Happy New Year!
2009 is going to be a better year, no doubt about it because, frankly, we’ve nowhere to go but up. I know I’m excited to have my first historical romance since 2004 hit the shelves. So Enchanting (February 3, 2009) is about perception versus reality and the nature of magic. The book includes a witch bent on taking over a tiny Scottish hamlet, that same town charged with the care of a young woman with apparent occult powers, and a pair of goofy, starry-eyed young lovers. But the real stars of the story are a one-time spiritualist and the aristocrat who unmasked her, two sophisticated people who discover that where the heart is involved, no one is exempt for acting like a fool.
RomaticTimes Booklovers review (4½ stars out of 5) says:
“Quick, engaging and with a witty sense of humor, poignancy and intelligence, Brockway’s latest combines a bit of paranormal with an enticing romance that’s really enchanting. You’ll fall under Brockway’s spell for sure with this book.”
I know many of us are plagued by worries and concerns we didn’t dream we’d be having a year ago. Trips we’ve been planning for years are having to be delayed (goodbye, Africa!), memberships cut (goodbye, Netflix!), old cars duct-taped together for another 20,000 miles (farewell, cute hybrid!), even down-sizing has become unrealistic (ta-ta, green glass condo on the river!), and dining choices? Pared to the bone (so long, restaurants!)
Which is where reading a good book comes in (Hello, So Enchanting!)
I know money is tight but a good book makes for a truly affordable vacation. For a few hours and not many more dollars, a romance novel can whisk you away to an a different time and place peopled with fascinating and passionate characters. Between the pages of a book, you can smell the Thames on a spring night, feel a London fog coalesce on your cheeks, or hear the clop of horse hoofs on a cobbled street. Between the pages of a book you’ll despair of unrequited love or the thrill to awakening desire and, hopefully, when you finally return from this “vacation” it will be with a sigh and a smile.
And that really is magic…
Here’s to a fabulous 2009!
