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Candy Crone is a Christmas Short Story standalone in the bestselling Hawthorne University Witch Series.

Candy Crone

The Hawthorne University Witch Series Book 8

By A.L. Hawke

Genre: Paranormal Holiday Fantasy

Candy Crone is a Christmas Short Story standalone following Shadow Cast in the Hawthorne University Witch Series.

While I’m enjoying a spicy caramel apple surprise at our local ice cream parlor, an old lady in rags rambles nonsense about candy canes to children waiting for Santa. That distracts me from prepping my young friend Cat for her college interview at Hawthorne University.

Christmas turns into creepy Halloween when all the local children, including Cat, disappear in the woods. Bryce and I search our forest but become spellbound. All this voracious casting heralds the arrival of a new witch in town. The Candy Crone.

As the Hawthorne Witch, I hold great power, but with my unborn baby kicking, the witch exploits my sins and vices through gluttony. Am I nothing more than my appetites and power as the Hawthorne Witch? Or can I accomplish something greater? If I can’t sort my stuff out, Cat, my unborn baby, Chandra, and all these innocent kids living in Hawthorne are toast.

Cadence Hawthorne returns in this Christmas novella taking place after Shadow Cast, book 6, in The Hawthorne University Witch Series. Candy Crone is a complete self-contained novella not ending in cliffhangers. Some spoilers cannot be avoided, but the story is a STANDALONE book that can be enjoyed without reading the preceding novels.

Content Warning: Candy Crone contains profanity, adult situations and, of course, witchcraft.

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A.L. Hawke is the author of the bestselling Hawthorne University Witch series. The author lives in Southern California torching the midnight candle over lovers against a backdrop of machines, nymphs, magic, spice and mayhem. A.L. Hawke writes fantasy and romance spanning four thousand years, from pre-civilization to contemporary and beyond.

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What are your top 10 favorite books/authors?

Twilight, Dune, Catcher in the Rye, Carrie, Childhood’s End, Shining

How long have you been writing?

10 years, publishing for 6

Do the characters all come to you at the same time or do some of them come to you as you write?

It’s gradual, they’re all coming alive as I tell the story.

What kind of research do you do before you begin writing a book?

Never before starting to write. I research during novel writing. And it’s not always book research. Sometimes it’s watching similar movies or checking out youtube videos.

Do you see writing as a career?

Yes.

What do you think about the current publishing market?

It’s tough and constantly being transformed. There’s so many changes coming with AI. It remains to be seen what impact computers will have on the industry. I think AI is as significant a change as the invention of the ebook. It’s going to transform everything.

Do you read yourself and if so what is your favorite genre?

I read what I write. Paranormal fantasy, romance, science fiction.

Do you prefer to write in silence or with noise? Why?

That depends. Sometimes I write in the dark. Sometimes in a coffee house. Sometimes with music. There’s no exact “ritual” anymore.