Portals and Puppy Dogs

Portals and Puppy Dogs (2021) Amy Lane (Hedge Witches Lonely Heart Club #2)

“You just look perfectly average!” Simon exclaimed, and even as the words came out of his mouth, he saw the pit he’d dug for himself with the spiders and snakes in the bottom. Abort abort abort.

Experience had taught them that if the ritual wasn’t performed, the snakes would all head for the apple tree in front of Bartholomew and Alex’s house, turning the rather average bit of flora into a writhing herpetological nightmare by morning.

“Simon? Your boss?”

“Yeah,” Alex said, and there must have been something really off about his voice because Jordan and Kate both stopped at the same time Josh and Alex kept going.

“He… uh… I didn’t know it when he asked me to lunch, but, uh, it was sort of a…. Well, he wants to do it again.”

“Eat?” Josh asked, and Kate smacked him on the arm. “What?”

“Yes, eat,” Alex retorted.

So the company is safe, the branches are safe, and you’re fucked.

Characters: Alex Kennedy, Simon Reddick, Bartholomew Baker, Jordan Bryne, Gabriela Baldwin, Chris Lockhart, Audra Lockhart, Kate Guerra, Josh Hernandez, Alex Kennedy, Dante Vianelli, Cully Cromwell, Asa Bryne and Sebastian

Cover by L.C. Chase

Publisher: Dreamspinner Press

Rating: 7/10

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