Summer (Witch Season) [Mass Market Paperback]

Jeff Mariotte (Author), Michael Frost (Photographer)

Book Description

Series: Witch Season | Publication Date: July 6, 2004

Kerry Proffit is having an amazing summer working at a resort on the California coast and hanging with her summer share housemates. Everything's great until an injured stranger lands on their doorstep.

Daniel Blessing is a handsome young man with a mysterious past. He's on the run from a powerful witch named Season. Of course Kerry and her friends don't believe in witches. But Kerry is beginning to believe in Daniel -- and her feelings for him.

Which is too bad for Kerry. And her friends.

Because now Season is on their trail, and they won't all survive the summer. Hunting Season is now open....

SUMMER. FALL. WINTER. SPRING.

Four seasons, one incredible adventure.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Simon Pulse; 1st edition (July 6, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689866658
• ISBN-13: 978-0689866654
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,905,909 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jeffrey J. Mariotte is the multiple award-winning author of more than forty-five novels, including original supernatural thrillers Cold Black Hearts, River Runs Red and Missing White Girl, horror epic The Slab, thriller The Devil's Bait, and the Stoker-Award nominated teen horror quartet Dark Vengeance, as well as books set in the universes of Supernatural, CSI, Spider-Man, Superman, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Conan, 30 Days of Night, and more. He is also the author of more comic books than he has time to count, including the horror graphic novel Zombie Cop, the original Western series Desperadoes (some of which have been nominated for Stoker and International Horror Guild awards) and the bestselling Presidential Material: Barack Obama. He is a member of the International Thriller Writers, Western Writers of America, and the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers. With his wife, Maryelizabeth Hart, and partner Terry Gilman, he co-owns Mysterious Galaxy, a bookstore specializing in science fiction, fantasy, mystery and horror. He lives on the Flying M Ranch in the American southwest with his family and pets in a home filled with books, music, toys, and other examples of American pop culture. More information than you would ever want to know about him is at jeffmariotte.com, where you'll also find a link to his blog.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So good, I even prefered it over my video games., August 31, 2004

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a rater (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Summer (Witch Season) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the best book I have ever read. It is both entertaining and well done. Jeff Mariotte does an excellent job in creating both humor and suspense in this book and knowing when one should be present more than the other. This book does not have one mood throughout the whole book. Instead, there are many. There is suspense, love, excitement, and mystery. This makes for a more interesting book.

Plot: Kerry is doing her summer job at a resort in San Diego to make some extra money. One day while she is at her lodging house provided by the resort she notices a young man, half dead lying in the bushes. Kerry finds out his name is Daniel Blessing and he is in pursuit of an evil witch named Season. Daniel also has magic powers and says he must kill Season because she has caused hundreds to die an undeserving death. Daniel, Kerry, and all her friends must track down Season to kill her so Season can not hurt anyone else. Will they succeed? Read this book to find out.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Start to A Bewitching New Series, October 26, 2004

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Erika Sorocco (Southern California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Summer (Witch Season) (Mass Market Paperback)

Kerry Proffit's summer couldn't be going better. She's having the time of her life working at a quaint resort on the coast of California, and livving with a group of amazing people - Rebecca, Josh, Mace, Brandy, and Scott. Everything is just perfect, until a severely injured stranger shows up on their doorstep, or, to be exact, behind their bushes. The stranger, Daniel Blessing, possesses a mysterious past, one that makes Kerry look past his handsome demeanor, and deeper into his life history, which is how she finds that Daniel is on the run from a powerful witch known as Season. Kerry and the rest of her crew think that Daniel is pulling their leg, after all, there are no such thing as witches. But the more time that Kerry spends with Daniel, the more that she believes that he's telling her the truth. Which is bad, because Season is now on the trail of Kerry and her friends, and in the end, someone might not survive...

As a fan of Jeff Mariotte's work on the BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER novelizations, I knew that I had to have WITCH SEASON: SUMMER. However, I am surprised to report, I enjoyed the book even more than I originally thought that I would. Kerry is a wonderful character, whose inquisitiveness, and many journal entries placed sporadically throughout the book, will keep you gripping your seat until the very last page is read. Overall, this is a wonderful book. In fact, it's one of the best new series to hit the YA genre in a long time.

Erika Sorocco
Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper

5.0 out of 5 stars Witch Season Summer, April 29, 2008

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Belinda Strebel "Streebs Class" (IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Summer (Witch Season) (Mass Market Paperback)

"If you don't want to help me, just get out of the way. He's loosing blood and he can't stay out here over night." As she pulled the strange man into the house, her friends backed away. After trying to nurse her dying mother back to health, she had some experience with the near death.

Kerry is smart, perseveres for what she believes in, and doesn't take no for an answer. she had a normal life before her parents died, but now it is turned even more upside down when she meets Daniel. All she wants to do is have a little fun for once.

Daniel hasn't been the same since his brother died. Along with almost all of his entire hometown, he is looking for someone. A girl who killed his brother and his dad. Her name is Season Howe, and she may kill again.

As I read this book, I couldn't put it down. It has adventure and romance. There is a strong connection between Kerry and Daniel from the very beginnng and throughout the whole book. I recommend this book to anyone who likes being in touch with the characters as they read and who loves to bet lost in books.

By:Megan K.