Three Tales of Powers

By Brigid Collins

Power can be a real thrill, especially when that power is magical. But having a power can also put a crimp in your attempts at starting a relationship…

 

Home is Where the Cauldron Bubbles

 

Mathilde Blackmore needs to move out of her mother's house pronto, but her new home has to meet some specific requirements in order to be a proper place for an independent young witch like herself.

Ben Wilson promised himself long ago that he'd never again do anything foolish for the sole purpose of impressing a woman. He's happy with his successful life as a single realtor, but his latest client has him feeling off his usual game.

Sparks fly and magic flows as the two hunt for the witchiest of houses together, until neither of them can deny the attraction between them.

 

Paper Trick

 

Everyone recognizes Claire Krane's artistic gift when she's working with paper. Everyone except her parents, that is, who are too busy with work to have time for her. Her nanny is the only one who knows the true extent of Claire's ability to bring her paper creations to life, and she's stressed the importance of keeping the magic a secret.

But with the school play coming up, and her parents hinting they might actually have time to come see it, Claire is willing to pull out all the stops to impress them. The only problem is how little control she has over her mischievous paper tricks, and when they go rogue on her, they might ruin more than just the climax of the school play.

 

Directions to a Coffee Date with a Villain

 

Being the resident super-heroine of Small Town, Indiana might not be the most glamorous of jobs, but someone's got to do it. Carly, alias Cartograph, with her super ability to always know where she is even in the most fiendish of corn mazes, is uniquely suited to the work. She's even got her own super-hero onesie.

 

Unfortunately, her arch-nemesis, the beautiful Amazing Grace, is up to her dastardly ways—this time, she's hidden the local coffee shop's supply of decaf within one of her befuddling mazes. Carly finds herself facing the age-old question: to fall back on the tradition of bagging the villain before letting her get away to plot another day? Or finally buck up the courage to ask Grace to have a cup of coffee with her?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Frosty Owl Publishing
• Release date: Aug 23, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201509255

Brigid Collins

Brigid Collins is a fantasy and science fiction writer living in Michigan. Her short stories have appeared in Fiction River, The Young Explorer's Adventure Guide, and Chronicle Worlds: Feyland. Books 1 through 3 of her fantasy series, Songbird River Chronicles, are available in print and electronic versions on Amazon and Kobo. You can sign up for her newsletter at tinyletter.com/HarmonicStories or follow her on twitter @purellian.

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