The Call

A Psychic Paranormal Romantic Comedy (Building the Circle Book 1)

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Pub Date 5 Feb 2020 | Archive Date 18 Apr 2020

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Description

A wealthy pool addict meets a successful, disabled consultant, beginning a not-so-typical, ridiculously funny paranormal love story.

Matilda is an alpha female.

Bold, decisive, and unapologetically disabled, she is a self-employed strategic consultant in the liquor industry. Her reputation for success has landed her a sales opportunity with Trellis Industries, a global conglomerate that wants to make a new brand of beer.

Jake is tall, dark, handsome, and wealthy. He loves beer and pool, preferably together.

When Matilda shows up in his office doorway, late for the sales meeting, dripping wet, partially frozen, and babbling about a mishap, Jake is certain lady-tears are coming soon. He was not anticipating getting snarked at and shellacked at 8-ball.

Jake and Matty's journey to love - screeching shrews, slobbering dogs, gifted dildos, unfortunate naughty public encounters, and family antics included - is the start of something bigger.

The Call is an inspirational contemporary psychic paranormal romantic comedy and the first book in the Building the Circle series.

A wealthy pool addict meets a successful, disabled consultant, beginning a not-so-typical, ridiculously funny paranormal love story.

Matilda is an alpha female.

Bold, decisive, and unapologetically...


Advance Praise

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5.0 out of 5 stars Call me happy

I'm in love with this book and I can't wait to read the rest of the series. They didn't see her as handicapped and there was so many sparks between Jake and Matty. An absolutelutly beautiful story.

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!!

Quite simply the BEST read I've had in I don't know how long! I'm in love with all the characters so much and I can't wait to read what happens next! Truly an inspirational, funny, interesting storyline. LOVE IT!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow

This book is amazing. I think I have experienced almost all the fealings. I was happy, sad, worried. I was absorbed with the story and couldn't stop reading. I highly recommend it.

Reviews from Amazon

5.0 out of 5 stars Call me happy

I'm in love with this book and I can't wait to read the rest of the series. They didn't see her as handicapped and there was so many sparks between...


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Featured Reviews

I really enjoyed this book, although I was not sure about all the dreams. Interesting characters, and you want things to turn out well for them.

Looking forward ot reading the rest of the series.

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The call is my first novel from this author and I was definitely surprised. Maggie managed to combine a love story, family drama, jealous females, a ton load of him out and even a sprinkle of paranormal. As an avid reader I sometimes read the first of a series and feel no inclination to continue as the characters and plot line are bland.

Maggie managed to hook me with the Intensity of her characters while seamlessly blending various storylines together.

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This is a truly strange and wonderful book. I had zero expectations, but was pulled in so quickly, I literally couldn’t stop reading. It’s funny and romantic and weird - and it all works. The rambling-style dialogue is excessive at times, but doesn’t detract from the story as a whole. I’ll definitely be reading the next book!

I received a copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

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The Call by Maggie M Lily was the first book I have read by her. What can I say, I was absolutely hooked while reading. I was able to read about a bunch of different aspects of life. Most books that I read are heavily relied on with Romance while this one had different parts of life intertwined with it.
Lily surprised me with her writing and I am beyond excited to read the next book!

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I'm absolutely love this romance. Tons of humour that made me giggle and laugh.

The Call is about a love story, family drama and women jealousy. I had zero expectations for this book when I requested it from Netgalley. This book got me hooked from the beginning until the end especially after Matty met Jake. I absolutely love how weird the combination of the story. Like I haven't been reading a book like this before, the one like a love story but involved the whole family and family who is very supportive, kind and very rich. And it also has a bit touch of paranormal. See, a bit weird, right? The good kind of weird.

Matty is funny. I liked her. And her character is cute and I really liked how the Trellis family treated her like their own family. Matty was working with them for the beer project. It all started with the 'Mishap' on her way to meeting where she needed to present her ideas on the beer project. It was a disaster but she finally managed to keep the contract going. Thank God.

Jake is charming, in my opinion. Jake has 7 brothers and 1 sister. He's also dating a supermodel, named Stephanie-Bella. Jake has feelings for Matty but he already has a girlfriend. Is he going to dump his girlfriend just to be with Matty?

Love the writing. It was well written. The plot is amazing and all are in suquence and easy to catch up and remember. The other characters, Hank, Darla, William, Adrian, Ethan, Samuel (my most favorite character), Noah, Matthew, Lucas and Bethany are all likeable. I wish to get to read more about The Trellis Siblings.

Thank you NetGalley and Publisher for providing this book in return for an honest review.

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This book was hilarious. The characters (the entire cast, not just the main characters) were zany and wild. I fell in love with Jake and his entire family, and can't wait to see what is in store for them in the future. I'm still a little unclear on the whole psychic/paranormal portion, but it wasn't a major part of this story.

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When I decided to read this book, I hadn't even read the description before getting started and I'm actually really stoked I downloaded this one! It wasn't what I was expecting at all and made me laugh, swoon, and feel things I didn't know I needed to feel.

Matty's the kind of character you see authors try and write all the time, the ultimate badass, moving forward because she knows what she's capable of.

I truly enjoyed Matty and Jakes story!

Thanks, Maggie M Lily and Netgalley for the E-Arc!

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I loved this book! I liked the dynamic of Jake’s family and the way the romance built between Jake and Marty overtime until it exploded full force. I am definitely continuing with this series, the author can’t write the books fast enough for me!

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Loved this! It was a fun, clean, romance. I do think it was a bit over the top, but it was 100% pure fun escapism.. I then went on to read the entire series.

Thank you to the author, the publisher and Net Galley for the advance copy. This obviously did not impact my review since I went on to read the rest of the series.

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