The Witch and the Christian by M. Benjamin Woodall
For Clarity Putnam, turning 16 in 17th Century Salem Village means marrying Jacob. Her adolescence is over before it begins. That is, until she meets Victor.
Victor is adventurous, reckless, free-spirited… everything about her that now must give way to adulthood. The only problem being, Victor is a Witch.
Victor is not in the Devil’s Service, like the Witches that killed Clarity’s sister years before. But Clarity has never heard of a Green Witch, as Victor calls himself, and neither have the Magistrates of Salem Village, who seek to eradicate him and all wickedness in Salem, now that the truce between the Witches and Christians is over. And Jacob will stop at nothing to see Victor discredited and hung.
So Clarity must choose. If she chooses Victor over Jacob, there can only be two endings to this tale: a tragedy of the likes of Romeo and Juliet, or a Happily For Now conclusion that comes with a departure from the world Clarity knows.
This tale of two star-crossed lovers will take you on a trip to a terrifying world you never knew existed, where love is the greatest magic of all.
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M. Benjamin Woodall was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1972 and has held residence in ten states in eastern/central United States. He has studied mathematics/theater at Presbyterian College (SC), filmmaking at Columbia College Chicago (IL), business administration at Ashford University, and has worked in the independent film industry in the 1990s to 2000s as screenwriter/producer. Mister Woodall is the author of the young adult fantasy series Raiders of the Dawn.
What inspired you to write your book?
When I thought about writing The Witch and the Christian, I know I wanted to write a heartfelt romance, and I wanted the reader to suspend their disbelief and really be absorbed into the material, so why not paranormal, just not the commonly done Vampire or Werewolf variety. And I wanted to speak out about getting through social or cultural barriers between people.
Here is a short sample from the book:
I stare down at his eluded eyelids, his nurturing nose, his limped lips. His lips? Moist. My lips? Dry. I open my mouth, sliding my tongue across it, top round to bottom, staring at his lips. My mouth gapes open, lips gaining weight. I feel them dropping off my face, needing to fall upon his as a raindrop needs fall to the ground.
Trembling, I lower my mouth to his, seeing myself kissing him yet scared as hell for what might happen right up to the very second my lips touch his. I press my mouth to him. Trembling, I feel his breath. His lips open, taking my lower lip, and close.
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