A country store, a chocolate lab, and a murder that shouldn't be possible.
Fifty-six, widowed, and not nearly as retired as she'd like, Renee never planned to move back to Hemlock Hollow, Vermont. But her aging mother needs help running the family's magical general store—and after decades in Florida, Renee could use a fresh start of her own.
The homecoming is chaotic. The store's enchantments are misfiring, the plumbing runs backward, and a squad of crystal-adorned Roombas has staged a full revolt. The whole town shrugs and blames Mercury retrograde. Renee—former research librarian, lifelong witch—isn't buying it.
Then the beloved town handyman turns up dead, his magic drained to nothing, and an anonymous text lures Renee straight to the body. Suddenly she's at the center of Hemlock Hollow's first-ever magical murder, the suspect list keeps growing, and someone is quietly unraveling the centuries-old leylines that keep the town alive.
To catch a killer and save her home, Renee will have to dig into four hundred years of family history—and reclaim the inherited magic she walked away from a long time ago.
Cozy, witchy, and just a little bit spooky, A Spell for Second Chances is the first full-length novel in the Hemlock Hollow Mysteries—a magical small-town series full of hearth-and-herb magic, found-family warmth, sharp humor, and a wisecracking moose. Perfect for fans of cozy mystery and cozy fantasy alike, and for readers who like their heroines well seasoned like a cast-iron skillet: a little heavy, impossible to destroy, and better with age.
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