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Warlock of Westland 1
Sam is an immortal warlock whose life revolves around a failing hardware store in rural Southern Connecticut. His self-imposed isolation is interrupted when the Warlock Council assigns him to help an evil warlock living in his village. The desperate warlock happens to be Sam’s ex-boyfriend from two thousand years ago, Cailte the Cruel.
Cailte hasn’t used that name since the iron age. Now he’s Kevin MacCormack, a recently unemployed stockbroker. Kevin spends his days bewitching the villagers and making potholes for fun. The last thing he needs is a good warlock like Sam cramping his style.
The warlocks must work together to track a dangerous ghost that Kevin accidentally released in Westland. Meanwhile, Sam has fallen in love with Kevin all over again. He’s ready to do anything to make it work, including tolerating Kevin’s self-serving magic. Kevin isn’t as sure that it’s meant to be. Sam’s small-town charm starts to grow on Kevin just as they realize the ghost's devastating power.
This is a HEA, enemies to lovers contemporary paranormal small town male/ male romance.
This is the first book in the Warlock of Westland Series
1. The Warlock of Westland 1
2. The Warlock of Westland 2
3. The Warlock of Westland 3
Warlock of Westland 2
The warlocks prepare for eternity with their new apprentices. Kevin urges Sam to follow his dream of opening a dog park in Westland, and together they successfully lobby the town to accept their proposal. The cost of the park threatens to bankrupt the warlocks, so they begin a desperate fundraising campaign.
Things go wrong the night of the apprentice’s transformation ritual when the spell unseals Sam’s ex-wife, the evil witch Morgan. Sam has to explain his two hundred year old previous marriage to Kevin. Meanwhile, Morgan vows to sabotage the warlock’s dog park as revenge for Sam sealing her beneath the Westland woods.
Encouraged by the apprentices, Kevin wrestles with whether he should still propose to Sam. Morgan will either strengthen their commitment to each other, or tear them apart.
This is a HEA, enemies to lovers contemporary paranormal small town male/ male romance.
This is the second book in the Warlock of Westland Series
1. The Warlock of Westland 1
2. The Warlock of Westland 2
3. The Warlock of Westland 3
Warlock of Westland 3
Sam and Kevin move back into Kevin’s McMansion. They’re joined by Morgan, who agrees to a one-month truce after being unsealed from the backyard firepit. The warlocks, their apprentices, Morgan and Grainne living together under one roof is immediate chaos.
In a desperate attempt to get Morgan to abandon her claim to Westland, Kevin asks the Warlock of New Randolph to allow her to move into his town. The warlock agrees on one condition: he wants the construction contract for the Westland dog park. Sam and Kevin scramble to lobby the town bureaucrats to amend the contract before the park opens.
Kevin’s power continues to grow. Sam worries that Kevin will return to his old ways and bewitch the village to serve him. Sam and Duck secretly begin work on binding spells for Kevin and Morgan as insurance against the powerful witches.
This is a HEA, enemies to lovers contemporary paranormal small town male/ male romance.
This is the third book in the Warlock of Westland Series:
1. The Warlock of Westland 1
2. The Warlock of Westland 2
3. The Warlock of Westland 3
Warlock of Westland 1 Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09LS9KYV9
Warlock of Westland 2 Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09LVRN84N
Warlock of Westland 3 Amazon
Warlock of Westland 1
Sam is an immortal warlock whose life revolves around a
failing hardware store in rural Southern Connecticut. His self-imposed
isolation is interrupted when the Warlock Council assigns him to help an evil
warlock living in his village. The desperate warlock happens to be Sam’s ex-boyfriend from
two thousand years ago, Cailte the Cruel.
Cailte hasn’t used that name since the iron age. Now he’s Kevin MacCormack, a
recently unemployed stockbroker. Kevin spends his days bewitching the villagers
and making potholes for fun. The last thing he needs is a good warlock like Sam
cramping his style.
The warlocks must work together to track a dangerous ghost
that Kevin accidentally released in Westland. Meanwhile, Sam has fallen in love
with Kevin all over again. He’s ready to do anything to make it work, including tolerating
Kevin’s self-serving magic. Kevin isn’t as sure that it’s meant to be. Sam’s
small-town charm starts to grow on Kevin just as they realize the ghost's
devastating power.
This is a HEA, enemies to lovers contemporary paranormal
small town male/ male romance.
This is the first book in the Warlock of Westland Series
1. The Warlock of Westland 1
2. The Warlock of Westland 2
3. The Warlock of Westland 3
Warlock of Westland 2
The warlocks prepare for eternity with their new apprentices.
Kevin urges Sam to follow his dream of opening a dog park in Westland, and
together they successfully lobby the town to accept their proposal. The cost of
the park threatens to bankrupt the warlocks, so they begin a desperate
fundraising campaign.
Things go wrong the night of the apprentice’s transformation
ritual when the spell unseals Sam’s ex-wife, the evil witch Morgan. Sam has to explain his two
hundred year old previous marriage to Kevin. Meanwhile, Morgan vows to sabotage
the warlock’s dog park as revenge for Sam sealing her beneath the
Westland woods.
Encouraged by the apprentices, Kevin wrestles with whether he
should still propose to Sam. Morgan will either strengthen their commitment to
each other, or tear them apart.
This is a HEA, enemies to lovers contemporary paranormal
small town male/ male romance.
This is the second book in the Warlock of Westland Series
1. The Warlock of Westland 1
2. The Warlock of Westland 2
3. The Warlock of Westland 3
Warlock of Westland 3
Sam and Kevin move back into Kevin’s McMansion. They’re joined by Morgan, who agrees to a
one-month truce after being unsealed from the backyard firepit. The warlocks,
their apprentices, Morgan and Grainne living together under one roof is
immediate chaos.
In a desperate attempt to get Morgan to abandon her claim to
Westland, Kevin asks the Warlock of New Randolph to allow her to move into his
town. The warlock agrees on one condition: he wants the construction contract
for the Westland dog park. Sam and Kevin scramble to lobby the town bureaucrats
to amend the contract before the park opens.
Kevin’s power continues to grow. Sam worries that Kevin will return
to his old ways and bewitch the village to serve him. Sam and Duck secretly
begin work on binding spells for Kevin and Morgan as insurance against the
powerful witches.
This is a HEA, enemies to lovers contemporary paranormal
small town male/ male romance.
This is the third book in the Warlock of Westland Series:
1. The Warlock of Westland 1
2. The Warlock of Westland 2
3. The Warlock of Westland 3
Warlock of Westland 1 Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09LS9KYV9
Warlock of Westland 2 Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09LVRN84N
Warlock of Westland 3 Amazon
What Were You Before
Day 1
1.
What were you before you became an author? Did this influence
your choices as a writer?
I still keep the day job
that I had before I became a writer. I’m a mental health therapist, and my
specialties are PTSD and addiction. I’ve worked in rehabs and I also have a
private practice. I wrote my first book while I was working the hardest job
I’ve ever had, at a homeless shelter. There one working bathroom available to
the public, which meant that of the 500+ people that came to shelter most of
them relieved themselves on the sidewalks around the building. You could smell
it from down the block. Once, on my way to lunch I almost opened one of the
exits from the stairwell to the outside, but was stopped by a frantic coworker.
The coworker explained that particular door led to one of the alcoves on the
exterior of the building that people used to relieve themselves and if opened,
human excrement would literally flood into the building.
It was during this time that
I wrote my first, and worst novel, “Pirate Booty.” This male/male pirate
romance was intended to be escapism, but like many projects became a snapshot
of my life at the time I wrote it. It’s about Montgomery Montgomery, a Captain
in the British Royal Navy on his first campaign in the Caribbean. He is
expecting pirate fighting to be glamorous, but discovers that no one takes him
seriously and his well-intentioned social justice goals are impossible to
achieve. If you’re worried about me, don’t be. I’m doing a lot better now.
2. Are you genre specific or
general? I don’t mean major genres but
subdivisions or romance, mystery or paranormal.
Yes, I have always worked
within tight niches. My first was male/male pirate erotica with BDSM themes, in
which pirates were constantly tying each other up. Now I’ve fallen in love with
contemporary paranormal small town male/male romance. I like contrasting the
mundanity of small town living with high stakes paranormal dilemmas. In “The
Warlock of Westland,” there is a dangerous ghost on the loose but the warlocks
keep getting distracted by housing prices in their town. Sam will ask, “How
much do you think this house is worth, Kevin?” And Kevin will really think
about it, like, “Well they’ve recently remodeled the kitchen. Those new
appliances are gonna do a lot for the value.” Meanwhile there is a poltergeist
slamming drawers in the background. It speaks to where I am in my life. I think
I’ve gotten caught up in some existential struggles and I need to slow down and
think about the small things every once and a while. The warlocks only ever
think about small things.
3. What is your latest
release?
My latest release is “The
Warlock of Westland” series, a male/male contemporary paranormal romance about
a good and an evil warlock who have to work together to catch a dangerous ghost
that’s been released in their town. The warlocks haven’t seen each other since
they broke up two thousand years ago. The good warlock, Sam, has divined that
they are soulmates. So on top of trying
to catch a ghost Sam is trying to convince Kevin to take him back. Neither of
the warlocks know anything about ghosts, by the way. It’s a second chance
romantic comedy about enemies turned lovers.
4. What are you working on
now?
Right now I am working on a
warlock romance set in Colorado. This time, a billionaire warlock divines that
his soulmate dies in thirty days. His soulmate is someone the billionaire has
just had a one night stand with, so he knows nothing about this person. They
have thirty days to figure out how to stop him from dying. There’s a lot of
humor in this book. The billionaire, Redford, has to explain he’s a warlock and
impress the urgency of the situation on this person he barely knows. The
mortal, Conway, vacillates between thrilled and creeped out. Redford buys him a
new wardrobe and takes him on a date in a helicopter, but also does black
magic.
5. Does your reading choices
influence your choice of a writing career?
I draw a lot of inspiration
from the media I consume. For “The Warlock of Westland,” I did a deep dive into
YouTube channels of guys who self-identify as “day traders.” The evil warlock
in my story, Kevin, is a recently unemployed stockbroker turned day trader. The
personalities I found on YouTube were a rich source of character inspiration.
Most of the videos I watched on YouTube included narcissism as well as some
kind of cry for help. There would be a moment where the guy shows you his
self-help books or jokes about waking up with a shot of whiskey. They show you
the inside of their brand new sports cars and then launch into a rant about how
they work too hard to have normal social lives. Kevin is written as the villain
in my book so finding his weaknesses helped me make him more realistic. He is
an evil warlock but he also gets lonely sometimes.
6. Where can we find you?
Here are my links!
Website: www.JackBrightside.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100070650890430
Twitter :
www.twitter.com/brightside_jack
Tiktok:
https://www.tiktok.com/@jackbrightside
Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI3YgOJlIo2HCu7kwL9mu3g
Instagram: www.instagram.com/jkbside
Author page:
www.amazon.com/author/jackbrightside
Katherine is there along with Robespierre.
Lars her soon-to -be husband has a larger part in this story. You met him when she went to Santa Fe. He adores Katherine but sometimes her dead bodies bother him.
Kate's neighborsand friends have bit parts in thes tory.
Joyce has been a friend for years. She has a shop that specializes in fancy teas and has moved to New Hampshire. She misses Katherine's wedding and this jump starts the story.
Brenda is Joyce's partner and a micromanager. She and Katherine do not always agree.
Dana is Joyce's daughter and is protective of ehr mother.
Zach is a young policeman and a friend of Joyce's daughter.
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BLURB
I reached for
the ragged scrap of cloth and gasped. When I looked over the railing acid
rose in my throat. I swallowed several times. Rachel’s body
sprawled among the bushes. Her arms and legs curved awkwardly. I
hurried down the steps and around the porch. Even if I hadn’t been a
nurse I would have recognized death.
On the ground
several feet from her body I saw the knife. The blood on the blade seemed
duller than the splotch of red on the bodice of her white dress. I bent
to study the knife. The distinctive ivory bands on the black handle identified
it as one of the knives Bob and Sarah had given as gifts last Christmas.
A rush of
thoughts arose and threatened to engulf me. I heard voices crying for
Rachel’s death.
“Someday
you’ll end up dead and there’ll be too many suspects for an arrest.”
“I wait for
her. I have the knife.”
“You’ll be
sorry, sorry, sorry.”
“I hate
her. I wish she was dead.”
“How about the
Orient Express method?”
What should I
do? The voices of my friends and loved ones brought my protective
instincts to play. The possibility someone I knew had ended Rachel’s life
was strong. Once again I saw Tim slice the air with the knife. The
day the Rodgers had moved in I had placed one of the knives on the tray of
food. Neither had been returned. With a sudden thought I knew even
Susie could have
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