A Call to Charms by Denise Swanson is the first book in the NEW “Forever Charmed” cozy paranormal mystery series, released September 3, 2019.

Chocolate, men, and magic.

Who can turn down that inheritance?

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If life had gone as she planned, Lexie Green would have been teaching English at a prestigious university, not persuading spoiled, rich women to buy overpriced clothes they didn’t need and often looked ridiculous wearing. Can you say electric yellow see-through skirts and Torn jeans with unfinished hems?

Still, although this isn’t the life Lexie would have chosen, all is going well. At least until Lexie is fired and her deranged ex-boyfriend tries to kidnap her.

Deciding that it’s better to accept a mysterious inheritance from a great aunt she’s never heard of rather than end up kept in a cage as her ex’s pet poodle, Lexie packs up and heads to Kansas. So, what if she has to go by a new name and live in a town that she can’t find on a map?

Unfortunately, once she arrives in her new hometown, everyone there seems just a tad off-kilter and Lexie’s cousin insists that the citizens are magical. At least there are a couple of hot guys hanging around for eye candy.

Even though Lexie doesn’t believe the nonsense about her being the Ravenscraft Shield, she does believe her father was murdered—a father she never knew existed, and she investigates his death.

Too bad whoever killed her father now wants Lexie dead as well.

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Lexie is my kind of heroine. She discovers a life that she’s never known and I had a good time watching her take it all in, including her role in the small town that she relocated to. When she learned the truth about her parentage and the fact that her father was murdered, she vowed to find his killer.

The mystery was nicely executed in a book that I could not put down. The pacing was on par with how well this story was being told. The author set the stage with plenty of potential suspects and clues that kept me intrigued as to who, hiding in plain sight, wanted her dead. There were a few strategically placed twists, but the killer’s identity, that I did not see coming. This was a fun book and I can’t wait to read the next book in this delightfully charming new series.