The Talking Cure, Book One:

Magic Through Psychiatry

A novel by Barb Lien-Cooper & Park Cooper

A book about grief, trauma, and people healing each other. And magic.

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The Talking Cure Book One: Magic Through Psychiatry

“ . . . honestly, I can vividly see this as a television series. It would’ve been right at home airing before or after Pushing Daisies.”

– Michael Stinson, author of BITEMARK

The story

Zach Cutter claims he’s not really an antiques dealer as such, but that he’s really a supernatural investigator.

* Zach claims he’s got repressed memories, missing at least a year of his life, probably more.

* Zach claims he can do magic. Not stage magician magic– REAL magic.

* Zach claims he’s got FEELINGS for his new psychiatrist, Dr. Cynthia Mann.

* Zach claims a LOT of problematic things.

But they’re ALL TRUE.

After a disturbing case in New York made Dr. Cynthia Mann wonder if the supernatural might actually be real, she’s started her life and her practice all over again in Cleveland, where she meets a new patient, stranger than any she’s ever met before—and far more charming than anyone she’s ever met, too.

During the progress Zach makes as Cynthia’s patient, he tells her stories about his past, and their relationship slowly edges from a doctor-patient one to a friendship—and Zach clearly wouldn’t mind if it became more.

Together, Cynthia and Zach will have to find a way for him to get out of the trouble he stumbled into long ago…

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Critical praise

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“THE DRESDEN FILES Meets THE PRINCE OF TIDES. Paranormal with just the right hint of romance.”

—anonymous reader

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“I enjoyed this book from the first word to the last. I love that there are facts in the book from different cultures. I love the supernatural elements. But mostly I love the way that I cared about both of the main characters and the other characters.”

—Carol Seufert, Educator and Reviewer

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“This story is just done well, full stop, and that’s where all the enjoyment comes from– it’s an excellent creative team putting out an excellent story.”

—David Doub, author of DUSK

[A]n engaging and exhilarating paranormal read. . . a great job of world-building and infusing humor and wit . . . Captivating, heartfelt, and entertaining–

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Barb Lien-Cooper and Park Cooper. They each have leather-looking jackets and dark pants on. Barb has a long blue scarf, and Park has a dark sort of goatee thing.
Barb Lien-Cooper and Park Cooper.

About the authorS

Barb Lien-Cooper & Park Cooper

Barb and Park are a married-couple team of writers who create under the name of Wicker Man Studios. Their tagline is Wicker Man Studios: Relationship Dramas in Spooky Worlds.

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