I am so thrilled to share with you the cover reveal for the next book in the “Book Magic” mystery series, coming September 2022 and now up for preorder.

Book Synopsis
Hailed as “impressively original” by Midwest Book Review, the Book Magic Mysteries celebrate the magic in books. In this enchanting new story, Pippin Lane Hawthorne hopes her gift of bibliomancy will be enough to finally stop the curse that has plagued her family for two thousand years. But for every question Pippin answers about the past, a new one arises. . .

It is winter on the Outer Banks island of Devil’s Cove and Sea Captain’s Inn has no vacancy. That, however, is the least of Pippin Lane Hawthorne’s worries. Armed with new information about her family’s connection to Dagda and Morrighan, from the Tuatha dé Danann, she is more determined than ever to stop the 2000 year old Irish curse on her family.

But the walls have ears, and she doesn’t know who she can trust. As she practices her divination of bibliomancy, she searches for the Venatores, an ancient group seeking to steal Pippin’s family’s treasure. Her quest leads her to the boat her twin brother Grey has been refurbishing and its connection to her great-great grandfather, Artemis Lane.

She feels sure the boat can help her finally break the curse, but when Grey and the boat both disappear, Pippin fears the worst—that he’s taken it out to sea, and there, like all the Lane men before him, he will meet his death. She turns to her West Coast cousins, bookshop owner Jamie McAdams, and the rest of her new community to help save her brother and stop the Venatores, but will she be too late?

Purchase Link

Publication Date: September 6, 2022
Publisher: Lake House Press
Format: Print and Digital (KU for the first 3 months, then wide)
Name of Series: Book Magic
Number in Series: #5 (including the novella)
Genre: Mystery with Cozy elements
Author Website: melissabourbon.com

About the author
Melissa Bourbon is the #1 Amazon and national bestselling author of more than twenty-six mystery books. A former secondary teacher, she has applied her love of teaching to the creation of WriterSpark Academy, an online school for aspiring and new writers seeking to hone their craft. Learn more about Melissa at her website, melissabourbon.com, on Facebook @MelissaBourbonWinnieArcherBooks, and on Instagram @bookishly_cozy, and learn about about WriterSpark at writersparkacademy.com.

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