Spells & Shelves

Bookshop assistant Aurora Rory Hawthorn thinks reality will never be as interesting as fiction. Content to spend her time escaping into a good book to avoid her micromanaging boss, the very last thing she expects is to be cornered by a group of terrifying strangers hunting down a journal that belonged to her late father.It turns out Dad was keeping a secret or two... most importantly, that he was a wizard, and that Rory has a hidden magical family she's never met. When her witchy relatives invite her to live with them in their enchanted library on the south coast of England, it's literally a dream come true.Until she stumbles upon a dead body concealed behind a bookshelf.Juggling a new family and job would be enough of a challenge without also having to deal with a murder mystery, cranky familiars, and the attention of the local reaper -- even if he is the hottest guy in town.It's up to Rory to embrace her new witchy powers to help catch a killer before she loses the new life she never knew she wanted.This fun paranormal mystery from author Elle Adams contains an eccentric family of British witches, a magical library of endless possibilities, and plenty of snark and adventure.