Review: Keep an eye on your neighbor
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 21, 2013
Deceiving the Witch Next Door is a very good short story. I really enjoyed the personalities of the characters and am looking forward to reading more books by Ms. Ramirez.Storie Bell had a hard time growing up in the small Texas town where she was raised by her father. The only time she was ever near Reid she had a heated encounter with him and left town the next day. That was eight years ago, and even though she knows a witch cannot have a relationship with a mortal man she has never forgotten him or what might have been if she had stayed. Now she's back, and she's decided to turn the gas station that her father left her into a bookstore with the help of her best friend. Will seeing Reid change all of her plans? Since she's returned home Storie finally feels like she is where she belongs, but when she gets a visit from a stranger who changes everything she has ever known about her life she has to decide what is worth fighting for before she loses everything.Reid Malone made a lot of money while he was away from the small town his father still lives in, and after he helps his father finalize his multi-million dollar deal that involves selling his moonshine recipe he is leaving. But he needs to get into Storie's building to search for the secret ingredient. Deciding not to tell her what he needs he tricks her into letting him work on the remodeling of the book store so he can search the building without her noticing that he's up to something. He doesn't plan on his feelings for Storie to be so strong after all these years and the more he spends time with her the more he realizes that he cannot put her in the middle of what he is doing for his father, but as much as he tries he doesn't know if he can avoid hurting her in the process. While he searches for the missing ingredient he starts wondering if he can he be happy in a small town as long as he's with her, but will he lose everything if Storie finds out what he's been hiding?I received a free copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.