Do You Believe in Magic?

Magic #2

by Ann Macela

What if you could cast a spell to help you do your everyday job? But . . . that didn’t help when an ancient force brought you and your soul mate together, and you weren’t ready?

Magic practitioners in the modern world have supernatural skills to do their everyday jobs. They also have a legendary force, the imperative, that brings each to his or her soul mate, who will be the love of their lives. The mates are also guaranteed to recognize each other almost immediately. Or so the stories go.

Consultant Clay Morgan, literally a computer wizard, is going after a hacker for one of his clients. When he meets Francie Stevens, he’s immediately attracted, but thinks because she’s not a practitioner, she can’t be his soul mate. Right?

Not exactly.

Francie works for Clay’s client, and the hacker plaguing the company turns out to be the boyfriend of her best friend. She’s had terrible experiences with men in the past, so she’s determined to avoid Clay. They must work together to foil the hacker, however, and the attraction between the two of them is a constant source of worry for her.

Clay realizes quickly that she is his soul mate, and he’s not about to let her get away. First, he must explain magic, get her to agree that it exists, he can wield it, and they’re soul mates who belong together.

Genres: Paranormal, Romance, Paranormal Romance, Magic, Fantasy, Erotica

380 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 1, 2007

About the author

I have been blessed with a number of careers: public school and university teacher (three degrees in history); writer of history (the kind bristling with footnotes); sales, marketing and PR person writing everything from ads to annual reports; consultant and computer manual writer; and now romance author. A native Texan, I spent most of my life on the Gulf Coast until my husband’s and my business took us first to Minneapolis and then to the Chicago area. It didn’t take me long to learn how to survive in The Frozen North--just wear my entire wardrobe at one time. All of this, some travels here and abroad, and my computer-and-accounting savvy husband have given me inspiration and details for my stories.

In Chicagoland, I finally had the time to do what I have always wanted to: write fiction. I write both contemporary and contemporary paranormal stories. I hope my readers enjoy my magic practitioners. We all need a little magic in our lives.

Source: http://www.annmacela.com/bio.htm

Reviews

[Bitten_by_Books · Rating 4 out of 5]

I recently finished Do You Believe in Magic? by Ann Macela. I picked the book up on a whim at the Romantic Times book fair. I had stopped to see the author next to Ms. Macela and decided to pick her book up as well. This is the second book in her Magic Series. Clay Morgan is a wizard and is called in to deal with a hacker at Francie Steven’s company. He proposes that they pose as a couple in order to find out more about the hacker and try to thwart him...

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[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was hoping that this book would be better than the first. Sadly, I was disappointed. There is lots of corny "romance", and very little paranormal. Also the main characters were difficult to relate to. Unfortunately I bought the first 4 books and have 2 more to go.

[Chris]

A continuation of the practitioners of magic who live among us...and how even they must bow to the Soul Mate Imperative...and Marry each other already!

[Angelica Taggart · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just what I needed after Chesapeake!! Light, racy and with a bit of the paranormal thrown in !!

[Isis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely a fun little read. :)