A Perfectly Paranormal Valentine A Perfectly Paranormal ... Book 1
Paranormal Romance/Anthology/Witches Wizards
Georgeous Publishing
February 1, 2021
495
Valentine’s Day - celebrating forever love with roses and chocolates, claws and fangs, and a magical spell or two...
Whatever your paranormal pleasure, dive into these five original stories from award winning and new Australian authors in this magical anthology.
Featuring sweet or spicy romance, action, revenge, secrets and curses, this paranormal anthology will fill all your Valentine’s Day desires.
Witch, Vampire, Demi-God, Fae and Shifter: who will get their happy ever after this Valentine’s Day?
LOVE CURSED by Leisl Leighton
A love across time, cursed to stay apart …
Coven librarian, Juliana Stevens, jokes about being cursed at love. When an old diary that speaks of an ancient Love Curse is found, she realises it isn’t a joke. To break the hex she must uncover a secret spell and travel to Rome to be in the exact spot with her unknown soul mate by midnight on Valentine’s Day, or her soul will be doomed forever. No pressure – but it’s going to be Happy Never After if she can’t.
BAD BATCH by Marnie St Clair
Avery Lloyd does not like being a witch - it's all rules and hard work. She also hates dogs. As in, really hates dogs. So when her boss Alec insists she attend the Valentine’s Day charity event at the lost dogs’ shelter, Avery casts an unlawful spell to get out of it. But something’s not quite right about this batch of magic, and before she knows it, Avery has ruined Alec's life. She has until Valentine’s Day to fix it, or the damage will be permanent.
CATNIP by Samantha Marshall
For reclusive dragon Oaklyn Airecross, spending Valentine’s Day with a stack of book boyfriends and chocolate mousse sounds like heaven - until an uninvited guest picks a fight with a bean bag, and she’s thrust bodily into a mess of runaway cats, vampire intrigue and frypans. In order to reclaim the Valentine’s Day of her dreams, Oaklyn must set aside her preconceived notions on true love, the perfect man, and exactly what that bulge might be when it twitches inside of his pants.
FILIGREE AND FATE by Helen Lucy Howe
Famous fae-artist, Zhulija, is asked to create decorations for a wedding, but things don’t go according to plan. Infamous unseelie, Dario Eribifax, after recognizing his ‘true mate,’ appoints himself her personal assistant in an effort to convince her of their fated connection. What could possibly go wrong?
A BROOMSTICK BREW by Georgia Tingley
When Wysper uses a ‘love potion’ on Valentine’s Day to make the man of her dreams fall in love, things take a turn for the worse. She finds herself falling for everyone she looks at. A hilarious witchcraft backfire!
Reviewed by Linda Tonis
Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team
Five original stories about Valentine’s Day that are sure to please everyone who loves paranormal, witches, vampires, fae, shifters and more. I will review a few of the stories just to whet your appetite for more and I have no doubt you, like me, will be anxious to read them all.
LOVE CURSED: Leisl Leighton – 5*****Stars
A love cursed for 2,000 years by evil and with Valentine’s Day approaching a chance to end the curse and bring the soulmates together. For two thousand years Bastien has watched as the love of his long life was constantly reincarnated, forbidden from discussing the curse and forbidden from professing his love; he has been relegated to the Steven’s family as their familiar, cat by day and blind man by night.
Julianna Stevens is a witch who is allergic to magic, is the coven librarian and Bastien’s reincarnated love Lianna. Julianna is different from the other’s and Bastien is sure that she will be the one to discover how to end the curse that keeps them apart. Julianna only wants to find love and has no idea that the love of her life is Bastien who as far as she is concerned is her very best friend.
Bastien arranges for Julianna to find a journal that will lead her to Rome and hopefully to the HEA he has waited two thousand years for but it will be a journey filled with one obstacle after another. There is a lot more to this story than I am willing to discuss in this review since I have to leave some things for you to discover on your own but it is a beautiful love story that lasted for centuries.
Catnip: Samantha Marshall – 5*****Stars
If you are in need of a good laugh while reading a story about a dragon and a vampire then look no further because this is the one. Oaklyn Firecross is trying to find the perfect book boyfriend for Valentine’s Day and so far, has been unsuccessful but when she catches someone in her home who doesn’t belong there, she has no idea that this supposed thief would steal her heart.
Luxor Dragomir is a vampire just looking for a place to hide out when he falls through a trapdoor and comes face to face with a huge dragon. Oaklyn has him pinned and refers to him as Robberpants McGee only when she discovers he has cat’s ears she switches to calling him Kitty Burglar and Tabby Vampire. Lux is a day walking half breed on a mission to end a curse only he needs to cross the veil between Earth and the magical realm of Mu and requires the talisman his friend Danger was to bring. Unfortunately, the talisman is lost and another way has to be found, that other way would involve Oaklyn and a promise she made to never reveal her secret.
The trip to finding a way into Mu, breaking a curse and facing danger along the way is filled with one laugh moment after another. Oaklyn and Lux’s banter between each other is priceless and as Lux begins to have feelings for her, he is sure his ears, tail and other less than stellar physical attributes would definitely not be something Oaklyn would want. I loved this story and will definitely seek out other books by this author.
Filigree and Fate: Helen Howe – 5*****Stars
Lady Zhulija is a seelie fae artist who has been asked to make reception decorations for a notable unseelie family’s wedding. The joint queens have granted Zhulija safety to enter unseelie territory and meet with the Eribifax family who are preparing for the wedding of their daughter. Everything is going perfectly until some of the family’s footmen charge into the room accusing Zhulija of being a thief and begin to beat her. Zhulija is angry, hurt and refuses to do any further discussions about the wedding until Lord Dario comes to her rescue apologizing and begging forgiveness all of which fall on deaf ears because Zhulija is not going to give an inch.
Dario has realized that Zhulija is his true mate and he has his work cut out for him to get her to accept his apology. Fae law forbids him from revealing that they are true mates and he finally gets her to agree to make the decorations and to be her assistant. Well, if he thought he would be helpful he was totally wrong because every attempt to help turns into a disaster and only causes Zhulija to work twice as hard trying to correct the mistakes. In addition to having to prove himself to Zhulija he has to overcome the bigotry between the seelie and unseelie especially if they ever hope to be together.
Such a wonderful story with wonderful characters especially Zhulija who has a take no prisoner’s attitude. Another new author to me and one I intend to further explore.
There are two more stories for you to dive into and I know firsthand that you will enjoy each of them as much as I did.
Valentine’s Day the paranormal way.