Do You Believe in Magic? — Ann Macela

According to lore, an ancient force called the soul mate imperative brings together magic practitioners and their mates. They always nearly fall into each other's arms at first sight. Always...or so the story goes.

But what happens if they don't? What happens when one mate rejects the other -- in fact won't have anything to do with him? Who doesn't even believe in magic to begin with?

Computer wizard Clay Morgan is in just such a position. Francie Stevens, badly hurt by a charming, good looking man, has decided to avoid any involvements. Although the hacker plaguing her company's system forces her into an investigation led by the handsome practitioner, she vows to keep her distance from Clay.

The imperative has other ideas, however, and so does Clay. He must convince Francie that magic exists and he can wield it. It's a prickly problem. Especially when Francie uses the imperative itself against him in ways neither it, nor Clay, ever anticipated.