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FROM: "Melinda Lewis" <[removed]@ncentral.com>
REC'D: 2/28/05, 12:35 PM

Fiction L,
I have a patron who has read all of our Jude Devereaux and Nora Roberts.
She says that she likes magical romance but wants something with witches.
Do you have any suggestions? I suspect that she wants something with "good"
witches not dark ones like Anne Rice and such.
thank you in advance b/c this one is out of my realm:)

Melinda L. Lewis
Director
Johnsonburg Public Library
[removed]@ncentral.com
520 Market Street
Johnsonburg, PA 15845
(814) 965-4110
fax (814) 965-3320

FROM: "Christine Gertz" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/28/05, 12:46 PM

One of my favourites is Alice Hoffman's "Practical Magic". I would also
recommend, "Dime Store Magic" and "Industrial Magic" by Kelley Armstrong

Christine Gertz, MLIS
Career and Placement Services, University of Alberta

>From: "Melinda Lewis" <[removed]@ncentral.com>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: witches, magical romance reads
>Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 13:37:42 -0500
>
>Fiction L,
>I have a patron who has read all of our Jude Devereaux and Nora Roberts.
>She says that she likes magical romance but wants something with witches.
>Do you have any suggestions? I suspect that she wants something with
>"good"
>witches not dark ones like Anne Rice and such.
>thank you in advance b/c this one is out of my realm:)
>
>Melinda L. Lewis
>Director
>Johnsonburg Public Library
[removed]@ncentral.com
>520 Market Street
>Johnsonburg, PA 15845
>(814) 965-4110
>fax (814) 965-3320
>
>......................................................................
>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
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FROM: Adam Davis <[removed]@delraylibrary.org>
REC'D: 2/28/05, 12:57 PM

Here's the list of books with good witches I compiled a month ago. Hope this
is helpful!

Sincerely,
Adam

Books with Good Witches

The Lord of Illusions / Rita Boucher (Regency Romance)
The Would-be Witch / Rita Boucher (Regency Romance)
The Avalon books / Marion Zimmer Bradley
Overshoot / Mona Clee
Eye of Newt / Denise Dietz (Mystery)
Tale of the Five series; Young Wizards series; Cat Wizards series / Diane
Duane
Bast novels / Rosemary Edgehill
Practical magic / Alice Hoffman
Lammas Night / Katherine Kurtz
The Diana Tregarde books (e.g. Burning Water) / Mercedes Lackey
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West / Gregory Maguire

Witch World series / Andre Norton (Fantasy)
Discworld series / Terry Pratchett (Humor/Fantasy)
Good Omens / Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
His Dark Materials Trilogy / Philip Pullman
Murder at Witch's Bluff / Silver RavenWolf (Magickal Realism)
Beneath a Mountain Moon / Silver RavenWolf (Magickal Realism)
Witching Hour/ Anne Rice
Dance Upon Air (Three Sisters Island trilogy) / Nora Roberts
Heaven and Earth (Three Sisters Island trilogy) / Nora Roberts
Face the Fire (Three Sisters Island trilogy) / Nora Roberts
Harry Potter series / J.K. Rowling
Rowan Gant books / M. R. Sellars (Mystery)
Fifth Sacred Thing / Starhawk
Circle of Five / Dolores Stewart Riccio

YA & Children's
The Witch Twins books / Adele Griffin
Bedknob and Broomstick (Borrowers series) / Mary Norton
The Enchanted Forest Chronicles (Four-book series) / Patricia Wrede

Adam S. Davis
Reference Librarian
Delray Beach Public Library
29 SE 4th Avenue
Delray Beach, FL 33483
Telephone: 561-266-0196
Fax: 561-266-9757
[removed]@delraylibrary.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Melinda Lewis [[removed]@ncentral.com]
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 1:38 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: witches, magical romance reads

Fiction L,
I have a patron who has read all of our Jude Devereaux and Nora Roberts.
She says that she likes magical romance but wants something with witches.
Do you have any suggestions? I suspect that she wants something with "good"
witches not dark ones like Anne Rice and such.
thank you in advance b/c this one is out of my realm:)

Melinda L. Lewis
Director
Johnsonburg Public Library
[removed]@ncentral.com
520 Market Street
Johnsonburg, PA 15845
(814) 965-4110
fax (814) 965-3320

FROM: Jennifer Lohmann <[removed]@email.unc.edu>
REC'D: 2/28/05, 12:57 PM

I might check out some of the Luna Books. Luna is Harlequin's new line of
fantasy books. It's supposed to me mostly fantasy, but written for women,
so there is romance and strong female characters.

I've only read one (In Camelot's Shadow by Sarah Zettel), so I can't
speak for the whole line. The Zettel book was written in Arthurian
England and the main character, while not exactly a witch, is blessed with
some phsyic powers. There is an evil wizard she battles and a hero that
she wins over with her strength. There was a lot of romance.I loved it.

It's an interesting crossover line of fiction.

Hope that helps. I'll try to think of some more.

Jennifer Lohmann
SILS at UNC-CH

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Melinda Lewis wrote:

> Fiction L,
> I have a patron who has read all of our Jude Devereaux and Nora Roberts.
> She says that she likes magical romance but wants something with witches.
> Do you have any suggestions? I suspect that she wants something with "good"
> witches not dark ones like Anne Rice and such.
> thank you in advance b/c this one is out of my realm:)
>
> Melinda L. Lewis
> Director
> Johnsonburg Public Library
> [removed]@ncentral.com
> 520 Market Street
> Johnsonburg, PA 15845
> (814) 965-4110
> fax (814) 965-3320
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://fictionl.webrary.org
>
>

FROM: Katie Dunneback <[removed]@dunneback.com>
REC'D: 2/28/05, 2:59 PM

Destiny, Eternity and Infinity by Maggie Shayne.

--
Katie Dunneback
The Young Librarian
http://www.younglibrarian.net

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 2/28/05, 3:10 PM

Didn't we recently do a thread on witches?

Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance writer/former libarian

In a message dated 2/28/2005 1:34:51 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[removed]@ncentral.com writes:
Fiction L,
I have a patron who has read all of our Jude Devereaux and Nora Roberts.
She says that she likes magical romance but wants something with witches.
Do you have any suggestions? I suspect that she wants something with "good"
witches not dark ones like Anne Rice and such.
thank you in advance b/c this one is out of my realm:)

Melinda L. Lewis
Director
Johnsonburg Public Library
[removed]@ncentral.com
520 Market Street
Johnsonburg, PA 15845
(814) 965-4110
fax (814) 965-3320

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 2/28/05, 3:17 PM

Go to www.romantictimes.com, click on READERS, click on Themed Spotlight.
Use your mouse to browse down to Witches and warlocks.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
Romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 2/28/05, 3:17 PM

Jo-Ann Klainer and Albert S. Klainer The Judas Gene
A biological exploding time bomb that affects survivors of the
holocaust

if cloning fits this thread, then I suggest the following:
Nancy M. Freedman Joshua, Son of None

Rebecca York Nowhere Man

Binnie Syril Braunstein
Romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: "Jesse Ephraim" <[removed]@ci.southlake.tx.us>
REC'D: 2/28/05, 3:57 PM

"I have a patron who has read all of our Jude Devereaux and Nora
Roberts.
She says that she likes magical romance but wants something with
witches.
Do you have any suggestions?"

A lot will depend on her definition of "witches." If she's talking
about the standard fantasy conception or the type of things you would
see on the TV show "Charmed,"
she might be interested in the relatively-new subgenre of "paranormal
romance." Tor Books (among others) has a publishing line devoted to
this. Helpful links include:

http://www.romance-ffp.com/ (paranormal romance SIG of the Romance
Writers of America)
http://www.writerspace.com/ParanormalRomance/
http://pnr.thebestreviews.com/

If she's more interested in Wiccan-style witches, there are some "pagan
friendly" and outright Wiccan fiction publishers, some of which have
titles that have romantic elements to them. There are some authors from
mainstream publishing houses that would fall into this category, as
well. A good start would be the lists at:

http://www.catanna.com/paganfiction.htm
http://www.bewitchingways.com/reference.htm#fiction

Good luck!

Jesse Ephraim
Adult Services Librarian
Southlake Public Library
Southlake, TX

FROM: "Warner, Deb" <[removed]@co.durham.nc.us>
REC'D: 3/1/05, 6:29 AM

Mercedes Lackey has a few dealing with a witch who is a sort of psychic
enforcer, including CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT & BURNING WATER.
Marian Zimmer Bradley also has some contemporary non-Darkover titles
dealing with sorcery that include : WITCHLIGH, GRAVELIGHT, & GHOSTLIGHT
I believe Rosemary Edghill has some mysteries, such as BELL, BOOK &
MURDER and MET BY MOONLIGHT.
If by witches you mean those of the Wiccan persusuasian, you might
suggest Elizabeth Cunningham's RETURN OF THE GODDESS or Starhawk's FIVE
SACRED THINGS.

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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Jesse Ephraim
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 4:53 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: witches fiction

"I have a patron who has read all of our Jude Devereaux and Nora
Roberts.
She says that she likes magical romance but wants something with
witches.
Do you have any suggestions?"

A lot will depend on her definition of "witches." If she's talking
about the standard fantasy conception or the type of things you would
see on the TV show "Charmed,"
she might be interested in the relatively-new subgenre of "paranormal
romance." Tor Books (among others) has a publishing line devoted to
this. Helpful links include:

http://www.romance-ffp.com/ (paranormal romance SIG of the Romance
Writers of America)
http://www.writerspace.com/ParanormalRomance/
http://pnr.thebestreviews.com/

If she's more interested in Wiccan-style witches, there are some "pagan
friendly" and outright Wiccan fiction publishers, some of which have
titles that have romantic elements to them. There are some authors from
mainstream publishing houses that would fall into this category, as
well. A good start would be the lists at:

http://www.catanna.com/paganfiction.htm
http://www.bewitchingways.com/reference.htm#fiction

Good luck!

Jesse Ephraim
Adult Services Librarian
Southlake Public Library
Southlake, TX

FROM: "Baird, Jane H." <[removed]@ci.anchorage.ak.us>
REC'D: 3/3/05, 5:40 PM

I just started this one. So far, it is quite ripping:

A Kiss of Fate by Mary Jo Putney

Not witches (per se) more like guardians of magic, set in 1700s Britain.

Jane Baird
Anchorage Municipal Libraries

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 3/4/05, 3:24 AM

In a message dated 3/3/2005 6:38:27 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[removed]@ci.anchorage.ak.us writes:
I just started this one. So far, it is quite ripping:

A Kiss of Fate by Mary Jo Putney

Not witches (per se) more like guardians of magic, set in 1700s Britain.

Jane Baird
Anchorage Municipal Libraries

Stay tuned for Putney's next novel in the guardian series. Stolen Magic,
a Del Rey romantic fantasy, will be out in June. She'll be writing this one
as MJ Putney

Binnie Syril Braunstein
Romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: "Marlene A. Harris" <[removed]@uaa.alaska.edu>
REC'D: 3/4/05, 12:43 PM

If your patron likes the Mary Jo Putney book, and/or is willing to expand
her horizons just a bit, the first story in this series was published in an
anthology titled "Irresistible Forces", edited by Catherine Asaro, and all
the stories are paranormal romances in one form or another.

Also, Mercedes Lackey's new series on the Elemental Masters, "The Serpent's
Shadow", "The Gates of Sleep", and "Phoenix and Ashes", all feature people
who could be described as witches and warlocks. Also, her "Fairy Godmother"
features witches and warlocks as side-characters, but the main character is,
well, a fairy godmother, but not exactly the way one usually expects. It
was a lot of fun.

Marlene Harris
University of Alaska Anchorage

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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org [[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]
On Behalf Of [removed]@aol.com
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 12:22 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Witches, magical romance reads

In a message dated 3/3/2005 6:38:27 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[removed]@ci.anchorage.ak.us writes:
I just started this one. So far, it is quite ripping:

A Kiss of Fate by Mary Jo Putney

Not witches (per se) more like guardians of magic, set in 1700s Britain.

Jane Baird
Anchorage Municipal Libraries

Stay tuned for Putney's next novel in the guardian series. Stolen Magic,
a Del Rey romantic fantasy, will be out in June. She'll be writing this one

as MJ Putney

Binnie Syril Braunstein
Romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: "Liz Engman" <[removed]@egvpl.org>
REC'D: 3/4/05, 12:48 PM

Your patron might like the historical series by Patricia Rice involving the Malcolm Women--sisters and cousins who possess special "gifts" (healing, "scenting" emotions, reading auras, contacting ghosts, etc.)--Sexy, funny, great central and secondary characters. They include, so far:
Merely Magic
Must Be Magic
The Trouble with Magic
This Magic Moment

I eagerly anticipate the next book!

Liz Engman
Elk Grove Village Public Library (IL)
[removed]@egvpl.org

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 3/4/05, 1:49 PM

The next book in Patricia Rice's "Magic" series is Much Ado About Magic, due
out in July from Signet.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance writer/former librarian

In a message dated 3/4/2005 1:45:31 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[removed]@egvpl.org writes:

Your patron might like the historical series by Patricia Rice involving the
Malcolm Women--sisters and cousins who possess special "gifts" (healing,
"scenting" emotions, reading auras, contacting ghosts, etc.)--Sexy, funny, great
central and secondary characters. They include, so far:
Merely Magic
Must Be Magic
The Trouble with Magic
This Magic Moment

I eagerly anticipate the next book!

Liz Engman
Elk Grove Village Public Library (IL)
[removed]@egvpl.org

FROM: "Kim Tomblin" <[removed]@forsythpl.org>
REC'D: 3/7/05, 12:22 PM

>> I have a patron who has read all of our Jude Devereaux and Nora
>> Roberts. She says that she likes magical romance but wants
>> something with witches. Do you have any suggestions?

I would recommend the time travel trilogy by Rodrigo Garcia y Robertson
Knight Errant
Lady Robyn
White Rose

She might also enjoy Breath of Magic and Touch of Enchantment by Teresa
Medeiros

Kim Tomblin
Forsyth County Public Library
Cumming, GA

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