Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Allies

Written by Lydia Sherrer

Narrated by Amy McFadden

What's worse than fighting with allies? Fighting without them.

Lily Singer-wizard and library archivist-has a problem. After finally learning the truth about her family's past, she finds she doesn't like it one bit. Now she must reconcile old grudges, make questionable allies, and bend the law to fix a problem that's not even her fault. Add to that having inconvenient feelings for her troublemaking witch friend while trying to date an overeager FBI agent, and Lily isn't sure she's strong enough to face the future, much less overcome it.

With old friends and new allies making life complicated, Lily, Sebastian, and Sir Kipling must race to stop her father's evil plans before it's too late. Can they work together to save the day? Or will they let their differences divide them?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Apr 16, 2019
• ISBN: 9781977341150

Reviews for Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus

[Karen Chandler · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

If you follow this author and her books, you won't want to stop reading.

[Michael Phillips · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

As this series of books goes on they get better. The characters are filling out as they face the challenges ahead. As a cat owner I just love snarky Sir Edgar Kipling.

[liscarey · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

As I continue my habit of reading books in series out of order, this is book three of the Lily Singer adventures. Sebastian and Lily are, however reluctantly, starting to face up to their feelings about each other. Even Madam Barrington is beginning to be forced to reevaluate her opinion of Sebastian.

All this reexamining is helped along by the fact that Lily now knows a good deal of the information about her past that first her mother and then her mentor, Madam Barrington, had kept from her in a not altogether well-thought-out plan "for her own protection."

Sebastian is still keeping secrets "for her own good." Her new maybe-boyfriend, FBI Agent Richard Grant, is also keeping secrets, and some of that may also be "for her own good," although some of it is just for the sake of his case.

What adds insult to injury is that her cat, Sir Edgar Allan Kipling, is in cahoots with Sebastian to protect her...

You can see why Lily might be getting a little bit frustrated with people in her life trying to protect her by keeping secrets.

Lily is trying to be more confident and assertive. Sebastian is trying to be more thoughtful about what Lily really wants.

But the big issue is that they're discovering that Lily's father, John Faust LeFay, has been kidnapping children for years. The fact that he's recently kidnapped his brother, Lily's Uncle Allen, is a minor point by comparison.

It's a story that keeps moving, and things keep happening, and you won't get bored. Still just a light, entertaining read, but still a lot of fun.

Recommended.

[pardamustang · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

**This book was reviewed for Lola’s Blog Tours**Allies is the third in the Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus series featuring Lily Singer and Sebastian Blackwell. While still full of delightful snark, especially by Kip, things with LeFay are really starting to heat up and take a darker turn. As with the previous books, this one is separated into three parts alternating between the Lily and Sebastian. During the first part, Lily meets a new family member, an uncle named Allen. Brilliant but exceedingly eccentric, Allen lives a hermit lifestyle. No sooner had Lily met this uncle, than he is snatched away by his estranged brother, Lily’s demented father John Faust. The middle story is Sebastian's. He and Tina are pursuing a different lead towards LeFay, by looking into a series of suspicious missing persons cases spanning years. What they find is horrific. The last story finds Lily and her small band ready to confront John Faust and retrieve Allen. Things don't work quite as planned of course. They retrieve Lily’s uncle, but at great cost.These books just keep getting better. They also keep getting darker. LeFay is proving ever more ruthless in his search for his ancestor's location, and in putting his plans of wizard domination in motion. Murder, kidnapping, and a callous programme of eugenics are simply par for the course. I am very much looking forward to reading the next in the series. There is still so much to learn about Sebastian and his past, and with the mysterious force that gifted Kip with speech. ?????