Author: kirstenweiss

Abigail and Hyperion uncork a murder… new wine in old bottles is now the least of their problems. Good thing amateur detectives Abigail and her partner, tarot reader Hyperion Night, have a nose for murder. Their investigation takes them from elegant wine cellars to chic tea parties on the California coast. But just as the investigation starts to get its legs, Abigail discovers there’s more than wine at the bottom of this crime… Hostage to Fortune is book 2 in the Tea and Tarot cozy mystery series. Start reading this hilariously cozy caper today! Tearoom recipes in the back of…

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This Halloween, pie shop proprietor Val Harris must patch together clues to solve a murder by pumpkin . . . As the owner of Pie Town, Val’s been tapped to judge the pie making contest at the annual pumpkin festival in the coastal California town of San Nicholas. Things could get sticky though—her boyfriend, cop Gordon Carmichael, is entering the competition with his “special” family pumpkin pie … pie recipe. But Val’s got bigger problems than a conflict of interest when she and her flaky piecrust-maker Charlene discover another contestant crushed under an enormous pumpkin. When grudge-holding Chief Shaw comes…

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Something wicked this way comes… Witch Jayce Bonheim has spent the last four months waiting for a horde of dark magicians to come to town.Now, they’ve arrived, embedded in a traveling circus.And they’re bigger and badder than this ex-party girl could have imagined, wreaking havoc wherever they go.But when a murder rocks her small town, Jayce must stop the chaos. Walking a tightrope between dark … chaos. Walking a tightrope between dark spells and past regrets, can Jayce stop a murderer and stop these magicians from transforming the world forever?If you’re a fan of Charlaine Harris, Heather Blake, or Amanda…

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The truth is out there… the sheriff’s business. But her neighbor’s daughter, Clare, needs Susan’s help. Clare’s been experiencing lost time, a sure sign of alien abduction. Helping Clare is only neighborly… and totally not interfering.Right?Worse, Clare’s not the only one with UFO issues. Weird lights in the sky, vanishing cows, and little green men are bringing the mountain town of Doyle to the edge of a panic. Can Susan unearth the truth before her town spirals into chaos?If you like laugh-out-loud mysteries with complicated heroines (and breakfast recipes), you’ll love Close Encounters of the Curd Kind, book 3 in…

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Val Harris is hosting a literary event at her bakery, Pie Town — and when the evening ends in murder, her crime-solving club must rise to the occasion. The Baker Street Bakers sift through a baffling mystery in this warm and witty cozy!

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Abigail Beanblossom is ready to open a beachside tearoom in her tiny town — until she finds out her realtor rented the same space to tarot reader Hyperion Night! When the con man turns up dead, can Abigail and Hyperion work together to solve their shady realtor’s murder?

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This witch will do anything for a normal life with the man she loves. But when you’re on fairy patrol, normal is relative. Witch Jayce Bonheim has packed away her candles, crystals and cauldrons. With her boyfriend recovering from a hex, she’s determined to build a sane and magic-free life for them both.But when a horde of troublemaking gnomes invades the small town of Doyle, it’s up to Jayce and … town of Doyle, it’s up to Jayce and her magical sisters to send them packing.After the gnomes lead Jayce to a murdered employee from her own café, she’s plunged…

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Will Val pie hard on national TV?   Business at the bakery may have slowed down, but Val Harris isn’t about to eat humble pie—not until a reality cooking show decides to whip the struggling Pie Town into shape. If Val can tolerate criticism from an abrasive pastry chef during filming, the free publicity might turn the unusual opportunity into the sweetest deal she didn’t know she needed.   Except … know she needed.   Except no one in San Nicholas has an appetite for dessert once murder steals the spotlight. When the show’s bossy producer gets pushed to her…

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Maddie gets rattled by a candy-coated murder. It’s Wine and Chocolate Days in San Benedetto, and paranormal museum owner Maddie Kosloski has sweet dreams about her new Magic of Chocolate exhibit. Her latest attraction is a haunted Mexican whisk called a molinillo that rattles if someone lies. When Maddie visits the town’s new boutique chocolate shop, she finds one of the owners dead and covered … dead and covered in melted cocoa. Maddie’s determined to catch the killer, and she soon uncovers deadly dealings in the world of artisan chocolate. But the deception surrounding those dealings are enough to make…

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