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Precocious Puritan and aspiring witch Arian Whitewood spends her lonely nights dreaming of magic and excitement. She gets more excitement than she bargains for when she crash lands straight out of a witch hunt into the 20th century and the arms of Tristan Lennox, a reclusive billionaire. Arian blows through Tristan's climate-controlled existence like a breath of magic, only to discover that the spell he weaves around her heart is more compelling than any enchantment.
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The media hadn't dubbed the four-thousand-square-foot penthouse perched at the apex of Lennox Tower the Fortress for nothing, Michael Copperfield thought, as he changed elevators for the third time, keyed his security code into the lighted pad, and jabbed the button for the ninety-fifth floor. Read the first page
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The media hadn't dubbed the four-thousand-square-foot penthouse perched at the apex of Lennox Tower the Fortress for nothing, Michael Copperfield thought, as he changed elevators for the third time, keyed his security code into the lighted pad, and jabbed the button for the ninety-fifth floor. Read the first page
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Arian Whitewood is not your typical puritan from the Seventeenth century. The daughter of a French whore (father unknown) and grandaughter of a self confessed witch, Arian has never really fitted into her God fearing community. Unfortunately after dabbling with her magic, she is spotted sailing across the sky on her broomstick and condemned to die. Bound by the villagers, Arian manages to prove to them she is no daughter of Satan by promptly sinking to the bottom of the local pond. Vainly clutching her emerald amulet she makes a frantic wish and is left startled when her normally awry magic works. Welcome to Manhattan 1996 Miss Whitewood.
Tristan Lennox, billionnaire computer tycoon is on a mission, causing a media frenzy when he announces he will pay 1 million dollars to anyone who can prove the existence of magic. Cue a quaintly dressed young woman astride a flaming (and flying) broomstick. Convinced she is a clever con artist, Tristan sends her broomstick to his laboratories for analysis. He is soon left bewildered though when Arian claims no knowledge of magic (her previous experience dictates she keep her powers secret). Convinced she will at some point slip up and reveal herself for the sham she is, Tristan invites Arian to stay in his penthouse while she accustoms herself to the modern world, an invitation he chooses not to examine too closely.
TM captures Arian's bewilderment and awe of the 20th century perfectly, and some of her scenes are very funny. However what raises this book above the norm of a standard romance are the secondary stories written into the main plot. We also have an unsolved murder, a strange disappearance and the theft of a very unusual gadget. This book was a great read and I'm off now to read the sequel Touch of Enchantment.
Tristan Lennox, billionnaire computer tycoon is on a mission, causing a media frenzy when he announces he will pay 1 million dollars to anyone who can prove the existence of magic. Cue a quaintly dressed young woman astride a flaming (and flying) broomstick. Convinced she is a clever con artist, Tristan sends her broomstick to his laboratories for analysis. He is soon left bewildered though when Arian claims no knowledge of magic (her previous experience dictates she keep her powers secret). Convinced she will at some point slip up and reveal herself for the sham she is, Tristan invites Arian to stay in his penthouse while she accustoms herself to the modern world, an invitation he chooses not to examine too closely.
TM captures Arian's bewilderment and awe of the 20th century perfectly, and some of her scenes are very funny. However what raises this book above the norm of a standard romance are the secondary stories written into the main plot. We also have an unsolved murder, a strange disappearance and the theft of a very unusual gadget. This book was a great read and I'm off now to read the sequel Touch of Enchantment.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I sent for this book after reading the reviews (at Amazon), and found it to be unbelievably awful. The "hero" was one-dimensional, and the fantasy was too great of a reach. Ugh! I feel like I wasted my money.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This is my favorite Medeiros romance. It really spoke to me. How many people feel alone can see Arian and Tristan as metaphors for their own isolation and lonliness, even if they are not a witch or a billionaire. Money certainly doesn't buy happiness. Tristan who has everything except someone to make him laugh, someone to come home to, is like a child in so many ways, and not all of them good. Still he is very likable. I know that there will be women reading this book who believe that they have the power to make a man so very happy if only given the chance. We could heal the walking wounded like Tristan if he would only let us into his life. There was a lot of humor like the scene in Harlem, the totally non PC of it all as Arian tumbles through the 20th century. But I certainly can't give away all the great scenes. I think Tristan is a fully fleshed out hero. His hurts, real and imaginary, are completely understandable. Love really does conquer all. I remember a quote from Princess Diana about the lack love being the thing that is the most damaging problem in the world. This novel really shows that love is healing and allows people to deal with their pain and move forward. The love scenes are wonderful and so is the unfolding of the story overall. Okay, what are you waiting for? Order this book!
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slightly entertaining, light-hearted time travel romp
Hmm. Well, it was quick to read, I'll give it that. The characters were very cardboard cut-out, and I found the story a bit comic-strip, if you get my meaning. Read more
Published on 31 Jan 2010 by L. Bretherton
COULD IT BE MAGIC?...
When seventeenth century puritan Arian Whitewood, wearing the special amulet given to her by her mother, decided to try magic on for size, little did she know that by hopping on a... Read more
Published on 6 Oct 2009 by Lawyeraau
Brilliant read
I absolutely loved this story. This is the first TM book I have read. I am about to read the follow on to this book Touch of Enchantment. Read more
Published on 18 Jun 2001 by J COFFMAN
Breath Of Magic
awesome book,made me laugh and made me cry,its a book worth reading over and over.
Published on 31 July 1999
You have got to be kidding!
Although I found the story idea interesting , the characters were extremely flat (no substance, what-so-ever). You never feel anything for anybody in the novel.... Read more
Published on 23 July 1999
Just great!!!!
I just loved this book! It was interesting and funny. I loved the characters, the setting where the story takes place and almost everything else that went along with the book. Read more
Published on 3 July 1999
WONDERFULLY ENTERTAINING! A BEAUTIFUL LOVE STORY!!!!!!
This story was so wonderful that after I read it I started over and read it all again!!!!!!!! I absolutely loved the hero, heroine, and the secondary characters. Read more
Published on 4 Jun 1999
I wish that they had 10 stars
Wow! that's all that I can say! Teresa is a very talented author and has a great way with words. She can make arguements seem so real that I cried.
Published on 8 April 1999
Mystical
A peak into who we would be if we could. An amazingly Smart hero, with a witty, charming, innocent heroine. Read more
Published on 5 Feb 1999
So Sweet!
This is the first book i've read by Medeiros and I truly enjoyed reading it. Some of the scenes were marvellously funny! Read more
Published on 19 Dec 1998
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