Sugar Maple looks like any Vermont town, but it's inhabited with warlocks, sprites, vampires, witches-and an ancient secret. And Chloe Hobbs, owner of Sticks & String, a popular knitting shop, has a big secret too. She's a sorcerer's daughter in search of Mr. Right-and she's found him in Luke MacKenzie, a cop investigating Sugar Maple's very first murder. Bad news is he's 100% human, which could spell disaster for a normal future with a paranormal woman like her.

Same author, different genre... I liked it. It was offbeat, a little comical and just quirky enough to catch my interest. I am a sucker for craft related books (I have read almost all of Monica Ferris and Earlene Fowler's Bennie Harper Series) so that is why I picked this one up. Anyone can tell that Barbara is a stash junkie just by her writing. That made it even more fun.

The next book in the series is Laced with Magic and is due out in August 2009. I am putting it on my can't wait list.

Baker Hayley is barely making ends meet. When Finn Rafferty, a slick and sexy lawyer comes in and offers her an obscene amount to bake a cake for a famous rock star, she is at first suspicious, but relents and lets her teenage daughter iron out the contract, hoping that this high profile assignment helps get the business in the black. What Hayley doesn't realize and that Finn is pretty sure of is that she is the long lost daughter of rock star Tommy Stiles. Her paternity was discovered during an investigation while ironing out a pre-nup with Tommy's latest love. Finn is falling hard for Hayley, and his guilt for keeping the secret is eating away at him, and threatens to destroy their new relationship. When the cat jumps out of the bag, will Hayley's life ever be normal again?

I actually picked this book up because it is by the same author of another book (Casting Spells) I picked up and I thought I would give it a try. It was a quick easy read but I think it missed the mark in my mind. I thought the plot was shallow and the characters weren't developed as well as they could have been. I would classify this book as what I call a summer read, you know, the kind of book you can take to the pool or beach and not have to worry about losing your place, you know you will be able to pick it up again and find yourself in the same spot. It is a Harlequin like story which is cute but not my usual cup of tea. Hayley had so much more potential then she was allowed to develop here. Sorry, not one I would recommend.