Once upon a time, there lived a man with five rambunctious daughters.  They were an average American farming family except for one minor detail.  The man was a warlock, and all of his daughters were witchlets—half witch and half human.

      With Christmas two days away, Tamberly Blakeney has given up hope of finding her heart call that year. That is, until Jonathan Mauk walks into the market and into her life. With the magical swirl of a candy cane's stripes, she knows he’s the man meant to be her lifelong love. But first he has to pass the sex hex test, which she is sure won't be a problem.
     What she doesn't realize is that there is something in Jonathan's past that deeply disturbs her father. And until Daddy gets all the answers, there could be hell to pay.

 

 

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Reviewer: Alberta
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A group of sisters who are witchlets, that is, half witches, each long for their true love. Legend has it that each one’s birth date holds a secret to choosing the right man. Kim, born at Hallowe’en, saw glowing pumpkins when she realized her true love. Tamberly sees swirling candy canes because she was born at Christmas. Their father, a warlock, has the last word on whether the male candidate is suitable for his daughters.

I know it’s just a cute little story, but I think if a non-warlock man was faced with all the shenanigans surrounding these girls’ meeting their intendeds, he might just run the other way. First there is the realization that a particular man is her own ‘heart call’ then within a day or so, she has to have sex with the man and give him the ‘sex hex’ test. Then he’s forever bound to the witchlet who hexed him. Most men would find this a bit scary.

Apparently Jon isn’t scared off and immediately falls in love, changes his whole life script for Tammy. They are married by day three.

I like stories, even witch/warlock ones like this one, to have a little conflict, maybe a little foot-stamping anger, maybe some bumps in the road, to give the reader pause. Tickle My Candy Cane just gallops along with everyone knowing the end result and the whole story could be told in one sentence—boy and witchlet meet, have sex, get married on her birthday, live happily ever after, the end. Except for a little sex, the story could be a children’s bedtime story.

 

 

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