Three sisters with a heritage of cursed magic. A house with a mind of its own. A grandmother who’s a real witch. And three men who did them wrong…New Orleans social climber, Cheyanne Murphey has worked too hard to let her fiancé’s wandering eye drag her name through the gutter, and she has the perfect solution to make him stay: an incantation from her deceased Granny’s spell book. Family legend … book. Family legend says the Murphey women’s magic is cursed, but that is a risk Cheyanne is willing to take.
When middle sister Marchland’s heart is also broken by a man who does her wrong, not even witnessing disastrous results of Cheyanne’s attempt at spellcasting will stop her from using her family’s powers to exact revenge. With the help of her sisters, Marchland casts a spell to teach the scumbag a lesson he won’t forget. Unfortunately, neither will she.
The youngest Murphey sister, Bradley, would be happy to never work a spell again but when she accidentally kills a man she has no choice but to turn to her family’s cursed magic for help. The wayward spell teaches Bradley the hard lesson that sometimes it’s best to let dead things rot.
With all three sisters in deep trouble, they seek help in the form of the Elder-Witch, a sorceress who claims she can fix their mistakes… but magic always comes with a price, and this one may be more than the Murphey sisters are willing to pay.
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Reviewed 5/19/19 – This book has three stories and follows three sisters who are witches and their weird magic.
Book 1. THESE ROOTS RUN DEEP (Cheyenne’s Story) Cheyenne affinity is forecasting the weather. She is New Orleans most perky weather girl and has posters in the city. Brett is King of New Orleans Real Estate and his posters are around town.
She is doing laundry when she find burgundy lipstick stain on her boyfriend’s shirt. She never where that color with her orange hair and pale skin. She shows this to Brett and he acts like its Cheyenne who did it. So later that week Brett wants to leave her after cheating on her a humiliating her in public. Her and her and her sisters make a potion that Brett has to drink. After drinking he turns into a tree out in her front yard. Now he’ll be with her forever just as the spell was quoted. Now she’s weirdly devoted to the tree that is Brett. This is just the beginning of the weird mistakes in the magic.
Book 2. THIS HOLLOW HEART (Marchland’s Story) March owns a tattoo studio. Her affinity is she can feel what is wrong with people and do magic in her ink while tattooing to make the client feel better. March stays away from men because of the disasters the Murphey women have with men. She tries to remind herself of that when a tall dark handsome man comes in for a consultation on his tattoos. She desires Chase and he her, but she’s trying hard to fight it. Chase’s first tattoo is on his thigh. When he comes in for his second her staff pushes her into going out with him since he won’t quit asking her. The go on a romantic date and she ends up bringing him home. Now it’s two weeks and a lot of sex later. She is at the shop and a woman comes in and wants to know why she is f..king her husband. That end that relationship, but Chase won’t leave her alone. So she does magic with her sisters Bradley and Cheyenne and it just gets worse. Now he’s devoted and she keeps him in her shed and brings food to him every day. They contact an Elder Witch to help them and set up an Appointment with her for two weeks.
Book 3. These Resting Bones (Bradley’s Story) Brad had her heart broken and was humiliated by Jonathan Clarkson the TA. Her emailed and forwarded naked pictures of her to the freshman class at their college Crescent City. Even the teacher got a copy she finds out. She is called to Professor Broussard’s after 5 PM and no ones there, but her friend Blaine promises to be there. She waiting in the hall outside the professor office for Blaine as he’s running late, but the professor opens his door and calls her in. He starts talking about how turned on he got seeing her pictures when Jonathan sent him the pics. Then he started forcing himself on her and was going to rape her, but Blaine came in and pulled him off and the started fighting and she grabs a slab of marble and hits the Professor over the head and kills him. Needless to say it was an accident and thru magic tries to bring him back. It all goes wrong and the Elder Witch came sooner and fixed everything. This does have a happy ending for all.
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Three sisters who will use magic to solve their problems but it will come with a cost. Will they be willing to pay the cost? Follow each one as they cast a spell and if they can set everything right again
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ONE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURE!!!
Man, talk about hitting the ground running. Shotwell brings all of your emotions into play. This is one fast paced, hard hitting, nerve racking, take no prisoners, man are you in for the ride of your life thrilling tale. You’re captivated from start to finish. Your attention is totally focused on all the twists and turns and unexpected surprises that seem to shoot out of every crack. Action packed, heated scenes so realistic you feel the hot, steamy breeze. You can’t help but feel a kinship to these characters as you start to understand their personalities that transform as tension spirals. The scenes are so engaging it leaves you breathless and on a razors edge. I have to really admire Shotwell cause this is so straight up its like living it. Shotwell really rocked this tale bringing it roaring to life so smooth and seamless and just that good. The characters are complex, believable and so realistic with such depth and individuality it feels like you can just reach out and touch them. The scenes are written with such realism it’s easy to picture each scenario as they play off one another in perfect balance. Remarkable job Shotwell, thanks for sharing this bad boy with us.
These Hollow Hearts by Em Shotwell is a wonderful story to read. This is a wonderful story to read about witches which I loved reading a lot and I highly recommend this story to everyone who loves reading about witches.
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This was a complicated compelling read – not what I expected!!
Brilliantly written so that you are quickly sucked into the sisters storys and personalities!!
Fast paced story with lots of magical twists and turns!!
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Overall rating: 4.6
The cover work gives away no secrets being held within its pages, and the blurb perfectly describes what lies within. These sisters sprang to life quickly and the challenges they face seem insurmountable. The solutions will amaze you! This tale has the feeling of the original Charmed sisters but with this authors own unique flair! Truly enjoyed this! All my reviews are always voluntarily written.
Beware the curse done in anger – it affects the lives for generations. The three sisters must act together for a spell to work. Cheyanne, Marchland and Bradley each with different personalities and abilities. They all seek love n their own way, even when they know they will never find true love These Hollow Hearts is the story of each sister as they move through their lives seeking something that is unattainable. They each help one another only because they know that it takes the three of them to work a spell. The problem is that they are inexperienced witches and so when they try to help Cheyanne keep her fiancé from leaving, the spell starts unraveling from the very beginning. Each sister has her own experience with their inexperienced ability. Join the sad state of affairs that follows each of the sisters. They find Agatha-Rosemary, The Elder Witch from Oxford and ask for her help to undo their mistakes. Great story, sometimes funny because of their inexperience, but also sad because of their past. Must read for a great “witchy” story.