Zinnia, Mississippi is rife with quirky characters, but the arrival of three sister witches―and their intention to open a Wiccan boarding school―sets the small town on its ear. And bodies begin to accumulate as a result. Faith, Hope, and Charity Harrington are sexy and smart. They’re setting up their boarding school in an old dairy―a piece of property with tremendous development potential. And they’re standing in the way of “progress,” according to some in the town.
When young Corey Fontana goes missing, Delaney Detective Agency is hired to find the youth―who’s well known as a local hooligan. His mother, Kitten Fontana, who is married to the kind of land development, believes the witches have abducted her son and makes no bones about it. She’s willing to pay hard cash to find her son, especially if she can implicate the witches in his disappearance.
When Sarah Booth Delaney and her partner, Tinkie Richmond, find Corey, unharmed, it is only the beginning of a series of events that include midnight dances under a full moon, love potions, and murder. Are the sister witches criminals. . . or victims? Do they truly have magical powers, as they claim? Sarah Booth and Tinkie must find the answer before more people are harmed.
Carolyn is giving away an advanced reader copy of CHARMED BONES. Leave a comment to be included in the giveaway. The ARC will be sent directly by the author. U.S. entries only, please. The giveaway ends March 12, 2018. Good luck everyone!
About the author
CAROLYN HAINES is the USA Today bestselling author of the Sarah Booth Delaney Mysteries. She is the recipient of both the Harper Lee Distinguished Writing Award and the Richard Wright Award for Literary Excellence. Born and raised in Mississippi, she now lives in Alabama on a farm with more dogs, cats, and horses than she can possibly keep track of.
I just checked and this is available through my library, so I am now on the waiting list. I will leave this drawing for someone not so fortunate.
That’s a very generous gesture. Thank you. And please thank your library for me for carrying my books.
Love your books! 🙂
I need to do some serious binge-reading on this series……
Thank you for the giveaway……
Yes, you do! Sarah Booth loves to be the focus of binge reading. Good luck and I hope you enjoy my stories.
This sounds like great case for our hometown girls! I can’t wait to read it! Thanks for the opportunity!
The thanks allege to Dru Ann, who generously helped me offer the book, and to my publisher, St.Martin’s, who made it available. Win-win for Carolyn!
I’ve loved this series since the very beginning and would be thrilled to win this book!
Thank you. That means a lot.
Love this series and can’t wait for this book!!!!
Maybe you’ll win the ARC! I wish everyone good luck!
A fun witch story. Thank you for the opportunity
These are some B-A-D witches–I had a lot of fun researching this story.
Thank you, Dru!
I have never read any of your books and would love to participate in the drawing! Thank you.
I’m re-reading the series (currently Smarty Bones) because I was having SBD withdrawal! Who do you think should be cast as Sarah Booth and Tinkie for the movie(s)? : )
Love Sarah Boothe!! A free copy early would be awesome!!!
I love, love, love your books! Am looking forward to this newest one.
I can’t wait to read this! Winning a copy would just be a bonus. Love this series, and can’t wait to see what Sarah and Twinkie get up to this time!
I really love this series. Sarah Booth and Tinkie are awesome. A great pair of smart detectives. Can’t wait to read this one.
This series I want to start reading some day. Thank you so much for this chance. pgenest57(at)aol(dot)com
I love a good Southern witchy story and have been waiting on pins and needles since Carolyn told us about it at a Writers’ Guild meeting!
I have not read your works before. This sounds fun.
I would love to have an opportunity to win and read this book. Thank you!
Oh…how I l e the bones series. Any of you who haven’t read the books should check out the series. A ghost, quirky characters, the south – it’s what to like. I would love to win…and post review.
Love this series!
I love this series.
Thank you for the chance to win. I love this series.
A series that I anxiously await for each new book. I can never get enough of these characters and this talented author’s writing.
I love reading about Sarah Booth’s and Tinkie’s adventures! I am looking forward to reading your latest book. 🙂
I am SO ready for my Bones fix !
Zinnia folks,Sarah Booth, Tinkie,AND Wiccian mayhem !
It can’t GET any better ! ❤❤❤
(Also, have it on hold at the library)!
This is such a great series. Will admit I binge read this series. I would love to win the new book.Thank you for the giveaway.
Thanks for the chance!
Since hearing you in June 2017 at the AL ADK meeting I have read all and am anxiously awaiting this release. Would love to have this.
I love this series & would truly love an arc copy. Thank you for the chance.
Would love to add to my ARC collection!
I am so ready for a total series re-read as I realy need some Sarah Booth and Tinkie in my life now – thank you for being so good to your readers!
Would love to have an advance copy to read, thanks for the opportunity to enter.
I would love to read your latest book before it comes out!!
I can’t wait! I eat your books up as fast as you write them!! Love every one!!
This looks exciting! Can’t wait to read!
This is by fat one of most favorite series. I love Sara Booth Delaney,
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Hi Carolyn, I would love an ARC of Charmed Bones. Your Zinnia books are among my favorites. We have a book club at work and I’m always telling the how much I enjoy your books.
Good…I needed to know it is coming soon. Cannot wait to see what mischief Sara Beth and her cohorts in life and crime get into this time.
I would love to win1!!!
Really excited for a chance to read it.
I love this series! Here’s hoping Sarah Booth and Coleman get some private time this go around!
I LOVE this series! Can’t wait to read this new one! Thank you!
Love the Sarah Booth Delaney mystery series!
Oh this sounds really good Carolyn! I can’t wait to read it!
Would love to win!! Thank you for the chance! ☆♡
I can’t wait.😍
Southern witches and a boarding school—what fun! I’d love to win this book.
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Love this series! I feel like I belong in Zinnia! I’d love to win this book! Thank you!
Thank you for the chance at an early read. It is so hard to wait. Thank you for writing such a wonderful series. I’ve read all of the books and will definitely read this one too- sooner or later.
I absolutely adore this series. Oh, how I would love to win this!
I can hardly wait to be charmed to the bone by Sarah Booth & Tinkie! I love the rich texture and colloquial feel when I read Carolyn Haines.
I am so excited for this! I will be escorting 24 college students on an international trip just before (a great travel experience but it will be exhausting!). So this will be some wonderful downtime when I come back …although an ARC would be great! 🙂
My Preggo brain had me thinking the book was coming out in March and not May. I cried when I went to purchase it realizing I got the date wrong. I just love slipping into this wonderful world you’ve created.
Oh I have been missing my BONES characters! I’d love to win this.
Oh this would be a great edition to my Sarah Booth library! Another series I’ve been reading from the beginning so getting a sneak of the latest is always a winner!
I love your Sarah Booth series! They always are such a good read and so hard to put down. I’d love an ARC!
I am so excited for the new SB book! ❤️❤️
Huge fan of this series and can’t wait to read it. Have read them all. Love them.
Gosh, I love this series! I can’t wait to find out what SBD does next!
This is one of my all time favorite series- so glad there is a new one coming soon!
A new-to-me series! Thanks for the chance to win and the introduction. This will go on my TBR list!
Thanks for the chance to win and the introduction to a new (to me) series! I’ll have to see if my library has the first one.
I’m intrigued by these sister witches.
LoveLoveLove this series! Thank you for adding to my ejoyment! 💜💚💙
I have been reading the Bones series since they were first published. I’ve laughed and cried thru the series. I am excited for this chance of having an early read. This book with the Wind sounds intriguing.
Love me some stories about the goings on in Zinnia!
I’ve loved this series from the beginning. And this one has witches! Oh, wow! Can’t wait to read it.
Caroline, I love Sarah Booth at Tootsie and their crazy adventures while solving mysteries. I am one of a growing number of people who would love to win your book! I have read every adventure they have had, and each new book is like catching up with old friends. I want Sarah Booth to find happiness as well as keep on solving those mysteries!
Thank you for a lot of great books and the opportunity to acquire the next one!
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Would love to continue this story line. Very geneorous of the both of you.
Have a great day!
Thanks for this chance to win, my sister loves to read your books, sounds like a really good book. Can’t wait to read it.
I love this series–great characters and stories, and this one sounds like it’s no exception–can’t wait to read about the Southern witches.
I love Sarah Booth and Tinky and the world you’ve created for them. Can’t wait to read your next installment! ❤️
Thanks for making such a generous offer. Always fun to spend time with Sarah Booth et al.
Love the cover! This is such a great series and I would love to read “Charmed Bones” to see what Sarah Booth Delaney and Tinkie are up to.
Thanks Dru Ann for hosting Carolyn Haines on your blog and her latest book. Starting from the cover and including your information in your blog sells me the need to read this book. My fingers are crossed.
I can’t wait to read about Sarah Booth. I have missed her and all of Zinnia.
This looks really good, thank you for the giveaway!
Can’t wait to see how they solve this case! Hopefully, the witches don’t mix up “love potions” and give them to wrong men in town. I would hate for Sarah Booth and Coleman to be jinxed.
I am a fan of this series! Thanks for offering this contest!!
Sounds like a great read. Thanks for the chance.
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Thanks for the chance to win an ARC of Charmed Bones!
Dang, you know I’m waiting patiently for May 15th! 🙂 Just like a little kid, I’ll be up all night reading with a blanket wrapped around me, trying to outsmart the whodunit.
Love this series!!!
I have hardback or paperback copies of this entire series! Love it and would love to win, but will buy it or check out from the library! Mwutsey@aol.com
I am looking forward to reading your latest release in this series! Thank you for sharing copies with others. I hope I win, but if not, a hearty Congratulations to the winner! I feel like a winner just knowing one way or the other, I’ll have a copy to read!
I love all of Carolyn’s books! I would absolutely love to be able to read this next book sooooon! ❤️❤️❤️
I love this series and love witches! Crossing my fingers here! Thank you for the chance to win!
Love this series. Love the characters and always look forward to reading the next one
I 1st picked up this series because my grandmother was a Booth & it quickly became one if my favorites! I can’t wait to read the latest!
This sounds really good–I’d love to read it. Ty for the giveaway. legallyblonde1961@yahoo.com
Love love love this author and this series! I would be beyond thrilled to win! Thanks for the chance!!
This sounds like an interesting read penned by a great story teller.
I’ve been obsessed with your books since before we met after Katrina. I feel like they’re family. Your writing mind keeps me going in the hopes of being officially published, rather than self-published. I’ll just keep working and waiting for your new books to read each year!!!
Sounds like a fun read.
You are my favorite author! I love your books, especially the Sarah Booth Delaney series and would love to win this book!
Loves the series. Can’t wait to read the latest one.Is going through withdrawal having not read a new book in the sries
Looks like it’s time to start rereading my “Bones” series!! Always have to start at the beginning and build up anticipation! Can’t wait! 😊
Love Sarah Booth. And a Wiccan school. What fun!
Would love to win this book!
Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! I am in Sarah Booth Delaney withdrawal!!!!
I can hardly wait to read this. Once a year I start at the beginning and read the entire series again. I have cast the movie of these books over and over and also thought of it as a tv series! Please know that your readers cherish the characters as old friends and can see the Delta as though standing on a levee. Thank you for your books.
I can’t wait to see what Sarah Booth and Tinkie are up to now!
I remember when I fell in love with the Sarah Booth Delaney series in July, 2016. I had looked for a new author to read over the 4th of July weekend. I found “Bone to be Wild” at the book store. I love that book, so imagine my surprise that Sarah and her friends have a book series. I drove to the library and checked out the SBD mystery books they had, which was 5 books. Then I drove the Liberian crazy with so many interlibrary loans that summer. I finished the whole series in two months, the Liberian was celebrating with me on the completion of this series. I cannot wait for the new SBD mystery to arrive.
I’m excited to read this book. Love magickal cozy mysteries. I have very close ties to Salem MA, a town I adore and love to visit as often as I can, my boys live there.
Thanks for the chance to win.
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Magical cozy mysteries ROCK! Would love a new one! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
love, love, love this series!!! Thank you for the chance to win a copy
thanks for the chance. love your books.
Looks like a great book!
Your book sounds fantastic!
Can’t wait to read this book!
Last fall I bought the first 4 Sarah Booth books to read as I finished chemo and had surgery. I quickly plowed through the whole series! I love her and all her pets and crazy friends. Cannot wait for the next book!
Would love to read it. I have read all of the Sarah Booth books.
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Charmed Bones is Anne Leazar
Congratulations!
Oooh, sounds fun! I’m always on the hunt for a new (to me) author:)
Thanks for the chance!
This would be AWESOME sauce. Thank you and good Luck to all!!!!
Oops just saw the winners post. Story of my life….a day late and a dollar short…lol. Congratulations Anne!!!!
Would love to add this to my TBR list. I recall reading the earlier ones but it has been awhile since the last one.