Excerpt Monday: Memoirs of a Witch Matchmaker

Hello all! This is my first time doing Excerpt Monday.

Here are the details of what I'm presenting:

This is from the third chapter of my paranormal chick lit/light romance book, Memoirs of a Witch Matchmaker. Tessa has already learned that her car has been repo'ed with her magical Rolodex inside and she's figured out a way to get it back--she needs to follow a repo man. This is right before she heads out for a night of repo action.

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Memoirs of a Witch Matchmaker

Rated: PG-13

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Later that evening, at a quarter-past eleven, I stood outside the Nigerian restaurant in Brooklyn. I was in a prime position to catch free smells as the diners left. The strong aroma of spicy scents tickled my nose.

When I first arrived outside of Clive's Magical Recovery, I questioned my logic. How the hell could a business owner with no past experience in recoveries plan to pull this off?

Four hours ago, I laid out two outfits on my Pottery Barn pink bedspread and thought to myself, which one best looks like a repo chick on the hunt? Courtesy of an hour and half of “Repo Man: Stealing for a Living” episodes on my Tivo, I oriented myself to the grittiness of the repo business. In every situation the repo men, and women, encountered irate people oblivious to the fact they neglected to make their payments. The reactions ran the gamut from the crying soccer dad to the knife-wielding pimp.

I selected a black jumpsuit and a pair of blue Nike sneakers. I gazed at myself in the mirror. There was no way I looked tough. I screamed socialite with my jewelry, makeup, and styled hair. For good measure I ditched the jewelry.

Rob exited his office and I walked up to him.

At first he was silent and stared me down with his frigid blue eyes, perhaps hoping I would turn and bolt in the opposite direction. I lifted my chin in the air and took a step forward. My head reached his chin and I had to tilt mine upward to examine his expression. His mouth formed a hard line and I could faintly hear him grinding his teeth. This wasn't good.

“Good evening, Rob.” I managed.

“C'mon, before I change my mind,” he growled as he pivoted in the opposite direction. I followed behind and tried to keep my eyes from straying to view how finely his blue jeans fit over his ass. He had a black satchel over his shoulder which rested on his trim right hip. A black t-shirt completed his repo man ensemble.

Thanks to my call earlier with Clive, I now had a new client and an opportunity to follow Rob a few times a week. In return for looking for a lady love for Clive, I had permission to follow Rob to peek into Limbo as he acquired magical items. Clive forewarned me of the dangers involved and I swatted his concerns away. I'm a witch with some offensive spells under my belt; I could handle a disgruntled dwarf or sorcerer who hadn't made payments on a loaned item.

Three blocks later toward Third Street, Rob stopped to pick up coffee at a Starbucks. Was this our first collection point? The twenty-four hour establishment was full of magical and non-magical patrons reading books, using laptops, or eating a late night snack.

A willowy, dark-haired nymph behind the counter giggled at him when he reached the counter. “Who's the tag-a-long, Rob? She looks scrawny.”

He pursed his lips. “Don't start, Arielle. Give me a double black this time.”

The nymph offered him a sly smile as her thin fingers prepared the coffee. The other patrons couldn’t see her delicate hands as they flowed over the counter with magic trailing like strands of silk blowing in the wind. Dryads, like the one in front of me, usually frolicked in Central or Prospect Park. To see one filling orders at a local Starbucks was a bit offsetting. Perhaps her tree had been relocated to the big city and she was making the best of it.

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