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Hocus My Pocus
If you’ve got it, haunt it…
Once upon a time, I had big ideas, big dreams, and big plans. But when my mother left my kid sister with me when I was only fifteen, I was suddenly the single mother I never thought I’d be. Someone had to raise Torren and show her love and support, the way parents were supposed to love their children, the way our mother never did.
To do so, I had to forget all of my own dreams.
When I dropped Torren off on Megelle Island two years ago, it was finally my time again. Time to chase those plans I’d pushed aside. So I had…until one day I realized I felt empty. That dream job lost all its sparkle. My friends just felt more alien than ever, it was like I woke up one day and forgot how to act human. Because I was a jinn, and even among the supernatural society, I was rare.
Nobody ever told me how lonely rare felt.
So I packed up my stuff and returned to the one place I never should have Megelle Island. An Island hidden from human eyes where supernaturals like me could live freely and peacefully. I didn’t know what my future held I just knew I wanted to see Torren. But when I found her, I found her with a soulmate, a fiancé…an entire life that no longer included me. I’d never felt more lost and confused.
And then I came face-to-face with my ex-boyfriend. The man I’d broken up with ten years ago because he was mortal and I wasn’t. The man I’d broken my own heart over. Except now…he was a vampire, and the rules were all different.
* Halloween Marked is Season FOUR in The Night Realm Series. BUT Hocus My Pocus can be read as a standalone but contains some spoilers for the first three seasons Magic Marked, Christmas Marked, and Court Marked.
Once upon a time, I had big ideas, big dreams, and big plans. But when my mother left my kid sister with me when I was only fifteen, I was suddenly the single mother I never thought I’d be. Someone had to raise Torren and show her love and support, the way parents were supposed to love their children, the way our mother never did.
To do so, I had to forget all of my own dreams.
When I dropped Torren off on Megelle Island two years ago, it was finally my time again. Time to chase those plans I’d pushed aside. So I had…until one day I realized I felt empty. That dream job lost all its sparkle. My friends just felt more alien than ever, it was like I woke up one day and forgot how to act human. Because I was a jinn, and even among the supernatural society, I was rare.
Nobody ever told me how lonely rare felt.
So I packed up my stuff and returned to the one place I never should have Megelle Island. An Island hidden from human eyes where supernaturals like me could live freely and peacefully. I didn’t know what my future held I just knew I wanted to see Torren. But when I found her, I found her with a soulmate, a fiancé…an entire life that no longer included me. I’d never felt more lost and confused.
And then I came face-to-face with my ex-boyfriend. The man I’d broken up with ten years ago because he was mortal and I wasn’t. The man I’d broken my own heart over. Except now…he was a vampire, and the rules were all different.
* Halloween Marked is Season FOUR in The Night Realm Series. BUT Hocus My Pocus can be read as a standalone but contains some spoilers for the first three seasons Magic Marked, Christmas Marked, and Court Marked.
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364 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 27, 2024
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November 9, 2024
Will & Indi
These two are a mess. Neither one know how to stay somewhere for very long. For Indi it runs in the family her mom could barely stay home when her youngest reached a certain age. Indi ended up raising her sister. She took on several jobs so she could get paid under the table. At times they were barely able to afford rent. One summer Indi begged her mother for a break. Her mom told her she would stay home for the summer & watch her sister. This was the summer Indi fell in love & she was so sure this was the guy she wanted to be with forever. However, fate was cruel to her. When she brought him home to meet her mother & sister no one was there. Turns out her mom had lied. She sent her sister to a summer camp in Colorado. Her sister is Torren. She startled easily & then takes forever to calm down. And since they were living in the human realm Torren going to a human camp was a terrible idea! Indi had to go to Colorado then track her sister down because she had runaway from camp. When she found her she was practically starving to death. From then on she decided to never leave her sister with her mom. After Torren got to be a certain age Indi takes her to Megelle Island to see if shifters could help with her shifting. And if not at least she would be safe because there were no humans there. And then Indi starts her adventures in the human realm.
While she is gone she meets a guy in a travel group online. They start chatting & the next thing you know they become best friends. They keep trying to meet but fate is unkind. They both think the other person is human. Indi finally comes home after two years of not seeing her little sister. Just in time to see her sister in the parade.
Will Bow is returning home after being gone for longer than anticipated. Will takes pictures & writes books about traveling for humans & supernaturals. He writes under a pen name. Indi thinks his name is Liam. They both head home for Spooky season. Halloween celebrated over a longer period of time. You would think with a family like the Bows that Will would want to be home more. However, what he comes home to sure makes him want to flee again. He catches his family in the kitchen making him a profile on the supernatural dating app. He watches for awhile before he shuts them down. He also came home for his adopted brother, Bash's first ever birthday party.
Torren's antics really make this book. Of course, you can't leave out the shenanigans of Jimbo & Sal!
These two are a mess. Neither one know how to stay somewhere for very long. For Indi it runs in the family her mom could barely stay home when her youngest reached a certain age. Indi ended up raising her sister. She took on several jobs so she could get paid under the table. At times they were barely able to afford rent. One summer Indi begged her mother for a break. Her mom told her she would stay home for the summer & watch her sister. This was the summer Indi fell in love & she was so sure this was the guy she wanted to be with forever. However, fate was cruel to her. When she brought him home to meet her mother & sister no one was there. Turns out her mom had lied. She sent her sister to a summer camp in Colorado. Her sister is Torren. She startled easily & then takes forever to calm down. And since they were living in the human realm Torren going to a human camp was a terrible idea! Indi had to go to Colorado then track her sister down because she had runaway from camp. When she found her she was practically starving to death. From then on she decided to never leave her sister with her mom. After Torren got to be a certain age Indi takes her to Megelle Island to see if shifters could help with her shifting. And if not at least she would be safe because there were no humans there. And then Indi starts her adventures in the human realm.
While she is gone she meets a guy in a travel group online. They start chatting & the next thing you know they become best friends. They keep trying to meet but fate is unkind. They both think the other person is human. Indi finally comes home after two years of not seeing her little sister. Just in time to see her sister in the parade.
Will Bow is returning home after being gone for longer than anticipated. Will takes pictures & writes books about traveling for humans & supernaturals. He writes under a pen name. Indi thinks his name is Liam. They both head home for Spooky season. Halloween celebrated over a longer period of time. You would think with a family like the Bows that Will would want to be home more. However, what he comes home to sure makes him want to flee again. He catches his family in the kitchen making him a profile on the supernatural dating app. He watches for awhile before he shuts them down. He also came home for his adopted brother, Bash's first ever birthday party.
Torren's antics really make this book. Of course, you can't leave out the shenanigans of Jimbo & Sal!
October 28, 2024
Totally unnecessary premise
Did the story need a “You Got Mail” trope plus a second chance trope, oh and a fake dating trope?! No, it did not.
The whole online best friend thing stretched the believability matrix past the limit. It was too big a coincidence, and the FMC and MMC would have to have been brain dead not to make any connections. Also, the story reads better without it. Or if the authors liked it that much, one of the MC needed to be doing it on purpose.
And like every review I have made in this series thus far- where is your editor? Just because a word sounds the same, does not make it the same. Too many typos!!
Did the story need a “You Got Mail” trope plus a second chance trope, oh and a fake dating trope?! No, it did not.
The whole online best friend thing stretched the believability matrix past the limit. It was too big a coincidence, and the FMC and MMC would have to have been brain dead not to make any connections. Also, the story reads better without it. Or if the authors liked it that much, one of the MC needed to be doing it on purpose.
And like every review I have made in this series thus far- where is your editor? Just because a word sounds the same, does not make it the same. Too many typos!!
October 29, 2024
I really enjoyed Hocus My Pocus. It was such a fun Halloween romp focusing on the second jinn to be back on Megelle Island for the big Halloween celebration. We get an entirely different view of the Halloween hijinks we witnessed in Trick My Treat through the eyes of Willem Bow, aka Liam Arrow and Indi Chase, aka Andi Jones. It is very reminiscent of some of my favorite mid twentieth century rom coms. LaVaun and Montero provide some incredible laughs with this book, and you simply must experience it for yourself-including an inspired interference by Lexington Prescott! Add this to your reading list/collection immediately, so you will be ready for the third book in this series!!!
March 21, 2025
good
I thought this book was a lot better than the first book in the series. I liked Andy and Liam those two were kind of fun but Indiana and Willem were a little bit ridiculous. Even though they were supposed to be over 30 sometimes I did feel like they were a couple of high school crushes and didn’t know how to deal with themselves. I did think it was kind of funny though that they didn’t know that they were both the same people. I hope the next book in the series is just as good as this one if not better.
I thought this book was a lot better than the first book in the series. I liked Andy and Liam those two were kind of fun but Indiana and Willem were a little bit ridiculous. Even though they were supposed to be over 30 sometimes I did feel like they were a couple of high school crushes and didn’t know how to deal with themselves. I did think it was kind of funny though that they didn’t know that they were both the same people. I hope the next book in the series is just as good as this one if not better.
October 28, 2024
Another love story centered around the ongoing and crazy Hallowe’en celebrations on Megelle Island. So many familiar characters pop up as Indi and Will work through their second chance romance to finally find their HEA. Torren’s oopsy transformations continue to delight and there are so many varied activities each day and night, I really want to spend time on this Island of fun, family, friends and magic.
November 3, 2024
Another great book from Chandelle and Meghan!! The Night Realm series is truly a great read. Yes it's a stand alone but really please read from the beginning because the series is that good!!
We are back on Megelle Island with our beloved characters. It's so nice to see the stories interlock with one another. This season is Halloween time and the royals go full stop! Cannot wait to read the third book when it comes out.
We are back on Megelle Island with our beloved characters. It's so nice to see the stories interlock with one another. This season is Halloween time and the royals go full stop! Cannot wait to read the third book when it comes out.
November 5, 2024
Hocus My Pocus (The Night Realm: Halloween Marked Book 2)
Hocus My Pocus (The Night Realm: Halloween Marked Book 2) is absolutely fantastic!! I love these two spectacular authors and how they complement each other in their writing!!! This is such an incredible story and you need to read it !! I definitely recommend thus book and all of these two beautiful ladies books. You will not be disappointed!!! Enjoy and you can thank me later!!!
October 26, 2024
These books are just so damn cute and easy to read, they make my insides happy. I love the night realm world from Chandelle and Megan and I am never disappointed in them. Hocus my Pocus is no exception to it. I’m glad we finally met Torren’s sister and I’m alwayssss down for a story from one of the Bow brothers !
October 28, 2024
Great Read!
It took me less than a day to binge this! I love Chandelle and Megan’s books! As always, they kept me laughing and entertained! I had wondered about the pink parrot in the last book, and was glad to see its reappearance in this one! Torren’s mishaps always make me chuckle!
It took me less than a day to binge this! I love Chandelle and Megan’s books! As always, they kept me laughing and entertained! I had wondered about the pink parrot in the last book, and was glad to see its reappearance in this one! Torren’s mishaps always make me chuckle!
October 29, 2024
Thank Ladies for another fantastic book
Another Fantastic read from the Island. Can't wait for the next adventure on the Island one of the Halloween Marked should include Mateo and one of his sisters finding their mates. Just a suggestion ether way we know we will all love what comes next.
Another Fantastic read from the Island. Can't wait for the next adventure on the Island one of the Halloween Marked should include Mateo and one of his sisters finding their mates. Just a suggestion ether way we know we will all love what comes next.
October 30, 2024
Return for wedding
Two travelers return home to the enchanted Island to visit and find it is just in time to attend a family wedding. Old memories come out in both and they don't know if they love or hate each other. Love the interaction of the characters while the family is becoming related to the kings family. Fun read.
Two travelers return home to the enchanted Island to visit and find it is just in time to attend a family wedding. Old memories come out in both and they don't know if they love or hate each other. Love the interaction of the characters while the family is becoming related to the kings family. Fun read.
November 8, 2024
Magical island
Megelle Island, inhabited by supernaturals only. A place where they can be themselves, provided there is no violence. Soulmates can only see their soulmate mark while on the Island, and sometimes they can be surprised at who their soulmate is. Like Indi/Andi and Willem/Liam. Full of love and laughs, A wonderful read!
Megelle Island, inhabited by supernaturals only. A place where they can be themselves, provided there is no violence. Soulmates can only see their soulmate mark while on the Island, and sometimes they can be surprised at who their soulmate is. Like Indi/Andi and Willem/Liam. Full of love and laughs, A wonderful read!
November 20, 2024
Perfection
I love happy books that just make you feel good even when you want to reach through the pages and slap some sense into the characters because they are udderly clueless. Love love love these characters and hope we continue to have more side character stories to read about.
I love happy books that just make you feel good even when you want to reach through the pages and slap some sense into the characters because they are udderly clueless. Love love love these characters and hope we continue to have more side character stories to read about.
December 4, 2024
Loved it!
I just loved reading about Will and Indi! They make such a cute couple. Of course they had their ups and downs but what book would be complete without them. This was another super cute read and I can’t wait for the next in the series! Hopefully next up on the island is Valentine’s Day!!!!
I just loved reading about Will and Indi! They make such a cute couple. Of course they had their ups and downs but what book would be complete without them. This was another super cute read and I can’t wait for the next in the series! Hopefully next up on the island is Valentine’s Day!!!!
January 8, 2025
Chandelle
Chandelle is an exceptional writer who captivates readers with her engaging storytelling. Her writing style effortlessly draws the reader into the narrative, creating an immersive and enjoyable reading experience. The author's ability to craft compelling stories that keep the reader engaged is truly remarkable.
Chandelle is an exceptional writer who captivates readers with her engaging storytelling. Her writing style effortlessly draws the reader into the narrative, creating an immersive and enjoyable reading experience. The author's ability to craft compelling stories that keep the reader engaged is truly remarkable.
October 29, 2024
Loved it
I adore this book and it makes me want to become part of the Bow family even more. I loved seeing even more of the Outlaws and the Royal family. I adore this world. Loved Indie and Will's story and can't wait for more from the Island
I adore this book and it makes me want to become part of the Bow family even more. I loved seeing even more of the Outlaws and the Royal family. I adore this world. Loved Indie and Will's story and can't wait for more from the Island
October 30, 2024
Spooky fun read.
Full cast of favorite Magelle Island residents. Lots of spooky season tricks and treats. Pranks, mischief, fun family times. I love finding new soulmate stories for this Night Realm series. I look forward for many more to come.
Full cast of favorite Magelle Island residents. Lots of spooky season tricks and treats. Pranks, mischief, fun family times. I love finding new soulmate stories for this Night Realm series. I look forward for many more to come.
November 5, 2024
Love love love
I loved Indi and she is so relatable and Torren is my spirit animal. I honestly have no clue how yall do it but every book is better then the last. I never want the stories from the island to end!!!
I loved Indi and she is so relatable and Torren is my spirit animal. I honestly have no clue how yall do it but every book is better then the last. I never want the stories from the island to end!!!
November 7, 2024
AMAZING
I wanted to smack Indi and Will bit I got it lol. This book I loved particularly for some reason. Can't put my finger on why but it was excellent, as anything from Chandelle and Megan tend to be. Can't wait for the finale of spooky season eve though ours has passed.
I wanted to smack Indi and Will bit I got it lol. This book I loved particularly for some reason. Can't put my finger on why but it was excellent, as anything from Chandelle and Megan tend to be. Can't wait for the finale of spooky season eve though ours has passed.
November 21, 2024
Epic
Yet again these 2 have made another epic book. I love revisiting the island and catching up on the characters but more than that finding out more about certain characters. I loved all the little twists
AMAZING
Yet again these 2 have made another epic book. I love revisiting the island and catching up on the characters but more than that finding out more about certain characters. I loved all the little twists
AMAZING
December 7, 2024
This is another amazing read
Chandelle and Megan have outdone themselves once again. I love every series of their co authorings and their individual works. The books are hard to put down once you’re in a couple pages you’re hooked. I would recommend these ladies books to anyone.
Chandelle and Megan have outdone themselves once again. I love every series of their co authorings and their individual works. The books are hard to put down once you’re in a couple pages you’re hooked. I would recommend these ladies books to anyone.
December 11, 2024
I fall in love even more with each book
With each and every book I read in this series is fall in love even more. You just become part of their world. I can't wait to see the rest of the exciting adventures they get to go on.
With each and every book I read in this series is fall in love even more. You just become part of their world. I can't wait to see the rest of the exciting adventures they get to go on.
December 15, 2024
So sweet!!!!
Ohhhh the Vaunteros and the Bows are just so stinking cute. I absolutely am loving the Halloween marked series just as much as the Christmas marked series. Absolutely love this world and this writing duo.
Ohhhh the Vaunteros and the Bows are just so stinking cute. I absolutely am loving the Halloween marked series just as much as the Christmas marked series. Absolutely love this world and this writing duo.
August 31, 2025
amazing book
I wish I could more then 5 stars, because I would! I cannot get enough of these books! The authors have done an amazing job from writing to plots to characters!
It’s funny, drama, romance, and it keeps you reading from page 1!
I wish I could more then 5 stars, because I would! I cannot get enough of these books! The authors have done an amazing job from writing to plots to characters!
It’s funny, drama, romance, and it keeps you reading from page 1!
October 27, 2024
This was a fab read, I loved Torren and it was so good to finally meet her sister Indi. The chemistry and tension between Indi and Will were just so good, I loved the slow revealing of their history and the flashback in Chapter 19 was both beautiful and heartbreaking.
Can't wait to find out whose story we get next!
Can't wait to find out whose story we get next!
October 29, 2024
Halloween Vibes
Magelle Island always brings the soulmates together. We get more spooky vibes with this Halloween special. It's a great quick read for the holiday.
Magelle Island always brings the soulmates together. We get more spooky vibes with this Halloween special. It's a great quick read for the holiday.
November 1, 2024
Always a treat!
It's always enjoyable reading this combo. I love the bow family and was glad to see Willem get his happy ever after. Another great read ladies!
It's always enjoyable reading this combo. I love the bow family and was glad to see Willem get his happy ever after. Another great read ladies!
November 3, 2024
My favorite yet!
I love this book so much! It was perfect! These books are so sweet and well written. I really enjoy this series.
I love this book so much! It was perfect! These books are so sweet and well written. I really enjoy this series.
November 8, 2024
you’ve done it again!
How you manage to interweave the timelines and stories together baffles me - but I love it! A great addition to the Magelle island holiday series!
How you manage to interweave the timelines and stories together baffles me - but I love it! A great addition to the Magelle island holiday series!
November 14, 2024
OMG I loved this one more than the first one. It was awesome to spend more time in spooky season but also with the Vaunteros and the Bows! So good!
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