A Review of Death By Diamonds by Annette Blair

Maddie Cutler is back in Annette Blair's third Vintage Magic Mystery- each better than the one before it.

In Death By Diamonds Maddie learns that a dear friend has died- perhaps been murdered. She discovers this when the dress Maddie once designed for her shows up at Maddie's shop containing a note that if the dress is in Maddie's possession that means that Dominique is dead.

This leads Maddie on a wild sleuthing trip to New York to help her friend's son sort through things, plan a vintage fashion show to raise money for Dominique's charities of choice, act as executor of Dominique's estate...and oh yeah figure out who killed Dominique and why.

Along for the hijinks's are Maddie's best friend Eve and her on again off again FBI boyfriend Nick. The two of them together in one place adds great friction to the story since they do not get along. I love how Eve is often overjoyed when Maddie's attention strays elsewhere.

Even Detective Werner shows up- which creates sparks on a whole new level for Maddie (much to my delight). Although poor Werner walks into one of Maddie's messes and she brings him down- yet again. This poor guy has been tormented, maced, and put into the middle of a whole lot of trouble because of Maddie yet he keeps coming back for more. And he's the one that's always there for Maddie when Nick is off being FBI superhero.

As you can tell I am rooting for Werner- have been from the beginning. Finally in this book Maddie really starts to see the possibilities with him- I hope the next book will up their flirtation to hook up levels and bring them together.

I devoured this book so fast I think I broke a record.

It was fabulous- the best Vintage Magic Mystery yet. Full of magic, mystery, and classic Blair style. Maddie's antics are always fun to read and the hint of romance is a teasing heat that leaves you wondering and wanting more.

I can't wait for the next book.

A Review of Larceny and Lace by Annette Blair

Five Fangs for Larceny and Lace by Annette Blair

Annette Blair's whimsical and witty writing style is true magic on the page. She never disappoints.

Madeira Cutler is back in Larceny and Lace the second book in Vintage Magic Mysteries. She's preparing to open her new vintage clothing store, which is an old renovated morgue/mortuary, when an old bag of bones is found in the old storage room then stolen from the place while the playhouse next door is burned down-and the owner killed.

It's another complicated murder case that Maddie finds herself wrapped up in. And the vintage clothes are speaking to her again as her powers keep developing. But how is it all tied together? The bones, the murder (both past and present) and Maddie's shop.

Maddie gets duped, banged up and knocked down but in the end it all makes sense as everything comes together for a clear picture.

It's a fast paced read you will not want to put down until the book is done and then you'll be left longing for more.

I love that the mystery has just a hint of romance in it. Will she end up with Werner or will Nick end up playing a stronger roll in upcoming books?

Detective Werner, the guy Maddie dubbed the wiener back in third grade) is always hot on Maddie's heels catching her in precarious situations and often saving her butt from more disastrous outcomes.

But Maddie's on again, off again boy toy Nick is hardly ever around since he's busy being a hot shot FBI guy.

Honestly I hope Maddie and Werner end up together, it's so obvious they have a thing for each other even if Maddie can only realize it unconsciously. He's there and into her while Nick is never around-in Maddie's life or the book. That has to be some serious foreshadowing there that the love interest doesn't even get much ink in the books.

I love Blair's use of words and the way she blends magic and vintage clothing into the stories like they are characters themselves, especially the clothes. I really like that even if I don't know jack about fashion, vintage or otherwise. It just adds another element, another layer to the story cake that makes it that much more interesting.

I fell in love with Blair's writing when I found her accidental and triplet witch trilogies, such sexy works. This new series with it's blend of magic and mystery really has me hooked. I can't wait to read more Vintage Magic Mysteries.

A Review of A Veiled Deception by Annette Blair

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Four 1/2 Fangs for A Veiled Deception by Annette Blair

I love Annette Blair's books. Her wit and charm really shine though. The wording and dialogue are so quick and snappy, the interaction between characters is hilarious and I just love her creative usage of "swear" words that fit right in with the character and overall theme of the story. In this book all the swear words were sewing terms like scrap insteak of crap along creative usage of plucking and tucking and the like. In her magic books it was always something very funny or magical.

Another similarity is the vintage clothing, I love the way vintage clothing is almost a character or theme by itself in Blair's books. The clothing with sexy statements is also a great addition to her books. In this it was very mild, just a Kiss My Sass pair of underwear and some words on a few other lucky panties.

In A Veiled Deception we are introduced to Madeira Cutler, fashion designer in New York City, coming home to Mystick Falls, Connecticut for her sister Sherry's wedding. However on her first night home the impromptu engagement party is cut short...by a murder.

The victim is Sherry's fiance's ex who has been a thorn in Sherry's side since she arrived. Automatically Sherry is the number one suspect on the list. Maddie decides she must make sure her sister doesn't go to jail instead of walking down the aisle. Their mother died when Sherry was just a toddler and Maddie being the oldest became a surrogate mama to her, so she feels very protective of her baby sister, who is more like her own baby.

Throughout the story the character interaction is great and there are so many characters that it is amazing that Blair can keep the story so sharp and smooth while blending the diverse characters and plots and subplots. Everything is so streamlined it makes for a quick and easy, and highly entertaining read that keeps you guessing as to who the murderer is and why.

While Maddie investigates the murder, much to the dismay of local Detective Werner who Maddie dubbed Weiner in school and he's never forgiven her, she discovers a lot about the people around her including her "aunt" Fiona, her father, her sister's soon to be in laws, her mother, and even about herself.

The past is always present and Maddie, who has always been able to see ghosts, discovers she has acquired a new talent since coming home. One that allows her to see the past through the vintage item of clothing she touches. This helps her solve the murder but leaves her feeling odd because she's afraid of what other talents she might have.

In the end Maddie solves the crime with the help of her "visions", town gossip, her friends, family, Detective Werner, and her FBI on again-off again boyfriend, Nick.

She also decides what to do about her unhappiness in New York, her love of vintage clothes and the old carriage house funeral home that has called to her since she was a child. News sure travels fast in a small town and many people knew what Maddie was going to do before she did.

A Veiled Deception is a fun book even if it is a crime solving murder investigation, the characters are upbeat, interesting and snappy. It's a quick read because it is a book you won't want to put down until you're done. My mom read it in one night. I read it in two.

I just can't get enough of Blair's witty writing. I missed some of the sexy sizzle that prevailed in her witch books but where the sexy sizzle wasn't in this book there was drama and mystery and some of that steam lie in the background just waiting to erupt like a geyser, though it never did. Shame but I can see where the sizzle had to be left out to fulfil the storyline in this book.

The next book in the Vintage Magic series, Larceny and Lace, hits stores in August. I can't wait to see what Maddie does and if her currently off relationship with Nick gets turned on again.

A Review of Gone with the Witch by Annette Blair

Another Five Fang Review for Annette Blair

Annette Blair's books are sexy, sultry and magickal.

I really loved Gone with the Witch. This was Storm's story, she's the misfit triplet, the goth, the loner.

Storm likes to stand out and she's found a rebellious match in the roaming Aiden McCloud who lives in a motor coach travelling the world like a turtle with his shell on his back.

Storm and Aiden were instantly attracted to each other when they met at Harmony's new husband King's castle.

Aiden and King are long time best friends though Aiden isn't as willing to settle down as King. King has his castle and roots while the ever wild boy Aiden has no intentions on settling down and to make sure of that he's been celibate for awhile so sexual entanglements don't become entrapment's.

Storm's not willing to settle down either but she hears a baby cry whenever she's near Aiden and knows it is his child and she needs help.

Storm and Aiden end up in his motor coach travelling with no destination known they just follow the sound of the bay crying, that only Storm can hear.

It is an excursion full of knowledge and the two learn a lot about themselves and their pasts. Storm uncovers lost family, family she didn't know she had and embarks on healing old wounds. Aiden has to come to terms with what he lost, what he's gaining and learn to put down roots.

Will Storm and Aiden get over their troubled histories and give into the love and lust brewing between them? Can they stop being loners and learn to love each other and put down roots and accept commitment?

Annette Blair is amazing. She combines mystery, magick, love, lust and family ties into an amazing blend of sexual desire, bantering dialogue, and deep emotion and makes it all fun and easy to read. I can't get enough of Blair's wickedly fun witches and wild men who don't want to be tied down.

I really love that Blair throws children into the mix. It's like she's saying "you can have a fun and sexy life while being a parent" and "there is sex after children".

Honestly you don't have to give up sex or give up on being sexy just because you have kids and I am glad women like Blair are weaving that into romance novels to get the message out. The books used to be romance, sex, pregnancy- end of story. Not anymore. We modern women can have it all!

A Review of Sex and the Psychic Witch by Annette Blair

Five Fangs for Sex and the Psychic Witch By Annette Blair

"Withering witch balls, she was spooky in love. Dipped and glazed. Waxed and sealed. No gilding the lily. Her love was pure, unadulterated, problematic, complicated, irrevocable, and polished to a magick mirror shine." page 233

Blair has done it again with the first book in the Triplet Witch trilogy. It looks like Sex and the Psychic Witch picks up a few months (maybe even a year or two) or so after The Scot, the Witch, and the Wardrobe leaves off.

I loved the Scot, the Witch and the Wardrobe with Vickie Cartwright and her hunk of a Scottish lover, Rory. The introduction of Vickie's triplet sisters was great. And I am so glad Blair decided to give the triplets into their own trilogy.

Sex and the Psychic Witch is Harmony's book. She's the oldest sister, the high priestess of their little triplet witch coven, and she's the one that can read the psychic energy from objects. She finds a dress at a yard sale and it called to her, she had to have it, and so she did. The dress showed her a sad woman, a mysterious ring sewn into the hem of the gown, and an old castle on an island outside Salem. A castle that their witch great grandmother had painted years ago. Talk about destiny.

So Harmony heads off to the castle headstrong and confident and comes across King Paxton, stubborn, tight ass, and sexy as hell owner of the castle. They have an instant sexual attraction and Harmony can't believe she can read him so well that usually only works with objects and spirits but he's so tied to the castle when they are close she can read him like an open book. Something she uses to her advantage.

What a sexy wild ride! Blair weaves magic spells with her words. Snappy, snarky, completely hilarious, and oh so sexy I can't get enough of Blair's witch books. And to think she once said she would never write contemporary books. Thank the stars for her root canal and trip to Salem which started her magic mojo and her witchy inspiration.

Every book just seems to get sexier and sexier. I have to admit this one was definitely the steamiest of all her witch books so far. Uhmm, yummy, hot and sensual. I would love to get my hands on the King of that castle.

Sex and the Psychic Witch is not to missed. I absolutely loved it and I am off to be the next in the series which is Storm's book. She's the sassy, stubborn, stand out sister. Should make for a great read.

A Review of The Scot, the Witch and the Wardrobe by Annette Blair

Five Fangs for The Scot, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Annette Blair has done it again. The third book in her witch series, The Scot, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is funny, sexy and magical. Blair always delivers sizzling stories full of humor, fun, snappy dialogue and steamy encounters.

In this installment Victoria Cartwright, owner of the vintage clothing shop, The Immortal Classic (if you've read the other two books in the series you'll be familiar with both Victoria and her store) has finally decided to test her fate and see if the family heirloom key will open the wardrobe.

The family legend says that the woman who can open the wardrobe will inherit the powers of Lili, the family matriarch and most powerful witch in the line. Not only will the one that opens the wardrobe inherit the magic she will also meet her destiny...whatever that means.

Victoria, who claims not to be a witch, finally tries the key...and the wardrobe opens. Inside she finds a beautiful hand carved unicorn from an old carousel that she learns is worth a fortune, though she doesn't want to sell it.

Soon after Victoria finds the unicorn the man of her dreams, literally, walks into her store. A gruff Scot full of cockiness and attitude Rory isn't looking for romance he just wants the unicorn so he can end the curse on his family. Too bad he falls for Victoria instantly.

The two can't seem to stand each other though they can't stay apart either and keep finding themselves in each others arms both in dreams and in reality.

Will Victoria ever accept that she's a witch and that she's beautiful and can Rory break the family curse without breaking Victoria's heart?

Only time will tell if they can overcome a past that's not even theirs and live out their dreams in reality.

Who can resist a Scottish brogue and a man in a kilt? Not me! Yummy. Scottish men are sexy and Rory is no exception.

Blair has a way with men and magic.

Her books are always highly entertaining and charged with such energy, emotion and fun. They always leave you satisfied with the story you just finished yet wanting more at the same time. Just like good sex. The better it is, the more you want. And Blair delivers just like a good lover. She'll keep me coming back for more...of her books.

A Review of Never Been Witched by Annette Blair

Five Fangs for Never Been Witched

Never Been Witched third book in the Triplet Witch Trilogy by Annette Blair

This review is by CCButterfly who will be reviewing books here from time to time.

"Destiny's heartbeat trembled. Fear stole her breath, prickling her from the roots of her hair to the tips of her toes. She shivered and clutched her cat so tightly that Cara meowed and jumped from her grasp to examine and 'talk' to the little girl."

Destiny knew the little girl was just one of the three ghosts.

Never Been Witched is an exceptional book to read, leaving me anxious to read more from Annette Blair. Although this is the last book in the triplet series I plan to read more of Blair's magical books as they come out.

Never Been Witched is about one of the magical triplet witches and it is full of hilarious and spooky moments. And there are plenty of hot, sensuous scenes to make your temperature rise. This book will really keep you on your toes with all the twists and turns.

Destiny is one of the triplets, so far the only one whose story has not been told. Now she's trying to avoid her attraction to paranormal debunker Morgan Jarvis. The harder they try to stay away from one another the closer they get. Soon they are alone in a spooky old lighthouse, just the two of them...and a few ghosts.

You won't want to put this book down until you finish reading the very last page. The book is filled with so much comedy it keeps you laughing...and not just once in awhile but all the way through the book. If you like lots of humor combined with sizzling romance and a dash of magic this book is for you.

A Review of The Kitchen Witch by Annette Blair

Five Fangs for The Kitchen Witch by Annette Blair

Annette Blair is a genius, this is another fang-tabulous read. Laugh out loud fun, some scenes are so funny I was laughing so hard my son asked me what my problem was.

In this book Melody and Logan are the two destined to be together but think they have to stay away from each other because it just isn't "right".

I love how Blair throws children into the mix, adds how they can interrupt things, but not really hamper romance if you are persistent. In The Kitchen Witch Logan Kilgarven is a single dad trying to do what's best for his four year old son Shane. Melody is a high spirited witch and even though she is great with Shane and Shane loves her, Logan can't seem to think of her as mother material (idiot).

This is a wild romp of magic, mayhem and romance, what ifs and total stupidity that mere mortals and wonderful witches both seem to suffer from. Poor Melody thinks she can't handle being responsible and Logan thinks a good mother has to be boring to be stable. Humph. Will they ever figure it out and get together. It sure doesn't look good. These two are so stubborn they might not let the light of clarity ever shine.

What a great blend of magic, romance, and tender love. The scenes with Shane (the four year old) will tug at your heart and the steamier scenes with Shane's sexy dad, Logan, will surely tug at other things.

Annette Blair spins magic tales that are completely engrossing, hip, fun and wickedly hilarious at times. Love them. I can't wait to read the rest of her witch books. I hope they are all as funny.

A Review of My Favorite Witch

Five Fangs All the Way for My Favorite Witch

I was right My Favorite Witch by Annette Blair is a fabulously fang-tastic book. I finished it last night and can't wait to get started on the rest of the Witch books by Annette Blair.

The characters are so...magically, full of life, full of hurt and just completely real...then add magic. Makes for a fun and totally sizzling read.

In My Favorite Witch the magical witch is Kira, a spurned young woman who was going to marry a jock, until she found him in bed with her sister. So it's off to a new life, a new job and a new place to live. Then in walks Jason Goddard just as she is casting a spell. Hockey superstar, Best Kisser in America (reality show winner), and her new boss he's enough to make any girl fall at his feet because he is so damn gorgeous. It's amazing that man didn't melt the ice.

Too bad both Kira and Jason have sworn off the opposite sex and all complications that entails. Too bad they can't seem to stay away from each other. However the instant attraction has other problems. Jason's only home for six months until his knee heals and he's back on the ice...and far away from Kira.

Magic brought them together, but will it be enough to hold them together or will it tear them apart?

I loved this book. Sassy, sexy, sensual and totally seductive...I wanted Jason. What girl can resist a wolf with silver eyes?

I also adored Kira's character. I can totally relate. Good thing I don't have a sister but I have had a jack ass ex who thought my friends were fair game. Thank goodness he's so long gone.

My Favorite Witch is a fun love story with a magical twist you're sure to love as well. Now I am off to read The Kitchen Witch also by Annette Blair, then after that the rest of her Witch books.

Annette Blair Witch Books

I am currently reading Annette Blair's Witch Books. I have both the Accidental Witch Trilogy and the Triplet Witch Trilogy. My mother has already read all of them and loves them, surprising I thought they might be a little too "racy" for her but I think she's getting over all that.

I'm on the first one, which I actually started reading out of order, I thought My Favorite Witch was the first book but the first book is The Kitchen Witch. Doesn't seem to matter too much, they stand alone with different characters so it's all good.

I am loving Blair's style though. Right from the beginning the dialogue is snappy, the content is current and the vibe is fun. My Favorite Witch is full of quick wit, sizzling double entendres , dripping sarcasm, and filled with snarky humor and sexual innuendo. Love it, love it, love it.

I haven't even finished reading the book and I am giving it a fang-tastic review, 5 fangs all the way. If all her books are like this I am really looking forward to them.