Urban Mystic

Volume six of the Great Tome series features eight original tales featuring historical and mythical magic users. Includes stories by Vonnie Winslow Crist, CB Droege, Bill Hiatt, ErlyAnne Toomey, J.M. Williams, Larry Lefkowitz, Mark Charke, and Julie Ann Dawson.

At first glance, his life seems quiet, serene, and even uneventful. Malachi McKellan, a 65 five-year-old widower and author of esoteric books, lives largely as a recluse in a house situated just off the banks of Bayou St. John in New Orleans. But unbeknownst to most, he is also a bit of a detective, a specific kind of detective whose specialty is psychic attacks. Alongside his lifelong companion and spirit guide Simon Tull, a 19th-century, 20-something English gent, Malachi battles the unseen, and is an unacknowledged hero to the most vulnerable.

I should have known my life would come crashing down when I met a mysterious masked man in the gardens of the ball and kissed him. Or rather...he kissed me. Passionately. Before I had a second to catch my breath, we were attacked by rogue witches. And his mask slipped. Only my luck would reveal the prince of the Hawthorn coven, notorious for dark magic. He offers his protection from the assailants, and with danger around every corner, I accept. Albeit, a bit ungraciously. The heat between us is nearly irresistible, but can I truly trust the prince of a dark coven?