The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff

The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff

Alysha Gale -- born into a family of witches consumed by power and lust and dominated by a horde of not-so-subtle aunties -- finds more than yo-yos in her recently inherited junkshop in Calgary.
  






Suggestions for further reading:

A Discover of Witches by Deborah Harkness

Attempting to escape her magical family by engrossing herself in academia, Diana unintentionally ignites the interest of the magical underworld and draws the attention of a remarkably handsome vampire.

Faking It by Jennifer Crusie

A family of high-spirited women have more than a few secrets locked away in the basement of their art gallery. When Tilda encounters a dashing conman with overlapping goals, they form an exhilarating partnership.

A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angels and Other Subversive Spirits by Carol K. Mack

An upbeat and well-researched look at the mythical, mystical, and unusually devious inhabitants of what Tanya Huff calls the Under Realm.

Books Read or Heard in 2012

Read or Heard in 2012:

1. The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco (finished January)
2. Dark Fire by C.J. Sansom (finished January)
3. Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart (finished February)
4.  A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (finished February 2)
5. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (finished February 28)
6. Still Alice by Lisa Genova (finished March)
7. The Cat Who Sang for the Birds by Lillian Jackson Braun
8. The Master & Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
9. The Help by Kathryn Stockett (finished April 5)
10. Forgotten Country by Catherine Chung (finished May 15)
11. Lost by Gregory Maguire (finished June 9)
12. Amsterdam by Ian McEwan (finished June 11)
13. The Scar by Sergey Dyachenko (finished June 28)
14. Mason-Dixon Knitting by Kay Gardiner (finished July 7)
15. The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro (finished July 16)
16. The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card (finished July 19)
17. The Secret History by Donna Tartt (finished July 31)
18. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (finished August)
19. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (finished August 13)
20. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (finished August 15)
21. Death Comes to Pemberly by P.D. James (finished August 23)
22. The Tourist by Olen Seinhauer (finished August 31)
23. The Dark Horse by Craig Johnson (finished September 1)
24. Arabella by Georgette Heyer (finished September 2)
25. The Shootist by Glendon Swarthout (finished September 7)
26. The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb (finished September 18)
27. The Brothers Sisters by Patrick deWitt (finished September)
28. Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie (finished September 20)
29. Blankets by Craig Thompson (finished September 30)
30. 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami (finished October 4)
31. The Last Light of the Sun by Guy Gavriel Kay (finished October 18)
32. Way Station by Clifford Simak (finished October)
33. The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff (finished November 4)
34. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (finished November 17)
35. Soulless by Gail Carriger (finished December)
36. The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin (finished December)
37. The Shadowed Sun by N.K. Jemisin (finished December)

Started but Abandoned in 2012:

1. Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin
2. The Undutchables by Colin White