Spells and Slip-ups
Annie Anderson
(The Wrong Witch, #1)
Publication date: July 5th 2022
Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy
I suck at witchcraft.
Coming from a long line of famous witches, I should be at the top of the heap. Problem is, if there is a spell cast anywhere in my vicinity, I will somehow mess it up. As a probationary agent with the Arcane Bureau of Investigation, I have two choices: I can limp along and maybe pass myself off as a competent agent, or I can fail. Miserably.
Worse news? If I can’t get my act together, I may not only be out of a job, I could also lose my life.
Whose idea was this again?
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EXCERPT
“Get out,” he barked, crossing his beefy arms
over his substantial belly. “Ain’t no way I’m gonna let a Bannister tromp all
over my shop. Who knows what you’ll break?”
Not that half the shit in this hovel wasn’t
broken already, but still, tears prickled at my eyes. Gritting my teeth against
the sting, I managed to stand my ground. This wasn’t the first time I’d been
kicked out of a witch shop, and given my history, it wouldn’t be the last.
“Please,” I begged, reaching inside my bag for
the wad of cash. Ellie and I had planned on moving in together after college,
but here we were two years post-graduation, with no apartment in sight.
Unearthing the fistful of bills, I held them in front of me to ward off my
ousting. “I can pay.”
His gaze snagged on the money in my hand, and
he licked his chops. By the looks of this place, Mr. Jones hadn’t seen a paying
customer in longer than I’d been alive. “What? You stub your toe or somethin’?
I ain’t wasting my time on no silly girl with a hangnail.”
Don’t back
talk the healer, Wren. Don’t do it.
“It’s not for me, you judgmental ass. It’s for
my best friend’s mom. Do you really think I’d be tromping through here looking
for you if it was something I could fix with a nail clipper and a manicurist?
I’m liable to get tetanus in this heap.” Gnashing my teeth, I took a deep
breath, doing my damnedest to not start screaming. “It’s systemic organ
failure. Can you fix that?”
Carmichael narrowed his eyes. “Your friend’s
mom. Not your mom?” A slow smile pulled across his lips, exposing yellowed
teeth and a fair amount of tooth decay. “You have my interest. What class is
your friend’s mother? She a witch like you or…”
This was the sticking point. If I couldn’t get
him to agree, Alice had no hope. It wasn’t like I could bribe my way into my
mother’s good graces or beg my father.
“Human,” I breathed, praying he wouldn’t make
a fuss.
He simply blinked at me for a solid thirty
seconds. “I’m sorry—what was that?”
Stomping through the piles of junk, I slapped
the money on the counter before reaching into my bag for the second roll of
bills. It was my entire savings. Everything I’d squirreled away to set myself
up. It wasn’t just an apartment I was getting. It was a chance.
But it meant nothing if Alice wasn’t
breathing.
“She’s human,” I hissed. “Are you gonna help
me or not?” The bank teller had audibly squawked when I’d pulled every dime
from my account, her face purpling when I’d asked for it in cash.
Carmichael reached for the bills, but I
slapped his hand before he could get within an inch. “Are you helping, or am I
going to have to go down to the River Walk and deal with them?”
The “them” in question were the Fae, and I had
no intention of dealing with that sort at all. Ever. Making deals with fairies
was tantamount to jumping off a cliff with piranhas, sharks, and razor-sharp
rocks at the bottom. Anyone who had ever made a fairy deal regretted it, and I
wouldn’t be making the same mistake.
Luckily, my poker face was top-notch—otherwise
Carmichael would have seen right through my bluff.
“What you’re asking for is illegal, you know.”
Author Bio:
Annie Anderson is a military wife and United States Air Force veteran. Originally from Dallas, Texas, she is a southern girl at heart, but has lived all over the US and abroad. As soon as the military stops moving her family around, she’ll settle on a state, but for now she enjoys being a nomad with her husband, two daughters, an old man of a dog, and a young pup that makes life… interesting.
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