31 Days of Magic & Mayhem, Siobhan Muir

When Siobhan Muir says she likes costumes, believe her!

When do you put up Halloween decorations? Any rules in the house? 

We usually start Oct 1 because we have a lot going on in September (birthdays and anniversary). 

 

What's your favorite Halloween tradition/decoration/memory?

 

I love the dressing up. I still do it with my kids. Why should they get all the fun? I wear a costume every year, though mine aren't as elaborate as Heidi Klum's.

 

What do you think goes *bump* in the night?

 

I can only hope the magical creatures are real.

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Siobhan Muir

Sorceress of Song & Flame

 

Matsuko Ishikawa, Audiologist and Newbie Sorceress

 

Being autistic, I’ve learned the patterns and rules of my world to make life easier. Everything I know is thrown into disarray when I find myself wearing long robes and setting fire to a wagon with blue flames… From my hands. I don’t know where I am… or how to control my new pyrotechnic talent. Throw in a guy who can turn into a dragon and a goddess-given quest, and I’m totally out of my depth. But if I complete the goddess’s task of finding a magical artifact, I can go home, which is the goal, right?

 

Arach Uzekamanzi, Third Born Prince of the Dragonkin

 

Being a 126-year-old dragon, there isn’t much that surprises me anymore, but Matsuko is completely new. And it’s pretty clear she’s not local. Accompanying her on a quest to find magical artifact seems like the best way learn more about her and stave off boredom. Now I just have to help Matsuko acquire the Song Stone, return it to the goddess’s temple, and get her home. But the more I learn about her, it becomes clear I’ll do just about anything to convince her to stay.

 

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31 Days of Magic & Mayhem, Cynthia Diamond

For the first time in the 31 Days of Magic & Mayhem, Cynthia Diamond's recounting totally freaked me out! Beware ... 

When do you put up Halloween decorations? Any rules in the house?

 

As soon as I can! But if I have any restraint, I will wait until October the 1st. If i wait for later I feel like a slacker.

 

What's your favorite Halloween tradition/decoration/memory?

 

Oh so many. Over the years, my traditions have changed from parties, to costumes, to decorations. My current favorite is me, my husband, and friends when they are about, all carve pumpkins on either Halloween eve or Halloween. Halloween night we light their candles, make wishes, and let them burn until dawn then they finally go out. 

 

Have you ever had a paranormal/ghostly experience? Can you share a little about what happened?

 

One time, when I was still living in the Bay Area, my friend and I were driving along a stormy dark road. While we were going along, there was a tall shadowy figure standing along the side of the road. The trees around him were blowing but the wind didn't touch him. As we were driving by, he watched our car pass. We tried to make out his face but saw nothing under the brim of his hat. I remember the chills we both felt as we sped off as fast as we could.

 

What do you think goes *bump* in the night?

 

...it’s my cats. It’s ALWAYS my cats. *Sigh*

 

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Cynthia Diamond

An Impractical Guide to Satyr Charming

With her magic stolen, Ivy Bennett is a witch doomed to die. But she isn’t giving up without a fight. One ritual could restore her power, all she needs is a little elbow grease and an abandoned house in the woods. Unfortunately, the home’s current resident -an arrogant satyr named Finn- will not tolerate a witch in his territory. Ivy will be damned if the goat-legged jerk gets in her way. If only he wasn’t as sexy as he is infuriating. Charming a satyr isn't at the top of Ivy's do-to-list, but it's either come to a truce with the insufferable male or knock on death’s door.

After witnessing the slaughter of his herd, Finn’s sole purpose is to protect his brother and his lands from deadly witches. But when one moves in, his fury rises. While the need to drive the witch away is strong, his desire for her is stronger. Soon he finds himself wanting the lovely, stubborn female more than hating her. But keeping Ivy as his own would forfeit everything he’s held sacred. And now her presence has attracted something in the forest... Something that may destroy them all.

 

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31 Days of Magic & Mayhem, Brooklyn Ann

Brooklyn Ann teases with what's fiction and what's a haunted retelling in her B Mine series. What do you think is the truth?

When do you put up Halloween decorations? Any rules in the house? 

I start October 1st and gradually add more throughout the month. Rules are to not pig out on the candy until trick or treaters get theirs.

 

What's your favorite Halloween tradition/decoration/memory?

 

Getting my first graveyard set up. 

 

Have you ever had a paranormal/ghostly experience? Can you share a little about what happened?

 

I grew up in a haunted house. Some of the events of my novel, Her Haunted Heart are based on spooky experiences I had in that house. Others are made up. I will NEVER tell which creepy encounters were true. 

 

What do you think goes *bump* in the night?

 

Me getting up and sneaking around in the dark for late night snacks.

 

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Her Halloween Party

Brooklyn Ann

 

A HAUNTED HOUSE TO DIE FOR

 

Bookish, broken yet beautiful, Amelia Craven is trapped. Trapped by controlling best friend Tiffany, trapped dating shallow guys, and trapped into joining Amteep university’s only sorority, the Omega Pis. But things go from bad to worse when she discovers the final initiation for pledges involves spending Halloween night inside the infamous Raimi House – a dark hell hole of macabre deaths and tales of demonic possession.

 

The only saving grace: she’ll get to share it with her secret crush, Guillermo Romero, and being there together is the only way she'll tell him how she truly feels. That is if they can survive the night inside the most haunted house in town.

 

A love-song homage to Eighties classic horror films, this rollercoaster ride is filled with scares, guts and gore – plus a true romance that might be the one thing that will be their salvation.

 

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31 Days of Magic & Mayhem, Mia Downing

 Today’s 31 Days of Magic & Mayhem brings author Mia Downing. You wouldn’t be afraid of an everyday ghost named Michael, would you? A person you met once in real life, and came for a visit in the afterlife? 

 

When do you put up Halloween decorations? Any rules in the house?

 

We're not hardcore Halloween fans (except DD.) She has spooky things all year long. We did grow a white pumpkin by accident from a pumpkin we chucked in the garden last year, so he's on the porch! 

 

What's your favorite Halloween tradition/decoration/memory?

 

When the kids were little, DH would carve a pumpkin and put it on a very tall stump. For Halloween, we'd light it or put those battery candles in it. 

 

Have you ever had a paranormal/ghostly experience? Can you share a little about what happened?

 

Yes! The farm I lived at before I got married had a resident ghost named Michael. One of the tenants had committed suicide on the property a few years before. He'd do pranks like take things you needed and hide them, or he'd make messes. You could sometimes hear him walking in the hayloft or down an aisle, but you'd look, and no one would be there. It was creepy. I had met him once when he was alive (in passing, a quick thing.) But when I saw him once as a ghost, I knew it was him. I described him after down to the limp on the correct side. That wasn't something I'd known about him since he'd injured himself after the timeframe when I'd met him. It was incredibly weird, and I have a shiver just thinking about him! 

 

What do you think goes *bump* in the night?

 

Energy that's trapped here on Earth. Sometimes, it's my husband trying to find the bathroom at night. 

 

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Chasing Time

Mia Downing

 

Skye Worthington’s quest for family brings more than she bargained for…

My already turbulent life flips upside down the moment Marek Young appears. Nightmares from a childhood jumping between foster homes edge into sexy dreams of a man in leather pants with a simmering magical touch. As Marek is an important client at the bookstore where I work, I can’t say no when he asks me to dinner. I didn’t expect the pull of desire or the sizzle of familiar energy the first time we touched, but I need more than satisfaction. I need the truth. Yet the truth he offers seems too bizarre to believe…

One fated jump through time destroyed Marek Young’s life…

I have only one mission—make Skye love me again. Except the aloof bookstore clerk and grad student has no recollection of me. An emergency jump through time left Skye to grow up in this era with no memory of our adventures...or me. Unfortunately, she’s always had a temper, and my time is running out. All I want is to be the man she can fall in love with again.

Chasing Time is the first book in the exciting Bonded Souls series by Mia Downing. If you like angsty, second chance romance with a touch of magic and adventure, then this is the book for you! Jump into this magical new world today!

 

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