The
Accidental Witch
The
Darkest Arts Series, Book
1
By Jessica
Penot
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Lachesis Publishing
ASIN: B00GG83WLE
Number of pages: 276
Word Count: 85,000
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Book Description:
Phaedra Michaels is a small town
psychologist who is beginning to lose hope. Two of her patients at the local
hospital in Dismal, Alabama have just killed themselves, she’s still reeling
from her divorce and what turned out to be a disastrous marriage, and her
father has died, leaving her without any notion of who her real mother is.
Just as Phaedra decides to commit
herself to a serious drinking problem and an eating disorder, or two, a
mysterious spell book arrives in the mail. Feeling desperate, Phaedra uses it
to cast spells to save her fading patients. Suddenly, good things start
happening. Phaedra’s patients begin to
get better and she even starts dating the sexy doctor from the hospital.
Phaedra is so happy she doesn't
notice the small things that start to go wrong in Dismal, or the dark creatures
slithering out of the shadows near her house. When Phaedra finally realizes her
spells have attracted every card-carrying demon from hell, she has no choice
but to accept help from a slightly nerdy, 500 year-old warlock with a penchant
for wearing super hero T-shirts and a knack for getting under Phaedra’s skin.
Now, if only she could get the hang of this witch thing, she might be able to
save her town.
Excerpt:
It is amazing how the most
world-changing days can seem entirely mundane to begin with. Friday the 13th
seemed no different than any other day to me. I woke up late, as always, and
rushed to get dressed and make it to the car with my usual box of animal
crackers and diet cola. I pulled my shoes on as I backed out of the driveway
and ate while I drove to work.
I was late to work, but just
early enough to not be noticed as late. The small hospital where I worked was a
blip in a vast nowhere and the small psychiatric floor I worked on was a blip
in a blip. I was a blip within a blip within a blip, making me practically
nothing. I could’ve died in my sleep and the world would barely belch. I liked
to think that I was good at what I did. I liked to think that even though I was
a nothing, I made a difference in the patients’ lives. I was one of those
deluded people that believed in saving the world one person at a time. I guess
I still am. Certainly, I was one of the few people that actually cared about
the patients. The management didn’t care that I cared. Management was too busy
trying to balance the books and keep the floor profitable to care what the
staff did with the patients. I could take all the patients outside and have
them moo like cows and management wouldn’t care as long as I billed it as a
recreational therapy group and got the proper reimbursement.
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About
the Author:
Jessica Penot is a therapist who
lives in Alabama with her 2 corgis, cat, sons, husband and other strange
creatures. She is the author of Haunted North Alabama, Haunted Chattanooga, and
Circe.
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