A Magical Romantic Touch

With the first snow upon us, it is always good to find a new series to dive into or a new author to read. This year I've been discovering a lot of new favorites and the best thing is that many of them I can read or sit and listen to as audio books. Either way I come out a winner. But this week I discovered another wonderful author with what sounds like a perfect book for a cold winter's day or evening. 

Author Debby Grahl is the guest today in My Writing Corner, bringing us her latest book. Debby lives in South Carolina. She tells us she has long been a history buff and it shows in her writing. She also says she loves reading mystery novels, romance and books featuring time travel. She takes that love of those genres into the books she writes as well. Besides writing, she says she loves walking on the beach, and biking. Her favorite places to visit include New Orleans, New York City, Captiva Island in Florida and the Cotswolds of England.  

Her first book, The Silver Crescent, won the Paranormal Romance Guild Reviewers/ Choice Award. 

Her newest book is His Magic Touch:

The night before Jared Dupre’s wedding, a spectre warns him that the demonic witch, Adam Montief, has kidnapped his brother, threatening  to kill both him and Jared’s fiancée, Kendra O'Connell, in a centuries-old vendetta Jared knows nothing about. A powerful witch himself, Jared tracks Adam from New Orleans to a remote island off the coast of Connecticut. A sword fight ensues where a final thrust of Jared's blade sends Adam over the cliff into the sea below.

But when Jared returns to New Orleans, he finds a triumphant Adam alive and intent on seducing Kendra. Kendra, not knowing Jared was forced to break off their engagement to save her life, has turned to a new man, unaware he’s Adam who has vowed to kill the man she truly loves.

             With help from his grandmother's spirit, Jared discovers the motive behind the Montiefs' vengeance, while fighting to win back Kendra before she is drawn into Adam's world of sadistic evil and assure Adam's final destruction.

Want more? Here's an excerpt:

In the stifling heat, Angelique Montief flicked her wrist and set the bamboo ceiling fan spinning. Kneeling on a woven mat with sweat coating her body, she lifted a small wooden brass-bound casket from the bottom of a large trunk, inserted a gold key, and opened the lid. Inside two objects lay wrapped in thick cloth. She carefully unwrapped the smaller bundle to reveal a pentagonal mirror, a gift handed down to her by her grandmother, its ancient oak frame carved with tiny pentacles.

She glanced over her shoulder at her locked bedroom door, then stared into the mirror and whispered, “Show him to me.”When the glass remained blank, fear clutched at her chest. Again, she said the words, and the image of a plantation house engulfed in flames appeared. “No, please, he can’t be dead. ”Tears blurred her vision. The fiery image changed to reveal a human form lying beneath flowering bougainvillea. “Show me his face.”

She saw his indigo blue eyes blink open.

“I’m coming, my love.”

She rewrapped the mirror and placed it into the smaller casket among cloth bags of herbs and potion-filled vials. Relocking the lid, she hung the key on a chain around her neck, dropped a jeweled dagger into her pocket, and tucked the casket under her arm.

Augustus had locked her in, placing what he thought would be an impenetrable shield across both doors. Her husband’s biggest mistake was underestimating her.

If you would like to read on, here is the Amazon buy link:

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Here is the information for Debby :

Facebook -- https://www.facebook.com/debbygrahlauthor?ref=br_rs
Amazon Author Page -- https://www.amazon.com/Debby-Grahl/e/B00B34HM26
https://twitter.com/DebbyGrahl

Thank you, Debby, for bringing us another great book to read! Any comments or questions?