Title:
Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic, Dowser #1
Author: Meghan Ciana Doidge
Author: Meghan Ciana Doidge
Genre:
Urban Fantasy (adult) (new adult)
Approx.
68,000 words
Synopsis
If you’d asked me a week
ago, I would have told you that the best cupcakes were dark chocolate with
chocolate cream cheese icing, that dancing in a crowd of magic wielders —
the Adept — was better than sex, and that my life was peaceful and
uneventful. Just the way I liked it. That’s what twenty-three years in the
magical backwater of Vancouver will get you — a completely skewed sense of
reality. Because when the dead werewolves started showing up, it all unraveled
… except for the cupcake part. That’s a universal truth.
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Chapter Quotes
“The customer looked familiar, like maybe he’d
been in the bakery a few times before. The vampire, however, was new.” –
Chapter One
“I didn’t wet my pants, but
I was glad I hadn’t drunk anything all afternoon. Usually I was an eight-glasses-a-day
sort of girl.” – Chapter One
“I was being stalked by
an obviously insane vampire. It didn’t get much more terrifying than that.” –
Chapter One
“I thought you weren’t
going to bite me tonight.” I said, pleased that my voice sounded much calmer
than my mind.
He
tilted his head and gazed at my neck … actually at my carotid artery. My
pulse sped up; I was surprised it could get any higher actually.
“I wasn’t,” he murmured.
“Well, watching my blood move through my veins isn’t going
to be helpful then.” - Chapter Two
“You expect me to follow
you out into the pre-dawn to meet some guy who has absolutely no authority over
me? Ever heard of email or the phone?” – Jade, Chapter Six
“Maybe a vampire knowing
where you lived was sort of like seeing the signature on your own death
certificate.” – Chapter Seven
“I wasn’t pleased with
my reaction to his touch — like he was a warm cashmere blanket and a cup
of dark, hot chocolate rolled into one sexy, well-muscled, dangerous package.”
– Chapter twelve
Review
I was given book for honest review. Half-witch Jade owns a bakery and I thought she was a riot. This was such a fun read for me. Her encounters with other paranormals as well as with her sister was highly entertaining. Looking forward to getting my hands on the next book in series. I will say I disagree with Jade on her universal truth, but would love to have recipes of all her cupcakes as Meghan Ciana Doidge made them sound so mouthwatering.
About Author
WARNING: Author has been known manipulate characters with chocolate, sex, and fantastical plotting.
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