Excerpt Tour: A Cure for Spring Fever

 

GENRE: Paranormal Romance 

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 BLURB:

For centuries, Gamekeepers have used their magical abilities to create a buffer between the

creatures who dwell in the enchanted forest and the sleepy coastal town that sits in its shadow.

When Gamekeeper Stan Ross’s magic begins to fail, he must find out what went wrong, then fix

it before the two worlds collide. His hit or miss magic has already led to a few close calls so he

journeys to the Sacred Isle searching for answers and advice. Finding a cure proves

elusive—until Stan encounters a kitchen witch who captivates him body and soul. Lynnette

Peters is healing from her own wounds, however, and it isn’t clear whether she’s ready to open

herself to the possibility—or the peril—of love.

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 EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT

Lynnette sat in a deck chair on the ferry, knees pulled up under her wrap and a travel mug of

strong coffee in her hands. The steady thrum of the vessel’s engines wasn’t helping her

headache, but she found the salt spray refreshing and closed her eyes for a moment to enjoy

the sensation. In a little over an hour, she would be home. Getting back to the sanctuary of her

bakery—where the world made sense and she felt safe and in control—was her primary

motivation. She was running on too little sleep and too much of everything else, and her

emotions were in a sea of turmoil from her encounter in the grove last night.

She’d understood that participants in the fertility rite were archetypes of the divine feminine and

the divine masculine, but she hadn’t quite grasped the emotional aspects of that sacred union. It

was an understatement to say the experience had been more passionate, and more poignant,

than she’d prepared herself for. She’d known there would be pleasure, but she hadn’t realized

the rites would be so intimate, blurring the lines between the sacred and profane.

Pulling her phone from her bag, she checked to see if Leslie was awake for the day but got no

response. There was a notification from Mystic Mingle, and she swiped to decline without

checking the profile. She’d connected with her mystery man on a deeper level than she’dmanaged in over a year of dating on the app, and the thought of going back to the artificial small

talk, staged personalities and lack of sincerity was daunting. She’d gone to the grove to receive

the wisdom to recognize and nurture love when it entered her life, and somehow came away

with a lot of confusing feelings for a stranger she would likely never see again.

Great job, Lynnette, she thought as she took another swig of coffee. 

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 AUTHOR 

Barbara Robinson is an author of contemporary and historical romance set against a backdrop

of magical realism. She is a deep thinker and tea drinker who finds inspiration in myths and

folktales, poems and ballads, and academic writing on a variety of subjects. Diagnosed with

autism and giftedness as an adult, she enjoys exploring themes of neurodiversity and opposing

character perspectives in her writing.

She is an avid gardener and lover of nature who works out plot lines and character sketches

while nurturing her garden, walking in the woods, or sitting by the shoreline watching waves.

She is known for world building that features rich and immersive detail, supported by meticulous

research and careful observation.

Barbara lives in Nova Scotia, Canada, in the shadow of ancient mountains that lie along the Bay

of Fundy coast. These rugged vistas shape her story settings, while providing the perfect

backdrop for life with her husband, her hounds and her dragon (Pogona Vitticeps). She has a

Bachelor of Arts from the University of King’s College and a Master of Arts at Dalhousie

University, and she recently completed a Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing from the

Humber School for Writers (Humber College, Toronto).

Website

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