Of Potions And Portents

A Magickal Witchy Mystery... First book in a completed series of four stories from USA Today bestselling author Nyx Halliwell featuring humorous mysteries with witches, talking animals, shifters, ghosts, and fun! ★★★★★ “…mystical, magical, and a joy to read from start to finish.” ~ So Many Reads I’m Spring Whitethorne, kitchen witch, and I’ll be honest—I long for love and a “normal” social life, just like everyone else. Finding the time, however—not to mention the right guy—is a lost cause. My days are spent cooking up products for the Lotions, Potions, and Herbs line for Conjure, the metaphysical shop I run with my sisters, and my specialty love potion blend is helping everyone else in Raven Falls find romance, while I’m working my broomstick off preparing for the upcoming Beltane celebration. That is until Tristan McGregor, the sexy chief of police, threatens to shut down my kitchen and accuses me of murder. Two people have died, entangled in—ahem—a compromising position, and covered in my love potion. On top of that, I discover an unsettling portent about the chief in his tea leaves, and when he steals a kiss after catching me at the crime scene, I try to convince myself it's only because he’s under the influence of the love potion enchantment. But is he? With my cursed mockingbird familiar, Hoax, my sassy sister witches, and a whole lot of peppermint tea, I have to solve the mystery before Tristan puts me behind bars. Even so, as the fires of Beltane nip at my heels, introducing the chief to the world of magick could send my chances at love up in smoke.

With the recent turn to science studies and interdisciplinary research in Shakespearean scholarship, Shakespeare and Science: A Dictionary, provides a pedagogical resource for students and scholars. In charting Shakespeare's engagement with natural philosophical discourse, this edition shapes the future of Shakespearean scholarship and pedagogy significantly, appealing to students entering the field and current scholars in interdisciplinary research on the topic alongside the non-professional reader seeking to understand Shakespeare's language and early modern scientific practices. Shakespeare's works respond to early modern culture's rapidly burgeoning interest in how new astronomical theories, understandings of motion and change, and the cataloging of objects, vegetation, and animals in the natural world could provide new knowledge. To cite a famous example, Hamlet's letter to Ophelia plays with the differences between the Ptolemaic and Copernican notions of the earth's movement: “Doubt that the sun doth move” may either be, in the Ptolemaic view, an earnest plea or, in the Copernican system, a purposeful equivocation. The Dictionary contextualizes such moments and scientific terms that Shakespeare employs, creatively and critically, throughout his poetry and drama. The focus is on Shakespeare's multiform uses of language, rendering accessible to students of Shakespeare such terms as “firmament,” “planetary influence,” and “retrograde.”

It's time for a magical mystery tour.... Explore new worlds of enchantment in this special boxed set of paranormal cozies from USA Today and national bestselling authors! This collection features more than half a million words of cozy goodness, with everything from talking cats to crime-solving witches, sleuthing psychics, and much, much more! This set includes the following books: Caffeine Before Curses - Christine Pope High Noon - S.E. Biglow Mystic Pieces - Ada Bell Of Potions and Portents - Nyx Halliwell Pawsitively Poisonous - Melissa Erin Jackson Dead Even - Patti Larsen The Guest Is a Goner - Carly Winter The Psychic Cat Mysteries - SM Reine Adventures of a Vegan Vamp - Cate Lawley Hazard in Hawaii - Heather Silvio

Mama and Daddy are celebrating their anniversary and renewing their vows. Our town is celebrating an anniversary too—three hundred years after the founders buried a time capsule, we’re digging it up. But along with the items of historical interest, we get a surprise. The time capsule contains a bloody knife...and a ghost! Then there’s the skeleton my cat Tabby digs up, hidden under the capsule. Lordy, what's next? When an unknown entity takes the knife and uses it on one of our own, finding the culprit will tax my ghost-whispering skills, as well as put me at odds with multiple suspects. Can I find the answers to the cold case and bring the guilty party to justice? Or will the knife end up buried in my back, and the ghosts of yesterday haunt me forever? Grab this humorous mystery today!

As the war between good and evil reaches a tipping point, I must rely on the devil I know—and can’t resist—to break the curse and help me achieve Step 5, redeeming the souls I’ve damned to spend eternity in Hell. Souls Lucifer has no intention of giving up. Time to dance with the devil… One step forward… Ex-witch Amy Atwood has never wanted anyone the way she wants Lucifer. As she tackles Step 5 of Witches Anonymous—atoning for the sins she committed as his right-hand witch—she may actually land him and the magic-free life she desires. Two steps back… But when an ancient curse is revealed, a heavenly force determined to remove Lucifer from her life traps Amy between giving into her love for him and saving the souls of her family and friends. Will this be the end for Amy and Lucifer? As the war between good and evil reaches a tipping point, Amy must rely on the devil she knows—and can’t resist—to break the curse and help her redeem the souls she’s damned to spend eternity in Hell. Souls Lucifer has no intention of giving up.

As a reformed witch, I’m wrestling with completing the third step of Witches Anonymous—turning my will over to a higher power—and counting the days to my six-month magic-free anniversary. However, when the angel Gabriel steals half my soul, claiming I’ve cast a spell on him to keep him from returning to Heaven, the odds of me sticking to my magic-free oath shrink. If I don’t break the spell keeping Gabe Earthbound, he’ll kill me and damn my soul for eternity. But I’m not about to go down without a fight. Having once been the Devil’s right-hand witch, my soul is already bound for Hell, and while Gabriel now owns one half, the other half belongs to Lucifer—and I know exactly how to use that to my advantage. All I have to do is stay out of Lucifer’s arms in the meantime…

The trouble with being wicked is that it feels so damn good. Having worked so hard to get to Step 7 of Witches Anonymous, reformed witch Amy Atwood shouldn’t miss being wicked. But she does. She really does. The magic…the power…Lucifer. While practicing humility and working on her character, Amy's resolve is tested by a container of stolen cupcakes, her friend’s broken heart, and a devilishly fun stint in jail. Not to mention the torture of a Voodoo baby shower looming on the horizon. What’s a witch supposed to do? Can Amy keep her no-magic oath and still make everything right? Or will her dedication to being a good witch take a backseat to love, honor, and loyalty?

“…suspense, danger, passion and hot romance.” ~ Reader review The agents of the SCVC Taskforce will take you undercover…and make you risk it all. Meet the men and women from the FBI, DEA, and NSA that make up the Southern California Taskforce! Under the supervision of Cooper “The Beast” Harris, the agents of the San Diego Southern Violent Crimes Taskforce risk their lives every day against drug kingpins, gunrunners, and terrorists. Some of them fall in love along the way, and they will fight to protect the ones they love and ensure their happily-ever-after. This special boxed collection includes three full-length, fast paced, action-packed romantic suspense novels – Deadly Pursuit (a USA TODAY bestseller!), Deadly Deception, & Deadly Force – filled with alpha males, strong, kickass females, and sizzling romance. This collection will keep you reading late into the night, enthralled from beginning to end! “This is fast-paced romantic suspense at its best!” ~ Reader review About the Series: The SCVC Taskforce novels are thrilling romantic suspense stories with guaranteed happily-ever-afters. Go undercover with the alpha heroes and strong heroines of the SCVC Taskforce Series today! About the Author: USA TODAY Bestselling Author Misty Evans has published over seventy novels and writes romantic suspense, urban fantasy, and paranormal romance. She got her start writing in 4th grade when she won second place in a school writing contest with an essay about her dad, a Navy veteran who was always one of her biggest fans. When not reading or writing, she enjoys music, bingeing TV shows, and hanging out with her husband, twin sons, and two spoiled rescue dogs.