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Hearts #1.5
Macabre Magic
Included in Shiver: 13 Sexy Tales of Humor and Horror.
When you’re married to an illusionist, you never know what surprise is around the corner.
Matilda believes she doesn’t scare easily. Horror films make her laugh rather than jump in terror. Jay begs to differ. With just the right magic trick, he thinks he can give his wife a scare for Halloween, so the two make a bet. Will Jay be able to frighten Matilda, or will Matilda’s immunity to scare tactics win out?
Macabre Magic is a short, fun Halloween read for fans of L.H. Cosway’s Six of Hearts.
When you’re married to an illusionist, you never know what surprise is around the corner.
Matilda believes she doesn’t scare easily. Horror films make her laugh rather than jump in terror. Jay begs to differ. With just the right magic trick, he thinks he can give his wife a scare for Halloween, so the two make a bet. Will Jay be able to frighten Matilda, or will Matilda’s immunity to scare tactics win out?
Macabre Magic is a short, fun Halloween read for fans of L.H. Cosway’s Six of Hearts.
70 pages, ebook
First published October 13, 2014
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L.H. Cosway
56 books5,917 followersL.H. Cosway lives in Ireland. Her inspiration to write comes from music. Her favourite things in life include writing stories, food, musical comedy, and of course, books. She thinks that imperfect people are the most interesting kind. They tell the best stories.
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December 4, 2015
****4 Magic Stars****
Ohhhh just had time for a quickie....
How could I not have one more time with the handsome and charming Jay when he surprises his wife Matilda, for some Halloween Fun!!
I'm a huge L.H. Cosway fan and as always, she pulled another great little read out of that hat of her's.....TOTALLY MAGIC!!
Ohhhh just had time for a quickie....
How could I not have one more time with the handsome and charming Jay when he surprises his wife Matilda, for some Halloween Fun!!
I'm a huge L.H. Cosway fan and as always, she pulled another great little read out of that hat of her's.....TOTALLY MAGIC!!
April 1, 2016
In Macabre Magic, Matilda challenges her smart, handsome and charming husband to try his best to scare her, because she believes it’s a close to impossible to task. Can he succeed and win the bet they’ve made? Will Matilda’s immunity to horror films and all things that go bump in the night be enough to not fall for Jay’s ingenious mentalist tricks?
Besides the gripping tricks performed by Jay and described in vivid detail by L.H., I adore reading about these two characters and their sexy back en forth.
It’s always so very satisfying to read about your favorite couples after they find their happy. Knowing they keep growing and reinforcing their relationship and not forgetting the things that make them so unique.
Jay Fields will always be one of my favorite book boyfriends. His mischievous and sexy attitude, along with his love and adoration for Matilda will bring me back for more.
Macabre Magic is book 1.5 in the Hearts series by L.H. Cosway. It's a novella about the main characters from the Six of Hearts book which I strongly advise you to read.
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“Your tricks are cool and everything, but they mostly astound and amaze me rather than scare me.”
Besides the gripping tricks performed by Jay and described in vivid detail by L.H., I adore reading about these two characters and their sexy back en forth.
“Clothing? What is this sorcery of which you speak?”
It’s always so very satisfying to read about your favorite couples after they find their happy. Knowing they keep growing and reinforcing their relationship and not forgetting the things that make them so unique.
“The thing about Jay was that even though he was laid bare to me and all his secrets revealed, there was always a hint of mystery beneath the surface.”
Jay Fields will always be one of my favorite book boyfriends. His mischievous and sexy attitude, along with his love and adoration for Matilda will bring me back for more.
“The only crush I have is you. The only person I see is you.”
Macabre Magic is book 1.5 in the Hearts series by L.H. Cosway. It's a novella about the main characters from the Six of Hearts book which I strongly advise you to read.
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July 21, 2015
Such a fun little read! <3
April 27, 2016
Short but cute. It did make me want to read the second book.
February 17, 2015
Love LOVED this! L.H. Cosways grants us a 30+ page novella featuring Jay and Matilda from "Six of Hearts", one of my all time favorite reads and book couples. Celebrating their first Halloween as a married couple, Jay and Matilda make a bet that he can't scare her and Jay accepts this challenge as only Jay can. There's sexy intrigue, thrills and a bit of warfare with a temptress. I loved this insight into their lives after their story in "Six of Hearts" and I wish with all my book loving heart we could get another book with these two. There's so much to them and I'm not ready to let them go.
This was a perfect present from the author to her readers. I loved it.
This was a perfect present from the author to her readers. I loved it.
January 18, 2016
Quick sweet novella. Love those two together!
August 17, 2019
Rated 4 Stars
Yay, more of Jay & Matilda......and Married! I was hoping for more after I finished book 1. I love these two together.
It's Halloween in this story, so of course Jay has to show off some of his tricks (it just what magicians do naturally).
Great little wrap up on the two of them.
Yay, more of Jay & Matilda......and Married! I was hoping for more after I finished book 1. I love these two together.
It's Halloween in this story, so of course Jay has to show off some of his tricks (it just what magicians do naturally).
Great little wrap up on the two of them.
April 2, 2015
This was a short story released free in the author's website https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By5l....
Its a continuation story from Six of Hearts and its set around Halloween so its a bit suspenseful but still keeping the humour and steam. I loved Six of Hearts and I loved this continuation.
Jay Fields is amazing and he can bet with me and hypnotize me anytime.
Its a continuation story from Six of Hearts and its set around Halloween so its a bit suspenseful but still keeping the humour and steam. I loved Six of Hearts and I loved this continuation.
Jay Fields is amazing and he can bet with me and hypnotize me anytime.
May 23, 2016
Macabre Magic es una novela corta dentro de la serie Hearts de L. H. Cosway y vuelve a tener a Matilda y Jay ( Jason ) como protagonistas.
Cuando lees un libro con el que disfrutas no quieres que acabe pero desgraciadamente llega un momento en el que llega a su fin, por esa razon me encanta cuando algunas autoras crean pequeñas novelas como esta : cortas, ( esta en concreto tiene solo 70 paginas ), ligeras y bonitas, la solucion perfecta para cuando te cuesta despedirte de ciertos personajes.
Macabre Magic fue una lectura rapida de leer ( menos de una hora ) y muy agradable, quizas heche un poco de menos que tuviera mas escenas de Jay y Matilda y no todo se centrara en " el susto ", aun asi, si eres fan de esta saga no puedes dejar de darle una oportunidad a esta novela.
2.75 Estrellas!
March 17, 2015
5 Jaylicious Stars
Its L.H Cosway and Jay plus Jay naked, Jay grinning, Jay with bedroom eyes, Jay with a Come-hither look....its OBVIOUSLY a 5 stars-all-the-way novella for me!!
Now imagine this:
aaaand Jay trying to scare the HELL out of his wife...its just a HELL lot of fun.
Its L.H Cosway and Jay plus Jay naked, Jay grinning, Jay with bedroom eyes, Jay with a Come-hither look....its OBVIOUSLY a 5 stars-all-the-way novella for me!!
Now imagine this:
aaaand Jay trying to scare the HELL out of his wife...its just a HELL lot of fun.
March 8, 2017
A ver, la historia es cortita y está muy bien pero realmente a mí no me ha hecho gracia.
La culpa también es de Matilda por decirle «adelante con lo que sea, jodeme viva» pero el truco de Jay de pasó de la raya UN MONTÓN! Hay sustos y sustos pero vamos... este se le fue de las manos...
La culpa también es de Matilda por decirle «adelante con lo que sea, jodeme viva» pero el truco de Jay de pasó de la raya UN MONTÓN! Hay sustos y sustos pero vamos... este se le fue de las manos...
December 3, 2016
This was somewhat cute, somewhat cliché. I'm glad to see the couple from the 1st couple blissfully married in this one. However, I am not a fan of girl-hating and the trope of girls getting all mean JUST FOR A GUY. Moving on~~
June 18, 2015
I loved this short story!!
November 2, 2015
A short, cute read right in time for Halloween :)
June 13, 2016
This was just OK, the Jay and Matilda relationship parts were awesome but the "scare" was really lame...
December 20, 2019
This is a super shortie! It was fun to see Watson and Jay again. I must say the mindf*ck he did there it did scare me.. That doesn't say much because when ,e go to the theater to watch a horror movie I close my eyes when I feel sething bad/scary coming
Trina did manage to get on my nerve and I understoot Matilde her feelings regarding her very wel. I did find that neither did mich to actually make her stop. I thought her woman to woman talk would help but I guess not.. I want a but more closure in that..
Trina did manage to get on my nerve and I understoot Matilde her feelings regarding her very wel. I did find that neither did mich to actually make her stop. I thought her woman to woman talk would help but I guess not.. I want a but more closure in that..
August 16, 2015
"I need to know what you limits are. Do you want me just to scare you, or are you giving me permission to mindfuck the shit out of you?".
I love this short novella of Jay and Matilda. It's Halloween and Matilda doesn't think Jay can scare her. She doesn't scare so easily, but don't tell that to a stubborn Jay because he loves a challenge. I love every little piece of these characters I can get. My only complaint is that I want more!
I love this short novella of Jay and Matilda. It's Halloween and Matilda doesn't think Jay can scare her. She doesn't scare so easily, but don't tell that to a stubborn Jay because he loves a challenge. I love every little piece of these characters I can get. My only complaint is that I want more!
August 30, 2015
Review to be posted
June 13, 2019
No me canso de Jay y Matilda!!
Me encanta su relación!!! Esa broma fue lo MÁ.XI.MO!!!!!!!
¿He mencionado ya que amo a Jason? ¿No? Pues aquí va...
AMO A JASON FIELDS!
Me encanta su relación!!! Esa broma fue lo MÁ.XI.MO!!!!!!!
¿He mencionado ya que amo a Jason? ¿No? Pues aquí va...
AMO A JASON FIELDS!
July 23, 2017
Sem Jay, sem az akció nem tetszett :(
October 21, 2017
I am sad because I looooved the first one. Jay an Matilda are great, the story it was amazing and the writting too, so now I am dissapointed with this short story, why is she not scare about anything now? It is supposed her mum was killed in front oh her so...I don't understand the story on this
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February 8, 2025
January 2023
3.5 stars
Book 1 Epilogue: Jay proposed to Matilda, while they were in Las Vegas doing his magic show.
This 70-page novella is a 2nd epilogue + a Halloween short.
❤️ Having loved book one, I was happy to read a little more about Jay and Matilda. This kept my interest throughout, and once again showed how Jay is an amazing magician, and how the MCs make a great couple.
🆂🅿🅾🅸🅻🅴🆁🆂 🅱🅴🅻🅾🆆
Part One: The Bet
J & M are on their honeymoon in Miami, after a spontaneous wedding in Las Vegas happened off-page. They have only 3 days to spare between Jay's shows. Matilda claims no horror movie has ever scared her. Jay bets he can scare her, leading to a wager:
🔸If Matilda wins by not being scared, she can dress Jay however she wants for a week.
🔸If Jay wins, he gets her naked for 24 hours.
To raise the stakes, Matilda suggests they hold off on sex until after Halloween, creating sexual tension for the newlyweds.
Part Two: The Tease
Back in Las Vegas, Jay performs five nights a week. His PA, Tina, tries to catch his eye by dressing sexy. Matilda dislikes it but tolerates it, knowing Jay would never cheat. Personally, I would have fired her butt!
😍 Jay only has eyes for Matilda:
♥️ "The only crush I have is you. The only person I see is you."
♥️ "I'll get rid of her if you want. It's unnecessary since she could walk right in here wearing nothing but a thong and a smile and I'd still be looking at you, darlin'. But if it makes you feel more comfortable, you only have to say the word."
Part Three: The Ruse
J & M are attending a Halloween party at Tina's place. Matilda was going to wear a sexy costume but changed it to something more comfortable. Before they leave, Jay pulls a small scare trick on her, which makes her a bit jumpy, knowing he has more planned for the night. At the party, she intends to confront Tina about her crush on Jay.
Jay ends up
Part Four: The Trick:
Matilda wakes up feeling cold, lying on the floor of a warehouse. This is where Jay does an amazing job of scaring the crap out of her! I would've had a heart attack!! Matilda runs screaming for her life by the end.
Jay wins the bet!
Being the incredible guy he is, he says:
▪️ "I won the bet. But since you've been a good sport I'll give you one concession and let you choose my outfit for tomorrow night's show. I'll give you carte blanch, wear whatever you want."
▪️ "You will?"
▪️ "I will for you. Only for you, Watson, because I love you."
½ star taken off, because I wanted more!
🔻This could've been a second book, or at least a longer novella.
🔻The end felt a little anticlimatic.
🔻I wanted a more detailed & steamy sex scene.
Plus, the Tina issue wasn't resolved to my satisfaction. She keeps her job, even after she was rude to Matilda.
Jay says: "Ignore her. She might as well be wallpaper to me and besides, we're stronger than that. Nobody else can touch us. I told you before, all I see is you."
👎 I strongly dislike the book cover as well.
★ But I loved Jay! He is one of my favorite book heroes. He's sexy, caring, talented and very smart. J & M's love is heartfelt, and it's clear they'll be together forever. Matilda is a favorite as well, and very relatable.
Matilda thinks:
There was so much love in his eyes that I became breathless and hot all over. In that moment I knew I'd been silly to think that anybody could ever threaten what we had together. Jay and I existed in our own little bubble and we always would. We've been through so much. He had fought hard to get us where we were right now, and I knew he'd never do anything to jeopardize that.
Download for free on L.H. Cosway's website:
https://lhcoswayauthor.com/books/the-...
3.5 stars
Book 1 Epilogue: Jay proposed to Matilda, while they were in Las Vegas doing his magic show.
This 70-page novella is a 2nd epilogue + a Halloween short.
❤️ Having loved book one, I was happy to read a little more about Jay and Matilda. This kept my interest throughout, and once again showed how Jay is an amazing magician, and how the MCs make a great couple.
🆂🅿🅾🅸🅻🅴🆁🆂 🅱🅴🅻🅾🆆
Part One: The Bet
J & M are on their honeymoon in Miami, after a spontaneous wedding in Las Vegas happened off-page. They have only 3 days to spare between Jay's shows. Matilda claims no horror movie has ever scared her. Jay bets he can scare her, leading to a wager:
🔸If Matilda wins by not being scared, she can dress Jay however she wants for a week.
🔸If Jay wins, he gets her naked for 24 hours.
To raise the stakes, Matilda suggests they hold off on sex until after Halloween, creating sexual tension for the newlyweds.
Part Two: The Tease
Back in Las Vegas, Jay performs five nights a week. His PA, Tina, tries to catch his eye by dressing sexy. Matilda dislikes it but tolerates it, knowing Jay would never cheat. Personally, I would have fired her butt!
😍 Jay only has eyes for Matilda:
♥️ "The only crush I have is you. The only person I see is you."
♥️ "I'll get rid of her if you want. It's unnecessary since she could walk right in here wearing nothing but a thong and a smile and I'd still be looking at you, darlin'. But if it makes you feel more comfortable, you only have to say the word."
Part Three: The Ruse
J & M are attending a Halloween party at Tina's place. Matilda was going to wear a sexy costume but changed it to something more comfortable. Before they leave, Jay pulls a small scare trick on her, which makes her a bit jumpy, knowing he has more planned for the night. At the party, she intends to confront Tina about her crush on Jay.
Jay ends up
Part Four: The Trick:
Matilda wakes up feeling cold, lying on the floor of a warehouse. This is where Jay does an amazing job of scaring the crap out of her! I would've had a heart attack!! Matilda runs screaming for her life by the end.
Jay wins the bet!
Being the incredible guy he is, he says:
▪️ "I won the bet. But since you've been a good sport I'll give you one concession and let you choose my outfit for tomorrow night's show. I'll give you carte blanch, wear whatever you want."
▪️ "You will?"
▪️ "I will for you. Only for you, Watson, because I love you."
½ star taken off, because I wanted more!
🔻This could've been a second book, or at least a longer novella.
🔻The end felt a little anticlimatic.
🔻I wanted a more detailed & steamy sex scene.
Plus, the Tina issue wasn't resolved to my satisfaction. She keeps her job, even after she was rude to Matilda.
Jay says: "Ignore her. She might as well be wallpaper to me and besides, we're stronger than that. Nobody else can touch us. I told you before, all I see is you."
👎 I strongly dislike the book cover as well.
★ But I loved Jay! He is one of my favorite book heroes. He's sexy, caring, talented and very smart. J & M's love is heartfelt, and it's clear they'll be together forever. Matilda is a favorite as well, and very relatable.
Matilda thinks:
There was so much love in his eyes that I became breathless and hot all over. In that moment I knew I'd been silly to think that anybody could ever threaten what we had together. Jay and I existed in our own little bubble and we always would. We've been through so much. He had fought hard to get us where we were right now, and I knew he'd never do anything to jeopardize that.
Download for free on L.H. Cosway's website:
https://lhcoswayauthor.com/books/the-...
February 27, 2016
4 stars
This was a very good short that continues the story of Matilda and Jay. In this story, they've just gotten married and are taking a few days for a honeymoon before Jay has to go back to work doing his shows. Matilda and Jay make a bet about whether he can truly scare her since no horror movie ever has and the end date for the bet is Halloween (which is coming up within the week).
I really enjoyed this story and liked seeing Matilda and Jay happily together. I was a bit annoyed that . Anyways...outside of the complaint in the spoiler tags I thought it was a great addition to Matilda and Jay's story. I'd recommend it to people that have already read Six of Hearts.
This was a very good short that continues the story of Matilda and Jay. In this story, they've just gotten married and are taking a few days for a honeymoon before Jay has to go back to work doing his shows. Matilda and Jay make a bet about whether he can truly scare her since no horror movie ever has and the end date for the bet is Halloween (which is coming up within the week).
I really enjoyed this story and liked seeing Matilda and Jay happily together. I was a bit annoyed that . Anyways...outside of the complaint in the spoiler tags I thought it was a great addition to Matilda and Jay's story. I'd recommend it to people that have already read Six of Hearts.
August 29, 2015
⭐️ 5 Stars⭐️
♦️BOOK: #1.5 in the HEARTS series. Quickie novella about Jay & Matilda. 30 pages.
♦️POV: first person, heroine
♦️PLOT: It's Halloween and Jay & Matilda celebrate their first holiday as a married couple with a sexy bet that Jay will/won't be able to truly scare her. Throw in Jay's beautiful assistant that has the hots for him, Matilda's jealously and a funny costume mishap.
♦️STEAM LEVEL: moderate, 3/5
♦️QUOTES:
"I was also dying to get him into a Dixie bow. Don't ask why - it just needed to happen."
♦️BOOK: #1.5 in the HEARTS series. Quickie novella about Jay & Matilda. 30 pages.
♦️POV: first person, heroine
♦️PLOT: It's Halloween and Jay & Matilda celebrate their first holiday as a married couple with a sexy bet that Jay will/won't be able to truly scare her. Throw in Jay's beautiful assistant that has the hots for him, Matilda's jealously and a funny costume mishap.
♦️STEAM LEVEL: moderate, 3/5
♦️QUOTES:
"I was also dying to get him into a Dixie bow. Don't ask why - it just needed to happen."
January 14, 2016
I really don't know why it took me so long to pick this one up. But I'm glad I did because I forgot how much I loved Jay Fields. He's charming as ever. I wish a guy like him exists?
Although I could kill him for that trick. OMG.
Although I could kill him for that trick. OMG.
March 30, 2015
The perfect novella!! Any chance to get more Jay Fields is more than okay in my book. This just made me more excited for Hearts of Fire
February 17, 2016
Matilda tells Jay that there is no way he can scare her...Like full on scare her. So they make a bet. Jay must full on scare her...heart rate up, perspiration, screaming the full nine. This is a short story to hold back your withdraws. Loved every minute of it.
June 15, 2017
4 Stars
Creepy, Sexy, Entretenido, divertido,así es este relato, un pequeño regalo y un pedacito más de Jay y Matilda, no me canso de ellos, son así de divertidos y amorosos son. QUIERO MÁS
Creepy, Sexy, Entretenido, divertido,así es este relato, un pequeño regalo y un pedacito más de Jay y Matilda, no me canso de ellos, son así de divertidos y amorosos son. QUIERO MÁS
January 19, 2015
Better than what I expected! L.H. Cosway has an amazing way to tell stories! It was nice reading about Jay & Matilda after what happened in "Six of Hearts"! Can't wait for Hearts of Fire!!!
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