Tuesday, May 20, 2025

The Winter Sorcerer and the Summer Witch by D. Lieber blog tour with Cat's Review, Excerpt & #giveaway @authordlieber @goddessfishpromotions @tammystwocens X- @GoddessFish @TTCBooksandmore

Modern witches from rival factions. A marriage of convenience. Spells and sparks fly in this slice-of-life fantasy romance.


Whittaker Crawford is the perfect winter sorcerer—practical and self-reliant—but his quiet life is turned upside down when his grandfather gives him an ultimatum. If he wants to inherit the ancestral home he’s spent years restoring, he has to get married. In need of cheering up, his friend convinces him to do something dangerous: crash a summer witch party.


Clover Bronwen is an average summer witch—free-spirited and optimistic. But lately she has longed for a change. A masked stranger at a Halloween party is just the sort of intrigue she’s looking for.


The centuries-old feud between the summer and winter factions may no longer be an all-out war, but their rivalry and disdain are still very much alive. As Whit and Clover adjust to one another, their bonds with family and friends fray. How much are they willing to sacrifice for an enemy they just met?


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Cat gives this book 4 meows with a 1 purr heat index...

This is a refreshing, sweet slow burn romance. 

All Whit has ever wanted was his Grandfather's house. He has lived there and worked a long time restoring it. 

He's supposed to inherit it when book starts but grandad calls him in to tell him there's been a change he's leaving it to his cousin. Unless Whit marries before the solstice. So he only has a few months to get married and he isn't involved.

He and his best friend crashes the Summer witches Halloween party and he meets Clover who is unlike anyone he's ever met.

The next day he decides to find her and propose... oh there is a feud between the Winter and Summer factions.

I really loved Clover. She's sweet and believes in omens and feels this is her goddesses plan for her. She's in feet first.

Whit I yo yo about him. I'd like one minute then not so much the next then finally did. 
The story line is really good and I love how it kind of deals with a race type theme. 
There are so many good characters I can see a few more interesting  books in the future I hope.

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Excerpt...


Out of the night, a hand gripped her wrist, snatching her off the path.


She gasped and filled her lungs to scream. Her eyes whirled around to her attacker.


“Shhh,” the sorcerer in the horned mask hushed, putting his finger to his lips.


“Hey! Where’d you go?” Rune said, not far away now, his light flashing as he searched.


Clover’s heart ran wildly as her body pressed against the solid warmth of the masked sorcerer. She lifted her chin to gaze up at him, trying to see more than just his outline in the moonlight. 


Releasing her wrist, he laced their fingers. “Shadows surround us, hide us from sight / let us be one with the darkest night,” he whispered.


Magic swirled around them, flowing between them in an alluring but unfamiliar exchange. Clover shivered as his magic poured into her. It was sharp and refreshing like balsam fir and cedar wood and had the sweetness of candied apples and winter berries and the spice of cinnamon and clove, tickling her stomach like sparkling wine.


“As long as you don’t make too much noise,” he murmured to her in an intimate low voice, “he’ll walk right by us without seeing us.”


Clover strained her eyes to see the masked sorcerer. She was sure now. She’d never felt anything like his magic. Who is he? It was strong and serious with just a hint of mischief.


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AUTHOR Bio and Links:


D. Lieber has a wanderlust that would make a butterfly envious. When she isn’t planning her next physical adventure, she’s recklessly jumping from one fictional world to another. Her love of reading led her to earn a Bachelor’s in English from Wright State University.


Beyond her skeptic and slightly pessimistic mind, Lieber wants to believe. She has been many places—from Canada to England, France to Italy, Germany to Russia—believing that a better world comes from putting a face on “other.” She is a romantic idealist at heart, always fighting to keep her feet on the ground and her head in the clouds.


Lieber lives in Wisconsin with her husband (John) and cats (Yin and Nox). 


Website: http://www.dlieber.com

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/dlieberwriting

Bookbub: http://www.bookbub.com/profile/d-lieber

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/authordlieber

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