EDITED TO ADD… A winner’s name has been chosen…contest is now closed!
Hey folks…we’ve got a guest with us today! Author Linda Wisdom, and she’s going to be giving away a prize…we’ll draw a winning name and get it posted here early next week. Now I’m going to let Linda have the floor…Shiloh
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First off, thank you so much Vamps and Scamps for having me here to talk about Hex Appeal!
Take one snarky witch, add a cup of sexy vampire, a tablespoon of disgruntled ghost and add a dash of troublesome bunny slippers and you have a recipe for magick disaster. Or maybe not. After all, we are talking Jazz Tremaine, curse eliminator, 700 year young witch and attitude with a capital A.
Jazz is used to multi-tasking. She has a successful curse eliminating business – especially since LA is filled with a variety of curses — and working as a driver for Dweezil, a creature who can make Scrooge look like a philanthropist.
But her world is shaken up – again. It was bad enough when a past evil intruded into her life again and she had to work hard on getting rid of all it meant. No, this time, it’s struck even closer to home. Namely, Jazz isn’t getting any quality sleep and a sleep-deprived witch is a cranky witch.
It’s not so much that Jazz is missing sleep, she’s have terrorizing nightmares to boot. But then, who wouldn’t be freaked out if the nightmare involved your vampire lover tearing your throat out? Add to that Fluff and Puff accused of eating a Wereweasel carnie and now incarcerated in bunny slipper jail, Irma wanting Jazz to find a way to give her an updated look and Dweezil demanding his share of her time.
The only good thing is Jazz’s latest order of bath products and a pair of sexy crocodile stilettos named Croc and Delilah from fellow witch Thea. It’s just a shame they like to get into her make up.
Jazz is in a stew of magick problems that could easily overflow her cauldron. Especially when a dash of a sexy female vampire who was Nick’s ex is tossed in for some bitter flavoring and Jazz ends up with the worst 48 hours of her life that no witch should endure.
The problem is figuring out what ingredients will work for this witchy stew and which ones are outdated and need to be tossed out.
Who’s behind her nightmares? Who wants to unsettle Nick so badly with nightmares of his own that he might abandon her? Who’s setting up booby traps if she tries to track down the source and did Fluff and Puff really eat a Wereweasel even if there’s no way the bunny slippers would eat something that disgusting?
It’s all answered in Hex Appeal, which is out now and book two of my Hex series.
I hope you’ll pick the book up and enjoy Jazz’s new adventures.
I’ll also be giving a book away to a lucky commenter!
Linda
There’s also a fan fiction contest going on!
Give us your best HEX!
A Fan Fiction Contest with Linda Wisdom
Ever wondered why Jazz and Nick argue so much? Have you imagined a hilarious scenario with Irma? And I’m sure you’ve thought up a ton of escapades with Fluff and Puff! Why not write your very own Hex Fan Fiction piece?
Linda Wisdom and Sourcebooks Casablanca are pleased to present an exciting contest—Tell us your own short story starring the characters from 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover and October 1 release, Hex Appeal!
Rules (follow them or we might kick you out of the Witches Academy!)
- Choose any character you like and give them an original story!
- 1500 words maximum, sent in a Word Document or in the body of the email
- Erotica is ok, but nothing too scary (no bestiality, necrophilia, pedophilia; no slander of public people; no black magic; no Wiccan or black magic spells, cursing in the regular sense is okay—we just want to have as much fun as possible!)
- Send your story to Linda’s publicist, Danielle Jackson at danielle.jackson@sourcebooks.com, no later than 5:00pm CST on October 25, 2008.
- The Winner, chosen by Linda, will be announced on her Myspace page the morning of Halloween!
So what do you get if you win? 2 runners up with received autographed copies of the first two books in the series, 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover and Hex Appeal.
The Grand prize winner will also receive the autographed copies, AND their name will be used as a character in the fourth book in Linda’s Hexy series, out in October 2009!
We look forward to your stories! Good Luck!
Linda
i just love the excerpts from these books. And as soon as my tbr pile is whittled down a little more so it doesn’t threaten life and limb with the danger of it toppling over I am going to add these two to it lol.
Jazz sounds really sassy, and I like sassy heroines. Can’t wait to check out this series. 🙂
These sound really good and I am looking forward to reading them. This definitely sounds like a recipe for fun!!
Thanks for shaing them with us.
Thanks PamK, Diana, and Lori T!
Linda
Hi Linda. Good to see you here. I loved 50 Ways To Hex Your Lover. Hex Appeal sounds great too.
Thanks Crystal B. I hope you enjoy Hex Appeal too.
Linda
This book sounds like a very run read! Perfect for the Halloween season 🙂
Thanks for guest blogging and your contest looks like a ton of fun.
Hi Linda! Your books sound fantastic and I’ve read so many great reviews about them. The covers are adorable too by the way! I’d love to win a copy of one of your books! 🙂 Great time for it to come out when it’s almost Halloween also.
Linda –
Love the books…. already got Hex Appeal from the store and read it. How many do you plan for this series?
Hi Linda, it’s great to see you here. Hex Appeal sounds like a fabulous read. Please enter me in the drawing thank you.
Hugssss
LindaH
Hex Appeal sounds like a fun book! Loved the excerpt.
(Don’t Enter me for the contest.)
Lin!! Oh my goddess!!! First of all, I just got your package! YAY!!!! Have I mentioned lately that you are the BEST!?!?! Second, great blog! You’re such a tease! Now I have to go read it. =)
Hugs,
*Ash Nay*
Thanks LuAnn!
We think the contest will be a lot of fun. It was Dominique, my publisher, who came up with the idea to celebrate Hex Appeal’s release.
Linda
Thanks Rachel!
I love my covers too. The third book, Wicked By Any Other Name is up at Amazon for pre orders and you can see that cover there.
Linda
Thanks MarnieColette.
There’s 13 witches but there will be at least 3 books starring Jazz.
Linda
Thanks Stacie!
Linda
It was worth waiting for, wasn’t it AshNay?
Linda
Yes.
…I was just growing impatient…
=)
But thank you!!!
Love you!
*Ash Nay*
Hey Linda!
Congrats on your release this week! I am SO glad to see more and more paranormal titles hit the shelves in larger chain stores and grocery stores.
Jazz rocks! Can you tell us more about book three? I saw the cover today and really love it!
Rachel
Hi Rachel!
Wicked By Any Other Name is book three and stars Stasi, Jazz’s fellow witch. Stasi has been introduced in 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover and Hex Appeal. She lives in a small mountain town that caters to tourists and owns a lingerie/romance novel boutique. Her gift is inspiring womanly self confidence and a hint of romance, which gets her into trouble with Cupid. She has a fluffy Chihuahua mix named Bogie who disappears at will and has a habit of floating around and a gargoyle named Horace who likes to hang out in the dressing rooms.
In Wicked she’s being sued in Wizards Court for fraud against a human. As if that’s not bad enough the plantiff’s wizard lawyer, Trevor Barnes, is hot and there’s something about him that shows just what Cupid has planned for her and Trev. To make matters worse Stasi hiccups bubbles when she’s nervous.
Plus the lake that centers the witches is in trouble, ghosts from the town’s past is unsettled by bad vibes in town and there’s a sense of uneasiness in town that has Stasi thinking back to the hysteria in Old Salem and she’s afraid it will happen all over again.
Stasi, Nick and fellow witch, Blair, are targets and even with Jazz, Nick’s and hunky town carpenter Jake’s help, the going is rough, scary and Stasi’s beginning to think Samhain will never be the same again.
Still, they don’t have powerful magick for nothing! And there’s a kicky epilogue with Fluff and Puff doing their thing.
Linda
Sounds great! I can’t wait to try this for Halloween!
Hey Linda,
The excerpt is wonderful. This looks like a great series. The Fan Fiction contest seems like it will be fun. Can’t wait to read them. Just the thing for Halloween!
Blythespirit
Thanks Deborah.
Linda
Thanks Blythespirit.
Halloween’s one of my favorite holidays so it’s easy to write witches and crazy magick.
Linda
ohhh, great excerpt! You never fail to please though 😉 Thanks for sharing!
Hey Linda! Nick and Jazz are just too cool! Yours is next on my TBR list!
Thanks Nettisue!
If I make a reader happy I’m happy.
Linda
Cheryl! My fellow CasaSister!
And I’m so glad your book is out now too!
Linda
Hi Linda! I’ve been wanting to read these, just haven’t gotten my hot little hands on them yet. LOL
Deidre
deidre_durance@hotmail.com
Linda,
Your book sounds hilarious. Jazz sounds just like my kind of heroine, one who is sassy, funny, and can be her own person. I can’t wait to read your book.
thanks,
Alex Taz
Oh my goodness! How did I miss this series? Obviously I’ve got to get out and get me some Hex-ing…. *grin*
I love the combination of sexy paranormal with humour and from everything I’ve read here, the books from this series have all this and more. Whoo hoo!
So… 50 Ways to Hex Your Lover and Hex Appeal ~ I’m looking forward to getting to know Jazz and Nick.
We’ve got a winner now folks!!!
Thank you!
And thanks all for your comments. I hope anyone picking up the books will enjoy them.
Linda