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The MacInness Legacy #1
The Fireweaver
From Amazon #1 Bestseller and award winning author Julie Moffett comes the first book in a historical paranormal romance series about sister witches written with her sister, Sandy Moffett. One hundred years after the witch trials in 1792 Salem Bridget Goodwell is the daughter of one of Salem’s most prominent Congregationalist ministers. Although Bridget is almost twenty-one years of age and long past the prime age of marriage, in three months time she will finally wed Peter Holton, a wealthy law student from a respectable family. Bridget’s future seems secure and bright. Except for the fact that Bridget is hiding a terrible secret. She is able to set things on fire by willing it so. All of her life she’s successfully hid her unnatural ability from family and friends. But just three weeks before her wedding, her secret is threatened when her childhood nemesis and first true love, Benjamin Hawkes, sails back into town with trouble on his mind. FOLLOWING BOOKS IN THE SERIES The Seer (#2) Sandy Moffett The Healer (#3) Julie Moffett Bewitching (novella- related Salem location and time period)
272 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 1, 2002
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Julie Moffett
49 books682 followersJulie Moffett is the bestselling author of the long-running, geeky Lexi Carmichael Mystery Series that USA Today says: “…runs a riveting gamut from hilarious to deadly, and the perfectly paced action in between will have you hanging on to Lexi’s every word and breathless for her next geeked-out adventure.” Julie also writes the young adult White Knights spin-off series featuring a cool, teenage hacker girl. Julie's been publishing books for 25 years, but writing for a lot longer. She writes in the genres of mystery, young adult, historical romance and paranormal romance.
Julie has won numerous awards, including the Mystery & Mayhem Award for Best YA/New Adult Mystery, the HOLT Award for Best Novel with Romantic Elements, a HOLT Merit Award for Best Novel by a Virginia Author (twice!), the Award of Excellence, a PRISM Award for Best Romantic Time-Travel AND Best of the Best Paranormal Books, and an EPIC Award for Best Action/Adventure Novel. She has also garnered additional nominations for the Booksellers' Best Award, Daphne du Maurier Award, the Dante Rossetti Award, and the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence.
Julie is a military brat (Air Force) and has traveled extensively. Her more exciting exploits include attending high school in Okinawa, Japan; backpacking around Europe and Scandinavia for several months; a year-long college graduate study in Warsaw, Poland; and a wonderful trip to Scotland and Ireland where she fell in love with castles, kilts and brogues.
Julie has a B.A. in Political Science and Russian Language from Colorado College, a M.A. in International Affairs from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and an M.Ed from Liberty University. She has worked as a proposal writer, journalist, teacher, librarian and researcher. Julie speaks Russian and Polish and has two awesome sons.
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Julie has won numerous awards, including the Mystery & Mayhem Award for Best YA/New Adult Mystery, the HOLT Award for Best Novel with Romantic Elements, a HOLT Merit Award for Best Novel by a Virginia Author (twice!), the Award of Excellence, a PRISM Award for Best Romantic Time-Travel AND Best of the Best Paranormal Books, and an EPIC Award for Best Action/Adventure Novel. She has also garnered additional nominations for the Booksellers' Best Award, Daphne du Maurier Award, the Dante Rossetti Award, and the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence.
Julie is a military brat (Air Force) and has traveled extensively. Her more exciting exploits include attending high school in Okinawa, Japan; backpacking around Europe and Scandinavia for several months; a year-long college graduate study in Warsaw, Poland; and a wonderful trip to Scotland and Ireland where she fell in love with castles, kilts and brogues.
Julie has a B.A. in Political Science and Russian Language from Colorado College, a M.A. in International Affairs from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and an M.Ed from Liberty University. She has worked as a proposal writer, journalist, teacher, librarian and researcher. Julie speaks Russian and Polish and has two awesome sons.
Visit Julie's website at: https://www.juliemoffett.com/
Follow Julie on Social Media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JulieMoffett...
X: @JMoffettAuthor
Instagram: https://instagram.com/julie_moffett/
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July 9, 2022oh my! i loved this! the best friends to lovers is a favorite trope and added the whole magic thing on top and i ate this book up. Benjamin is absoutly adorable, and the fact he takes Bridget's power in stride is just *chef's kiss*. however, i am not so sure i am going to approve of mama witch's actions in the coming books. She seems like she did the wrong thing for the right reasons. and the need to find out more while not ending on a true cliff hanger was skillfully done.
December 5, 2016
A brilliant historical paranormal story
February 27, 2021
I read this book because I'm a huge fan of Moffett's Lexi Carmichael series. This one, not so much.
Moffett's writing is very good. Unfortunately, this book lacked the action and engaging characters I expected. There was too much angst and nothing much of substance happened (except Bridget setting things on fire), and I really, really missed the humour that contributed so much to the Carmichael series.
And what really affected the book negatively for me was the amount of historical detail that was just wrong. I totally own being a history snob and so things that others wouldn't even notice really bother me. In this case, it was Bridget running around all the time with her hair down, not wearing stays, wearing head cloth (whatever that might be), constantly running around without a hat or bonnet, having "chores" and not having domestic skills. If the story had been set in some fantasy alternate Earth, none of these things would have mattered. In a story that takes place in Salem in the 1790s, these things just would never have happened. So because these details were just so glaringly, egregiously wrong, I wasn't able to immerse myself in the story and enjoy the story itself.
In addition to that--and totally outside of my issues with historical inaccuracy--it bothered me that Bridget, who had discovered her ability to set fire to things at the age of 6, still had no real control over it by the age of 21. Even knowing how dangerous it was and knowing that she would set things on fire when she got emotional, she admitted that she had done very little to learn to control this power (which might have been almost impossible), and more importantly, she had apparently done very little to learn to control her temper, which she knew was likely to set off her powers (and she had total control over learning that).
If you don't care anything about historical accuracy, you should like this book much more than I did because Moffett is a good writer. If you do care about it, it's still worth checking out.
Moffett's writing is very good. Unfortunately, this book lacked the action and engaging characters I expected. There was too much angst and nothing much of substance happened (except Bridget setting things on fire), and I really, really missed the humour that contributed so much to the Carmichael series.
And what really affected the book negatively for me was the amount of historical detail that was just wrong. I totally own being a history snob and so things that others wouldn't even notice really bother me. In this case, it was Bridget running around all the time with her hair down, not wearing stays, wearing head cloth (whatever that might be), constantly running around without a hat or bonnet, having "chores" and not having domestic skills. If the story had been set in some fantasy alternate Earth, none of these things would have mattered. In a story that takes place in Salem in the 1790s, these things just would never have happened. So because these details were just so glaringly, egregiously wrong, I wasn't able to immerse myself in the story and enjoy the story itself.
In addition to that--and totally outside of my issues with historical inaccuracy--it bothered me that Bridget, who had discovered her ability to set fire to things at the age of 6, still had no real control over it by the age of 21. Even knowing how dangerous it was and knowing that she would set things on fire when she got emotional, she admitted that she had done very little to learn to control this power (which might have been almost impossible), and more importantly, she had apparently done very little to learn to control her temper, which she knew was likely to set off her powers (and she had total control over learning that).
If you don't care anything about historical accuracy, you should like this book much more than I did because Moffett is a good writer. If you do care about it, it's still worth checking out.
August 12, 2017
Wow
One of the most captaining books I have read in a while . The characters are wonderfully written, that when I was not reading I was consumed with thinking about them!! The story line runs smoothly and fast, so much so that if you have time can be read in a day. On to the next book. I don't even have any other book I want to read!!
One of the most captaining books I have read in a while . The characters are wonderfully written, that when I was not reading I was consumed with thinking about them!! The story line runs smoothly and fast, so much so that if you have time can be read in a day. On to the next book. I don't even have any other book I want to read!!
June 7, 2018
Ehhhh. Skimmed through the majority of this and I don't regret a thing. I don't know what I was expecting, but it wasn't this. I wanted a supernatural story about a girl that could wield fire. Not a story of a love triangle where one of the points was a girl who happened to wield fire. Wah wah wah.
August 4, 2017
I was drawn to this book because of the beautiful cover and then delighted by the well-written story within. There were elements of historical romance and the paranormal that I absolutely loved. On to book two of this trilogy.
March 18, 2018
Witches....not possible or are they!
Another of Julie's page turners. I can not wait to immediately read her next book in the series...The Seer. Your heart gets attached to each character and their lives . I believe Bridget will break the curse!
Another of Julie's page turners. I can not wait to immediately read her next book in the series...The Seer. Your heart gets attached to each character and their lives . I believe Bridget will break the curse!
September 28, 2024
Liked it and started The Seer as soon as I finished The Fireweaver.
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