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Author: Misty Evans | Website
When people discover Misty is an author, they assume her books are children's stories. A student in one of her creative writing classes once stated, "I can't believe you write suspense. You seem so nice." What they don't realize is underneath Misty's girl-next-door façade beats the heart of a kick-butt heroine. As a young girl, she forced her friends to act out scenes from her favorite adventure stories--Alice in Wonderland and the Wizard of Oz. At nine years old, she applied to be one of Charlie's Angels. She's still waiting by the phone for Charlie's call. These days she forces her characters, instead of her friends, to act out the adventures in her head. Her kick-butt heroines face heart-stopping danger and suicidal odds whether they're bringing justice to all or simply clicking their leather boots together to find their way home. Misty bases her female characters on the stuff Alice, Dorothy and the Angels were made of: girl-next-door facades with the heart of a kick-butt (but always nice) heroine. Ready to spring into action if Charlie should call, Misty meanwhile cultivates her nice girl persona in Illinois with her husband, two sons, and her big dog Max. She's a member of several writing organizations, teaches creative writing classes, and is currently on a blog tour promoting her latest story.
Published Works & Book Reviews
Sweet Chaos
This is the second Kali Sweet story, featuring your favorite vengeance demon, her moody bodyguard and her rock star boyfriend! Tentative release date May, 2012.
Revenge Is Sweet
Payback is a bitch and her name is Kali Sweet... I'm Kali Sweet, the best damn vengeance demon on Earth. I work for the supernatural world's Justice Department and protect innocent humans from otherworldly creatures like me. While I can't take revenge for myself, I make sure justice is done for others. But when my latest run-in with Chicago's vampire king backfires, the fallout leaves me with three big problems: a powerful Undead enemy who wants my head, my boss looking over my shoulder, and three personal blood slaves jeopardizing my reputation. One of those slaves happens to be sexy rock star Radison Beaumont - the half-human, half-chaos demon who left me at the altar three hundred years ago. Even if he does need my blood now to survive, Rad and I will always be enemies. Especially since he's joined an ancient society of demon killers--and I'm the number one demon on their most wanted list.
Reviewer: Missyb0103
Review: May 3, 2012
Kali Sweet is a vengeance demon who works for the supernatural world’s Justice Department. Her main goal is to protect humans, with her favorite target being the vampires. When she is ambushed by Chicago’s vampire king, Kali was not prepared what he had planned. Things go from bad to worse when he forces her to have blood slaves; her ex comes to the rescue, only to become one of her blood slaves too. After
Every Witch Way But Wicked
This compilation is 60,000 words. Proceeds go to Kids Need to Read - Nathan Fillion's charity that promotes literacy and ignites imagination. Foreword by Amanda Hocking Take twelve paranormal authors. Toss them together in one anthology. Add a dash of romance, a pinch of humor and a dollop of mystery. Stir in a few ghosts, a handful of sorcerers and garnish with magic for the perfect witch's brew.
Reviewer: A.M. Donovan
Review: Dec 7, 2011
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal / Supernatural, Seasonal / Holiday, Mystery, Witches, Charitable Cause
This is a wonderful collection of good witch tales, without being heavy on the moralizing (only a little) and leavened with humor. It's done as well as one of Martin Greenburg's collections. It's not primarily humorous, but definitely left me with a smile, while introducing me to some authors that I will have to look out for in the future. All the proceeds from sales of this book go to Kids Need to Read, a
Entangled
Ghosts, vampires, demons, and more! Entangled includes ten suspense-filled paranormal short stories from authors Cynthia Eden, Jennifer Estep, Edie Ramer, Lori Brighton, Michelle Diener, Misty Evans, Nancy Haddock, Liz Kreger, Dale Mayer, and Michelle Miles, plus a Seven Deadly Sins novella by Allison Brennan. Stacia Kane contributed the foreword. Formatting and cover art were also donated to the project by Lori Devoti and Laura Morrigan. All proceeds go to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
Reviewer: ELF
Review: Oct 18, 2011
Genre(s): Urban Fantasy, Anthologies
"Entangled" is an anthology that features eleven paranormal tales by a group of extremely talented authors who have united to produce a fascinating volume that will benefit breast cancer research. Some of the stories contribute to established series such as Jennifer Estep's Mythos Academy which is featured in "Halloween Frost" as Gwen succumbs to peer pressure and goes on a unforgettable night of trick-or-tr
Soul Survivor
Haunted by tragedy, FBI profiler Rife St. Cloud is driven to find the person who brutally attacked six women. Unfortunately the only survivor, Keva Moon Water, has no memory of what happened, and the evidence makes her the prime suspect. Keva cannot die. She has waited a thousand years to be reunited with the man she loves, whose soul sleeps within Rife. Though he refuses to believe her claims of immortality, there's no denying the passion that burns between them. Keva desperately hopes their sexual connection will be enough to awaken Rife's memories of the love affair that started a war and bound their souls together for all eternity.But when Keva's own memories come trickling back, she realizes that a future with Rife depends upon confronting the mistakes of the distant past...
Reviewer: Melinda
Review: Dec 7, 2011
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Romantic Suspense
Rife St. Cloud has seen many homicides before as an FBI profiler, but none like Keva Moon Water's. One minute she is dead and the next he is fighting off ghosts. Rife has no idea what is going on but something about Keva pulls at him. Each time he tries to help her memory comes out to him. Not just any memory but one with her in it. He knows it is wrong but something about her gets under his skin. As a profil
The Devil & Venus di Milo
Who needs love on Valentine’s Day when a pair of Louboutins will do?
In this short story prequel to Witches Anonymous, bad witch Amy Atwood heads to Paris in search of the perfect pair of shoes. Instead, she finds love at the feet of Venus di Milo and gives away her heart…and her soul…to the Devil.
I'd Rather be in Paris
He makes the rules. She breaks them. This battle of wills just crossed the line.to deadly.
Elite CIA operative Zara Morgan has a reputation as a loose cannon with a penchant for breaking the rules. Now she's got a chance to prove she can be a competent field officer, but the test doesn't end there. She's been paired with sexy covert ops team leader Lawson Vaughn, a man who lives and breathes protocol.
Methodical is Lawson's middle name. He specializes in high-risk search and rescue, not missions that involve tracking down terrorists. Especially while trying to keep the lid on a partner who has a problem with authority and skates by on wits and bravado.
Even before they get on the plane for Paris they're under each other's skin.and fighting a scorching sexual attraction. Drawn into an unauthorized game of vengeance, Lawson is forced to dance a tightrope in order to protect his partner from their quarry-a terrorist who's about to unleash a biological nightmare on the Muslim world. And Zara is the first target.
With her life, and that of millions of innocent people, on the line, Lawson must become the one thing he despises. A renegade.
Wicked Souls
In this continuing novella series, as reformed witch Amy Atwood wrestles with completing the third step of Witches Anonymous—turning her will over to a higher power—she’s counting the days to her six-month magic-free anniversary. However, when Gabriel steals half her soul, claiming she’s cast a spell on him to keep him from returning to Heaven, the odds of her sticking to her magic-free oath shrink. He demands she break the spell keeping him Earth-bound…or he’ll kill her and damn her soul for eternity.
But Amy’s not about to go down without a fight. Having once been the Devil’s right-hand witch, her soul’s already bound for Hell, and while Gabriel now owns half, the other half belongs to Lucifer…and Amy knows exactly how to use Luc to stop Gabe.
While Amy will do anything—outside of using magic—to reunite the halves of her soul, the powers of good and evil also control her free will. As she works to uncover the real witch behind the spell holding Gabriel prisoner, she finds herself back in Lucifer’s arms…and her Witches Anonymous goal spinning further and further out of reach.
Calling all readers! I'm having a Name the Witch Contest. Would you like to name a character in my next Witches Anonymous book? See details at the end of this story and good luck!
Operation Sheba
Hotshot spies never die. They just slip undercover. Julia Torrison-codename Sheba-is keeping secrets. Seventeen months ago she was a CIA superagent, tracking down dangerous terrorists with her partner and lover, Conrad Flynn. A mission was blown, literally, when a bomb Julia built exploded early and Conrad died. Yanked back to Langley and given a new identity, she is now the Counterterrorism Center's top analyst, spending her days at CIA headquarters and her nights in the bed of her boss. Her former life as a secret agent has been sealed off. Like her heart. Conrad Flynn-codename Solomon-has his own secrets. For starters, he's not dead. Going under the deepest cover possible, he faked his death to save Julia's life. Now he must tear her life apart and ask her to help him hunt down a traitor: her new love. Is Con a rogue agent or just a jealous ex-lover? To find out, Julia will have to enter a web of seduction and betrayal to play the spy game of her life using nothing more than her iPod-and her intuition. Julia warns: "Beware of sexy spies bearing gifts. Trust no one and sleep with a gun under your pillow." Conrad warns: "Sex, lies and tantalizing suspense.don't worry, I'll protect you."
The Secret Ingredient
Celebrity chef Katelyn Karr returns to her hometown of Secret, Montana in order to stop an investigative reporter from revealing the truth about her alcoholic father, dead mother and the reason she was run out of town by the socialite Juno family when she was only seventeen.
During a live cooking show at the Juno ranch, her father dies in front of millions of viewers, and suspicion falls on the celebrity diva when the autopsy reveals he was poisoned. Nick Juno, the boy Kate left behind, and who is now mayor, is the only person who can prove her innocence.
Did Kate kill her father on national TV? Nick must untangle the lies and past secrets to figure out if Kate has been framed or slipped her father a secret ingredient that finally put an end to their family dispute.
Bonus recipes are included at the end of the book!
White Collar Christmas
Rookie FBI agent, Sara Amos, is on her first undercover op, posing as a chauffeur to sexy art forgerer Alexander Batisto. She wants to shed her rookie status and bring Batisto’s criminal ring down, but when she unexpectedly finds herself falling for the seductive art forgerer, her investigation takes a weird twist. Batisto is not who he says he is…and he’s got a big surprise under the Christmas tree for Sara.
Proof of Life
Blood ties run deepest-and deadliest.
No matter how many times he patches the holes in the wall, CIA Deputy Director Michael Stone can't forget the night a terrorist took him hostage in his own home. Or the mistakes that transformed him into an overwhelming force to keep his country safe. And now that his niece, the daughter of the Republican candidate for President, has been kidnapped just days from the election, Michael vows to do whatever it takes to get her back.
Dr. Brigit Kent, a consultant for the Department of Homeland Security, knows this particular kidnapper well. Exposing him, however, will reveal her sister's secret ties to a terrorist group. The only way to keep her sister safe is to blackmail the sexy, rock-solid deputy director. A move that puts her directly in his line of fire.
Brigit is undeniably beautiful, brilliant, cunning. But is she friend or foe? The answer to that question could break Michael's personal code of honor-and his heart.
>Warning: Bullets and blackmail, good luck and laughter. Surprises and secrets and love ever after.
Tickle My Fantasy
Go ahead. Try to resist the magic. We dare you!
Carolina Wolf by Sela Carsen
Debra knows that the teensy amount of witchcraft in her veins isn’t worth getting excited about. Yet someone—or something—thinks it’s worth attacking her. Rescuing her seals Maddox’s fate, but only if he can protect her from a rogue of his kind. A werewolf with a nasty streak…and a preference for raw meat.
The Ghost Shrink, the Accidental Gigolo and the Poltergeist Accountant by Vivi Andrews
Lucy is doomed. Not to death. To nightly visits from recently deceased Casanovas without the bodies to scratch her itch. Then a living fantasy arrives on her doorstep. Is her dry spell at an end? Not hardly. Jake has been sent to prevent her from getting laid until a particular horny phantom—and key witness in his investigation—pays her a visit.
ParaMatch.com by MK Mancos
Even though she lives without a paranormalady, Lucille has managed to carve a niche for herself with a paranormal matchmaking service. Enter Jager, deposed king of the Titans and successful paratrader. She can match anyone, except him. She doesn’t know that he’s out to negotiate the deal of a lifetime—a future with her.
Witches Anonymous by Misty Evans
Amy is done with Devil-worshipping. After swearing an oath never to use magic again, she’s in the market for a normal guy to complement her new lifestyle. And Adam looks like perfect hero material. Lucifer, however, isn’t about to be nice about letting her go…
Product Warnings
This book contains hunky werewolves, smart-ass women and men who think that’s sexy, magic, angels, medieval legends, inter-species romance, disco music and flatulent Boxers. (The dogs, not the underwear.)
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