WICKED MAGIC
by Cheyenne McCray
St. Martin’s, August 28, 2007
ISBN-10: 031294957X
ISBN-13: 978-0312949570

USA Today bestselling author Cheyenne McCray continues her sizzling series with an erotic tale about a gifted witch and a powerful warrior who together create WICKED MAGIC.

A DARK SECRET
Rhiannon Castle is a D’Anu witch whose Coven sisters know nothing of the Shadows that lurk within her. Rhiannon can’t reveal the truth to anyone-least of all Keir, a rugged soldier who walks into Rhiannon’s life and awakens her to a reckless desire.

A SEARING PASSION
Keir’s Tuatha D’Danann brethren are the only real family he has ever known. He trusts no one-until he is sent to San Francisco and meets Rhiannon, the one woman with enough fire to tame him. Every seductive encounter convinces Keir that she belongs with him-even though Rhiannon knows her powers could put him in peril.

A SHARED DESTINY
A new threat rises from the depths of Underworld. When a demon goddess unleashes her evil upon our world, Rhiannon’s secret could prove the ultimate weapon in this epic battle-or forge a pathway to destruction for the only man she’s ever loved.

Read an Excerpt!

ABOUT CHEYENNE McCRAY

USA Today bestselling author Cheyenne McCray has a passion for hot romance and a happily-ever-after, but always with a twist. Among other accolades, Chey has won the prestigious Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for “Best Erotic Romance of the Year.”

Chey penned her first poem in kindergarten, and has been writing ever since she can remember. She always knew one day she would write novels, hoping her readers would get lost in the worlds she created, as she did in her favorites.

Now, she gets to write full time and loves what she does. She’s married to her college sweetheart, has three sons, three dogs, a messy house, and she will do anything to get out of cleaning, which may be why she writes so much.

REVIEWS

4 Stars! “Blistering sex and riveting battles…”
- Romantic Times BOOKreviews Magazine

“…all the ingredients for a fiery dish — stirred up with a big old bundle of lust… the most fun I’ve had in awhile.”
- Fresh Fiction

Website: http://www.cheyennemccray.com
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Four jobs I’ve had or currently have in my life:

1. Writer
2. Russian linguist for U.S. Army
3. parking lot attendant at Knott’s Berry Farm
4. hotel front desk clerk

Four countries I’ve been to:

1. Japan
2. Jamaica
3. Germany
4. Mexico

Four places I’d rather be right now:

1. Jamaica
2. in bed
3. on a rollercoaster
4. in a pool

Four foods I like to eat:

1. curry – all kinds
2. gourmet salad
3. ice cream
4. bran muffins

Four personal heroes, past or present:

1. my sister
2. my mom
3. my mother-in-law
4. my friends

Four books you’ve read or are currently reading:

1. Working for the Devil by Lilith Saintcrow
2. The Bad Place by Dean Koontz
3. The Leopard Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt
4. The Broker by John Grisham

Four words or phrases you would like to see used more often:

1. Thank you.
2. I’m happy for you.
3. How can I help?
4. I was thinking of you.

Four reasons for ending a friendship:

1. S/he feels too competitive
2. S/he backstabs me
3. S/he proves unreliable
4. we grew apart

Four smells that make you feel good about the world:

1. my kids, fresh out the bath
2. vanilla
3. rain
4. cake batter

My question: Four favorite activities you did as a kid:

1. rollerskating
2. reading
3. assembling things
4. travel

I’m tagging Stacy ~, Jessica, and Tammi.

My daughter ate her snack today! I was with her for lunch, but she was on her own for snack. I got so excited that she’s determined to do it again.

I got over the “hump” in my book, the part of the book you have to write to get the part you want to write. Writing a book is like driving over hilly terrain for me. The uphill parts are slow going and wear me out. The downhill parts are the sections that made me want to write the book to begin with. Those scenes are different with every book, but I love them. That’s when I hit the zone and the pages just flow. Days like today are the ones that make me worship my job. I’m a lucky gal to get paid to do what I love.

TGIF tomorrow! Yay! We don’t have any special plans and I work just as much on the weekends as I do on the weekdays, but still… There’s something special about Friday, isn’t there? I hope yours is a good one. ((hugs))

So, today I joined my daughter at lunch and found out that she hadn’t eaten at snack time. Her teacher said they’d managed to coax her into taking her snack out to the tables, but they couldn’t get her to eat it. I was bummed about that, but she did eat everything when I sat with her and she drank all her milk. I spoke to the lunch monitor and I think I found out what the problem has been.

It’s been raging inferno hot here in SoCal. Over 100 degrees every day. They haven’t allowed the kids to play outside because of the heat (which is dry like an oven here, not humid) so all the kids have been crammed into the multipurpose room during recess and lunch. Let me tell you… the noise of hundreds of kids screaming and laughing is loud outdoors. Inside, it must have been deafening. The lunch monitor said it was. They were relieved to let the kids loose on the playground.

So I think that’s been a large contributor to my daughter feeling overwhelmed. After eating outside with me today, she ran out to the playground with her friends and had a great time. I’m hopeful that things will become easier for her now that the temperature is lowering a bit. She wants me to have lunch with her again tomorrow and I’ll go, but I think after that she might be okay. I’m going to use Jessica’s suggestion and give my daughter a token of some sort for snack time. I suggested a rock or a necklace, and my daughter liked both ideas. We’ll see tomorrow when I meet her for lunch if it helped her to feel comfortable enough to eat her snack. *fingers crossed*

My daughter–sweet darling baby that she is–is the most adorable, energetic ham (m-w: a showy performer; especially : an actor performing in an exaggerated theatrical style) when she’s around people she feels comfortable with. She’ll sing, dance, and tell you the funniest stories. But when she’s around people she doesn’t know or she’s in a crowd she becomes very quiet and reserved. Very shy. She gets queasy and has trouble eating.

I know exactly how she feels. I’ve been that way my whole life. Some people scoff at conferences when I tell them I’m shy and uncomfortable in crowds, because I’m comfortable with them and therefore am outgoing and boisterous with them. But when I don’t know anyone, I feel very much like my daughter does. Some people like crowds, others don’t. We don’t.

In kindergarten, recess and break were kept small. Mostly, she was with only her 19 classmates for the 3.5 hours and that’s it. Now that she’s in all-day 1st grade, recess and lunch are taken with hundreds of kids and she feels overwhelmed. She hasn’t been eating at school. Not at recess or lunch. If she’s lucky, she’ll keep down her breakfast. If not, she’ll be in the health office. For a recently turned 6 yr. old, it’s not a good thing to go all day with no food. As soon as I pick her up, she’s starving and eats like mad, but it’s not healthy to binge eat like that. She’s always been a lithe, athletic girl with six-pack abs. Now she’s getting too thin, I think.

The school is concerned and so am I. As I crossed the street to pick up my kids today, the crossing guard asked me about it. Apparently, her son had similar trouble when he was younger. The whole school is keeping an eye on it, because my daughter is such a sweet, pretty girl. She’s very popular with both kids and adults. That’s part of the problem. Kids crowd around her and want to sit with her and it becomes too much.

Because of my worry over her, I’m falling behind in my work and I’m having trouble concentrating. The To Do list is getting longer. I’m not sure what to do to make her acclimation easier. I’m thinking about going to school during the lunch hour and eating with her, but I’m worried that will only make things worse. But, because I know exactly how she feels, I can’t say, “She’ll get over it.” Yes, she will get over it, but in the meantime, she’s unhappy.

Anyway, that’s where my thoughts have been lately. My son’s doing well in third grade, so that’s a relief.