Ayla Ruse's IT'S IN THE MIX

It's In the Mix by Ayla Ruse

IT’S IN THE MIX by Ayla Ruse

Mix 1 part narrow minded fairy with 1 part human bachelor to get 2 parts love everlasting.

Aisling is not happy to be tending bar in a human pub. Her fairy aunt predicted she’d find love by the next full moon, and that means she should be back in Ireland — not in the middle of Massachusetts.

Despite the happy married lives of his friends, Daniel is content to remain a bachelor. After all, the pretty new bartender may want to come home with him. Why spoil that with a relationship?

Something might have happened on its own, but a mischievous pub owner slips each of them a Wit & Wizardry brew known to contain a powerful love potion. Before either can say a word, Aisling and Daniel find themselves tumbling headlong into love.

The Beauty of a Short Story

For many years I avoided anything that even hinted at a short story. I don’t know, maybe it hailed from school days when that description meant hours of homework to dissect something the author probably wrote because there was an amazing little idea that just had to be put on paper.

Regardless of the reason, I avoided this type of story like the plague. I thought, if I couldn’t sink my teeth into a tale, if I couldn’t lose sleep because I became immersed in some 300+ pages, it wasn’t worth reading.

Then I wrote one.

With the first novella I wrote several years ago, I fell in love. Short stories are little bits, I’ll admit it, but you can still sink your teeth into them. You can still lose sleep reading them (especially if you wait to start reading one a 11 PM), and you can finish one with a happy smile, a sigh, and a, “man, that was good.”

If you’ve ever been in doubt, don’t be anymore. Add a short story or two to your TBR piles. I’m sure you’ll be glad you did!

Following is my latest short story release. Enjoy.

 

It's In the Mix by Ayla Ruse

It’s In the Mix (a Wit & Wizardry story) by Ayla Ruse

Mix 1 part narrow minded fairy with 1 part human bachelor to get 2 parts love everlasting.

Aisling is not happy to be tending bar in a human pub. Her fairy aunt predicted she’d find love by the next full moon, and that means she should be back in Ireland — not in the middle of Massachusetts.

Despite the happy married lives of his friends, Daniel is content to remain a bachelor. After all, the pretty new bartender may want to come home with him. Why spoil that with a relationship?

Something might have happened on its own, but a mischievous pub owner slips each of them a Wit & Wizardry brew known to contain a powerful love potion. Before either can say a word, Aisling and Daniel find themselves tumbling headlong into love.

Unfortunately, all is not happily ever after. Aisling does not want to love a human, and Daniel believes he’s unfairly pressured her into being with him. When the pair settle down to breathe, can they discover something deeper to bind them, or will daylight make the heady effects of a potioned brew fade away?

Excerpt

“Here, Aisling. Drink up.”

Aisling had her head on her arms on the little table in the break room. She lifted her head at Dirv’s voice. He held out a shot glass with something green inside.

She eyed the drink. “What’s this?”

“Just a little something I mixed up. An old Russian drink of apology. I know you don’t like to work with humans. This is my way of saying I’m sorry.”

She looked from the drink to Dirv and back again. “Will it make me drunk?” It could be nice to be drunk, she thought absently, if it could make that delicious human get out of her thoughts.

Again he shrugged his bony shoulders. “I don’t know. It doesn’t make me drunk, but I’m a leshy, so very little makes me drunk. Your being fairy, I don’t know how it will affect you. But that’s not the point. Drink up. It’s an apology. Refusal will insult me.”

She shrugged. “Why not?” She took the offered glass and tipped it back in one long swallow. It didn’t burn like she’d expected, but the taste was one she knew all too well.

She sputtered, but it was too late. The brew had gone down. “What was in that?” she demanded.

“Just a little of this and a little of that.”

“You put Wit & Wizardry beer in that!”

“Of course. You think I make an apology drink with my vodka? No, you don’t like that stuff. You like Wizardry brew. So I made the drink with that.”

“You aren’t supposed to use that stuff!”

“I’m not supposed to sell it. I didn’t sell it. I told you I’d never sell from that batch. Besides, there is some missing anyway. One more beer gone won’t hurt.”

“Dirv! You used the brew with the love potion in it.” Her nerves began to hum as thoughts of that handsome human flooded her mind. Daniel. She started to mellow at thoughts of him, then her spine snapped straight.

No. No human. She could not love a human.

 

It’s In the Mix is a novella length Paranormal Romance

Buy Links:

Changeling Press:  https://www.changelingpress.com/product.php?&upt=book&ubid=2620

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Its-Mix-Wit-Wizardry-Multi-Author-ebook/dp/B074N6XRXV

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/its-in-the-mix-ayla-ruse/1126954254?ean=2940158761690

 

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About Ayla

Handed a historical romance at young age, Ayla Ruse fell in love with love and with happy endings.  Having grown up living life tasting a little of this and a little of that has not changed this attitude, but it’s expanded her views.  Love isn’t always happy and it isn’t always the way a person “thinks it should be.”  Sometimes it’s outside the box, and it’s always a challenge. 

Ayla is a stay-at-home mother who, in cooler weather, loves being outdoors, reading, and exploring.  You can contact her through any of the following:

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