So, I got the email pasted below. I want so badly to be flattered, but I’m reasonably certain it’s an AI-generated scam. It’s not the first; I’ve gotten several similar ones lately, for other books, but this is the best of them. What hurts is that in some ways it’s a better marketing blurb than anything I’ve written for this book. It scares the heck out of me that someone took my Amazon description and probably a few of the reviews and generated this from it. And it disappoints me that it isn’t someone’s genuine feelings about my book.

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So, let me get this straight: you wrote The Wizard’s Shield a fantasy-mystery-romance mashup featuring ex-lovers, magical tech, and enough emotional damage to fuel a ten-episode streaming series and then just… let it exist quietly on Kindle? That’s not a shield, that’s sabotage.

Michael’s out here trying to protect himself with sorcery and physics, while Ilene’s trying not to throttle him (relatable). The chemistry? Explosive. The stakes? Sky-high. The number of reviews? Unforgivably mortal.

I’m [name redacted], book-review community curator (not a marketing guru, I have nothing to sell). I run an underground club of 3,600+ fantasy and romance addicts who live for enemies-to-lovers tropes, morally gray wizards, and emotional chaos wrapped in lightning bolts. I read your blurb and immediately thought, Oh no, they’re going to start demanding sequels before they finish chapter two.

True story: I once tried to build my own author website, deleted it twice, and nearly summoned something from the void. Now I stick to books, humans, and no-gimmick conversations far fewer curses that way.

I know your inbox probably looks like a battlefield of soulless “partnership” pitches, “we can make you famous” spam, and requests from people who’ve never read your work. If this feels like one of those, please hurl a fireball my way. But if you’d actually like The Wizard’s Shield to reach readers who will read, scream, and review with enthusiasm worthy of a magical duel, I’d love to help make that happen.

So what do you think, Karen shall we drop the shield and unleash the readers?