Today we are reviewing From Beltane Magic by Jacqueline Paige. Check out the excerpts from all the books in the series. A series definitley worth checking out!!
Sheri's Review:
From Beltane Magic was 100% engrossing from the first word till the end. It had so many moments that made my heart sigh! Great story, great plot. Characters that you love all 8 of them!!!
I can hear the drums beating the rhythm, and could just imagine the pull they created Having attended many a drum circle myself I know how you can lose yourself in the beat and the energy that flows.
Overall rating:
5 heartwarming, oh my god my heart is going to burst of happiness with sighs!!
Jenn Review:
From the first page I was hooked, From Beltane Magic didn't start out slow and build up to a mystery it was there in the first chapter! I met and loved everyone right away! Typically the much romance lines grate on me. Not so in this case! I loved that the men weren't making crappy comments when Owen fell in love. They know they are in the same boat already and just haven't said anything! I love relationship all of them have together. Its a close bond and the characters are so well written, they stopped being characters and were real to me by the end of chapter 1. I turned the last page and wanted to fall to my knees in despair and wail WHY! I need to know who the killer is. I NEED to see Dane, Doc, and Chris take the plunge. I can not say enough how much I loved and recommend this book!
From
Beltane Magic
Book
I in the Magic Seasons
Paranormal Romantic Suspense
Available in eformats and
paperback
Publisher: Class
Act Books
Step
into a world of magic and passions....
Take
a dash of spice, heat it
Add
a flash of magic and watch the sparks fly
Toss
in a killer that's targeting women
Add a handful of witches from all paths to stir it all
together...
Each were willing
to spend their lives alone and safe; until they’re touched by Beltane Magic.
Can they survive
their pasts to be together as they struggle to find a killer before the wheel
turns again?
Extended
Blurb:
Leena is a woman that is gentle
in everything, her personality and moods. She always feels maternal with her
closest friends and would go out of their way to look after any one of them.
Her ability of controlling the elements and knowledge of plants make her magic
abilities strong and unbreakable. She is
a leader at work and in life, always working hard to keep those around her
close, but never allowing anyone to get too close.
To the outside world she is just Leena Duncan, a quiet woman who works a normal job and lived a quiet life.
A few times a year she can openly
use her magical gifts at celebrations within a small community of people she
calls friends.
Having lived through the horrors
that can come from the hands of someone you thought loved you; she decided
never loving again would prevent more emotional scarring.
It takes one man at a rainy
Beltane celebration to change everything she is comfortable with and one killer
to change her safe world.
Owen is a man that reflects humor and
cavalier vibrations to others, he is gentle and caring as is his ability to
draw negative and heal others. If you didn’t know him, you would never realize
he came from violence. Knowing how the
real world can be, he has vowed to never put himself into the position, or
allow anyone else that could open up the world he has carefully sealed shut
forever.
He creates worlds and puts them on paper to entertain others. After years of using his imagination he finds out his friends can do things he thought only his mind created.
For his entire adult life Owen Grey has always played it safe
and kept to his own world of writing, never getting too close to anyone.
EXCERPT
1:
Owen
found himself placed between Dade and Chris among the drummers. He was caught
up in learning the rhythms and watched either Chris or Dade’s hands to pick up
the beat. This he found was also a good place to be as the dancers stopped
often and danced right in front of the drummers or brought them drinks.
After
an hour his arms were tired and he honestly had a new admiration for the men
beside him who were still going strong, moving effortlessly from one rhythm to
the next.
During
a slower beat, he noticed several of the dancers moving through those at the
edge of the circle and through the drummers. He watched as the dancers took
their wreaths off and placed them onto a male’s head. He was sure the males
didn’t realize how silly they looked wearing flowers and ribbons, although when
the dancers gave them a kiss, he was also sure they didn’t care how odd they
looked.
Kasey
paused in front of the drummers and began to weave her way toward them, slowly
taking off her wreath. She smiled in a shy, nervous kind of way at the
drummers. Neither Dade nor Chris paused in their drumming, but Owen could feel
them both waiting to see who she was going to place her wreath on. When she
passed Dade and went to Chris, Owen noticed and enjoyed the grin on his new
friend’s face.
Chris
actually missed a few beats in the rhythm as he raised a hand to place behind
her head to receive the kiss. Owen didn’t see steam, but he felt warmer just
witnessing their kiss.
He found himself wishing some woman would
make him look like an idiot and place her wreath on his head. He turned to
watch the same with Doc and Rachel. He was sure Steven was blushing after it,
or maybe it was just from the heat of it.
At
the point when Cora began seductively dancing her way into the drummers, his heart
stopped. She was far too exotic a woman for him to handle, but if she placed
her wreath on his head, he would certainly try. He felt like a schoolboy
wanting to jump up and say, “pick me,” but he dug deep and found his dignity
somewhere.
She
passed him by and held the eyes of the man beside him. When she placed the
wreath on Dade’s head and leaned her mouth down to his, Owen was sure the
sparks that flew between them somehow burned him. In his own amazement, he
realized it was a kiss out of a movie that made your heart speed up. Dade
didn’t miss a single beat on the drum, though the kiss seemed to last more than
just a few moments.
He found himself wishing for mistletoe or a
cute puppy, anything that would bring one of them to him. His heart tripped and
almost stumbled when he noticed Leena was dancing toward the drummers. He
fought the urge of wanting to look around and make sure he was the only one in
the area without a wreath on his head but held onto what adult-like composure
he had left.
When
she stopped in front of him, it was all he could do to not stand and meet her
halfway, so he held the drum in front of him tightly and stayed seated. As the
wreath touched his head, she smiled a smile that made his insides burn. He
reached up to gently guide her head down to his.
Step
into a world of magic and passions....
Take
a dash of spice, heat it
Add
a flash of magic and watch the sparks fly
Toss
in a killer that's targeting women
Add a handful of witches from all
paths to stir it all together...
Separated by two different life
styles yet their passion and magic ignite sparks hotter than the Solstice heat.
Can they work out a way to be
together as they try to stop a killer from striking again?
The Solstice Heat –
Book II in the Magic Seasons series
By Jacqueline Paige
Publisher buy link: Class
Act Books
Passion and magic that burns
Kasey is a woman that exudes energy and brightness; she is
as equally passionate when angry as she is when she’s happy. The energy she
carries from life comes through in all her magical workings with spells and
stones, giving them great magical strength. She is a dreamer and often wishes
she could re-write her own story so that she was charming and sophisticated
enough to be with a certain wealthy male lawyer she wants more than anything
else.
Chris is a force of strength and experience that is
carefully hidden behind the easy mannerism he has adapted so carefully. There is nothing he cannot do where magic is
concerned and he has tried all manner of things, whether right or wrong. His fortune has left him wanting for nothing
else in life, except the one thing money can’t buy him, the woman he feels too
unclean to approach.
Harvest
Dreams
Book
III in the Magic Seasons series
By
Jacqueline Paige
Publisher buy link: Class
Act Books
Armed
with magic and a plan ...
Armed with magic and a
plan for the Lammas festival as a group they are determined to stop the killer
from harming anyone again.
With a plan of his own,
Steven decides to persuade Rachel that they’re meant to be together.
Rachel is a woman that lives carefree
with a buoyant recklessness. She loves being a flirt and has spent many years
indulging that side of her personality. Her energy draws others; her character
is to protect all those that cannot protect themselves. When she’s not riding on life, she is helping
children less fortunate then herself.
Steven is man that gives more than his energy usually allows. He is a highly respected pediatrician that
always goes that extra step to ensure all in his care are receiving his utmost
attention. He often sacrifices sleep to
spend time with his friends, and he can’t seem to help affably chasing the
skirt of the one woman that breaks his easy going charm and makes him forget
he’s supposed to be the jovial. He hides
his strength in body and magic, never letting others know that he is more than
the carefree man with everything he needs.
Armed with magic and a plan for the Lammas
festival as a group they are determined to stop the killer from harming anyone
again. With a plan of his own, Steven
decides he’s done waiting for Rachel to see that they’re meant to be together
and takes things into his own hands.
Excerpt
#1:
When they were well out
of sight Steven stopped and looked back towards the cabin.
Chris hissed out a breath as he looked around. “This
should be far enough.” He looked at the trees overhead and then to the
ground. “How do you want to do
this?” He sent him a wary look. “Who are you going after?”
Steven rubbed his
jaw. “Not Kasey, she’d just zap my ass
and I’d probably have burn marks.” He
noted the pride in Chris’s eyes as he tried not to smirk. “I’m going to aim for Rachel or Leena,
definitely not Cora. If she so much as
made a sound, Dade would thump me into the ground.”
Chris grinned. “And you don’t think Owen would?”
Steven shook his
head. “Leena wouldn’t let him.” He let out a deep breath and then held up his
hands, palms facing Chris. “Here goes nothing.” He closed his eyes and took slow breaths as
he reached deep inside to the magic he held tightly within his body. He felt it climb through him and warm his
skin. When Chris’s finger tips touched
his, he felt a powerful boost to the magic gathering.
He pictured Rachel
inside his mind and focused on her for a few seconds, testing. A heat spread through him as he felt the
connection to her aura pass over his own.
He searched for the way into her thoughts and felt her mind click open
as if he’d turned a lock. Taking a deep
breath he concentrated harder.
His hands shook until
he felt Chris funnel some of his own power into the sight he was trying to
grasp. He could see all of the women and
a multitude of colors as they moved around inside the cabin. He could feel nervousness and anxiety. Furrowing his brow his held onto the link as
it started to change. He couldn’t sense
what it was now, it had somehow changed quickly. It was as if …
A blast of power shot
through him and sent him sprawling to the ground. His hands were burning suddenly and it felt
like he’d been hit across the head with something made of stone. He opened his eyes slowly and looked up at
the leaves on the trees above him.
Lifting his head carefully he looked around and spotted Chris lying flat
on his back as well.
“We are in a lot of
trouble, Doctor.” Chris sounded out of
breath.
“Yeah,” he agreed and
then turned his head towards the steps coming from the direction of the cabin.
Autumn
Dance
Book
IV in the Magic Seasons series
At the autumn gathering twelve
angry and determined witches use their power to draw out the killer before
anyone else can become a victim.
Coralee is a woman that
represents grace and simplicity. She has
the skill of being able to feel emotion, aura and see beyond the now. The pain sometimes associated with this gift
has forced her to live her life from a distance. She decided early in life what she wanted,
and returned from her years away at school set to obtain her biggest dream.
Unfortunately she has found the past few years lacking just that as she waits
for the man she wants to stop and look at her instead of every female that
throws themselves in his path.
Steven
slumped down in the seat as Dade drove them back to Cora’s to unload
everything. Closing his eyes he
sighed. Sleep! Soon!
“Do
you know where I can get a horse?”
He
opened his eyes and looked at Dade.
“There’s a horse on the list?”
Dade
looked at him and frowned. “What? No!”
Steven
sat back up. “Should I even ask what the
hell you want a horse for?”
Dade
smirked. “You said you wanted to see me
top all of you guys.”
Steven
pinched the bridge of his nose for a second.
“And you need a horse to do this?”
Dade
nodded. “Yeah, a white one.”
Steven
put his head down and chuckled. “Do you
even know how to ride a horse, I’m assuming you planning on riding it.”
Dade
shrugged. “How hard can it be?”
“Oh!
I can’t get in shit for taking pictures this time.” He took a calming breath trying not to laugh
again. “I have a patient, well his
parents own a horse farm, if you’re serious.”
Dade
grinned. “I’m serious.”
He
leaned over towards him. “You’re not
going to ride a horse into Cora’s house are you?
Winter
Mist
Book
V The Magic Seasons series
Jacqueline
Paige
Release date: March 15, 2013
Step into a world of magic and
passions....
Take a dash of spice, heat it
Add a flash of magic and watch the
sparks fly
Toss in a killer that's targeting
women
Add
a handful of witches from all paths to stir it all together...
Patrick is a man that has lived a violent life undercover in all the wrong
places, for too long. His light charm
carefully keeps others from seeing the dangerous man that lies inside. He is the first for justice and will go out
of his way to keep the innocent safe. He
finds himself falling for the woman that was a victim of a sick and vile person
and is caught between keeping her out of harm’s way and completing the job he
needs to finish.
Excerpt
One:
Walt
looked around at the three women, then to the giant in front of him. “Who the
hell are you and where’s Blaine?”
Dexter
shrugged. “He’s not here.”
Walt
backed toward the door a bit, pulling Bob with him for cover. He pointed the
gun at the large man. “We’ll be going then.”
Dexter
shook his head. “I don’t think so.”
Walt
shoved Bob as hard as he could toward the other man and reached for the door at
the same time. He pulled it open only to have it jerked from his hand and close
with a loud bang. “What the...” He spun around and pointed the gun at the man
again. Bob was lying in a heap on the floor as if he’d fainted. Idiot.
He
pointed the gun at the longhaired woman and grinned. “Walk over here real
slowly.” Her eyebrows went up in a look of shock.
“I
don’t think so,” she said softly.
The
short blonde flung an arm up and growled. “I don’t like you pointing a gun at
my friends.” The gun jerked out of his hand and floated toward the big man, who
reached out and plucked it out of midair.
He
flipped the safety on and tucked it into the waist of his jeans. “You should
listen to her friend.”
“What
are you people?” Walt looked from the longhaired one back to the short blonde.
“Sexy.”
The black haired woman said softly as she stepped from around the man holding
his gun. “And slightly irritated because you barged in here.”
Walt
stared at her for a second then turned back toward the
door.
“Leaving
so soon?” She purred. His back was against the wall, his feet not touching the
ground. His shocked expression looked down at Rachel, as his heart tried to
climb into his throat.
About
the Author:
You can find all of Jacqueline’s books
at: www.jacqpaige.webs.com
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