A Little Light Magic (Leisure Fiction) [Mass Market Paperback]

Joy Nash (Author)

Book Description

Series: Leisure Fiction | Publication Date: June 2009

From USA Today Bestselling Author Joy Nash

When a girl with no family meets a guy with too much...

For Tori Morgan, family's a blessing the universe hasn't sent her way. Her parents are long gone, and her chance of having a baby is slipping away. For Nick Santangelo, family's more like a curse. His nonna is a closet kleptomaniac, his mom's a menopausal time bomb, and his motherless daughter is headed for serious boy trouble.

But summer on the Jersey shore can be an enchanted season, when love can bring together the most unlikely prospects. A hard-headed contractor and a lonely reader of Tarot cards? All it takes is... A Little Light Magic

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The perfect summer read!" --NY Times Bestselling Author Sandra Hill

"Joy Nash is an absolutely brilliant genius. I laughed out loud, cried crocodile tears and had butterflies in my stomach while reading this beautiful story." -- Fresh Fiction

Review

"This novel made me laugh, cry, and cheer for more...If you love a romantic romance, filled with hunky heroes, funky family members, and a remarkable heroine, then A Little Light Magic is the novel for you."

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 323 pages
• Publisher: Leisure Books; Original edition (June 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 050552693X
• ISBN-13: 978-0505526939
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,514,756 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I love to write my dreams ' and occasionally, my nightmares. My books often have a paranormal twist, but they will always be filled with hot guys, high emotion and fast-paced action. For excerpts and more, visit my website at www.joynash.com or my blog at wwww.joynash.blogspot.com

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful characters, June 17, 2009

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J & E SCHWETZ (Murfreesboro, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Little Light Magic (Leisure Fiction) (Mass Market Paperback)

After I bought this book, I saw it on the recommended read shelf at Books A Million and I have to agree. It's a keeper. The characters are well developed, especially Nick who, as his brother Alex points out, is caught between a rock and a hard place when he falls in love with a woman who desperately wants a baby NOW while he's had enough heart-wrenching trauma with his daughter Leigh to last a lifetime. (His relationship with his teenage daughter led to some lively conversations with my daughter about boys and trust and following your instincts.)
Rick's family dynamic will make you laugh and cry. Someone in the cast of characters will almost certainly remind you of someone you know. The counterbalance of Tori's lack of family reminded me of the movie 'While You Were Sleeping' where the lonely heroine is drawn into a crazy but loving family and must figure out if she belongs and with whom.
For those who spend or spent their summers at the Jersey Shore, the setting of this book around Atlantic City will bring back some great memories.
As I said at the beginning, I highly recommend this book.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read, May 21, 2009

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Beth A. Mistretta - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Little Light Magic (Leisure Fiction) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is a wonderful book. It has characters that you care about, makes you laugh and makes you cry. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. I was sad to see it end. I hope that there will be more books about the Santangelo family in the future.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars fine character driven tale, May 29, 2009

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Little Light Magic (Leisure Fiction) (Mass Market Paperback)

Victoria "Tori" Morgan has been alone for a long time; her parents are dead and recently Great-Aunt Millie Whitaker passed away. She has no one so it did not take much of a decision to move to the house she inherited from her late Great Aunt on the Jersey shore. Her plan is to convert the dilapidated "pachyderm", at least the front, into a new age shop selling tarot cards, candles and crystals, etc. She hires contractor Nick Santangelo to renovate the edifice to state code.

Tori believes that Nick agreed to take on her job due to a magician Cajun candle given to her by a witch. Nick has enough flakes in his household without dealing with another one though he is attracted to her. His teenage daughter insists she is in forever love; his Nonna is a shoplifter; his brother works for him though they differ on the meaning of work as he wants to be a starving actor living off his brother until he gets his break; mom has menopause issues that make her a walking time bomb. Finally there is Tori who wants him to sire her baby, but does not want him.

The magic of this joyful romance is the changes in the lead couple. Initially Tori comes across as an eccentric flake with no concept of business or relationships while Nick appears as a nasty know it all; as they become acquainted with A LIGHT LITTLE MAGIC called love, they seem to blossom. Although the plot is thin, fans will enjoy this fine character driven tale as the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Harriet Klausner