Page Princess: KISSED BY MAGIC by Erica Ridley

Title: KISSED BY MAGIC

Series: Magic & Mayhem #1

Author: Erica Ridley

Publisher: Erica Ridley

Publish Date: 07.12.2019

Category /Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Fairy-tale

Recommended for: 18+ due to sexual content

Grammar/editing: A – near perfect

Received from: Erica Ridley (as an ARC gifted copy)

Goodreads link: Kissed by Magic

Date completed: 12.14.2013

Description from the publisher:

Enjoy an Outlander-meets-Frozen romantic comedy from a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author:

Adventurer Lance Desmond needs to produce a fortune before his arch-rival collects the bounty on his head. He risks an ancient curse to retrieve treasure hidden within icebound Castle Cavanaugh, only to become trapped inside. Not with the gold he so desperately needs, but with medieval Princess Marigold who’s been cooling her heels since...well, medieval times.

The lonely princess refuses to acknowledge the blossoming attraction between them. Not just because she deserves a better future than a penniless rogue. But because at midnight, he’ll vanish like all her other would-be heroes. And the evergreen in the parlor will have one more figurine hanging from its boughs...

A previous edition was published as Let It Snow.

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KISSED BY MAGIC is the first book in the Magic & Mayhem series. Each will stand on its own, but I encourage you to enjoy them all.

Lance is an edge-of-the-law kind of guy with a bounty on his head. In order to clear the bounty and pay off the loan on his pirate ship, he has decided to breach the curse at Castle Cavanaugh and retrieve the treasure, the Golden Bloom of Eternal Youth. Instead of gold, he finds a spoiled medieval princess, Marigold, who has been having her own Groundhog’s Day for 600 years. Every day she awakes, alone, and it is once again Christmas Eve and her birthday. Anyone who has entered the castle vanishes at midnight to reappear as an ornament on the tree. For this reason, Marigold will not allow anyone to become close to her – the pain of loss is too great. Lance is different. Can Lance and Marigold finally break the curse?

This is written in the style of the old fairy tales, but for adults. Ms. Ridley absolutely rocks this style! I am in love with Lance and his best friend, Sancho. They are the kind of non-conformist, funny guys I’m used to in real life. Marigold has learned to guard her heart but is still sane and open enough to accept the difference in Lance. I absolutely loved this book and will always pick up anything Ms. Ridley puts out there for us.

Note: While I received this book as a gifted ARC, my opinions are my own and are given freely.

Magic & Mayhem Series:

1. Kissed by Magic

2. Must Love Magic

3. Smitten by Magic

Also from Erica Ridley:

· Never Been Bitten

· Two Dukes a Dueling

Dukes of War Series:

1. The Viscount’s Christmas Temptation

2. The Earl’s Defiant Wallflower

3. The Captain’s Bluestocking Mistress