A bump in the night, parent trouble, and a bossy business partner! Jess had hoped that life was going to slow down and she could enjoy getting back into baking. It was never going to be easy. Not with a business partner who didn’t like people. It didn’t seem fair that with all her power she couldn’t have a peaceful existence. Lately she’d been wondering, if she dared to use her power, could she change things for the better in Good Fortune? There was just one or two problems—three if you counted her snarky cat familiar—her parents are both on the witches’ council. She can follow a recipe, but can Jess follow their rules?
Family can be deadly! No one, including Jess, had any idea she was an exceptional witch. Until she began solving crimes using her senses. The trouble is, she'd rather be waving a spatula than a wand and her snarky cat familiar isn't happy about it. She's listed her priorities: 1 Bring her mom back from the ghostly realm. 2 Open a bakery. 3 Keep quiet about her secret sister. (A lovable thorn in her side!) 4 Don't ask questions about her missing father. Having a plan will make life bearable—as long as there isn't another murder and she doesn't mess anything up! This paranormal cozy mystery will have you questioning everything you thought you knew about magic and murder. Midlife Potions Witchy Awakening Witchy Hot Spells Witchy Flash Back Witchy Bad Blood Witchy Coffee Crimes - preorder now! C. A. Phipps is a USA Today best-selling author from beautiful New Zealand. Cheryl lives in a quiet suburb with her wonderful husband of over four decades. With a large family to keep her busy when she's not writing, there is just enough space for a crazy mixed breed dog who stole her heart! She enjoys family times, baking, and her quest for the perfect latte.
Can a witch who can only cast one spell solve a murder? Maddie Goodwell, Trixie, her Persian cat (who might also be her familiar), and Maddie's best friend Suzanne Taylor, run their coffee truck, Brewed from the Bean, in the small town of Estherville, Washington state. Maddie always thought it was a sleepy kind of town, apart from the fact that when she was seven, she found an ancient book, Wytchcraft for the Chosen. Now, twenty years later, she can only cast one spell successfully from the book - the Coffee Vision spell. But when she peeks into Joan's future - one of her regular customers - she sees the middle-aged woman lying dead in the kitchen! When the vision comes true, Maddie is determined to investigate - with the help of Trixie, and Suzanne. Will her witchy abilities help or hinder her?
The clues are in the crumbs when Murder comes to town! Using her bakery and expertise, Madeline Flynn helps the sheriff's twin nephews with their cookie sales—until strange things happen at the community center where they sell them. With a puzzling death, vandalism and a nasty scam, the danger on their doorstep can't be ignored. Maddie is once again whisked up in an investigation that will take all her sleuthing skills to solve. Gran, a posse of girlfriends, plus Big Red, her faithful Maine coon, won't let her do it alone. Along with the handsome sheriff, they're wading through clues as thick as cookie dough, hoping that the timer won't go off on another murder. Have they taken on more than they can chew? The Maple Lane Mysteries are light, cozy mysteries featuring a quirky cat-loving bakery owner who discovers she's a talented amateur sleuth. Delicious Cozy Mysteries with free recipes. "A compelling mystery with fabulous characters. I love the recipes as well as Madeline. This book is well written with plenty of twists to keep me guessing to the end. I am looking forward to the next book by this author." "Another wonderful installment to the Maple Lane Bakery Series. Maddie, Ethan, Big Red, Gran, and the Girlz are back for another mystery in their small town. It's a fast-paced story to keep you reading until the end. Also, things are heating up between Maddie and Sheriff Tanner that you don't want to miss! The Maple Lane Mysteries: Maple Lane prequel: Sugar and Sliced Book 1: Apple Pie and Arsenic Book 2: Bagels and Blackmail Book 3: Cookies and Chaos Book 4: Doughnuts and Disaster Book 5: Eclairs and Extortion Book 6: Fudge and Frenemies Book 7: Gingerbread and Gunshots Book 8: Honey Cake and Homicide - coming soon! C. A. Phipps is a USA Today best-selling author from beautiful New Zealand. Cheryl is an empty-nester living in a quiet suburb with her wonderful husband, 'himself'. With an extended family to keep her busy when she's not writing, there is just enough space for a crazy mixed breed dog who stole her heart! She enjoys family times, baking, and her quest for the perfect latte.
What does a bride-to-be and a killer have in common? When the friend responsible for getting Maddie her first baking job comes to visit, a mess of trouble follows her to town. It's going to take all Maddie's skills, a legacy from her grandad, to solve the crime. While that's not exactly a new thing, this level of vengeance is worse than anything she's encountered so far. Fortunately, she has her team of gal pals and a bossy cat on the case. Big Red, the large Maine coon, senses something is amiss from day one and he's on a one cat mission to track down the people messing with his family. Will her involvement in these crimes prove to Ethan yet again that Maddie's a walking disaster—and not exactly marriage material? The Maple Lane Mysteries are light, cozy mysteries featuring a quirky cat-loving bakery owner who discovers she’s a talented amateur sleuth. Other books in The Maple Lane Mysteries Sugar and Sliced - Maple Lane Prequel Book 1 Apple Pie and Arsenic Book 2 Bagels and Blackmail Book 3 Cookies and Chaos Book 4 Doughnuts and Disaster Book 5 Eclairs and Extortion Book 6 Fudge and Frenemies Book 7 Gingerbread and Gunshots Book 8 Honey Cake and Homicide - preorder now!
USA TODAY Bestselling Author C. A. Phipps brings you Book 1 in the Cozy Café Series! Deadly gossip, a café in trouble, and sisters determined to keep a promise. Scarlett and her sisters have different aspirations, but the one thing they agree on is that the café must survive. The trouble is, someone else is just as determined to have them fail. Hounded by deadly gossip, Scarlett's determined not to give in to the pressure to close the family business and she’ll do anything to turn things around and give her sisters a better life. Anything, except murder! A shocking death points to the café as the likely cause and Scarlett must put all fears aside to solve the mystery before everything she’s fought to keep safe is lost—or worse! Cozy Hollow might never be the same again. The Cozy Café mysteries are light, cozy mysteries featuring a family-focused café owner who discovers she's a talented amateur sleuth—and a magnet for animals. Cozy Café series: Book 1 Sweet Saboteur Book 2 Candy Corruption Book 3 Mocha Mayhem Book 4 Berry Betrayal Book 5 Deadly Desserts "I thoroughly enjoyed this book! The storyline captured the reader's attention from the beginning until the end. The identity of the murderer kept me guessing. The characters were well developed. The feline with a personality was a nice touch."
One crazy vendetta, a deadly book thief, and a secret society! The Cozy Cafe was their mom’s dream and the Finch sisters are determined to keep it alive, but this proves difficult when someone attempts to run them out of town. They can handle the snide comments and the petty reviews, but pinning a murder on them is a step too far. And that’s just the beginning of the sister’s nightmares! In this 3 book box set, you get: Sweet Saboteur Candy Corruption Mocha Mayhem As well as delicious recipes!
Snarky cat familiars and know-it-all assistants really suck! She thought being a depressed baker in Portland was bad enough, but Jessica Lavender’s new life is going to be unbearable, and she has no choice. She must stay in Good Fortune and fix things. Nosey neighbors, snarky familiars and too-good-to-be-true assistants, plus a ghostly mom! What did she do to deserve this? And how can she fix what happened when she has no idea how to be a witch? This 3 book box set contains: Witchy Awakening Witchy Hot Spells Witchy Flash Back
Book store owner and novice witch Lily Michaels is struggling to get a handle on her new powers. The book “Practical Beginnings” is showing her random spells to learn, and her familiar, the talking cat, Milo, isn’t much help. She doesn’t need any more distractions, but when a car crashes just outside the bookstore, Lily is first on the scene. It’s more than just an automobile accident. Bullet holes can be deadly. The victim, shady real estate agent Teddy Roberts, was dead before his fancy sports car ever hit that pole. Investigating the crime scene is Detective Gage Erikson, or as Milo calls him, Detective Cutie. His crush on Lily is not-so-secret to anyone but her, but she’s acting like he’s a distraction she doesn’t need. Is he her boyfriend, or just her best friend? He just needs to keep her out of trouble while he traces clues to the crime. But a mystery is like catnip to Lily. She’s willing to admit she has a tiny bit of a reputation for investigating things she shouldn’t. She’s trying to balance her growing feelings for Gage while keeping her witchy secret from him and solve a murder. Teddy had plenty of people with reasons to do him in. Will Lily’s best protection spell be enough to keep her and Gage safe while they work together to catch a killer? Catnip and Crimes is the second novel in A Book Store Cozy Mystery Series, although each book can be read as standalone. A sweet and clean cozy mystery with a guarantee the culprit is caught. Happy reading!
Drawing on extensive interviews with the accused herself, here is the sordid, twisted, and surprising story of Brookey Lee West—a successful technical writer from Silicon Valley who became Las Vegas’ most notorious female serial killer. In February, 2001, police uncovered the decomposed remains of Christine Smith bagged like garbage in a Las Vegas storage unit. She’d been dead for years. Next to the makeshift tomb were books on witchcraft and Satanism. It didn’t take long for authorities to discover that the owner of the foul Canyon Gate Unit #317 was Christine’s own daughter, Brookey Lee West. Further investigation revealed something even more shocking—a one-woman crime spree that spanned two decades, stretched from Nevada to California, and may have counted among its victims Brookey’s own husband and brother....
