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Sheila A.: IMG On Storytelling: The Powells.com Interview with Donald Miller

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Casting Spells

by Barbara Bretton

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ISBN13: 9780425223642
ISBN10: 0425223647
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"Tongue-in-cheek humor lifts this weird but fun hybrid, part knitting cozy, part paranormal romance, from romance veteran Bretton (Just Desserts). After a classy female tourist drowns mysteriously in an icy lake in remote Sugar Maple, Vt., the Montpelier authorities ask Boston homicide cop Luke MacKenzie to investigate. As Sugar Maple's temporary police chief, Luke soon notices the village's odd ambience. Originally a haven for witches who fled the Salem witchcraft trials three centuries earlier, Sugar Maple is now home to witches, vampires, fairies and trolls. Luke is also attracted to Chloe Hobbs, the half-human owner of the knitting shop Sticks & Strings, who must find Mr. Right if she's to preserve the spell that sustains the town's unusual residents. As sparks literally fly between the two, Chloe's 'magickal' side stirs into life. Bretton charmingly depicts how love empowers Chloe and awakens Luke to some major surprises." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

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Magic. Knitting. Love. A new series and a delightful departure by the USA Today bestselling author of Just Desserts.

Sugar Maple looks like any Vermont town, but itas inhabited with warlocks, sprites, vampires, witchesaand an ancient secret. And Chloe Hobbs, owner of Sticks & String, a popular knitting shop, has a big secret too. Sheas a sorcereras daughter in search of Mr. Rightaand sheas found him in Luke MacKenzie, a cop investigating Sugar Mapleas very first murder. Bad news is heas 100% human, which could spell disaster for a normal future with a paranormal woman like her.

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Sugar Maple looks like any Vermont town, except that it's inhabited by warlocks, vampires, and witches. Chloe Hobbs is a sorcerer's daughter in search for Mr. Right--and she's found him in Luke MacKenzie, a cop investigating Sugar Maple's very first murder.
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katknit, January 23, 2009 (view all comments by katknit)
The quaint, picture perfect town of Sugar Maple in rural Vermont is far from ordinary, though you wouldn’t guess by looking at it. You see, it’s populated entirely by otherwordly beings - faeries, trolls, and the like. And the magical town has been protected from harm for hundreds of years by a special spell, and not a single crime has ever occurred. Now the spell is losing its strength, and the fate of Sugar Maple is in the hands of single, mostly human, yarn shop owner Chloe. In Sticks and Strings, “yarn never tangles” and “you always get gauge.” But the natives are getting restless, and they want Chloe to produce an heir to the spell. When an outsider drowns one night in the icy skating pond, and the state sends in a detective to get to the bottom of it.

This is a fluffy, whimsical plot that demands total suspension of any sense of reality. Recommended for those who enjoy light romance novels with a hefty dose of faery dust.
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ISBN:
9780425223642
Author:
Bretton, Barbara
Publisher:
Berkley Publishing Group
Subject:
Romance - Contemporary
Subject:
Police
Subject:
Magic
Publication Date:
November 2008
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
308
Dimensions:
8.14x5.04x.88 in. .58 lbs.
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