Coming Attractions...Sebastian's Spell

Many years ago I wrote a little short story about witches and spellcraft entitled I Put A Spell On You. I wrote it to fit a Pax anthology for my (now defunct) publisher Amber Quill Press.

I loved the idea of second chances, the boy or girl next door romantic trope, and of the natural magic in everyday life—instead of the fictional fantasy take on witchcraft.

No one is magically tossed across a room, or has super power abilities. Nope. This little story was down to earth, closer to Mother Nature, and true magic. Using herbs, candles, and the art of spellcraft to manifest your desires. To call upon and harness the inherent energy of the universe, of the seen and unseen, to aid you in making transformative changes, both big and small.

From besoms (brooms) to mugwort, from magically enhanced cupcakes to candle magic, and of course spellcraft, the story and the others with it in the Pax finaled in a major epublisher convention's award that year.

To say the story is close to my heart is putting it lightly. So I am happy to announce the story, retitled Sebastian's Spell, will be out this July!

It'll be my first release of any kind since Bear's stroke. Readers of I Put A Spell On You may note a few changes I made to this latest version, but for the most part, I wanted to keep that same vibe the original had.

Also no change to one of readers' favorite secondary characters, Pendragon. After all, what is a witch without her cat? :wink:

I hope readers both new and old will enjoy my witchy tale of love.

~ Cass

Friday Finds: Urban Fantasy Descent

I love paranormal romance, but sometimes I wish the stories had more ass kicking in them, ya know? More wicked moves, with a bad ass heroine I can cheer for... enter the Descent Series from S.M. Reine.

Catch it while it's free, people.

She was destined to be a weapon. Elise Kavanagh is good at one thing: killing demons, angels, and gods. For years, she was the death that supernatural creatures feared. More myth than woman, she walked the Earth as the embodiment of vengeance.
  

But Elise doesn't want anything to do with destiny. She wants time off to spend with her only friend and former investigative partner, James Faulkner - a powerful witch, the only person she trusts - and try to be a normal person, whatever that means.

 
Destiny hasn't forgotten her. It's not easy to retire when you were born to be a killing machine. Old enemies still hold bitter grudges against Elise. The demon overlord of her new home isn't happy to have the Godslayer hiding out in her territory. And there are still gods that need to be killed...

 

This is a collection of the first three titles in The Descent Series, which are gritty urban fantasy books about an exorcist, a witch, and their battles against the forces of Heaven and Hell. (Approx. 200,000 words total.)

Books included:
1. Death's Hand
2. The Darkest Gate
3. Dark Union

DEATH'S HAND
Elise Kavanagh doesn't want to hunt demons anymore. It's been five years since she killed her last enemy, and life has been quiet since then. She went to college. Got a job, and then lost it. Made a friend or two. Lived a normal life. Now her former partner, a powerful witch named James Faulkner, wants Elise to fight one more time. The daughter of a coven member has been possessed, and Elise is the only exorcist nearby.

Becoming a hero again would mean risking discovery by old enemies. But digging into the case reveals that it might already be too late--bodies are disappearing, demons slither through the night, and the cogs of apocalypse are beginning to turn. Some enemies aren't willing to let the secrets of the past stay dead...

THE DARKEST GATE
When Elise Kavanagh retired from demon hunting, she swore it would be permanent. But an attack from a powerful necromancer forced her back into the business, and now she's trying to balance her normal boyfriend and normal job with everything supernatural.

Mr. Black is a demon hunter gone rogue. He's enslaving angels and stealing ethereal artifacts in pursuit of forbidden immortality, and an old grudge drives him to make his final stand in Elise's territory. Destroying her life and killing her friends isn't the goal, but it's a definite perk.

A demonic overlord offers to join against Mr. Black and protect Elise's loved ones. All she needs to do is ally with the demons she's sworn to kill, at the cost of her morals--and maybe her immortal soul. But once she crosses that line, there's no turning back.

Nothing is sacred when Heaven and Hell collide on Earth...

DARK UNION
Every fifty years, the most powerful ethereal and infernal beings convene on Earth to resolve conflicts with mediation by kopides--humans born to police relations between Heaven and Hell. They're meeting in Elise Kavanagh's territory this year, and she used to be the greatest kopis in the world. But she's not invited.

An old friend, Lucas McIntyre, asks her to attend the summit in his place. But when she arrives, she discovers that a human faction called The Union has taken charge of the summit, and they're not playing nice. Worse yet, someone has killed a prominent Union member... and now they're demanding blood.

AMAZON: http://www.amazon.com/The-Descent-Series-Books-1-3-ebook/dp/B009YADS38

B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-descent-series-books-1-3-sm-reine/1114905119

Visit the author's website at http://authorsmreine.com/

New Cover Reveal: Sebastian's Spell

Coming August 2014!

 

Very happy to reveal the new cover for my 

upcoming re-released and expanded new version of Sebastian's Spell.

(formerly titled I Put A Spell On You) 

Created by Tara at Fantasia Frog Designs.

If you can’t be with the one you love…maybe you should put a spell on them!

 

At least, that’s what Sebastian Matthews thought when he cast a spell on Tess Warner thirteen years ago. Something must have backfired with the potion though, because he left town with his heart broken and Tess Warner hating him.

 

Older, wiser, and sexier than ever, Sebastian’s back and ready to give it another try. Only one problem. The recipe for the potion and the spell that goes with it, were in Tess’ father’s grimoire. Sebastian may just be an ordinary guy, but he does have one thing on his side—the spellbinding magic of passion!

Friday Finds: Witches and Werewolves

Eternal Love: The Immortal Witch Series
By Maggie Shayne

Genre: Paranormal Romance | Boxed Set | Witches | Time-Travel

On sale now for .99¢ through May 15, 2014

This amazing boxed set by Maggie Shayne features my own paranormal favorites—witches!

For the first time, all three books of Maggie Shayne’s Award winning IMMORTAL HIGH WITCH trilogy are together in a single volume.

Raven is a witch from the 1690s who flees the hangman’s noose in England to find a haven in Massachusetts Bay where the witch hysteria is about to tear her and her lover apart.

Arianna’s beginnings were in the Scottish Highlands where her sister died to save her, and an immortal warrior loved her beyond reason and life itself.

Nidaba was a high priestess in the Temple of Inanna in ancient Sumer, until the king fell for her, and his queen hunted her down.

In the present day, these three women find each other and their lovers once more, but the dark ones who hunted them for their powerful hearts, hunt them still.

Both historical and contemporary, both paranormal and spiritual, this epic series is like none you’ve read before, or ever will.

“A hauntingly beautiful story of a love that endures through time itself.” –New York Times Bestselling Author, Kay Hooper.

“5 cauldrons full of awesome.” Author of the bestselling Shifting Tides trilogy, Cassandra Curtis.


On sale now for only .99 cents, you can't charm a better price! So hop on your broom and fly over to Amazon, B&N, or Smashwords and grab your copy today before the sale ends.

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Eternal-Love-Immortal-Witch-Series-ebook/dp/B00J39DWSG

B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/eternal-love-maggie-shayne/1118931131

Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/420362

Bad Kitty
By Eliza Gayle

Genre: Paranormal Romance
Only .99¢ for a limited time only!

Get bitten by the SOUTHERN SHIFTERS in New York Times Bestselling Author Eliza Gayle's steamy paranormal romance series! Full of feisty women and the alpha men who fall in love with them!

If you think you've lost everything. Think again.

Kitty lost her father, her home and her clan. Clinging to what's left of her pride, she's forced into the neutral zone, the supposed safe haven for half-breeds and outcasts. An attack forces her to the wrong side of the treaty line and into an even more dangerous situation. Determined to greet death with the last of her dignity, she is suddenly rescued by a tall, gorgeous...wolf???

As the next alpha leader of his pack, Rafe Comyn has more than enough to handle with pack politics and precarious treaties. The last thing he needs is a pissed off feline landing in his lap, especially when her scent triggers his overwhelming drive to mate. While the daughter of a former rival is quite a conquest, she's both forbidden and dangerous.

But as the heat of desire threatens to consume them, their differences escalate and Rafe must keep his own pack from killing the one woman he can't live without.

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Kitty-Southern-Shifters-Eliza-Gayle-ebook/dp/B00ED3FAO6

B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bad-kitty-eliza-gayle/1116865326

Gone With The Wolf
Kristin Miller

Genre: Paranormal Romance
Only .99¢ for a limited time!

CEO and alpha werewolf Drake Wilder has given up the search for his one true love. When he discovers that she’s a secretary in his company, Drake’s primal instincts kick into overdrive.

What he wouldn’t give to have her fingers rake over his body instead of the keyboard…

Free-spirited bartender Emelia Hudson wants nothing more than to make her Seattle-based bar succeed. But when profits decline, she slips into a dress suit and secures a nine-to-five. After learning that her bar has become property of Wilder Financial, Emelia is determined to get some answers.
Two can play the ruthless business game. If only her attraction to the boss wasn’t so intense… 

When Drake’s twin brother senses that Drake has found his match—and now inherits their father’s billion dollar estate—he hatches a plan to take Emelia out. Drake vows to protect her at all costs, but he might have to pay with his own life.

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Gone-Entangled-Covet-Kristin-Miller-ebook/dp/B00CGFEIM8

B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/gone-with-the-wolf-kristin-miller/1115161571