By Gina LaManna
Star rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Spice rating: 🌶️
Pub date: 9/1/2024
Blurb
Trixie Gardens is one average witch, thank you very much.
A down-on-her luck taxi driver in the paranormal section of New York, Trixie has spent a lifetime repressing her magic. Until one night, she meets a grumpy, devilishly handsome vampire in a dark alley, and she accidentally activates her powers by shooting the cork from a cheap cabernet bottle at his face.
It turns out the vampire is none other than Dominic Kent—the stormy, rough-around-the-edges billionaire who owns Trixie’s apartment building. When she discovers Dominic is trying to kick her out of the only place she’s ever called home (and did she mention rent-controlled?), it’s hate at first sight.
After Trixie puts a teeny, tiny hex on her new nemesis, Dom retaliates in a big way. It’s all clever enchantments and witty curses, until Dominic’s brother suddenly returns, hellbent on revenge. When things turn deadly, Dominic and Trixie must bond together to survive.
As Dom and Trixie fight to stay alive, they try to ignore the electricity crackling between them that’s got nothing to do with magic. However, before she knows it, Trixie finds herself wondering why the line between hate and love feels like it’s so thin it might have vanished entirely…
Category: Paranormal
Read if you Like:
🪴 Fated mates
🪴 Opposites attract
🪴 Paranormal politics
🪴 Magical discovery
My Thoughts:
A supernaturals only part of New York plus pining vampires? Yes please! I love a paranormal story that can be relatable. Limited supernatural housing causing rents to skyrocket? Seems real.
I thought Dom and Trixie had good chemistry. I liked that even though they had an immediate connection they worked to build a relationship instead of us just believing they were perfect because they had a supernatural connection.
This story had a bit of an earlier paranormal romance vibe to me. While many romances coming out recently have a romcom or romantasy vibe this felt a bit more urban fantasy with a twilightesque hero thrown in. I'm not complaining as I love urban fantasy and while I am over my twilight phase it left its mark but if you aren't a fan of that era of books I might skip this one.
If you are looking for a fun paranormal read that is closed door this one is definitely work reading! If this turns into a series I'd read more set in this world.
Thanks to Gina LaManna for providing me with an ARC of this book. All opinions are my own.
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