Department picnic. Her revenge was erotic and appropriate; the scene was well written and extremely hot. He definitely learned his lesson and a good time was had by all.
He was a total a-hole who didn't care anything about her except what was in her pants, she was a whore who didn't mind being treated like a dirty secret. Can you tell I didn't care for either of them? I even skipped through the juicy scenes, just didn't care.