Tea & Trouble: A Paranormal Witch Cozy Mystery

Lucinda Race

Aug 2023 · A Book Store Cozy Mystery Book 3 · MC Two Press

About this ebook

Enjoy this clean, small town, paranormal cozy mystery by award winning and bestselling author, Lucinda Race.

Welcome to Pembroke Cove, where witches and murders are multiplying.

A fall festival, reading tea leaves and a few clues propel Lily into a new murder investigation.

Bookstore owner Lily Michaels still doesn’t know which kind of witch she’s going to be. She’s planning to read fortunes at her parents’ tea booth at the Fall Festival in the small town of Pembroke Cove, Maine. Is that her gift? Her snarky familiar, Milo, isn’t a lot of help. Lily’s mother warned her that reading the leaves would change someone’s life. Lily’s ready to make some changes of her own. Her relationship with Detective Gage Erikson—a.k.a. Detective Cutie— seems to be stuck in the perpetual friend zone. Maybe it’s time she went on a real date with someone else, like the new guy in town, Dax Peters.

Gage would like nothing more than to go on a real date with Lily, but romance will have to take the back burner when he’s is called to investigate another murder. Someone cut short the life of successful rose grower, Dean Hartley. Since when does horticulture lead to homicide?

Gage would be thrilled if Lily stuck to reading tea leaves and stayed out of trouble, but that’s just not in her puzzle-loving personality. Why were all the garden club members arguing with Dean at the festival? When Lily teams up with Gage once again in the race to resolve the rose-grower’s murder, can she continue to keep both her feelings and her magic a secret from Gage? Or will roses finally lead to romance for them?

Tea and Trouble is the third novel in A Book Store Cozy Mystery Series, although each book can be read as standalone. A sweet and clean cozy mystery with a guaranteed the culprit is caught. Happy reading!

Ratings and reviews

This is a super fun paranormal witch/cozy mystery! I really enjoyed it.. It is clever and witty, sweet and entertaining.. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Tea & Trouble, #3 - There's another murder with all kinds of "I did it" confessions. Dax and Gage open Lily's eyes. With plenty of secrets coming to light, an interesting mystery and our loveable characters blending together to make this a one sitting read. Sourece: Booksprout. 5* Bookstore Cozy Mystery Series: Books and Bribes, #1 - Usually a romance writer, Ms. Race tells a good witchy tale quite a lot better than the usual dumb down Cozy. Good characters, talking animals and a sweet romance made for an entertaining, enjoyable read. 5* Catnaps & Crimes, #2 - Interesting. Romance becomes more of a focal point for the two best friends. It was easy to figure out the killer but still a good story with a good core of regular characters. 4* Bookstore Cozy Mystery Series end. Marie: Always A Bridesmaid - 5* Sugar Plum Inn - 4* Holiday Heart Wishes - 4* A Secret Santa Christmas - 5* The Loudon Series: Between Here and Heaven, #1 Lost and Found, #2 - 5* The Journey Home, #3 - 5* More ...

A wonderful book by author Lucinda Race. I really enjoyed reading and highly recommend... Really wonderful characters. Can't wait to read more by this author... I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

About the author

Award-winning and best-selling author Lucinda Race is a lifelong fan of fiction. As a young girl, she spent hours reading mystery and romance novels and getting lost in the fun and hope they represent. While her friends dreamed of becoming doctors and engineers, her dreams were to become a writer—a novelist.

As life twisted and turned, she found herself writing nonfiction but longed to turn to her true passion. After developing the storyline for the McKenna Family Romance series, it was time to start living her dream. Her fingers practically fly over computer keys she weaves stories about with mystery and happily ever afters.

Lucinda lives with her two little dogs, a miniature long hair dachshund and a shitzu mix rescue, in the rolling hills of western Massachusetts. When she's not at her day job, she’s immersed in her fictional worlds. And if she’s not writing mystery, suspense and romance novels, she’s reading everything she can get her hands on.