New Release- REVIEW: Hexes and Ohs: A Witch Paranormal Romance – Charity-Multi Authors

Title: Hexes and Ohs
Series: Paranormal Witch Charity Romance Café Collection Book #25
Author: Submitted by RL Merrill /Multi Authors
Genre: Charity , Paranormal Anthology, Witches, Short Stories, Halloween
Publisher: Romance Cafe Publishing
Release Date: Oct 11, 2023
Format: Kindle
Pages: 790
Source: Amazon

 

Review by Linda Tonis

Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team

Authors: Tasha Blythe, Sabrina Bosque, Jeanna Louise Skinner, Anita Harlan, Mikayla Rand, D A Nelson, Wynter Ryan, Kate Prior, Serafina Jax, Lily Kindall, Candace Sams, Taya Rune, Kassandra Cross, R.L.Merrill, Nikki Trento Annee Jones, Rubi Jade, Hannah McKee, Emmy Dee, MK Mancos, Monica Schultz, Katie Baldwin, Katherine Isaac, Kit Blackwood, Cara North, TL Hamilton, T.S.Simons, Salem Cross, Jaysic Kae, J.E. Feldman, Angel W. Smith & Colla Triti, K.R.Hall, Aurelia Foxx, Rebecca Conra, Amber Nicole, Jenna D. Morrison, Kat Webb

The Witch Next Door: Tasha Blythe – 5*****Stars Stella is a shy witch, runs from any possibility of a relationship, so her cousin sent her a man for her birthday, her soulmate but she sends him back home. Dax Brandon’s magic is his music. Can the magic of music win over Stella’s hereditary magic.

It was only a Curse: Sabrina Bosque – 5*****Stars Emma discovered her boyfriend cheating on her and threw the bracelet he gave her pronouncing his love in the lake. Unfortunately, it kept coming back. When she finally gets rid of it it returns on the neck of a goose. Adam kept turning into a goose with her bracelet around his neck.

Goody Halfmoon’s Magical Hoodie and her Hollywood Hottie Mishap Jeanna Louise Skinner – 5*****Stars Goody is a witch with a disease that makes her fragile. She is taking part in the Mud and Mayhem Charity where she hopes to see her dream man. When he comes to the table where she is giving out water, he uses her hoody to wipe the mud from his eyes. She is the lead scientist working on genetic cloning and oops her hoody with her favorite actor’s DNA winds up in the cloning machine.

Dear Soldier: Anita Harlan – 5*****Stars This story takes place in 1918 during WWI and is a tale of two people, Nurse Larkspur Point and soldier John Hall. Both signed up to be pen pals and began writing to each other. Neither of them revealed their true names, the letters were always to Dear Soldier and Dear Nurse. Such a heartwarming story.

Curse You: Mikayla Rand – 5*****Stars Calla is failing curses and calls on her best friend Maddock for help. They have known each other since they were children, and she has wanted to go from best friend to girlfriend. Maddock wants Calla but feels he is not good enough. This is a Westhaven Magic novella so you may already be aware of the author, I wasn’t and now I am.

Donkey Business: D A Nelson – 5*****Stars Verity Ash owns Harry her donkey warlock. Harry was turned by an evil witch and for lack of excitement he manages to get into all sorts of trouble. Verity gets a call from the new vet Finn that Harry is sitting on the hood of his new sports car and when she arrives, he is less than polite. All this is part of Harry’s plan, and it is a hoot.

A Witch’s Bounty: Wynter Ryan – 5*****Stars Kat is attending a Halloween Party when she sees her ex, Rafe. Five months ago, he broke up with her and broke her heart. Now she wants answers. Unfortunately, she gets more than answers, she and Rafe are captured by the most wanted demon in the world, that is when she learns that Rafe is a bounty hunter. Once again, a man underestimates a woman.

And they were Roommates: Kate Prior – 5*****Stars Astrid and Jason are roommates who hate each other. While doing a spell to break their contract they discover the truth about love and hate relationships.

Spellmates: Serafina Jax – 5*****Stars Eris has been put into prison by her mother, the leader of their coven, with a heart as black as night. She insists Eris marry the man she chose for her, but she remains stubborn and bares the torture her mother keeps inflicting on her. This is a story about finding love in the worst possible place and trying to fight evil. This was a dark story.

As you Witch: Lily Kindall – 5*****Stars Durga and her sisters have been kicked out of their pack, they are all witches and cats. When a man walks into her shop asking for a waxing, she immediately realizes that he has been hexed with a yes curse. He can’t say no which reminded me of the Tim Carrey movie, Liar, Liar. A cute story about breaking a spell.

The Britches of Addison’s Mountie: – Candace Sams – 5*****Stars Duncan has brought his special uniform in for fitting. He has been invited to a gala which he hopes will lead to his promotion to the Magical Task Force. Matilda, and her niece Addison own the shop and as unregistered witches Matilda decides to put a spell on his pants. This was a sweet story about a subject we live with every day prejudice.

The Witching Hour: Taya Rune – 5*****Stars The Salem Witch Trials part of history and something Heka is living. She is in prison, but it was all part of a bigger plan.

A Witch and her Wolf: Kassandra Cross – 5*****Stars This is a Valport Springs and Shifters of Crystal Creek story. Valport Springs is a magical town where Baron from Crystal Creek meets Bella a witch. If you have read these two series, then you are already a fan of Kassandra Cross and now I am

Mission: Moon Magic R.L. Merrill – 5*****Stars Sally is on a mission for her grandmother the High Priestess of the Irish Moon. Her mission is to find out what is messing with Moon Witches on the planet. Her grandmother sends her a message that she will meet a man with the answers that man is Tuck O’Brien, an astronaut. He shows up at the bar she is working at. She knows she needs to get answers but first a detour for some fun in the bedroom. The sex is great, and she is ready to go home but grandma is not finished needing him.

Amor Fati: Nikki Trento – 5*****Stars Sam has bought a house believed to be haunted, rumors he ignores. His next-door neighbor is a witch named Elixis and her familiar a huge snake. When Sam meets Elixis, he is smitten and asks her to join him for coffee and she accepts. When he realizes that he didn’t set up a definite time he returns to her house and unfortunately meets her familiar who bites him and is sure he will die. He doesn’t die but something amazing happens to both him and Elixis.

Witch Way to Oz: Annee Jones – 5*****Stars Ruby Jane is a fashion designer specializing in costumes and is at a competition when she sees a matchmaking app, OZ and decides to give it a try. Date one brainless, date two no courage and date three no heart. Glinda is her good witch of love, and she filled out the Follow the Yellow Brick Road questionnaire. The first date was all brawn, no brain, second date, no courage and third no heart. The Wizard of Oz in an updated version and wonderful.

Oh No! Rubi Jade – 5*****Stars Ten years ago, Beulah put a curse on her high school bully, Patricia that she would never orgasm. Now Patricia is back in her life because she is sleeping with Beulah’s roommate, Jasper the man she has loved since middle school. Everything in Beulah’s life changes when Jasper hears Patricia saying terrible things to her.

There’s An App for That: Hannah McKee – 5*****Stars Helle overhears a conversation between her father and his assistant Calvin. Calvin wants to marry Helle, and her father agrees since Calvin puts a spell on him. She manages to use her magic to get away, but Calvin is faster. Kevin is a party planner who finds himself involved with an app and that is where he meets Helle, and the rest is quite interesting.

Hexually Vexed: Emmy Dee – 5*****Stars Lena is a witch who has had no luck dating. She always finds herself messing up, vomiting on a date, tripping and the list goes on. A girl’s night out would end her dating bad luck and give her much more than she expected.

Witch On-Call: MK Mancos – 5*****Stars Mara is on-call for the paranormal Maintenance Office when she is called in to solve a problem for Willington Cross a man she dislikes. Ooze is coming out of the ground, out of his sink and slimy creatures are everywhere. She knows that this is an infestation and a spell but by who and why.

Spilt Milk & Spiders: Monica Schultz – 5*****Stars Beth runs into her ex-Vincent after seven years apart. They are both part of his sister’s wedding so there is no way to keep a distance from each other. Who would have thought that her making him coffee and then spelling the coffee would lead to the unthinkable.

Waking The Witch: Katie Baldwin – 5*****Stars Aisling is studying to be a therapist and so is Joao a man she is very attracted to. This day was her twenty-fifth birthday, a day that would change everything she believed. A non-believer of the paranormal, this is the day that Joao will help her be who she was meant to be.

Graduation Day: Katherine Isaac – 5*****Stars This is a prequel to A Vision of Wolves so you may already be aware of this author’s writings and this story. A story about a graduation and two wolves who see their mate. Christina is ready to go to France and visit the coven there but what does she do about the two shifters who want to mark her and who she is very turned on by.

Scaredy Cat: Kit Blackwood – 5*****Stars When Melinda, a witch is kidnapped it would take her cat Matilda to come to the rescue along with a human named Belinda. Belinda adopted the cat who was found lost, and the rest is an adventure.

A Full Moon: Cara North – 5*****Stars June promised her mother before she died that she would perform a ritual that would bring her true love. She performed the ritual and waited.

A Spell of Trouble: TL Hamilton – 5*****Stars Willa has been having sex with her dream Lover and more than anything she hopes to meet him in the real world. Whenever she tries using a spell something goes wrong which her cat Maverick likes to remind her of often. Her latest attempt at a spell leaves her with blue hair, no dream lover but that’s not the end of her story.

Ataraxia: T.S. Simons – 5*****Stars Meredith found her boyfriend in bed with her boss and after throwing a lamp at them she got in her car. She was speeding down the road when the car slipped and crashed into another car. The next thing she remembered was waking up with a strange man in a strange bed and had no idea that things were going to get even stranger.

Stained Fate: Salem Cross – 5*****Stars Esmeralda is a fate witch and when she creates art, she does it without using her eyes. Dimitri is a vampire and her lover, but vampires and witches are not friends, so their relationship is kept secret. Esmeralda has decided to travel leaving Dimitri a very unhappy vampire, but a piece of her art showed her the future, so she knows what she must do.

Enchanted Tides of Love:Jaysic Kae – 5*****Stars Ravynne was hired to create a hex for a woman Isabella to be used against her ex. Ravynne decides to meet the ex-first and likes him so what is she supposed to do. Isabella is not an easy woman to say no to.

Tenacity: J.E. Feldman – 5*****Stars Mara owns a crystal shop and decides to let her helper, Zeni, watch the shop while she goes on a date with Sam. When they return, the shop is burning to the ground and Zeni is missing. The search for Zeni is on and it is mind blowing when they discover who the culprit is.

Ace of Cups: Angel W. Smith & Colla Triti – 5*****Stars Desiree left the country for the city following the man she loved. It has been over eight years, and she has gotten no closer to getting him so desperate she has one more card up her sleeve.

Awakening Her Powers: K. R. Hall – 5*****Stars The magical world and the human world have been kept separate but after graduating from college Briana went into the human world hoping she would find a way to get her magic. All her life she has been bullied because of her lack of magic, the only one who fought for her was Liam her neighbor who she grew to love. Even though she loved Liam she had to leave because the human world would not recognize her lack of magic and she would not be bullied. Briana found more than she expected.

A Cup of Fate: Aurelia Foxx – 5*****Stars Lizzy didn’t come into her magic till the age of twenty-five and now she is struggling to get her magic right. Nora is helping her with her potions and the one Lizzy just made would lead to all kinds of trouble. A love potion, a man and a mess.

Office Hex: Rebecca Conrad – 5*****Stars Basil and Sage have been dancing around their feelings for each other until a package for TA Alexis arrives and they open it. What they find a cracked bottle with a pink powder and what comes next is quite sexy.

His Little Devil (Sneak Peek): Amber Nicole – 5*****Stars This is a sneak peek at His Little Devil coming out in February 2024 so I will not explain the story since you should read book one, The Forest Witch Lies first which is what I intend to do.

She Put a Spell on Me: Jenna D. Morrison – 5*****Stars Since the age of seven Robbie has been in love with McKenzie and now it is their final year in high school and his last chance to get her to notice him. He decides to go on the internet and find love potions, he finds three and mixes them all together, the more the merrier or not. What happens is his feet grow, his eyebrows become one big mess and his only chance for redemption is his friend Charlie. Such a sweet story.

Potion Control: Kat Webb – 5*****Stars What does a mother do when her eighteen-year-old daughter decides to sniff the adult love potion you made, and everyone is coming to celebrate her birthday. This was such a cute story and a laugh out loud one.

What an amazing collection of stories and for an amazing charity, breast cancer. I have now found authors to add to my list of want-to-read and while purchasing this book for charity it will also be something that will bring a smile to your face, it did mine, and make you laugh. I didn’t read one story I didn’t love some were funny, some serious and they had romance and sex and magic.

 

ANTHOLOGY