"fanciful tales of magic, humor, and love"
Welcome back to the magical town of Mysteria. As a sequel
to the first Mysteria anthology, four of paranormal
romances top authors delight readers with fanciful tales of
magic, humor, and love. Disdaining Trouble by MaryJanice's
Davidson
Withering Desdaine is one of the dreaded Desdaine Triplets,
who at the age of two discovered they could do magic and by
the age of six decided being the good guys was for
suckers. So happily they terrorized the citizens of
Mysteria until one day when Withering was accidentally
thrown into the town fountain -- and emerged as a full-
grown
warrior woman. Recently returned to Mysteria after living
in the real world, the last person Thad Wilson
expected to come face-to-face with was the girl who was not
so much one the dreaded triplets, but was now the beautiful
and deadly woman that stood before him. The Nanny from Hell by Susan Grant
Shay is a she-demon who has spent thousands of years
seducing and destroying men's lives with her only fear
being the end of her existence. Sent to destroy the
life of an ex-Demon High Lord's child, the last thing Shay
expects to encounter is the handsome demon hunter, Quel
Laredo. After falling into the town fountain, Shay comes
out a changed woman and finds that the thought of taking a
baby's life repulsive. Can Shay and Quel overcome their
inherent distrust for each other long enough to keep Shay
from being blinked out of existence by the Devil himself? A Tawdry Affair by Gena Showalter
Glory Tawdry is a love witch whose love life is in the pits
and to add to her misery she has to watch her two sisters
play kissy-face every day with their mates. Not that
she wants to fall in love, mind you. All that
slobbering over each other and stuff -- yeesh. But what
Glory does want is vengeance and she knows just the witch
to help her. When her sister Evie gives her a magic pen,
Glory decides to settle the score with the impossible
handsome, Falon - the one man who she's had a crush on for
years, but humiliated her when she once thought to seduce
him. It's in His Kiss by P.C. Cast
After going away to college, Summer Smith decided to return
to Mysteria to teach at the local high school. Always the
planner and in complete control of her life, Summer decides
it's time to finally settle down and she sets her sights on
her childhood friend and long-time crush, Kenny the Fairy.
But when Summer takes her high school class on a field trip
to the local art gallery, Dark Shadows, she gets more than
she bargained for in the dark and brooding vampire, Colin. I thoroughly enjoyed these four enchanting tales of love
and magic. Mysteria Lane is the sequel to
Mysteria (originally released May 2006) and even
though most of these characters were introduced in the
first anthology, newcomers won't have a problem reading
this sequel. My overall favorite would probably be
Showalter's A Tawdry Affair, but all four novellas
are quite delightful. If you're looking for a quick read
filled with humor and love, I would happily recommend
picking up Mysteria Lane and giving it a whirl.
Reviewed by Mippy Carlson
Posted February 7, 2009
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