Author: samcheever

In a small country town, justice might be swift…but rumor is swifter!My name is Joey and I’m just a simple country girl. Nothing special at all. Well, except for the fact that I tend to find bodies all over the place. But aside from that I’m just like everybody else.Oh, then there’s that really big secret in my past. The one that involves my parents dying in a fiery crash and me finding out that … dying in a fiery crash and me finding out that the person who caused their deaths might be after me too.But none of that…

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I wish my job as a magical librarian was just about shuffling books and shushing people from behind a desk. Alas, the magic I wrangle requires a bit more than shuffling and shushing. And to make things worse, I have a frog and a cat, and I have no idea how to use them!Sure, I understand, we all have bills to pay. Personally, I could use a bit of extra cash too. But I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t kill … cash too. But I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t kill for it. At least…not without dark magic influence. And that’s exactly…

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This is no boring librarian shushing people from behind a desk. This librarian corrals rogue magic. But more importantly, she has a frog and a cat, and she’s not afraid to use them!I knew when I woke up with a migraine that things were going to get interesting. As a magical artifact wrangler, it’s not an unusual way to start my day. But I had no idea how bad it was going to get. Until I found a … going to get. Until I found a frog sitting in my teacup. Even that, I could explain to myself if I…

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She’s got a lot more to lose now…and somebody’s determined to make sure she loses it all.Blaise is at it again. She’s still searching for that perfect job. But even when she thinks she might have found a job that could be more of a career than just a 9 to 5 gig, something always happens to get in her way. Usually, that something involves a corpse…But this time, Blaise’s past comes back to haunt … corpse…But this time, Blaise’s past comes back to haunt her in a big way. She’d thought she put that whole, seeing a murder on the…

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Come to Silver Hills, where fowl plans can either mean dinner out, or the deadly designs of a chicken-livered killer.When Vlad’s opponent for the Silver City mayoral race succumbs to fowl deeds, he seriously changes the pecking order in Vlad’s favor. But the victim’s death has made Vlad king of the roost, so the Silver Hills night manager quickly becomes the obvious suspect.Plucky investigators … obvious suspect.Plucky investigators Flo and Co. are certainly no strangers to Vlad’s evil ways. But they’re also not egg-xactly convinced he did it. So, when Flo learns that the victim, a wealthy local chicken farmer,…

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A powerful magic user has gone rogue, endangering everything in his path. When it’s all said and done, LA no longer recognizes her once Familiar world.LeeAnn’s life is taking a nasty turn. There are forces at work which are determined to expose the magic community to humans. One of LA’s closest allies hovers on the edge of death. Grandmama Celeste has disappeared and, for the first time since … disappeared and, for the first time since LA’s known her, isn’t responding to her pleas for help. To make things worse, LA’s best friend, Deg, is attacked by Wraiths and the…

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A dead Realtor, a cranky cat, an adorable, depressed pibl, and a boyfriend who hasn’t been…shall we say…totally honest recently. Joey’s got bigger problems than figuring out when she’ll get her next slice of banana cream pie. Though that certainly ranks high on her list of concerns.Murder is sinking its hooks into the quiet countryside and dredging up ugly secrets. Deer Hollow is still a … secrets. Deer Hollow is still a quiet little town steeped in Americana and known for its delicious country fare. But being named a top ten place to live just might have inspired an assassin…

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It’s definitely curtains for May’s client. He’s exited Stage Left for the last time. May Ferth just wants to do a good job in her role as fake girlfriend. But there are strange goings on at the funeral. Shifty characters whispering secrets in shadowed corners, and a truly yummy advocate for the dead guy implying that May might have had something to do with his friend’s unscripted exit. May … friend’s unscripted exit. May might be a thirty-three-year-old ex-community theater actress on her second career, but she comes from a family of cops. And, despite her talent for acting, she…

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It might be a murder from decades ago, but it still has its claws in the present…and someone seems determined to drag Anna into it.It’s never a good idea to spend too much time in a haunted mansion, and Anna’s favorite cowboy ghost does his best to talk her out of it. But the opportunity to pick from the beautiful antiques left to her in a Crocker resident’s will is just too tempting for Anna and … will is just too tempting for Anna and Pratt to pass up. So they’re going in…They’re prepared to deal with a few cold…

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