When witchy candle-maker Clover Bishop agrees to help create a line of enchanted scents for Rook Katz’s luxury spa, she expects a business deal—not a smoldering attraction that threatens to burn right through her carefully guarded heart. Clover isn’t ready to throw herself into fate’s hands, but resisting a possessive, swoon-worthy tiger shifter who looks at her like she’s his forever? That’s a whole different kind of magic.

Rook Katz has spent years building an empire, but his tiger has always known something was missing—his mate. Now that he’s found Clover, he won’t let anything stand in his way. With his protective instincts in overdrive, he’s more than happy to prove that he’s not just a powerful alpha and a billionaire entrepreneur, but the man who will cherish and fight for Clover, no matter the cost.

But Mystic Hollow isn’t about to let their love story unfold without a little chaos. When a ruthless enemy sets out to destroy everything Rook holds dear, Clover and Rook must work together to save their future. With stolen formulas and family betrayals, they’ll have to decide if love is worth the risk—or if destiny’s magic is stronger than any force trying to tear them apart.

Titles in the Mystic Hollow series include:  Enchanting the Alpha ~ A Roar for Magic ~ Hex and Scales ~ Bearly Bewitched ~ A Hex and A Howl ~

This is an adult 18+ story that contains language, possible violence, and/or sexual situations geared to an adult audience.

Title:  A Roar for Magic
Series:  Mystic Hollow #2
Author:  Milly Taiden
Published:  February 20, 2025
My Rating:  4.5 stars

A Roar for Magic is the second title in the Mystic Hollow series and brings us the charming romance between Clover and Rook.  Rook is returning home to Mystic Hollow at the insistence of his grandmother.  He can run his corporation anywhere, but it seems that the town is calling him home… and perhaps, his grandmother’s matchmaking skills are being put to use as well.  When filling a candle order for his grandmother, Rook will stumble (literally) around his mate, Clover, a witch with a particular strength in botanical scents and candle creation.  Their first encounter is filled with tumbling shelves as this once graceful tiger shifter cannot help his reaction to finding his mate.

While Clover is a bit slower to react, but definitely intrigued and attracted, and this couple will begin their mate dance amid growing unease in the town as theft and dangerous magic begin to appear.  While it was hoped that the former divide between the shifters and witches of Mystic Hollow was in the past, it seems that there are still elders who… disagree with bloodlines being “diluted” by witch magic.  Soon, the danger will become more targeted to Clover as she and Rook work together to strengthen their mate bond and solve the theft of vital potions from Rook’s labs.

I loved Clover and Rook, both together as a couple and individually.  This is one protective tiger shifter and one powerful witch who will guard her mate with her life.  If you love a well-written, steamy, emotional shifter romance with touches of humor and danger, then you’d love A Roar for Magic.  I’m enjoying this series so much.

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