Spellbinder by Melanie Rawn (ISBN:0765315327)

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		Spellbinder: A Love Story with Magical Interruptions
	
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			Melanie Rawn		
	
There is magic in the big city…literally. New York City has a small, and by preference discrete, population of witches and wizards who live and...more
 There is magic in the big city…literally. New York City has a small, and by preference discrete, population of witches and wizards who live and love and go dancing just like everyone else. Holly McClure is one of them, a successful writer who tries to ignore her heritage, except when the local Magistrate needs her special gift in his coven. Holly is far more interested in Evan Lachlan, the handsome federal marshal who works with her best friend, assistant district attorney Susannah Wingfield.But trouble is coming to the City in the form of a black coven run by a murderous psychopath, and deputy marshals and ADAs are powerless to deal with that kind of crime. The danger to Holly is extreme, for her special gift is the power of her blood to strengthen and bind any spell, for good or for evil. Holly’s passionate love affair will be derailed by those who want to drain her for their own purposes. In the end it will be magic against magic, and Holly McClure will have to risk all for life and love.   less

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
It's funny going back to a favorite, remembered author and realizing you have nothing in common anymore...  Perhaps I just expected too much because of my memories of reading Melanie Rawn growing up, but I found this book too "talkie."

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Very different from her other books, but still very enjoyable.  The author has changed, but can still tell a good story.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
So entertaining, even the DD enjoyed it and is looking forward to reading the second installment of Melanie's new series.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
I refuse to write a bad review for an author I've enjoyed this much over the years.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Hmm just not as good as I'd hoped. She's still a great writer. The book just didn't capture me.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
garbage.  
perhaps one of the worst books ever written by my most treasured and loved author.

i was so disappointed.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
This is the first book I've ever read by Melanie Rawn and I absolutely loved it. I think that she is amazing.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Absolutely read this book. If you have any questions, they are answered.

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							Susan
						
							few weeks ago						
Melanie Rawn is a writer whose work bypasses the intellectual center of the brain and goes straight to the page-turning addiction. Spellbinder is a departure from her previous works in that it takes place in the here and now. Unlike the Dragon Prince and Dragon Star series, where Anne McCaffrey cast a long shadow, the elements in Spellbinder are original yet familiar. The contemporary romance has...more
 Melanie Rawn is a writer whose work bypasses the intellectual center of the brain and goes straight to the page-turning addiction. Spellbinder is a departure from her previous works in that it takes place in the here and now. Unlike the Dragon Prince and Dragon Star series, where Anne McCaffrey cast a long shadow, the elements in Spellbinder are original yet familiar. The contemporary romance has become the fairy tale of our time, where the raw materials are in the public domain, and the writer's craft is in using those materials to tell a compelling story. 

Spellbinder is the love story of a gorgeous redheaded writer who happens to be a witch, and a tall, dark and handsome Irish-American law enforcement officer. As the cover advertises, it's "a love story with magical interruptions". Boy meets girl, boy gets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl. Magic is working in the spaces between these standard plot declaratives, but always in service of human feelings and desires. 

Sometimes when a fantasy or historical author goes contemporary, the result is wooden and strangely detached. Not so with Spellbinder. The New York City the author portrays feels real. Each character interacts with the city differently, but each version of New York is true to the city and the character. 

My main problem with this book was that I kept sneaking upstairs to read it when I had more "productive" things to do. It made me late to work two days last week, and forced me to stay up too late to finish it. I hope Melanie Rawn continues to explore the challenges of writing in the here and now.   hide

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