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Distraction
Years from Home Trilogy, Book One

Tess Oliver

Genre: YA Paranormal Romance- mature YA

ISBN: 978-1481225724

ASIN: B00B4DF66K

Number of pages: 236

Word Count: 59,363

Cover Artist: Nikki Hensley www.hensleygraphics.com

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Book Description:

As false accusations of witchcraft consume Salem Village, eighteen-year-old Poppy Seabrooke, a true witch, is content to stay away from the hysteria and more importantly from the relentless advances of Angus Wolfe, a powerful warlock masquerading as Salem’s pastor.

When Poppy uses her magic to help a young boy, she is arrested. Angus is the only person who can help her, but, in return, she must promise her hand in marriage. In desperation, Poppy’s grandmother sends her two hundred years into the future to hide. Poppy finds herself years from home in the middle of a strange place called Montana where rooms light up without candles or sorcery, steam puffing dragons roar across fields on tracks, and cows sprout horns as long as tree trunks. And while Poppy hides from the man who turns her heart cold as ice, she discovers the man who can set it on fire.

Cade Tanner has always lived fast and hard, and he prefers it that way. The last thing he needs is a girl to distract him from running the cattle ranch his father left him. But Poppy, the sweetly innocent beauty with the soft smile and dark eyes, who seemingly fell from the sky, is tough to ignore. But Cade soon finds that falling for Poppy comes with a dangerous price.

Short Excerpt

          As I trotted back toward the inner pastures, feminine laughter drifted over the tops of the tall grass. Jackson’s laughter followed, and I trotted River in that direction. Libby’s plan had not been thwarted by my refusal. Jackson leaned his forearm on the pommel of his saddle as he watched Poppy ride circles on our old gelding. I rode up next to him.

          Her long hair had escaped the pins holding it, and it shimmered like gold in the sharp afternoon sunlight. Her sweet bottom was still tucked neatly in a pair of my old denims, and it popped up and down on the seat of the saddle in perfect rhythm with her soft cries of joy.

          Jackson cupped his hand around his mouth. “Sit back, Poppy. You’re leaning too far forward.” He dropped his hand.

          She swept a long strand of hair off her face and sat back.

          “Now that is a picture,” Jackson said.

          My pulse sped up just watching her trot clumsy circles around the pasture. “What that is, Jacks, is a whole lot of trouble wrapped in the prettiest package I’ve ever seen.”

          Jackson’s eyes were wide. “What’s this? Cade Tanner’s confidence finally shattered by a girl? I’ll admit she’s not like any other girl we’ve met, but I’m still surprised.”

          It took all my will to look away from her. I reined River around. “Confidence hasn’t got anything to do with it. I just know trouble when I’m looking at it.” River’s hooves plodded over the drought hardened ground. I wasn’t fifty feet from Jackson when Poppy screamed. I spun River around so fast, the horse nearly fell back on its haunches. Poppy had slipped to the side of the saddle but had righted herself just as I reached her.

          Her smile greeted me, and it was the kind of smile that could make a guy forget his own name. “Red went one way and I went the other,” she said with a laugh. She reached forward and patted the horse’s thick neck. “He slowed down as soon as he knew I was off balance.” Her cinnamon brown eyes lifted and she looked at me. “Forgive me if I startled you. I shouldn’t have screamed like that.”

          “You didn’t startle me.” Of course my heartbeat had a whole different interpretation of it. Jackson rode up next to us. He grinned smugly at me. “Well, Cade, you always were one to ride toward trouble instead of away from it.”

About the Author:

Tess Oliver is a teacher and writer who lives in California with her husband, kids, a small pack of pampered dogs, and the recent addition of three ridiculously cute pygmy goats. She loves horses, chocolate and Jane Austen books. She has a BS of Nutrition Science, and a MA in Curriculum and Instruction. She is also an author published by Barron's Educational Publisher.

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Interview

1. Have you ever been to Salem? If so was it in October? I wish. I’m in California on the opposite coast. I was inspired to write about Salem from some pictures my niece took while touring Salem and particularly the Witch House. It had so much character and the history both good and bad seemed to just ooze from the wood siding on Witch House. But one picture in particular made the whole thing bewitchingly cool. A photo she took outside of the house had a small unexplained ball of light in it. My niece was of course shocked when she saw it. She had no explanation for the light. It was pretty creepy and amazing.

2. What kind of witch powers does she have, besides spells and potions? Poppy Seabrooke is three quarters mortal and so her powers are weak. She can move objects but it is her grandmother who has the skills with potions and spells.

3. Is she 18 during the Salem Witch trials? Poppy is eighteen years old as the story begins in Salem. I decided to go with a slightly more mature heroine for this story. It seemed more appropriate for the storyline.

4. What makes the warlock so bad to marry? Angus Wolfe is evil, conniving and self-centered. Sometimes there is a thin line between the hero and the villain and in Angus’s case, he crosses that line more than once.

5. What would you like my readers to know? I’ve written several paranormal romances, including my bestseller, Camille. My paranormal stories are always light on paranormal and heavy on romance. I love to create the ambiance of a story with paranormal elements but my plot always focuses more on the relationship between hero and heroine.

My Review:
I have been to Salem and I visited the Witch Houses. I always liked to read about Salem and when I saw this book I had to read it. I was not disappointed. Poppy is part witch and uses her powers to help people, however The Salem Witch Trials were not going to let Poppy practice Magic. She is thrown in the dungeon and is probably going to burn at the stake, unless she marries an evil warlock. Poppy's grandmother is a strong witch. She sends Poppy 200 years in the future. However either her grandmother miscalculated or did not have enough power. Poppy was sent to Montana.
I hated Angus and and was so mad that he was not the one that was in Poppy's predicament. I felt so bad for Poppy knowing that she had powers that made her hide her true self, or face death. I thought that it was cool that Poppy was an actual witch, compared to the non-witches that were killed during the hysteria. I kept expected Poppy and her grandmother to use magic to get rid of Angus.
Once Poppy was in Montana 200 years later I was happy she was safe, but she still had to hide her magic. I also liked that she had to adapt to new inventions and a whole different area to live in. She matures as she adapts to her surroundings, and I almost didn't want her to have family in the past. I enjoyed the attraction between Poppy and Cade. I really enjoyed watching them interact and fall in love with each other. This is part of a series and I was upset at the end. I am intrigued though by what the next book will be about.
I am giving this book a 4/5. I was given a copy to review, however all opinions are my own!