A Handful of Hexes

A Not So Cozy Witch Mystery

by Sarina Dorie

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Pub Date Jun 28 2018 | Archive Date Nov 30 2018

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Mystery & Thrillers | Sci Fi & Fantasy

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Description

You think you know the world of magical boarding schools? Not from a teacher’s perspective at a school for at-risk youth. The series WOMBY’S SCHOOL FOR WAYWARD WITCHES is a whimsical urban fantasy set in a contemporary subculture of magical beings and monsters. Clarissa Lawrence is the daughter of the wickedest witch of all time who was also the most dangerous headmistress ever to serve at Womby’s School for Wayward Witches. Clarissa would love to be the dark arts and crafts teacher, but until she learns to control her magic, she’s stuck being the fine arts and crafts teacher. As much as Clarissa Lawrence wants to share the joys of watercolors with her students, she knows it’s going to take more than literacy strategies and art therapy to help students survive against soul-sucking Fae after graduation. She’s going to need to learn magic ASAP if she’s going to help her students, survive her tutelage under an evil magical mentor, and figure out who’s trying to kill her this quarter. When Clarissa finds her mother’s diary outlining her experiments with the Fae Fertility Paradox, she is desperate to uncover the mysteries of her mother’s past that will help with her own magic problems of the present. She suspects this book will solve the feud between Fae and Witchkin. Either that or it will cause an all-out war.

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A Note From the Publisher

Sarina Dorie has sold over 150 short stories to markets like Analog, Daily Science Fiction, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Orson Scott Card’s IGMS, Cosmos, and Abyss and Apex. Her stories and published novels have won humor contests and Romance Writer of America awards. She has sold three novels to publishers. Her steampunk romance series, The Memory Thief and her collections, Fairies, Robots and Unicorns—Oh My! and Ghosts, Werewolves and Zombies—Oh My! are available on Amazon, along with a dozen other novels she has written. Recently she has released a series titled Womby’s School for Wayward Witches.
A few of her favorite things include: gluten-free brownies (not necessarily glutton-free), Star Trek, steampunk aesthetics, fairies, Severus Snape, Captain Jack Sparrow and Mr. Darcy.
By day, Sarina is a public school art teacher, artist, belly dance performer and instructor, copy editor, fashion designer, event organizer and probably a few other things. By night, she writes. As you might imagine, this leaves little time for sleep.
You can find info about her short stories and novels on her website:
www.sarinadorie.com

The best way to stay in contact with Sarina Dorie, hear about what she is writing, know when she has a new release, or books offered for free on Amazon is by signing up for her newsletter.
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Advance Praise

5.0 out of 5 stars Hogwarts has nothing on this! By Alice Wunderkin. on September 1, 2018 Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase Loving this series. Dramatic, mysterious, sexy and never a dull moment. You'll laugh and cry. 5.0 out of 5 stars Magically Fun! By Betty M. Wells on August 13, 2018 Format: Kindle Edition I really enjoyed reading this book. It was like reading an adult Harry Potter book but for grown ups. There were some funny parts, sad parts, naughty parts and scary parts all rolled into one book. I have never read the other books in the series but if they are like this one, I plan on reading those as well. 5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read By Valerie L. on September 27, 2018 Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase I can't say enough about how much I love these books! They are a mixture of Harry Potter, Star Wars etc all mixed together I love these books! Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase Loving this series. Dramatic, mysterious, sexy and never a dull moment. You'll laugh and cry. 5.0 out of 5 stars Great mystery By Carol Harrison August 17, 2018 Format: Kindle Edition I loved this paranormal mystery book and couldn't put it down until the end of the story. The characters are wonderful and so real. I recommend this book to everyone. 5 out of 5 stars Five Stars By christa elliston on July 13, 2018 Format: Kindle Edition Loving the series and eagerly awaiting the next one! 5.0 out of 5 stars I’ve gotta hand it to ya.... By CJ on August 10, 2018 Format: Kindle Edition My favorite so far...love the ending!! Can’t wait for the next one. By Alice Wunderkin. on September 1, 2018 5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars By Norma Sullivan on July 18, 2018 Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase Another great book in the tales of Clarissa Larence. Loved it! 5.0 out of 5 stars Secrets Unraveled By Barbara Harden on June 30, 2018 Format: Kindle Edition The Best yet!! In a secret realm a School for Wayward Witches thrives. So many interesting students and teachers with so many secrets to unravel.Full of new magic spells to learn, many answers to find and spells that go wrong-or did they? This is a must read for all fantasy readers! 5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting! By Phthon on August 4, 2018 Format: Kindle Edition Things are definitely becoming more interesting and more intense! This is such an original and exciting series! 5.0 out of 5 stars Does not disappoint By stephanie mon July 12, 2018 Format: Kindle Edition This book gets a little more adult. Mostly I’m not big on reading those kinds of books but I have already gotten attached to this series and just had to keep reading. Really glad I have. I love this story line and the characters. Thank you for allowing me to arc this book. I’m onto the next ASAP.

5.0 out of 5 stars Hogwarts has nothing on this! By Alice Wunderkin. on September 1, 2018 Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase Loving this series. Dramatic, mysterious, sexy and never a dull...

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Marketing Plan

I am using AMS and Facebook ads. I have sales planned periodically, which always help boost sales of other books in the series. My newsletter has been a good resource for when I publish a new book, so I will continue to do that. I use social media but it isn’t as effective as my newsletter. I am going to a conference soon to learn new things about my advertising and will apply some of those techniques. So far one of my biggest ways of generating revenue has been releasing another book in the series.

I am using AMS and Facebook ads. I have sales planned periodically, which always help boost sales of other books in the series. My newsletter has been a good resource for when I publish a new book...

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