“A splendid, perfect and addictive book!”
House of Magic, my new paranormal cosy mystery series has advanced to its second book. Saved by the Spell came out on Sunday, and it has already some nice reviews.
Phoebe Thorpe, the assistant to an antiques dealer in London, has had a steep learning curve about the world of magic and paranormal creatures around her. And it’s about to become steeper. A spell makes her repulsive to men, and the mages, her boss and landladies, are stymied. Only the Archmage can help—only he’s gone missing. You can read the first two chapters on my webpage.
Hexing the Ex, the first book in the series, is also the first book I’ve ever placed on NetGalley for early reviews. I did it through IBPA (Independent Book Publishers Association) for three months, and it was available for download for all.
It was an interesting experience. The book was downloaded about three hundred times, of which about seventy readers have reviewed the book so far; sixty or so have also published their review elsewhere. Reviews were much more mixed than usually, everything from one star reviews by readers disappointed with the book to excited five stars.
Early reviews do help with the visibility, and Hexing the Ex has done fairly well among my more popular P.I. Tracy Hayes series. Encouraged by this, I placed Saved by the Spell on NetGalley too. So far about thirty people have read it, mostly those who liked the first book too, so the reviews have generally been more favourable.
The book is available on NetGalley until October 20th, 2021. If you’re a member, you can download it there. And if you do, please leave a review everywhere. They do make a difference.
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