Barely Bewitched (A Southern Witch Novel)

by Kimberly Frost

Book Overview

The family magic seems to have skipped over Tammy Jo Trask. All she gets are a few untimely visits from long-dead, smart-mouthed family ghost Edie. But when her locket - an heirloom that happens to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425229610
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Berkley
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.2" x 0.9" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

absolute fun

This was the best book I've read for so long! I really like characters a lot. First of all the heroine was not an-almost-stupid or a mediocre, that drives us mad with her stupid choices, or make us continuously wonder how the heros fall in love with such a girl. Instead Tammy Jo has a well functioning brain, she is fun, very active, always willing to help and correct her faults, maybe clumsy with her magic but getting better and better. She is very much one of us, but a brilliant one. On the other hand I simply LOVED Bryn. He is strong, of course handsome, a strategy person, clever, great with his magic, very faithful, and yes, mysterious. All these make him better and better. I have to say I cannot hate Zach either. So for me, the book has a great humor, interesting and fun characters, and the romance is absolutely perfect. I like the first book as well, but for me this one was much better

Tammy Jo rules!!!!!

Just finished reading the second book in A Southern Witch series, Barely Bewitched written by the oh-so talented Kimberly Frost. This book rocks! Action out the yahoo with all kinds of otherworldly creatures, some totally laugh out loud parts and two of the sexiest men around Texas to which Tammy Jo is both drawn and ready to run screaming in the opposite direction. All I can say is that if you love books that are both paranormal, romantic, adventurous and downright hilarious..then run to the nearest bookstore and buy Barely Bewitched. You will put in on your keeper shelf for sure....don't forget to get the first in the series, Would-Be Witch, so that you have the full dose of the wackiness that is Tammy Jo's life. I loved it and give full kudos to the author. Awesome!

A fun, fun fantasy

In this charming installment of Kimberly Frost's Southern witch series, saucy Tammy Jo Trask only wants to get the family jewels back - well - into the family. With her brand-new witch powers, over which (speaking of witches), she doesn't wield any control, she'd gotten into a bit of trouble and temporarily pawned them. How the heck was she supposed to know the jewels held Trask family power? Since she had proven yet again that she couldn't get this witch thing right, she certainly doesn't plan on pursuing a witch career. She just wants to live quietly, with her best friend, Mercutio. He's just a kitten, but ocelot kittens are pretty smart, and he's about the only man in her life she can really trust. Unfortunately, the untrained magic she'd tossed around last week to save a few lives and get several walking dead back into the ground gets her into new trouble, this time with WAM, the World Association of Magic. A wizard "pretty enough to be in a boy band," with a "yummy English accent," and a hot-tempered (in every sense of the word) biker warlock show up in her Texas hometown of Duvall to train Tammy Jo for a dark and dangerous witch challenge. There's no turning them down either. Her other choices? Imprisonment or death. But Tammy Jo figures once WAM finds out her magic is broken, they'll let her off the hook. As happens with Tammy, things get strange, and once again she must turn to sexy wizard Bryn Lyons for help. Because of some old family feud, Bryn is a no-no to Tammy. And now Bryn is double-trouble since WAM has ruled him off-limits to her, too. The two of them whipped up some pretty interesting magic together, and WAM doesn't want any more of it. But when a curse leads to pixie dust being blown throughout the town, rendering the population - uh, let's just say - less than inhibited, and a crack forms between the worlds of human and faery, who cares what WAM wants? Tammy figures it's all her fault, and she's got to make it right - any way she can. If that means using Bryn's power (and Tammy means to use it in the nicest way) to enhance her own, and enlisting the help of her sexy hunk of an ex-husband, Zach the cop - well - a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. Tammy's efforts to save the town send her into an outrageous, dangerous and difficult battle with powers of evil that are just downright mean. And when things heat up, it gets pretty hard to tell exactly who the good guys are. Will her southern grit, coupled with that hometown girl pure sweetness, get her through it? Once again, Kimberly Frost's sassy and fun voice brings this exciting story to life on the page. It's just as scrumptious as those desserts that Tammy Jo likes to whip up. But when you sit down to read it, you won't be able to just nibble, because this one demands to go down in one delectable bite.

jocular urban fantasy

In Duvall, Texas WOULD BE WITCH Tammy Jo Trask wants her stolen locket back so she plans to take it from her enemy. However, Tammy Jo has a bigger problem than purloined jewelry. The World Association of Magic demands she defend herself for illegal use of magic. Two witches are assigned to prepare Tammy Jo for her defense under fire. She has also been told to stay away from master mage Bryn Lyons, whom she is attracted to at a time her former spouse Deputy Sheriff Zach stays away from her having felt he wasted money on her when he got her a shrink whom she drove crazy. While all this is going on Tammy Jo accidentally sends impish fairies on Duvall; just another nasty stretch for a BARELY BEWITCHED novice. The sequel to WOULD-BE WITCH continues the magical misadventures of Tammy Jo who is accused of practicing bewitching spells without a license. The amusing story line is fast-paced albeit a bit thin even with the heroine struggling with romance, magic, bureaucracy, family, and romance, which for this Texan means toil and trouble as she lands in the proverbial vat. Fans will enjoy the escapades of Tammy Jo in this jocular urban fantasy. Harriet Klausner

Southern Witch, Book Two

Tamara "Tammy Jo" Trask wants nothing more than to be a normal pastry chef. But last week she had to spell-cast due to werewolves (Book One / Would-Be Witch). Once she cast a spell the World Association of Magic (WAM) classified Tammy Jo as a witch and she unwillingly became subject to the laws of magic. Therefore, this week Tammy Jo's life is chaos again. WAM sends two representatives to help prepare Tammy Jo for her mandatory Initial Challenge. Should Tammy Jo refuse to take it or fail, she will face imprisonment or death. The biggest problem is that Tammy Jo cannot control her magic. But it is also strange that the Conclave has sent a wand-wielding wizard and a Class Eight fire warlock that is often used as a hit man. Not only does the magical hit man hate Tammy Jo instantly, but he claims that Mercutio (Tammy Jo's ocelot) belongs to him and he wants Merc back. Not if Merc or Tammy Jo has anything to say about it! When a curse leads to a huge spill of pixie dust, the town goes wild. All the citizens are acting insane. Add to this that nature is growing so rapidly that vines are wrapping around vehicles and people. Tammy Jo needs the help of sinfully handsome Bryn Lyons, but WAM has declared him off-limits to her. He is not even allowed to help train her for the upcoming challenge. Her ex-husband, Zach, refuses to believe the things he saw last week had been real. So the cute deputy sheriff is in her way. Welcome to Duvall, Texas. ***** FIVE STARS! Forget everything you know about witches having warts on their noses and being evil. Forget everything you believe about faeries being tiny, full of sweetness, and darting about on dainty wings. You do not really know anything about witches and all your romantic childhood beliefs of faeries are false. Kimberly Frost's Southern Witch series is destined for great things. Full of action, suspense, romance and humor, this story had me hooked from the first page until the last. If book one was "last week" and this book is "this week", then I simply cannot wait to see what will happen "next week" in Tammy Jo's life. Downright mystical! ***** Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.