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Wicked Games: A Futuristic Urban Fantasy Novel (TechWitch Book 1) Kindle Edition

by M.J. Scott (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 1,826 ratings
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Enjoy this exciting dark and sexy futuristic urban fantasy series from RITA® Award nominated author M.J. Scott.

My mother was a wicked witch. Her spells brought nothing but trouble. Since her death, with no power of my own, I’ve stayed far away from magic . . .

In a San Francisco struggling with earthquakes and rising seas, where technology can do things that are close enough to magic, Maggie Lachlan is a computer whisperer. The one they call when no one else can find the elusive bug bringing a complex system to its knees. They call her the TechWitch. But she knows there’s nothing magical about what she does. It’s just hard-earned skill.

So, when billionaire Damon Riley, owner of the world’s biggest virtual reality gaming company, comes calling with a problem that his entire empire of geeks can’t fix, Maggie leaps at the job. Riley Arts is the kind of place she feels at home. All tech. No magic. Except, perhaps, for the undeniable chemistry she has with the man in charge.

But she never imagined stepping into one of Damon’s games would break a spell she didn't know she was under and free the magic her mother said she didn't possess.

Now she has a demon hunting her and the magical world she knows nothing about to navigate. To save herself—and the world—she needs to learn fast.

Because, when it comes to magic, the games are wicked. And losing can be deadly…

Wicked Games is the first book in the TechWitch series, an exciting dark and sexy futuristic urban fantasy from RITA® Award nominated author M.J. Scott. This series has witches, demons, an ongoing relationship that will have an HEA, sexy times, and a lot of computer geeks. Perfect if you like the idea of a strong heroine, a hot protective billionaire and magic and technology colliding. Enjoy!

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What people are saying about M.J. Scott

“Exciting and rife with political intrigue and magic…” RT Book Reviews

“everything I love about Urban Fantasies, kick butt action, fantastic characters, romance that makes the heart beat fast…” Seeing Night Reviews

“Scott’s writing is rather superb” Bookworm Blues

“Strong and complex world building, emotionally layered relationships, and enough action to keep me up long past my bedtime.” Vampire Book Club

“The story’s real strength lies in the web of intrigue Scott creates around her characters.” Publisher’s Weekly
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From the Publisher

A woman in a suit standing before a glowing futuristic screen. Her hands are glowing too.
A woman in a suit standing before a glowing futuristic screen. Her hands are glowing too.
A woman in a suit standing before a glowing futuristic screen. Her hands are glowing too.
To Catch a Witch cover with girl in hoodie looking over a city skyline

Four paperback books Wicked Games Wicked Words Wicked Nights Wicked Dreams
The TechWitch series reading order

  1. Wicked Games
  2. Wicked Words
  3. Wicked Nights
  4. Wicked Dreams

To Catch A Witch: A TechWitch short story

A young witch in hiding.

A night that was supposed to be fun.

But when things turn dangerous, her magic might be the

only option...

To Catch A Witch is a short story set in the TechWitch universe and is available only to my newsletter subscribers.

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What people are saying about M.J. Scott

"Exciting and rife with political intrigue and magic..." RT Book Reviews

"everything I love about Urban Fantasies, kick butt action, fantastic characters, romance that makes the heart beat fast..." Seeing Night Reviews

"Scott's writing is rather superb" Bookworm Blues

"Strong and complex world building, emotionally layered relationships, and enough action to keep me up long past my bedtime." Vampire Book Club

"The story's real strength lies in the web of intrigue Scott creates around her characters." Publisher's Weekly

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07HG5KTCK
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ emscott enterprises (October 9, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 9, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2092 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 422 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 1,826 ratings

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M.J. Scott is a RITA® Award nominated author of fantasy and urban fantasy. She is an unrepentant bookworm. Luckily she grew up in a family that fed her a properly varied diet of books and these days is surrounded by people who are understanding of her story addiction.

When not wrestling one of her own stories to the ground, she can generally be found reading someone else's. Her other distractions include yarn, cat butlering, dark chocolate and fabric. Sign up for all the news, sales, exclusive content and general shenanigans, sign up for her newsletter at www.mjscott.net.

She also writes contemporary romance as Melanie Scott and Emma Douglas and she lives in Melbourne, Australia.

You can also find her on Instagram https://instagram.com/melwrites or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AuthorMJScott/

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4.3 out of 5 stars
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Gerry Mc
5.0 out of 5 stars A well crafted treat
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2024
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Nice world build with well developed characters and a pleasant storyline including two romantic partners with a barrel full of angst. Add in some nascent magic and a demon and it's off to the races.
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Eternal Senshi
4.0 out of 5 stars This damned book
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2019
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Had me up until 3 am on two separate days. It's easily a 4.5 star book for me. And why do I give it that score? I'm glad you asked. Because it's FRICKIN' AWESOME!

Now, this isn't the first novel by MJ Scott that I have read. I own paperback copies of her Half-Light series. They are enjoyable reads, a brief flirting with fantasy worlds and semi-memorable characters. But they were also juvenile. The books felt like they were in a childhood stage and I was really looking forward to the author maturing in her own talent. So of course when her next novel, A Shattered Court, came out I had to buy it. And unfortunately the budding relationship between myself and her novels came to a halt. An event occurs in the novel that just made me shake my head and close the book shut because it was so silly and unbelievable. I lost interest right then and there.

So as I finished up a novel on my kindle app, lo and behold, there's a recommended novel by MJ Scott. I am ashamed to admit that I had forgotten all about her :( The synopsis sounded right up my alley as I've been on a sci-fi kick as of late (Pippa Dacosta, Ann Aguirre). I immediately downloaded a sample and found myself totally engrossed in the tech world that MJ Scott has concocted up. Because I was burned once before, I was hesitant to purchase the full novel. But my faith in her and this story that was begging to be to told won me over. I am SO GLAD I bought this book.

The book starts off with our main character, Maggie, who is kind of a tech-head. The current world is futuristic and advanced vr gaming dominates a great portion of this slice of the main character's view. She's in her late 20's, relatable, honest, and normal. I like all these characteristics because you can almost believe that the people on the pages are real. She resides with her best friend who is also her room mate and a major gaming junkie. On a subtle note here, it's cool that she was a female gamer instead of the cliche male gamer. It's like, yes, we do exist, god damn it.

Anyways, I digress. Maggie hints here and there that she definitely had an abnormal upbringing. A very lonely and neglected one at that. You can tell that she's obviously suffered from it psychologically. It's not always present in your face but it is there in the background. The pacing and timing at which you find out the whole story is revealed perfectly.

Maggie takes on a job at a software gaming company to try to find out why the game is turning people crazy.

Enter the owner of the company: Damon. Of course he's good looking, masculine, smart, and also a millionaire. I almost rolled my eyes at this Christian Gray wannabe... but as I read on I started to like him a bit. The millionaire thing wasn't shoved into your face like how many authors are doing these days. But he did things that a very busy business owner wouldn't really have time to do. Like he always had time for Maggie. Accompanied her nearly everywhere in the beginning. Had a driver to take them around, etc. This is where I dropped my star rating from 5 to 4.5. He was almost borderline becoming the cliche millionaire boyfriend. It was a fine line there for quite some moments.

Of course the relationship between Maggie and Damon progresses. It almost happens too fast but MJ Scott did a good job on portraying their emotions and having them handle it like adults and making it realistic.

As Maggie works towards figuring out what is wrong with Damon's latest wip, eerie and sinister things start to happen around her. I was reading this book in the dark at 3am and even I was getting creeped out. I loved it!

By the middle-end of the novel you get a good feel as to what is going on and you feel for Maggie as the truth of her childhood comes to light. A deep betrayal years in the making.

While learning about herself and trying to come to terms with who and what she is, the sinister evil after her is off making it's own plans to lure her back.

By the time I reached the ending I was surprised, sad, and left wanting MORE!

I can't WAIT for the next in the series. Every few chapters or so I had to remind myself that this was an MJ Scott novel. She has totally reinvented her writing and has come up with such a unique book and a world that you can just fall right into. There is so much more to be explored in this series and I have high hopes for it all.

The writing style that I thought was almost juvenile has grown into it's own and is magnificent.

There are a few spelling errors in this book that were slightly distracting as I had to re-read the sentences to make sure I wasn't reading it wrong.

This is a unique sci-fi novel with a techie twist to it that just works so well. There is romance, mystery, some horror and some action as well. If this sounds like your thing, GIVE IT A TRY!
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Poet girl
5.0 out of 5 stars What happens when a tech witch finds out she’s a real witch?
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2024
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Excellent world-building. Tech meets magic meets computer gaming, with demons and imps thrown in for a spicy mixture…and a love story to top it off.
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Jo Perry
3.0 out of 5 stars A Good Read!!!!!
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2023
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It was indeed a good read. However, I don't particularly like the usage of the f*** word ..... the use of that particular word diminished the reading experience. It also limits
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J. Hildebrandt
4.0 out of 5 stars Good opening to a series with a tempting premise.
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2023
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Wicked Games is a good series opener whose characters keep you engaged in a story that has at its core an intriguing premise that tempts you to read more. The writing is solid with none of the usual features of bad writing prevalent in so many urban fantasy books these days. I only gave it 4 out of 5 because it was weak on the world-building, though what was there was interesting. Interesting enough that I wanted more. I also would have liked a deeper exploration of what Maggie does and how without getting too far into the weeds. It was never made clear if her skills were just that or if it was her magic finding a different route to express itself since she was blocked in the traditional way. The climax was also a bit of a letdown in that is was both somewhat predictible as well as unfortunate for another character I really wanted fleshed out a bit more. Overall, this was well worth the time and the money; I sped through the pages and was left wanting more from this world.
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Katiesrn
5.0 out of 5 stars So FUN!
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2024
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A different fresh storyline. Love it!
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Steve McSheffrey
5.0 out of 5 stars A Surprise Delight
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2023
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I was looking for a distraction waiting for the Tuesday releases and got way more than I hoped for. The plan was to set this aside Tuesday and return to it Wednesday or Thursday. Instead the two books I was anxiously awaiting didn't get started until I finished it. I read the free prequel and the next two books after the new books and I am eagerly awaiting book four. These books star a believable hero and the whole supporting cast are all well developed and grow with each book. The trials they face are well thought out and I've only figured out one surprise ahead of time in three and a half books. Well worth everyone's time reading!
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Sheila Lewis
3.0 out of 5 stars First half was great.
Reviewed in Canada on April 5, 2023
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Enjoyed the first half, the writing was really good. Descriptions were on point. Maggie is a decent character, and the idea of her being a code specialist was intriguing and unique. I really wish she had of spent more time with the code, finding things via the code, rather than through Cassandra.

Once the Cassandra character came in to play things quickly began to drag as we went through chapter after chapter of witchcraft 101. Personally, I could have done without the witchcraft and left it with the demon and imps to satisfy the supernatural part of the plot.

Damon was awesome to start. But he went so rapidly from friendly to obsessive boyfriend to stone cold, it was a bit of a head-spinner.

Wicked Games had all the elements of a great Urban Fantasy Romance, but the second half was disjointed, it was like two different stories and I didn't enjoy the latter story at all.

Unfortunately, I won't be joining Maggie and Damon on their next adventure.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Saved at a price
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 24, 2023
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Well there are lots of wonderful characters and plenty of battles but hero’s don’t always win all of them - sadness and happiness are two sides to the same coin
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Cherylyn
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!
Reviewed in Australia on March 18, 2019
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Extremely engrossing book with great world building, captivating characters and a sizzling romance to top it all off. The chemistry between the protagonists is very steamy as well. I NEED the next one!
I usually prefer books set in a more historical background, whether that's actually historically accurate or a completely made up world but based on historical concepts and traditions and this is therefore out of my usual reading genre but I highly recommend!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Like A cross of Ready Player One and Practical Magic
Reviewed in Canada on July 10, 2022
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Like a cross of Ready Player One and Practical Magic
Loved it but be warned that it isn't one big happily ever after at the end.
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Mel
4.0 out of 5 stars Very different, magic and tech together
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 18, 2022
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I enjoyed this book although it's quite different to what I usually read. It took me some time to get into it but then I fell in love with Maggie and Damon.
I really liked the idea of interface chips being implanted, although only as fiction! I would love to have learned more about Sara and how she bound Maggie, maybe a prequel would be a good addition?
The spice was surprising as I wasn't expecting it, but it is well written and very hot! I'm intrigued to know what happens next as I can't see where the story would go from here
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