Smoke and Mirrors: A Paranormal Witch Romance

A great conclusion to a superb series! The Wilcox Clan's attempt at finding "orphan" witches hasn't exactly been fruitful. But when one literally turns up on the doorstep, claiming to have been sent by Nathan, they won't turn her away - even when her story is quite fanciful. After all, they dismantled Daedalus and all its data collecting. Didn't they? Skyler is made of strong stuff. And though it was a stupid, drunken mistake that led to her outing herself to the bad guys, she won't leave her fellow inmates hanging. Nathan wanted her to find the Wilcoxes and send help and that's just what she'll do. She just never expected to have such a visceral reaction to her first Wilcox! Jasper gives himself a hard time over not having much ambition in life. He's happy with his handyman services and living out in the middle of nowhere. He doesn't need the money that he gets as a stipend really so it just keeps building up in the bank. But when he meets Skyler he gets a new purpose in life, one he never expected to have, keep her safe. She may or may not be his "one" but he's not going to land that on her when she is still reeling from the whole "witch" thing! There is plenty of action, teleporting, and generally getting in the way of the East Coast baddie who is after Skyler. The big reveal was awesome and I was only let down in that they didn't fry his a$$! Kelly has been lurking around as the former assistant of Agent Lentz and I'm so happy that she and a certain someone may get their own HEA!

Smoke and Mirrors Book 9 of The Witches of Wheeler Park brings yet another “Orphan Witch” in the mist. Orphan meaning a person who was born outside of a Witch Clan. Skyler Fields is such a person and only to find out she’s an actual witch when she’s kidnapped and held against her will in a government facility. Her well organized life has now taken a turn that is not significant at all. Yet meeting up with tall and handsome Jasper Wilcox, a Wilcox Clan Warlock, makes it all worthwhile by resolving where Skyler really belongs. I definitely recommend this book along with the other 8 books in the series.

This was a very nice conclusion to the Witches of Wheeler Park series. The relationship between Jasper Wilcox and Skyler Fields was entertaining from beginning to story conclusion. Skyler is kidnapped, imprisoned, escapes her captors after having the bombshell of being a witch dropped on her and flees to the Arizona Wilcox witch clan for assistance. She and Jasper fall for each other and proceed to explore the greater Arizona area and their developing relationship. Christine Pope does a really great job of bringing Arizona and the lifestyle to life in her books. This book also pulls characters and storyline from the previous books in the series into this conclusion, wrapping up the series in a most satisfying way.