What if you could cast a spell to help you do your everyday job? But . . . you weren’t able to cast a spell on any person or any thing except yourself? An ancient legend, the soul-mate imperative, is reputed to bring magic practitioners together and grant them new powers.
But Daria Morgan, management consultant and practitioner, doesn’t want or need either a man or enhanced talents, not at the cost of losing control over her own life and not even in the hope of repairing her supposed “flawed” spell-casting abilities. John “Bent” Benthausen is a corporate trouble-shooter who needs her help at work; he also wants her in his bed, but only temporarily. In the past, he’s learned some harsh lessons about commitment and knows it’s not for him.
The imperative, however, has persuasive techniques of its own and gets aid from an unlikely source: the crooks in Bent’s company who are after both of them. Then it’s time for Daria and Bent to experience the Oldest Kind of Magic.
What if you could cast a spell to help you do your everyday job? But . . . that didn’t help when an ancient force brought you and your soul mate together, and you weren’t ready?
Magic practitioners in the modern world have supernatural skills to do their everyday jobs. They also have a legendary force, the imperative, that brings each to his or her soul mate, who will be the love of their lives. The mates are also guaranteed to recognize each other almost immediately. Or so the stories go.
Consultant Clay Morgan, literally a computer wizard, is going after a hacker for one of his clients. When he meets Francie Stevens, he’s immediately attracted, but thinks because she’s not a practitioner, she can’t be his soul mate. Right?
Francie works for Clay’s client, and the hacker plaguing the company turns out to be the boyfriend of her best friend. She’s had terrible experiences with men in the past, so she’s determined to avoid Clay. They must work together to foil the hacker, however, and the attraction between the two of them is a constant source of worry for her.
Clay realizes quickly that she is his soul mate, and he’s not about to let her get away. First, he must explain magic, get her to agree that it exists, he can wield it, and they’re soul mates who belong together.