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    The Spell of Christmas
    The Spell of Christmas
    The Spell of Christmas
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    The Spell of Christmas

    By Lisa Gray

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    Revisit veterinarian Marc Elias and composer Owen Rhys from the best-selling story Just a Little Magic when Marc sets off to visit family for Christmas, feeling guilty about leaving his Wiccan lover Owen at home alone. But Owen, reluctant to meet Marc’s family, insists on staying to care for the houseful of stray cats they’ve taken in.

    Marc leaves his marriage proposal in the form of a spell for Owen to find on the winter solstice when Owen celebrates Yule. At least Marc hopes it’s a proposal -- a borrowed spell book and some guesswork might not be good enough.

    Owen finds the proposal and is desperate to know if Marc truly understands its meaning. Before he can find out, a disaster claims everyone’s attention, including one very grumpy cat with an agenda of her own.

    Can a Christian, a Wiccan, and a cat come to understand one another and find the new life and new hope Yule promises?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJMS Books LLC
    Release dateDec 11, 2015
    ISBN9781634860093
    The Spell of Christmas
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    Lisa Gray

    Lisa Gray is an Amazon #1, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. She previously worked as the chief Scottish soccer writer at the Press Association and the books editor at the Daily Record Saturday Magazine. She is also the author of Thin Air, Bad Memory, Dark Highway, and Lonely Hearts. She now writes full-time. Learn more at www.lisagraywriter.com and connect with Lisa on social media @lisagraywriter.

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      The Spell of Christmas - Lisa Gray

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      Chapter 1

      Marc opened the closet and reached in to pull out his suitcase. Ow! He snatched his hand back and looked at the four bloody scratches decorating it. Again? He grabbed the flashlight off the nightstand and pointed it into the dark recesses of the closet.

      Glowing eyes appeared.

      Clotilda, of course. This is the last time you’re going to savage me, Clo. If you can’t be polite, you’re going outside to live in the feral colony. He stuck one hand inside a shoe for protection and, hooking the shoulder strap, used it to drag both suitcase and cat out of the closet.

      The angry Himalayan hissed at him and stalked out of the bedroom.

      Marc sighed as he watched her. Something needed to be done about Clotilda. But he wasn’t looking forward to the argument he’d get from Owen. He smiled at the thought that when it came to the cats, Marc’s lover was a pussy.

      He tossed the suitcase on the bed and started gathering clothes for his visit home. Christmas with his mom and dad and his little brother would be wonderful. It’d been months since he’d found time to see them.

      But despite looking forward to being with his family, guilt at leaving Owen home alone at Christmas pricked at him. True, as a Wiccan, Owen celebrated Yule and not Christmas. But still, they should spend both holidays together. This year especially. Because this year Marc was determined to introduce Owen to his mom and dad as the man he intended to marry.

      In the eighteen months they’d been together, Owen had always found some excuse not to meet Marc’s family. So Marc hadn’t pressed the issue. Now having completed his Master’s degree in music, Owen might want to move somewhere he could put his education to use. And Marc didn’t want to risk giving the man even a tiny push towards leaving.

      He heard the front door open and Owen call out, Marc?

      I’m in the bedroom packing. Did you have any trouble on the roads?

      Owen’s voice floated down the narrow hallway. "No trouble, they’re salted. But you should see the huge snowbanks in Kenston. It’s like driving through canyons.

      You haven’t been to town for a while—it’s like that here, too. Marc wondered why Owen hadn’t joined him in the bedroom.

      Hey, do you know where the small heating pad is? Oh, never mind, I found it.

      Marc froze. No. Please, no. Owen had promised. Marc abandoned his packing and went to the spare bedroom they’d turned into a nursery and recuperation area for all the strays Owen seemed to attract. Pausing in the doorway, he watched as Owen folded towels and placed them over the heating pad inside a cat carrier. A

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