Lina, a new witch taking a much-needed day off, has her first magical creature encounter (outside of those pesky demons she met in Twisted Treats).

Brunch with a Scurry of Squirrels takes place within the Cursed Candy Mysteries world. Disclaimer! There are mild spoilers for the third book, Fatal Fudge. This story can be read as a stand alone, but is best enjoyed as a part of the series.

Brunch with a Scurry of Squirrels is approximately 4,000 words and contains an additional 1,000 word excerpt to the first book in the Cursed Candy Mysteries series.

Magical mind control

Lina accidentally gave a batch of her fudge an extra wallop. Anyone who eats it becomes suggestible. Very suggestible.

Is it mind control?

First a nun robs a liquor store, then a kindergarten teacher punches a pedestrian. The International Criminal Witch Police are certain Lina's fudge is to blame. When a third crime demonstrates an escalating pattern of violence, Lina is terrified a fourth offense will end with murder.

Does the mastermind behind the crimes have a twisted sense of humor, or is there a more sinister connection behind the crimes?

Join Lina as she cleans up the last (she hopes!) of her cursed candy messes and tracks down a potential killer.

No more award-winning cupcakes in White Sage, Texas

Not when the baker behind the delicious treats is discovered dead by Zella and Fairmont.

Unfortunately, the baker's death was no accident. Did her killer have a personal motive, a professional one? Everyone in White Sage seemingly adores Catie, the cupcake shop owner and head baker, so who could have killed her?

Zella's determined to find out who killed the small town's newest darling, and she recruits her gang of meddling friends to help her.

Follow Fairmont and his favorite people as they track down the killer in this small-town cozy mystery.

Fairmont-approved dog-training tips included.

*Previously Fairmont Finds a Baker.

Spelled into Silence

Before Clarence was a man possessing a bobcat, he was a murder victim. Now that he's beginning to trust Geoff, he's revealed a little of his background...and asked Geoff to find his murderer.

Geoff can either do the legwork himself or unlock the spell that keeps Clarence from telling anyone who hurt him.

What nefarious magic is meddling with Clarence's free will and why?

Post-Valentine's High: A state of euphoria experienced by cupids. This state typically occurs in late February, but extreme cases can persist into March.

One euphoric cupid in March is bad enough, but three? And when they band together, no good can come of it.

But...murder?

Mallory's been hired by a surprising client to prove that while these three cupids might have committed a caper or two, they weren't up for murder.

A witch's destiny denied.

Fate made Trixie a hunter of devilish demons, except...demons aren't devilish, and Trixie's not hunting them. She gave that future the boot and became an unwilling creature whisperer.

But by denying her supposed destiny, she inherits a problem.

Furred, feathered, and scaled, the creatures have invaded her life. She's being pranked by furry fairies, stalked by mini-devils, and harassed by the messy scourge of dragons roosting in her yard.

Trixie's had enough. She's moving to Boise and hoping to leave the magical critters behind.

But what happens when moving isn't enough?

Join Trixie as she begins her new job as a barista at Magic Beans coffee shop and becomes a reluctant solver of magical creature problems.

NOTE: An early version of this book was missing a critical chapter. The updated, correct version has a total of 19 chapters and an epilogue.

Death visits the unlikeliest of locales: White Sage's lavender festival.

When the jam contest favorite ends up dead, the Sleuthing Granny Gang ladies are on the case. Former cadaver dog Fairmont helps them sniff out clues, while the group's leader Zella does her best to keep her silver-sleuth friends from taking dangerous risks. This year's jam contest has a hefty prize, a contract with an Austin-based jam company. But did the killer murder to level the contest playing field, or are other motives at work?

Fairmont and the Sleuthing Granny Gang tackle this deadly lavender-scented puzzle together!

Case Study: Demon

What starts as the first of several planned case studies of magical creatures becomes an afternoon of tea with a demon.

This story takes place in the Cursed Candy Mysteries world, featuring Trixie and Griselda, authors of the second edition of All Things Magical and Bumpy Things in the Night, a magical compendium of...well, all things magical and also bumpy things in the night.

Grab your copy of Tea with a Demon, a fun, light-hearted paranormal cozy read with a demon who's not at all devilish, a great-aunt who gives the best hugs, and a witch in the midst of a career crisis.

Tea with a Demon is approximately 8,000 words.

The Cursed Candy Mystery Series includes:

Book 1: Cutthroat Cupcakes

Book 2: Twisted Treats

Book 3: Fatal Fudge

It's bingo night at the retirement center!

It sounds tame enough to Mallory, except the residents of this particular community include a grandmotherly hacker, a retired witch, and, once upon a time, Mallory's Great-Auntie Lula. Visiting her dead relative's former abode brings back memories for Mallory, but it also rather unexpectedly brings back Great-Auntie Lula.

With her ghostly great-aunt's help, can Mallory and her crew discover who's burgled Bradley's condo, and why everyone involved with the break-in keeps dying? Click to find out!

Funeral homes and dead bodies...

Funeral parlors and corpses go together like salt and pepper. But what happens when one of the dearly departed doesn't belong? Less than a day on the job as makeup artist to the dead, and Star discovers one of their accidental death clients didn't die accidentally. Before she knows it, she's neck-deep in paranormal intrigue.

Click to read how Star, her ex-boyfriend, and her new boss untangle three intriguingly magical murders!

Included in this collection: Night Shift Witch, Star of the Party, and Tickle the Dragon's Tail.

Witch-napped from a Florida vacation!

Camille's been unwillingly drafted to help prevent a Christmas catastrophe in snowy Hidden Haven. Magic from the annual Spirit of Christmas Ball keeps the town hidden from humans for the rest of the year, but the magic from the ball can't be captured without the town's holiday cheer vessel: a wand that adorns the town's tree as its crowning star.

Camille arrives dressed in a red ball gown, receives a pair of glass slippers that magically don't pinch, and is assigned a canine companion to assist in her mission: find Hidden Haven's pilfered holiday cheer wand.

She and Ethan—the dog—have ten hours to sort the entire fiasco or Hidden Haven will be revealed to the human world.Join Camille and her not-entirely-canine companion, Ethan, as they try to save the quaint little town of Hidden Haven from the outside world.

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Shiny, sparkly...deadly?

The gems from a necklace owned long ago by a notorious woman are killing people in the here and now. But where has the necklace been for the last several hundred years? Why has it surfaced now? And most importantly, who would disassemble such a gorgeous work of art?

Mallory certainly wants to know. But it's not until yet another corpse surfaces that her sleuthing team hops on board to help.

Click to find out how a stunning piece of jewelry becomes an implement of death and who's behind it's reappearance!