Since the kind of magic practiced by the witches in the Lakeland Witches Trilogy is sex magic, I was asked once if I believed that sex magic is real. My answer was something along the lines that I believe sex is the only kind of magic, and certainly the only kind of magic we all have access to and we all have a knack for. But the question itself got me thinking.

We authors know that writing always exposes us, though it’s sometimes more obvious than other times. As I thought about the question, ‘do you believe that sex magic is real?,’ I realized that my entry into the realm of paranormal writing and the choices I’d made in what I wrote is very much my Psyche doing the full Monte. I’ve written lots of blog posts about the magic of sex, about what happens when we cross that final barrier and get inside the skin of another person, about what happens when we make ourselves vulnerable. Though it certainly wasn’t a conscious part of my decision, choosing to make the witches of the Elemental Coven practitioners of sex magic speaks very powerfully of my own psyche, my attitude toward writing and what I believe is important.

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday hosted by Should Be Reading where we share (no-spoiler) teasers from books we are reading.

This week I'm featuring Body Temperature and Rising (Lakeland Witches, book 1) by K.D. Grace. I just started reading this so it's early days. But it has an intriguing start so I'll keep reading.

Here's the teaser:

Here's the blurb

Can the power of lust overcome deadly intentions?

Marie Warren, an American living in England, has a magical encounter on the Lakeland fells which ends in sex with a charming ghost – and she discovers she has the ability to unleash demons and ghosts.

Her powers bring her to a coven of witches who practise rare sex magic which allows ghosts access to pleasures of the flesh.

As ancient grudges unfold, a demon named Deacon is unleashed by her new powers. And he will stop at nothing to destroy everything the coven’s high priestess holds dear including Marie and her young landlord, farmer Tim Meriwether.

Only powers unleashed by Marie and Tim’s lust can stop Deacon’s bloody rampage before the coven is torn apart and innocent people die. But is lust enough?