It’s a pleasure to be participating
in the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for BAIT AND WITCH by
Angela M. Sanders, the first installment in her Witch Way Librarian Mystery series.
Bait and Witch
By Angela M. Sanders
*Cozy Mystery
*1st in Series: A Witch Way Librarian Mystery
*Publisher: Kensington (December 29, 2020)
*Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
*ISBN-10: 1496728742
*ISBN-13: 978-1496728746
*Digital ASIN: B086R8VF2T
Librarian Josie Way moved to small-town Oregon to lay low.
Instead, thanks to newfound magic abilities—and a killer on the loose—she’s
leapt out of the frying pan and into a cauldron of trouble . . .
Josie Way loved working among the Library of Congress’s
leather-scented stacks—until she uncovered corruption and made herself a
target. As Wilfred, Oregon’s new librarian, Josie can stay undercover until the
case goes to court. But life in this little town isn’t as subdued as she
expected. The library, housed in a Victorian mansion, is slated to be
bulldozed. Still digesting the news that her safe haven is about to become
scrap lumber; Josie discovers a body in the woods . . .
Almost as shocking, Josie learns that she’s descended from a
long line of witches—and her powers have suddenly sprung to life. With help
from a spoiled alley cat who just may be her familiar, Josie’s thumbing through
a catalog of suspects, hoping she can conjure a way to save her library—and her
life . . .
BAIT AND WITCH is
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Play - IndieBound
Now here is an excerpt for
your reading pleasure.
EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER 1
“Are you okay?”
“Yes—that is, I’m not
sure. I had this weird episode on the plane, like my innards were exploding. Is
that what a panic attack feels like?” Toni was a physician. She’d know.
“Not usually. Stress does
weird things, though.”
I’d had plenty of stress.
I pulled aside my collar and pressed a finger on the star-shaped birthmark on
my shoulder. Ever since I was a girl, I’d touched it for comfort. Tonight, it
almost burned. “I’m sure I’ll be better in the morning.”
“You really won’t tell me
where you are?”
“No. You know I can’t. But
you should see it here. It’s crazy, like I stepped into Cold Comfort Farm. The
guy who drove me from the airport could have been nicknamed Lurch. I’m waiting
for a raven to appear on a tree branch outside.”
“Just give me your town’s
name. What if something happens to you?”
“No. I can’t. It’s better
this way.” I toyed with the phone’s coiled cord. “I’ll call Mom tomorrow,” I
said, replying to Toni’s unspoken question. All our lives, my sisters and I had
shared a tacit communication. We could work elbow-to-elbow in Mom’s kitchen and
never get in each others’ way. We’d pass a half cup of milk or plug in the
mixer or set the oven’s timer for another sister without saying a word. “It’s
late. I need to get to bed. I just wanted you to know I’m all right.”
After hanging up, I laid
my nightgown on the foot of the bed. On impulse, I heaved up the bedroom
window.
Oak trees vanished into
the night. Beyond the trees was a cabin that couldn’t have been more than a few
rooms. The caretaker’s, I guessed. Beyond that, maybe fifty yards away, was a
house as large as the library, but squat and wide. I made out the glow of a
light in an upstairs window. As I watched, a window shade pulled shut and
blocked it out.
A breeze whooshed through
the dry leaves, carrying a few to rattle against the roof. “Good night, wind,”
I said, almost hearing my grandmother whisper the words in my ear. Funny, I
hadn’t greeted the wind since I was a girl.
The black cat returned,
too, padding up the shingles below my window.
“Who are you, little guy?”
He took two steps forward,
mouthed a silent “meow,” and leapt away into the darkness.
Meet
the Author!
Angela M. Sanders writes
the Amazon bestselling Joanna Hayworth Vintage Clothing Mysteries and The
Booster Club Capers. Under the pen name Clover Tate, she’s the author of the
Kite Shop Mysteries (Berkley), which Romantic Times praised for their “well
written wit and intrigue.”
Angela’s articles on food, personalities, and perfume have
appeared in a variety of magazines, and her monthly newsletters have nearly
2,000 subscribers. She interacts with readers on Facebook and Instagram and is
a prominent blogger for Now Smell This, which garners 1.5 million monthly page
views.
Angela has two cats—one of whom is black of course—a witch’s
freckle in her left eye and learned to read tarot cards from a pagan priestess.
For more on Angela and her writing, you can connect with her
on the following sites:
Website - https://angelamsanders.com/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/AuthorAngelaMSanders
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/angela.m.sanders/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/AngelaMSanders
Thanks for stopping by
today. You can check up on Angela’s tour by visiting the blogs listed below.
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Doesn’t this story sound
intriguing? I enjoy a story that involves a librarian, don’t you, and who can resist
when a little magic is involved?
January 11 – Mochas, Mysteries and Meows – CHARACTER GUEST POST
January 11 – The Editing Pen – REVIEW
January 11 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT
January 12 – I'm All About Books – SPOTLIGHT
January 12 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
January 12 – Literary Gold - SPOTLIGHT, EXCERPT
January 13 – The Avid Reader - REVIEW, EXCERPT
January 13 – Baroness' Book Trove - REVIEW
January 13 – Maureen's Musings – SPOTLIGHT
January 14 – Angel's Guilty Pleasures - CHARACTER INTERVIEW
January 14 – Socrates Book Reviews - SPOTLIGHT
January 14 – Escape With Dollycas Into A
Good Book – REVIEW
January 15 – MJB Reviewers – SPOTLIGHT
January 15 – Cozy Up WIth Kathy - REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW
January 15 – Moonlight Rendezvous – REVIEW
January 16 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
January 16 – StoreyBook Reviews – GUEST POST
January 17 – Christy's Cozy Corners - REVIEW
January 17 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews - REVIEW
January 18 – Paranormal and Romantic
Suspense Reviews -
SPOTLIGHT, EXCERPT
January 18 – Eskimo Princess Book Reviews - SPOTLIGHT
January 19 – Celticlady's Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
January 19 – Sneaky the Library Cat's Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
January 20 – I Read What You Write - GUEST POST
January 20 – Sapphyria's Book Reviews - REVIEW
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