A Spell for Second Chances

In a town that runs on magic, someone has turned it into a murder weapon.

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.