Bad Witch Series

Robyn Bachar’s Bad Witch series blends urban fantasy and romance in a Chicago filled with magic, vampires, shapeshifters and troublemaking Shakespearean fairies. Even a bad witch deserves a second chance. Catherine Baker stopped caring about magician politics after the witches threw her out four years ago, convicted of the “crime” of using harmful magic in self-defense. Life as an outcast was nothing new, thanks to her father’s wicked reputation, but the injustice left her heart scarred. Especially since she’d been turned in by the man she loved. Alexander Duquesne has never faltered in his duties as a guardian—until now. He still suffers lingering guilt over his role in Cat’s exile, and when the old Titania is murdered, Cat is in line to be the next victim. Lex will do anything to keep Cat alive, even if she hates him for it. Hunted by a powerful stranger intent on drawing her into an evil web, Cat reluctantly accepts Lex’s protection and the resurrected desire that comes along with it. Lex faces the fight of his life to keep her safe...and win her back. If they both survive. What reviewers are saying about Blood, Smoke and Mirrors: “For a debut book, this story has an incredibly strong and funny main character ... and a strange and interesting world of characters. ... If I had to grab one word to describe this book, it would be refreshing. Not like a diet Coke or something that’s saccharine and only satisfying in the short term, but refreshing like thinking to yourself, ‘Oh, that’s new, that’s different’ while reading a plot that could have turned on a dime into well-trod cliché-land. Bachar keeps the story firmly in the present with a quick and witty narrator, and I kept reading.” –Sarah Wendell, Smart Bitches, Trashy Books “Blood, Smoke and Mirrors was a compelling read. Catherine ‘Cat’ Baker was an authentic and endearing heroine – big butt and all. ...overall, I was impressed and glad that I had the opportunity to discover Robyn Bachar. I’ll be looking forward to what she does next. But first I have to get something to eat. I have this insatiable craving for chocolate chip pancakes...” –Paul Goat Allen, Explorations: The Barnes & Noble SciFi and Fantasy Blog

Liars and tigers and weres, oh my! Riley O’Driscoll’s perfect life cracked thanks to her nasty divorce, and then her world shattered when her beloved grandmother’s murder left her with a surprise inheritance of magic and mayhem. Riley has less than a year to learn a lifetime’s worth of witchcraft, and after a career of academic excellence Riley has only failed in two subjects: love and magic. When witch hunters break down Riley’s door, a miscast spell sends her through the looking glass and into the path of sexy shapeshifter Jeremiah Galestrom. Jere was an agent of the Wild Hunt—an elite team of sorcerers sworn to protect magiciankind by hunting dangerous shapeshifters—who was infected and left for dead after his team was massacred. His faerie family saved his life, but his rescue left him trapped in Faerie with no hope of escape—until Riley arrives. They strike a bargain that trades a year of Jeremiah’s protection for Riley’s help, and Riley finds herself with a new roommate who’s a real tiger. With the hunters closing in, can Riley trust her life—and her heart—with a man who is counting the days to his freedom? And while Jeremiah knows he can protect Riley from the hunters, can he protect her from himself, and the wild magic within him?

The danger intensifies as the Bad Witch series continues. It’s good to be bad... Patience Roberts is the last summoner standing between magiciankind and certain demon invasion. After banishing two or three demons a day for too long, gods know she’d like nothing better than a little down time with her number one distraction—Faust. But with vampires, hunters and assassins lined up to take her out, who has the time? Still, she has to admit her resistance to the amorous faerie is wearing thin. Not that she’ll ever let on—after all, faeries are notorious for their short romantic attention spans. Faust, a Shadowspawn faerie, watched as his outcast clan dwindled to nothing. Determined to hold on to the woman he loves, he’ll do whatever it takes to protect Patience. And one day build a life with her. When an old demon enemy punches through the barrier between the worlds, Patience must draw on every ounce of her reputation as a cast-iron bitch to temporarily banish him. To get rid of him for good, she’ll have to sacrifice one too many pieces of her soul to leave room for love...

It’s better to be a bad witch than a dead one. One thing stands between Catherine Duquesne and happily-ever-after with her soul mate Lex—her unwanted bond with billionaire vampire Zachary Harrison. Married life is hard enough without adding an uninvited vampire to the mix, and being tied to Zach endangers more than just her relationship. If Zach dies, she dies, and with his new seat on the necromancer council being challenged by older, more powerful masters, his life expectancy is dwindling fast. Vampire politics is only the beginning of Cat’s problems. Hunters are stalking magicians, abducting entire families and killing anyone who resists. As the current Titania and Oberon, Cat and Lex must protect their people, but Cat’s dark past keeps the victims from seeking their help. Worse, the former Titania’s granddaughter wants to oust Cat from the job, believing her vampire ties make her unfit. To break the bond Cat must broker deals with devils on a journey that will take her to hell and back—literally. Freedom comes at a high price, but Cat will risk anything to save her people and her marriage.

Robyn Bachar's Bad Witch series blends romance and urban fantasy in a setting filled with magic, vampires and meddling faeries. How do you convince a skeptic to reverse your curse? Natividad Houlihan travels the world searching for stunning historical sites with juicy secrets...and ghosts. Nati doesn't believe in the supernatural, but as a location scout for the Spirit Seekers paranormal investigation show she works for true believers. The team is thrilled at the opportunity to investigate an infamous Spanish haunted mansion--but the price of admission requires Nati to spend two weeks stumbling around in the dark searching for EVPs and light anomalies. Nati's only company is Cris, the estate's surly, sexy caretaker, who intrigues her during the day and stars in her vivid erotic fantasies at night. Don Cristobal Mendoza loved unwisely and paid the price for his indiscretion, suffering a vicious curse that trapped him within the bounds of his ancestral estate. By day he is the manor's mysterious caretaker, and by night he is the shadow demon who stalks its halls. For centuries he has hidden his condition from the world as he despaired of ever being freed from his curse. Nati is determined to unearth the secrets Cris has kept for centuries and bring his past to light, but Cris can't resist the chance to indulge his dark desires with a bold, beautiful American skeptic. As the balance of magical power shifts, they must work together to break the curse before Cris's time runs out.

A love worth dying for...twice? Anne Williams is a seer—the rarest, most dangerous kind of magician—gifted with the ability to divine the past, present and future. Anne spent her life hiding her true nature to protect her from those who would abuse her prophetic powers, but with an impending apocalypse on the horizon Anne can't afford to stay in the shadows. Anne steps up the plate to help magiciankind, but someone tries to take her out of the game—permanently. Wounded and with nowhere else to go, Anne finds shelter with chronicler Simon St. Jerome, but with one touch he plunges Anne into a tangled web of secrets and lies. Simon spent centuries concealing his past while recording the history of magician society, but nothing can hide the truth from a seer. As his soul mate, Anne is determined to discover every secret he's buried—including the tale of how she died once before in a failed attempt to spend eternity with her immortal lover. As danger closes in around them, Anne and Simon must overcome the scars of their pasts, or risk never seeing their futures.

Once upon a time billionaire Zachary Harrison met his soul mate, rockstar Ivy Taylor, but instead of pursuing his happily ever after, Zach chose a path of blood, darkness and corruption and became a vampire. Six years later, Zach wants a second chance with his soul mate, and with the threat of a demon invasion drawing ever closer his time is running out. Ivy Taylor loved her life of sex, drugs and rock and roll until an attack by a vampire stalker ended her career. Scarred and traumatized, Ivy retreated from the limelight, but now a one-weekend-stand from her past wants to lure her out of her self-imposed exile. Soul mates are stronger together, and the power of their combined magic could tip the scales in the battle to save the world. When the stakes have never been higher, it all comes down to the bloody end.