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There’s no such thing as witches…right?

Emerson Wilde has built the life of her dreams. Youngest Chamber of Commerce president in St. Cyprian history, successful indie bookstore owner, and lucky enough to have her best friends as found family? Done.

But when Emerson is attacked by creatures that shouldn’t be real, and kills them with what can only be called magic, Emerson finds that the past decade of her life has been…a lie. St. Cyprian isn't your average Midwestern river town—it’s a haven for witches. When Emerson failed a power test years ago, she was stripped of her magical memories. Turns out, Emerson’s friends are all witches.

And so is she.

That's not all, though: evil is lurking in the charming streets of St. Cyprian. Emerson will need to learn to control what’s inside of her, remember her magic, and deal with old, complicated feelings for her childhood friend--cranky-yet-gorgeous local farmer Jacob North—to defeat an enemy that hides in the rivers and shadows of everything she loves.

Even before she had magic, Emerson would have done anything for St. Cyprian, but now she’ll have to risk not just her livelihood…but her life.

Don't miss Big Little Lies, Hazel Beck's exciting new witchy rom-com where one witch will have to prove her magic isn't a threat to all of witchkind!

Witchlore series

Book 1: Small Town, Big Magic
Book 2: Big Little Spells (coming 2023)

©2022 Hazel Beck (P)2022 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited

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8 hours in and still waiting for something to happen. I feel as though I can't stop now, but find my mind wandering...luckily I don't miss anything because the characters are still standing together trying to figure out what to do.

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Close to good…

Oh, this started out looking like it was going to be so much fun, but…not. All too soon it devolved into a repetitive trope centered on a character who is arrogant, pushy, controlling, wilful, narcissistic, and completely un-self-aware. And yes, I realize that’s a device, but in this case it goes on far too long and is far too obnoxious to be enjoyable.

Then, to add insult to injury, that character faces a life-altering epiphany not once, but several times and some of them are repeats of previous epiphanies! (Can something even be an epiphany if you’ve already had it before?)

Narration by Natalie Duke is excellent, but that makes obnoxious characters all that much worse.

I believe fully a quarter of this text (particularly near the beginning) could be excised through judicious editing of repetitive words, phrases, and scenes and the result would be a leaner and more enjoyable work.

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