A midlife witch, the bear shifter next door, and an ex back from the dead
After dealing with so much dark magic in Salem, I’m giving everyone the side eye—even Austin, my new neighbor. Especially after I sense someone is watching me.
Austin asks me to hide a kitten of all things. Although I’m suspicious at first, I can’t help the way I’m reacting to my handsome, way-too-young-for-me neighbor with the warm eyes.
I’ve sworn off dating since I broke up with my toxic ex but say yes to a “thank you for hiding my kitten” dinner.
Which is a disaster.
Worse, that same toxic ex—presumed dead for fifteen years—shows up at my door.
He wants me back, but I’m older and wiser now. Or am I?
For a witch content with her life and magical career, I now have my irresistible neighbor and my passionate first love interested in me.
USA Today bestselling author Lisa Carlisle loves stories with dark, brooding heroes or quirky outcasts. Her romances have been named Top Picks at Night Owl Reviews and The Romance Reviews.
When she was younger, she worked in a variety of jobs, moving to various countries. She was stationed in Okinawa while in the Marines, backpacked alone through Europe, and worked in Paris before returning to the U.S. She owned a bookstore for a few years as she loves to read. She’s married with two kids, two cats, and too many fish.
Another absolutely hilarious book in the Salem Supernaturals series by Lisa Carlisle! Spies Without A Face is Pandora's story and it doesn't disappoint! Pandora meets her new cute neighbour, bear shifter Austin when henweds her help. Austin is a loner, never having settled anywhere and hoping for a new start. Pandora and Austin have instant chemistry, but since Pandora is older and having relationship issues, she's wary ... The fact that her ex turns up who she thought was dead, doesn't help!!! This book has it all, the chemistry, the hilarity, the friends, who are scheming... Austin fits right in with the gang and Pandora , well, we find out more about her past too! The storyline fits also very well within this continuing series. It flows very well and keeps you glued to the pages... Now the downside... The wait for the next book...
Witch Pandora and bear shifter Austin are next-door neighbors. With the feeling someone is watching her, Pandora isn’t sure if she wants to help Austin with his problem when he shows up asking for a favor. He had found a kitten and gotten very attached. But he isn’t allowed to have pets and his landlord will be coming by. So he asked Pandora if she would take the kitten for a brief time. The two of them are feeling an attraction already, but Austin is younger than Pandora. And she doesn’t want another relationship after her breakup with a toxic ex. But to thank her for taking care of his kitten, Austin takes Pandora to dinner.
When her ex, who was supposed to be dead, arrives at Pandora’s door, he wants to hook up with her again. And Austin’s bear has recognized Pandora is his mate! What will she decide to do? Is she headed for a HEA – or a terrible disaster?
This is a fun series, so grab your copy and enjoy!
Spies Without a Face is Pandora and Austin's story and a great addition to the series. Pandora is a witch and Austin is a bear shifter they are neighbors. I loved that a kitten brings them together and being fated mates takes their relationship to a whole new level. When Pandora's ex comes back into her life things take some interesting turns. This is a well written paranormal shifter/witch romance with quirky characters, a fun storyline, and a great ending. I look forward to reading more books in this series. I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book.
This exciting story has everything you could ask for, it's fun to read with a well-developed storyline and characters who are meant to be together. I love stories where the main character, Pandora, in this case, thinks they have everything they need only to find that fate has a surprise in store for them. Pandora isn't looking for love but Austin, a bear shifter moves in next door and sets his sights on her. He may still be learning who he is but there's one he's sure of, the witch next door is his fated mate and he's determined to win her love.
The storyline includes a return visit to Salem, a cute kitten, a hunky, younger shifter next door, lots of laughter, mystery, intrigue and excitement, and our slow-to-love couple.
loved it !! love this series !!! love, love, love Austin and Pandora... this is their story.. a fast paced rom/com drama... Austin is new in town, he finds a kitten...goes to ask his hot neighbor to keep the kitten for him.. surprise.. she's his mate... but.. she doesn't believe it.. he's too young.. can he convince her ??? and ,then there's her ex... and so much more... so good !!!.
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Another Great Story with the Salem Supernaturals! Pandora meet Austin, and it takes on a life of it's own. This story was fun and the characters were perfect for it. we have cats and a kitten, witches and a Bear Shifter looking for a place to fit in. Many laughs had! I Loved It!!! No Spoilers!.
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This is a well written paranormal story with a cast of strong characters and an entertaining storyline. The author does a great job developing the story and paints her scenes perfectly. She brings some laugh out loud moments and kept me turning the pages with the mystery and romance and I enjoyed reading.
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Neighbor Bear shifter Austin and witch Pandora's story is well written with a good storyline. Austin finds a tuxedo kitten, but can not keep it where he lives so he asks Pandora to. Their story has drama, suspense, danger, a villain and an Age Gap older woman romance. I enjoyed seeing them get their happy ending. I received a copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This book was super fun and totally irresistible. This engaging story quickly pulled me in and had me eagerly turning those pages. A clever combination of cuteness and relatability keeps you highly entertained while also making sure all those feels, and laughs score a direct hit. this is my volitional, candid review.
Another good book I the Salem Supernaturals Network Series. Pandora is the head witch with a team in the Salem Supernaturals Network. The last couple of years has been busy. They have fought and detained demons, sirens and vampires all to keep everyone safe. It is exhausting work. Pandora is single and has been for a while. She seems like the cliche witch with the cats except she is beautiful, confident and slightly older. Austin Towers(I love that name) is a bear shifter. He found out he was a shifter when he shifted at a young age. He has spent time with a bear clan but is looking for a place he can belong. He moves to Salem, he has heard that it is a good place to find work. He moves in to a rental next door to a beautiful woman. While out hiking he discovers a kitten, a cute tuxedo kitten. He takes him home. His landlord does not allow pets. Austin knows that the lovely woman next door has cats. He wonders if she could help him hide his kitten from the landlord wh is coming to fix something in the apartment. He goes next door and the woman answers the door is his MATE! Pandora likes what she sees and this delicious man likes cats! It would be perfect if he was not ten years younger. Can Austin convince her to explore a new romance?
This was a good book we find out lots of things in this book. We learned that there are Supernatural Networks worldwide. We get information on Pandora’s backstory and failed relationship. We revisit some familiar faces too. Lots of fun music references - as always. Love ‘Blondie’!
Pandora is the head witch of a magical unit in the Salem Supernatural Network and, lately, she's had a feeling that someone's watching her. Austin Towers (not Powers) just moved in next door and already has a problem with his lease. Cats aren't allowed on the premises and he found a tuxedo kitten on the trail a few days ago, so his only option appears to be to take him to see the witch next door. Pandora has a few cats of her own, but she's still a little uncomfortable with that feeling that someone's in her yard spying on her. Ultimately, she decides that it will be fine to keep the kitten for a while, and she can't help but notice just how massive, young and attractive this big man is. Austin is half-human and half bear shifter, never fitting into either society, and has traveled across the country for years. Something is different this time and his bear lets him know that Pandora is his mate. This is a very well-written book with complex and well-defined characters. The inclusion of the characters from the previous books are always a pleasure to catch up with in their lives. The mystery of the "feeling of being watched" is solved when Pandora realizes that her ex, Marius, who she thought was dead, has come back to offer her a "life of danger and passion," but Pandora doesn't trust him or believe a word that he says. Marius, with his swishing black cape, is a fascinating character who really deserves his own story! This is a wonderful addition to the Salem Supernaturals series.
Age is only a number--but is it? He moved next door to her. His no pets lease became a problem when he found an adorable little orphaned kitten he brought home. He was gonna take it to a rescue but found it hard to give it up. But with a pending visit from his landlord, he hoped Pandora would play good neighbor since she had cats anyway.
When he showed up at her door they both felt the pull. Too bad he was so young... not that it mattered to him. Still, she could help with the kitten.
Watching them fight for and against their feelings, the evildoers she fights with the supernatural "police" bring the past back into her life and possible future.
A fun series with intrigue and great characters. This might be my favorite in the series. Don't miss the romance, great characters old and new, bad guy chase, and so much more.
This is a standalone read and one of the main characters is head witch Pandora, who leads a magical unit in the Salem Supernatural Network (SSN). She hasn’t looked for love since breaking away from her ex-fiance a couple of decades ago, when he started turning down a path to the darkness in pursuit of becoming a more powerful sorcerer and she disagreed with his methods. She heard that he had been killed soon after, but was never able to get any details confirmed. She hadn’t thought of him in years, but her experience had put her off having any sort of romantic relationship ever since. For weeks she has has been having the strange feeling that someone is watching her, but she can never sense nor see anyone. So when someone knocks on her back door late one night, she is somewhat wary. Especially when it turns out to be a large man, over six and a half feet tall and very broad and powerful looking, carrying a small kitten in a cat carrier, she doesn’t let him in. He is Austin Towers, her new next door neighbour and he isn’t supposed to have any pets on his short term lease fro his apartment. He has only recently moved to Salem, having spent the best part of the last decade trying to find somewhere that he belongs. He is a half bear shifter but didn’t know anything about the paranormal or shifters, until he shifted into a bear at twenty one, when someone tried to rob him. Apparently his father was a full bear shifter and his mother human, but she never told him, thinking that he wasn’t going to shift since he didn’t as a child and wanted to protect him. He doesn’t feel right in either the full bear shifter community, nor in the fully human world and had heard that Salem was full of paranormals of all kinds and much more open about everything.
Austin had noticed that Pandora had a few cats, she has three, and felt she might be a safe place to hide the poor kitten he rescued when out on a hike, while his landlord comes to fix a leaky tap. It should only be for an hour or so and she finally relents. He returns and asks her out to dinner as a thank you, but it turns into a bit of a disaster, as his bear has realised she is his fated mate and is going mad inside him, making him extremely clumsy! He has no real clue about fated mates and doesn’t really know how to approach the subject with Pandora, when he isn’t even sure if she is single or even likes him! Shortly after their non date, someone else comes ot her back door, but looks through her windows first, which is super creepy! It is her ex-fiancé, Marius, who looks good for a dead man! He says he has come back for her and wants her to be with him once more, like they used to be. He says he still loves her and she is wasting her life in a bland existence of her own creation, and which he can save her from. She thought she had sensed his magical style in some of the recent issues they have had to deal with, but thinking him long dead, had ignored her instincts! Now he is back having clearly faked his own death and turning even further into dark magic and becoming very powerful. He knows she is the head witch of Salem and considers her the strongest witch in the area, which is possibly why he wants her to team up with him, fro whatever nefarious plans he has. Pandora has no intention of going off with him, but her body betrays her, still longing for the feelings his touch could excite from her and reacting to his closeness. He leaves, telling her he will be back for her and allowing her some time to think about things.
Austin spots Pandora letting this dark stranger in and thinks she must already have a romantic partner and his bear drives him mad. He needs something to occupy his time and goes to the Network to see if they can find him a job. Pandora sees him there and arranges for one of her team, Lucas, a half dragon shifter, who was raised by his human mother, to show him around town and let him know the lie of the land. It seems like fate is ever pushing Austin and Pandora together, no matter how much she tries to resist going on a date with him and how much he tries to restrain his bear, the rest of her team and their friends conspire to get the two together during a supernatural speed dating event at one of her friend’s club, the Danger Zone and she actually enjoys herself talking to him and can’t stop looking for him as the rest of the evening goes by. Things are hotting up for the pair, but disaster seems to occur whenever his bear tries to distract him or take over. It doesn’t stop Austin pulling out all the stops and asking her out to a live music concert with one of her favourite artists. That horrible feeling is back halfway through, and it seems Marius is more serious than she thought about wanting her back, as he is clearly following her and it is his eyes she has been feeling on her at odd times. He can disappear into the shadows, in literally the blink of an eye! Danger continues to come calling for Pandora, as Marius isn’t one to just go away, when he wants what he had before and doesn’t care how he gets it. His earlier practice will come in useful to make her as pliant as he wishes, not really being interested in who she really is as a person now! Only the new romance with Austin could scupper his plans and it could be Pandora’s own doubts and fears of a relationship that causes the biggest issue. Glad to see how everything worked out in the end, even with the close call and I look forward to reading more books with the characters in this book, finding their happy endings too. I liked how we get the full story all in one and didn’t have to wait for the next book to find out what happens in Salem and with Pandora and Austin, as well as their adorable cats. I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.
Book: Spies without a Face Author: Lisa Carlisle My Rating: 5 Stars Reviewed by: Tammy - Book Nook Nuts
REVIEW This story was super fun to read, the characters were a delightful mix of paranormal. Pandora has everything she needs in life... or so she thought. Austin is floundering, still learning who he is but there is one thing he does know... The witch next door is his... his to protect... his to care for... his to love. One cute kitten who needs a place to hide, some eyes that are eerily watching every move she makes... Pandora is in a heap of trouble and oh yeah add in the hunky, young shifter next door... Tons of laughter, mystery, and a slow-to-love couple. Highly recommend!
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A visit back to Salem, Austin comes to town a bear shifter who is trying to find his place when he actually meets his mate Pandora who happens to be his neighbor and she is charge of the Paranormal Network. Pandora feels something for her next door neighbor but she believes she is to old for him and their first date or thank you dinner was not what either expected. Once Austin becomes friends with Pandora's friends he is one of them and they want to help once they find out that Pandora is his mate, Pandora is having none of it. A very exciting story line and the characters keep you turning pages. I read a copy via BookFunnel without obligation. I volunteered an honest review.
What an amazing book. It was nice to finally see Pandora get her story. And her happily ever after. I love Austin he is so sweet and sexy is adorable sounding. I had to look up what a tuxedo cat was. And now I want one. It was a hell of a ride with her ex in the picture. In what were those creatures were. I've heard of this type of creature but nobody ever writes about them in romances. It was nice to see some changes. I can't wait for Cassandra's book. Now I'm off to see when it comes out.
This series is just so good and when another story appears I cannot wait to dive in! This time it’s Pandora’s turn to find true love as she meets Austin her super hot her bear shifter neighbour. Of course the path to true love is never simple or easy cause well that would be boring which this book is NOT! Sexy, fun, exciting and filled with mystery and suspense as well as a few laughs, I could not put this awesome read down. Will they get their hea, I certainly hope so!!
This is a fantastic magical story! I loved reading this book. It’s got amazing characters, storyline and the world building is great with lots of details. Be ready for a book full of romance, a missing toxic ex returning, a hunky bear shifter, a choice, plot twists, steamy scenes and more with a happily ever after ending.
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She’s the head witch in charge of the Paranormal Network. She feels that someone is watching her at her home. Her neighbor if a human and bear shifter that comes to her about a kitten. She helps and he realizes that she’s his mate. He’s always felt out of place with with her he’s found peace. But will they be together?.
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Pandora runs a team at the Network protecting Salem from supernatural threats. She’s happy alone, following a painful breakup years ago. Austin is the younger bear shifter who moves in next door, who Pandora finds herself making up excuses not to date. Luckily both fate and friends step in to help things out.
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this was another great read from Lisa Carlisle, I had enjoyed previous works from her and this was another great entry. It had what I was looking for in a supernatural romance. It had a great plot going on and I enjoyed this journey.
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Pandora and Austin have a neighbor next door romance with a paranormal twist. Their story is well developed, detailed and so much fun to read. This has a reverse age gap and a couple that have a cuteness about them. Moments had me laughing and then on the edge of my seat with the mystery and suspense. I could not put this book down.
Pandora is drawn to her new neighbour Austin and his kitten
Pandora runs the Salem Supernatural Network and is a powerful witch. Austin is a best shifter looking for a new home. He found a kitten and gets Pandora to help hide the little critter from the landlord. Her ex-fiance returns to cause trouble but Austin could his plans. I can't wait for Cassandra's story!
Spies without a Face by Lisa Carlisle is Pandora and Austin's story. We go back to Salem for some intrigue, steamy romance and lots of fun. I loved that we got to catch up with many of the characters from the previous books.
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Super exciting story. Meeting your Mate then things happen. A lot went on in this story. Such a good one too. The next one sounds very good also. I received a complimentary review copy of the book and I am voluntarily leaving an honest review.
Austin is a bear shifter who moves next door to a beautiful witch named Pandora who turns out to be his mate. Her creepy x fiancé shows up and wants Pandora back. A nice paranormal romance with a HEA. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Great reading from beginning to end and so hard to put down. Action packed, emotional roller-coaster filled with witty and engaging charters, dangerous twists and heart racing turns. Really enjoyed this adventure.
Can’t wait for more from this amazing author! Enjoyed the weaving tale of this Spies without a Face and look forward to next one to follow the imagination of this author further!.
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