Modern Magic Series

Moving back home to Ohio after her beloved grandparents are killed in a car crash, former ad executive Jillian Morgan believes she'll never be happy - or find love - again.  Not even a bag of "gypsy gold" gifted to her by a local fortune teller can change Jillian's mind.  One evening, while wishing for a white knight to ride in and save her, Jillian accidentally spills the gold flakes over an old book of paper dolls, and suddenly, the man of her dreams is standing right before her - in the flesh!  The only problem is that just moments before, he was simply a drawing on a piece of paper.  And he certainly wasn't this human.  Or this sexy. Daniel Carrington, otherwise known as "Daniel The Dream Date Doll," is every woman's fantasy come to life - literally!  Created by Jillian's grandfather twenty years before to accompany a line of vinyl dolls, Daniel has existed in paper doll form for a very long time.  Now that he's human, he must convince Jillian that she's ready to heal her broken heart and find love again.  He also needs to convince her that he's been designed for one purpose and one purpose only - to be her one and only dream date!

Hoping for a fresh start after her messy divorce from the "ex-husband-from Hell," Maddie Stewart has returned to her hometown of Penn's Hollow to run her family's historic bed and breakfast.  Maddie is tired of being gossiped about, lied to, and – oh yeah – cheated on.  So she is in no way ready to date again.  That is until she meets Noah, the genie – sorry, jinn – she accidentally releases from his bottle late one night. Condemned to life as a jinn back in 1955, former farm boy and ex-Air Force pilot Noah Foster has served quite a few masters – or mistresses, if you prefer – over the decades.  However, he's never had a mistress quite like Maddie.  Not only is she smart, sexy, and beautiful, she's also not afraid of him.  Not even a little bit.  Maddie is also thoroughly modern and has some very strong opinions about what jinns and mistresses should and shouldn't do together – at least as long as they don't break any of the rules that govern the world of the jinn. As Maddie struggles to decide upon her three wishes, Noah must pretend he's a travel writer and attempt to live outside of his bottle without anyone discovering he's really a jinn.  A jinn who just happens to be falling in love with his mistress.  And for a jinn, falling in love with a human is most definitely against the rules.  Can Noah find a way to be with Maddie, even for a little while, or will his love end up costing him more than he could have ever imagined? This 93,500-word novel is written in the modern romance style for a slightly hotter read.  It may not be appropriate for younger audiences.

To say that life isn't going as planned for Gettysburg ghost tour operator Faith Reynolds is a bit of an understatement.  Nicknamed "Miss Mouse" because of her lack of self-confidence, Faith is facing the possible loss of her business.  She's also being pressured to date a man she's not interested in just to please her father, and watching the man she's secretly been in love with for years possibly end up as some other woman's arm candy.  Unfortunately, she also sees no way to change her current situation.   Fellow ghost tour operator Alex Lafayette was once the poor kid from the wrong side of the tracks.  Now he's wealthy, successful, and fielding more offers than he can possibly handle.  Despite the best efforts of the women in town, he's also very much alone because the woman he wants doesn't seem to want him in return.  Though Alex has been in love with Faith since they were kids, he's convinced she sees him as nothing more than a friend. Until one afternoon, unexpected sparks begin to fly between them.   Desperate to change her life and snag a date with Alex, Faith begs her best friend, Kara Ford, to cast a so-called "boyfriend spell" to hopefully solve at least one of her problems.  Once the spell is cast, Faith feels like a new woman – literally!  She's bold and confident, sexy and brash, and, oh yeah, has managed to snare Alex as the promised boyfriend.  However, as the two grow closer both personally and professionally, Faith is forced to wonder if their relationship is simply the result of magic or if what she's found with Alex is really true love that could last a lifetime?  Assuming he never finds out about The Boyfriend Spell, of course!   This 110,300-word novel is written in the modern romance style for a slightly hotter read.  It may not be appropriate for younger audiences.

Former train conductor Ryan Callahan is cursed.  Rather, he was cursed way back in 1905 on the same night he was meant to die in a train accident.  Ever since, he's been forced to wander through time looking for a woman known as The Curse Breaker, the one person in the universe capable of setting him free.  Guided by an entity known as The Wise Woman, every twenty years Ryan returns to the site of the accident in hopes of meeting this mysterious Curse Breaker – assuming she really exists.   Having moved back to her hometown, businesswoman Lucy McLaughlin has been saddled by her late father with a failing tourist railroad.  Desperate to save her father's legacy, Lucy has been struggling to find a way to save the Twisted Creek Railroad from demolition.  Unfortunately, all she has are a few dedicated crew members, her trusted confidante, Gus, and a legend surrounding the mysterious disappearance of a man who once worked the railroad – Ryan Callahan.   When Ryan magically appears in Lucy's life, she's not above using him – the real him – to help save her railroad and her father's legacy.  She also just might be the magical Curse Breaker that Ryan's been seeking.  Except she knows nothing about curses or how to break them.  Though she does believe in Ryan and the instant chemistry that flares between them – even though he's a man that was born over a hundred years ago!  Can Ryan help Lucy save her business?  More importantly, can Lucy figure out how to break the curse, and possibly keep Ryan in this time and place with her – forever?   Find out in A Curse in Time, the fourth novel in the Modern Magic series!    This 102,900-word novel is written in the modern romance style for a slightly hotter read.  It may not be appropriate for younger audiences.