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Title: Double Alchemy
Author: Susan Mac Nicol
Publisher: Boroughs Publishing Group
Release Date: 25th March, 2014
Genre: M/M Paranormal Romance

Powerful yet tormented modern warlock Quinn Fairmont must initiate the silver-eyed Cade Mairston into the world of witchfinders, Withinners, and what can happen when two men fall truly, madly, deeply in love.

THE WORLD IN SHADOW

In modern London there lurks a warlock, Quinn Fairmont. Dangerous, powerful, tortured, sharing his body with the soul of an ancient Welsh sorcerer, Quinn is never alone—and never wholly himself. He fights against all those who would exploit his kind. He takes pleasure where he can find it.

In the forest of Hampstead Heath, Quinn’s hometown, Cade Mairston appears to him like a waking dream. Lithe, lean and silver-eyed, he evokes feelings in Quinn unlike any other: lust with true affection, immediate and shocking. Cade is clearly more than he seems. And yet, if a man of the world, Cade is innocent. He knows nothing of warlocks, witchfinders or Withinners. He knows nothing of what he is, what he might be, or what he might feel. For him, the story is just beginning. Magyck, peril and passion await.

Praise for Double Alchemy

“I love Paranormal stories & I'm a huge fan of Susan Mac Nicol's M/M books. In this book, she brings both genres together & gives us this amazing story. With her master storytelling, she takes us into the mystical & magical world of Witches, Warlocks, Withinners & Feys. A world where danger lurks in the shadows.” - Maria Recchia

“I stayed up all night reading this story. Susan has a way of writing that is different than anyone else. She's uniquely brilliant at weaving a tale that brings out my emotions. I have laughed in every one of her stories. That's incredible for me. Not just a smile, but a laugh. I love that. This book needs to be read. You won’t be disappointed.” - Author Kindle Alexander

Praise for Susan Mac Nicol

"We have to re-iterate that this Author will always be an automatic one-click for us. Her writing is flawless and her flawed characters are completely lovable. There’s always something quirky and fun in her stories as well as drama, angst and heaps of passion! We can highly recommend!!" - Gitte & Jenny - Totally Booked Blog

"Susan has been hailed as a genius writer of male/male literature. Her Saving Alexander has been nominated for several awards and has been reviewed widely. Congrats on all your success, Susan. You have earned it." - Gay Lit Authors

Review by Cat of MM Good Book Reviewers...

This story is full of intriguing characters, both male and female, witches, warlocks, and more. There were also fine lines between good and evil, which I really liked a lot. Almost every character had a good side ad a bit of bad also. I loved this because it made all the characters so realistic, since none of us are perfect. Don’t get me wrong there were some pure evil characters as well. The balance of good and evil was fantastic and kept you on the edge of your seat. The Warlocks had a Withinner, which is another type of warlock or Magical being. I would have liked a bit more information on this but, I loved this take on a familiar. I will admit at first it got a bit confusing since Quinn spoke to his Withinner, or he spoke to Quinn was in italics. Also Quinn and Cade’s thoughts were in Italics and at times especially early in the story I was a bit confused as to who was speaking. As the story progresses I got used to the switches though.

Head over to MM Good Book Reviews to see this review in its entirety, along with a guest post from Author Susan MacNichol on Promoting Yourself as an Author.

Susan Mac Nicol was born in Leeds, UK, and left for South Africa when she was eight. She returned to the UK thirty years later and now lives in Essex. Her debut novel Cassandra by Starlight, the first in a trilogy, was published last year by Boroughs Publishing Group in the US. Sue’s latest story, Double Alchemy is her fifth m/m romance.

Sue has written since she was very young, and never thought she would see herself becoming a Romance writer, being a horror/psychological thriller reader all her life. But the Romance genre is now something very close to her heart and she intends continuing the trend.

Sue is a member of the Romance Writers of America and the Romantic Novelists Association here in the UK.

Susan Mac Nicol is also author of The Magick of Christmas, Confounding Cupid, Cassandra by Starlight, Together in Starlight, Stripped Bare, Saving Alexander, Worth Keeping and Waiting for Rain.

Alien Abduction

Why is it that every film or TV series you see, the aliens are normally out to get us. I only have to cite TV series like Falling Skies, Dark Skies, V and Invasion coupled with films like Independence Day, Signs, War of the Worlds, Battlestar Galactica, even Transformers to some extent. In all these films the little guys from Outer Space are portrayed as evil, shape shifting, techno driven and soul sucking baddies out to rid Earth of its human species and render the planet extinct from human life.

Do we really think that the only alien out there is a bad alien and that their mission in life is to destroy life as we know it so they can take our planet, our resources and make it their own? I’m sure if these chaps can exist out there in the back of beyond and build super spaceships capable of getting to earth and moving around the universe, they might need to get a little more credit than we give them.

I for one would love to see a few more movies where the aliens come down to give us a hand and perhaps point out once again the error of our ways in polluting our planet, waging wars, engaging in discrimination of any kind, judging each other on the merits of colour, religion, beliefs or sexual preference and various other human traits that have become so commonplace yet so acceptable. Sometimes I think maybe the world should start again. That perhaps we should wipe the slate clean, get Mother Earth alone again to begin the process of creating life and sustaining it, so that we may become more tolerant of her, the world and the universe around us. And if we had the help of some friendly, compassionate outer space dudes to do that, I say that’s a bonus.

Imagine if we could trade on their years of knowledge and progress, their technology and their wisdom. Of course, I’m sure not all is hunky dory on their own planets either, I bet they have their own trials and tribulations to face. But I’d be really interested in hearing you point of view on this and whether you think if we saw aliens down here on earth, they’d be Friend or Foe.

And just to tempt you to watch yet more TV series…

http://www.electricfeast.com/the-15-best-tv-alien-invasions/