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- ↑ Heather Webber’s blog
- ↑ Truly, Madly, Publishers Weekly, 12/14/2009.
- ↑ A Hoe Lot of Trouble, RT Book Reviews, June 2004.
- ↑ It Takes a Witch: A Wishcraft Mystery, Publishers Weekly, 11/28/2011.
- ↑ Magic Potion Mysteries
- ↑ "Wishcraft Mysteries". www.heatherblakebooks.com. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
- ↑ "Magic Potion Mysteries". www.heatherblakebooks.com. Retrieved 2017-01-26.