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BOOK REVIEW: AMID SUMMER’S NIGHTMARE BY APRIL L. WOOD

Posted May 9, 2019

review by Michael McCarthy As the story begins, our heroine, Summer Wormwood, finds herself sentenced to spending her summer at Camp Bitter Tonic. It’s kind of like summer school, but also like a charm school and, more importantly, a school for witchcraft. The students learn everything from cooking to having good posture to...

NEWS: MICHAEL MCCARTHY’S NEW NOVEL, BOOK OF SHADOWS 3: HUNTING, IS OUT TODAY VIA #INSTAFREEBIE

Posted Feb 8, 2018

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It’s official, my new novel, Book of Shadows 3: Hunting, is one of the books featured in #Instafreebie‘s newsletter (and on their site) today. That means, yes, I’m giving this one away for free, too! It’s an Instafreebie exclusive so go get it: https://www.instafreebie.com/book/50659 In this volume, Emma, Lia, Shar and company face...

NEWS: BOOK OF SHADOWS 2 NOW AVAILABLE AT SALE PRICE OR FREE WITH KINDLE UNLIMITED

Posted Sep 10, 2017

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Written by Love is Pop’s Michael McCarthy under the pen name Michael Beaulieu, Book of Shadows Volume One: Casting is the story of three sixteen-year-old girls who find the Book of Shadows (spellbook and journal) of one of their late great grandmothers. Upon trying a simple candle lighting spell, our narrator, Emma, discovers...

NEWS: BOOK OF SHADOWS 2 (RISING) NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER AND ADVANCE READER COPIES

Posted Jul 24, 2017

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Book of Shadows Volume 2: Rising will be out on its scheduled release date of August 10th, 2017 and is now available to pre-order here: http://amzn.to/2uQq6gg. Be sure to pre-order it today so that your Kindle gets its fix as soon as it’s available. Like magick! Of course, I’ve enrolled Book of Shadows 2...

‘TIS THE SEASON OF THE WITCH: AN INTERVIEW WITH APRIL L. WOOD

Posted Jun 27, 2017

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interview by Michael McCarthy April L. Wood has published two novels, both in her Season of the Witch series, which I have been mighty impressed by. The series is what’s considered urban fantasy, which is what you get when you take a contemporary setting and add supernatural elements. The series can also be...

An Exclusive Interview with Author Madeline Freeman

Posted Jan 25, 2017

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interview by Michael McCarthy A few months ago I discovered this wonderful thing called Bookbub. Basically, you sign up and tell them what retailers you purchase E-books from and which genres you enjoy and then every day – even on weekends – they E-mail you a list of books that are on sale....

CANDID CONVERSATION: AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ADRIANA MATHER

Posted Dec 19, 2016

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by Michael McCarthy Adriana Mather is a descendant of Cotton Mather, one of the key players from the Salem, Massachusetts witch trials. Accordingly, it should come as no surprise that her debut novel, the young adult best-seller How to Hang A Witch, is ripe with almost as many historical facts as it is...

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