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The Witching Well
Series · 4 books · 2014-2022

Books in series

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#1

The Highwayman Incident

A time-travel romance

2014

Celia Quinn's business lies in ruins at the hands of Jason West, the latest in a long line of scoundrels. As she seeks to restore her family's livelihood, Celia stumbles upon lore about the local Witching Well, whose water is said to cause hysteria and psychosis. When a mysterious stranger slips Celia water from the well into her drink, she’s transported to Regency England. Her timeless adventure spans miles and centuries from modern-day New England to Merlin's Cave in Cornwall, England. Only Jason West can save her. But Celia and Jason must tread carefully, as what happens in the past can reverberate through the ages. Their lives, hearts and futures are caught in time’s slippery hands.
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#2

The Cowboy Encounter

2015

An alternate cover edition of ASIN B00UM6B7TK can be found here. Love beyond time ... When Becca Martin stumbles into the Witching Well, she finds that all of her medical training can’t protect her from the dangers of 1870 Colorado and the charms of Clint Warwick. Convinced that her excursion into a distant past and place is nothing more than a delusion, she indulges in a fantastical romance, but when hostilities take a deadly turn, Becca fears she’ll lose not only her heart, but perhaps a future she could never have imagined. From a modern day New York City mental hospital to the Rocky Mountains of the Wild West, The Cowboy Encounter is a romantic romp that proves once again that love is timeless.
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#4

The Rainforest Rendezvous

2021

Love beyond time... Despite two of her grown children having time traveled, DeeDee refuses to believe the Witching Well legends. Sending people back through time? Finding true love? She’s not young and dumb. When Witching Well water is slipped into her tea, DeeDee is cast afloat in a timeless adventure to the Brazilian Rainforest. She meets herds of capybaras, pink dolphins, and Liam Hastings, a World War One fighter pilot in search of the mythical Lost City of the Caesars. Desperate to return to her real life, she bribes Liam to take her home. Thrown together in impossible situations, Liam and DeeDee are pitted in a race against not only villains but time itself. The Rainforest Rendezvous is a romantic romp proving that love is timeless and, with a little help from the Witching Well, anything is possible. This is the fourth book in the Witching Well series, but all of the books can be read independently
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#5

The Rancher's Romance

2022

A sip from the Witching Well will turn Brad and Mia's worlds upside down, but can it save their marriage?Brad West's business is on the verge of bankruptcy. His wife wants a divorce. Life looks grim. The Witching Well, he decides, is the answer. His great, great grandfather had once owned oil-rich Wyoming land but sold it before the oil discovery. Brad's plan is to travel back to the 1930s, buy the land, and secure the deed. But, of course, Wyoming in the midst of the Great Depression isn't a walk in the park. Buying the sheep ranch isn't as easy as Brad had thought it would be—his pesky ancestor has a host of conditions. And things get a lot more complicated when Mia shows up with divorce papers... Will he make it out alive and with his heart intact? The experience challenges everything he thought he knew about life, love, and, of course, sheep. From modern-day New England to the Golden Age of Hollywood and a Wyoming sheep ranch in the midst of the Great Depression, water from the Witching Well proves once again that love knows no boundaries.

Author

Kristy Tate
Kristy Tate
Author · 35 books

Dr. Seuss was my first love. When my mom left me in the children’s section of the library I’d find Horton and the Cat. My mom hated the good doctor and refused to checkout his books. He was my secret, guilty pleasure. Eventually, I read about Narnia, Oz and Green Gables. When my mom grew too sick to visit the library, a friend brought her a stash of romances which she kept in a big box beside her bed. Weekly, this good friend replenished the box. My mom didn’t know I read her books; it was like the Seuss affair, only sexier. Reading became my escape from a horrific and scary situation. Immersed in a story, I didn’t have to think about the life and death drama taking place on the other side of my bedroom wall. Books were my hallucinogenic drug of choice. In college, I studied literature and fell in love with Elliot, Willa and too many others to mention. (This had no similarity to my dating life.) I’m no longer a child living with a grieving father and a dying mother, nor am I the co-ed in search of something or someone real, nonfictional. I’m an adult blessed with an abundance of love. I love my Heavenly Father and His son, my husband and family, my dog, my friends, my neighbors, my writing group, the birds outside my window. Because I’m a writer, I also love my characters. I adore their pluck, courage and mettle. I admire the way they face and overcome hardships. But, as in any romance, I sometimes I get angry with them and think that they are too stupid to live. At those times, I have to remind myself that they live only in my imagination, unless I share. Writing for me is all about sharing—giving back to the world that has so generously shared with me—because I learned a long time ago that the world is full of life and death dramas. Sometimes we need a story to help us escape. And we need as much love as we can find. That’s why I write romance.

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