title: Willow the Vampire and the Sacred Grove: Welcome to Stinkforth-upon-Avon, an entirely slayer-free zone where vampires can thrive!
author:  Miss Maria Thermann 
description: Maria Thermann is a full time freelance writer and translator and a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers &amp; Illustrators. In her spare time she is an enthusiastic participant of the German Language Club at the Open University, a social gathering for people who wish to keep their German language skills up-to-date. She was born in 1960 and studied German/English Literature and Linguistics at Hamburg University. Maria's career includes working for a Reed Elsevier flagship business magazine. After redundancy, Maria worked as Finance Manager for a media company dealing with classified advertising for publications such as TIME Magazine and the expat title The Weekly Telegraph. Later she worked in accounts related roles for a variety of organisations, before moving to Wales to start her freelance writing and translating career. She is currently working on her first German language crime novel.
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  # Influential Magic
  
  
  It’s tough being a faery in New Orleans, a city fraught with
  vampires…especially when their very existence drains your life-force.
  
  
  Willow Rhoswen, owner of The Fated Cupcake and part-time vampire hunter for
  the Void is having a rough week. Four years after her twin brother’s
  mysterious death, Willow’s life is threatened and the director saddles her
  with a new partner—her ex-boyfriend, David. To her horror, he’s turned vamp,
  which causes her physical pain whenever she touches him…and any other specimen
  of the undead.
  
  
  In order to save Willow’s life, David agrees to turn double agent against the
  most powerful vampire organization in New Orleans. Or so he says. And she’s
  convinced they know something about her brother’s death. Unsure where David’s
  loyalties lie, she turns to Talisen, her childhood crush, to help her solve
  the mystery.
  
  
  Caught between two gorgeous men and a director who’ll stop at nothing to
  control Willow’s gifts, she’ll have to