Book Blurb:
At forty-three, Paige Provey is at the height of her career. As the author of a successful paranormal book series, she has a legion of fans who all believe she has powers herself. But when Paige's ex-husband reveals that she's a fraud, she quickly finds herself and her career canceled.
But Paige is still under a publishing contract, so she must put out a new book--one that will save her career. The only problem is her crippling case of writer's block. So she heads to a lakeside community to refill her creative well.
Only while she's there strange things begin to happen: Paige speaks to a woman who she swears is transparent, and everyone in town dresses as if it's Halloween. Not only that, but there's a very mysterious (and attractive) man who claims to hunt monsters.
As if that's not weird enough, when Paige's ex-husband winds up dead, she becomes the primary suspect in his murder. Can Paige write another book, figure out the mystery surrounding Willow Lake, and also prove her innocence? Or will all her dreams go up in flames?
Tropes:
*Cozy Mystery *paranormal *Witch *Magic *Different magical beings *Crime
*amateur sleuth *author FMC *ghosts *small town
Thoughts:
Paige (FMC) finds out that just as quickly as she can rise to fame she can crash just as fast when her ex-husband reveals during an interview that she is a fraud, she has built her career by saying she is a medium seeing ghosts for whatever reason even though her ex is a total tool the public believes him and she is now cancelled.
Paige is still in need of producing more books per contract but she is out of ideas and her moron of an ex outing her has led to her being a pariah... all while demanding more money from her while not working himself... due to an injury that happened when he was being a peeping tom (gross!).
Paige wanting to get a fresh perspective goes to Willow Lake she used to love going there for vacation maybe it will help spark some inspiration... only things go downhill quickly when a series of unfortunate events lead to her seeing things that she was never able to see before like why is the woman in her cabin see through, and is everyone in town in on some kind of joke?
She also runs into a movie star handsome man who reports that he hunts monsters... what that can't be a real job!
Things get worse when her evil ex shows up in town demanding more money from her (that she doesn't have) and then ends up dead... guess who the prime suspect is, now she has to clear her name, write a new best seller, and deal with all the wildness going on in town.
likes/dislikes
easy to follow world building, there was magic, paranormal activity, and many different beings living in this magical town... our FMC is confused as well so we are learning right along with her.
Fun, cozy mystery with some laugh out loud moments, was it chaotic --> yes, did I enjoy it anyways --> yes
There is a subplot for romance so we have the whole brooding, handsome stranger MMC (Grim), I see you!
The ex-husband was so ridiculously awful that he was almost cartoonish but it fit the vibes of the book
Paige is 43 but has been telling everyone she's still in her 30's, but acts like she's way younger than that and is a bit naive at times.
Overall this was a fun mystery that ended on a cliffhanger I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes next!
Have you read this one? What did you think?
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