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Every Christmas season Holiday Hills turns into a magical, witchy wonderland filled with snowmen, sugar cookies by the dozen, and bottomless mugs overflowing with hot cocoa and whipped cream. Everyone in town looks forward to the season, but all celebrating comes to a grinding halt when the big guy’s messengers arrive with the worst of news. It seems someone’s stolen Santa’s list and hidden it in Holiday Hills. Without it, Christmas won’t happen, and a world without Christmas can never be the same. But Abby and her familiar cat Cooper won’t let that happen, not on their watch. Can...

Every time the Bramblett County, Georgia, body count rises, so does realtor Lily Sprayberry’s popularity. And these days, she’s very popular. When a member of her decluttering and staging class winds up dead, Lily takes it personally and sets out to find the killer. Saddled with guilt, she struggles to accept that the killer just might be someone from her past. The problem is figuring out who before the killer catches on.

Divorced mother Chantilly Adair didn’t take the job as the head of the Castleberry Georgia Historical Society because she thought it would be easy, in fact, she felt the exact opposite, and that suited her just fine. Desperate to get away from Birmingham and her ex-husband, she took her pre-teen son and high-tailed it straight to her childhood home in Castleberry, Georgia, and the echoes of her recently deceased parents.

When her best friend Gen comes from Birmingham for an extended visit, psychic medium Chantilly Adair can’t wait to show her Castleberry, Georgia. Excited to introduce her to what makes her home town so unique, Chantilly plans to throw a party the size of Atlanta’s Mercedes Stadium. Though she hasn’t attempted an event that big since her own wedding, she’s ready and willing to take the ball and run with it.

As Bramblett County, Georgia realtor Lily Sprayberry preps for the annual community yard sale fundraiser, she discovers the body of the newly hired lacrosse coach lying in the high school gym...When the killer figures out Lily is close to cracking the case, things take a dangerous turn, and Lily’s life is on the line. Can she save herself, or will she be the next victim in Bramblett County?

USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Carolyn Ridder Aspenson delights readers with her quippy dialog and fun characters! WHAT DO PUMPKIN SPICE LATTES AND A CRYSTAL BALL HAVE IN COMMON? Murder. In Holiday Hills, fall festivals mean magic, mystery, and—apparently—murder. I’ve got a lot on my plate as a witch and cozy mystery author, and I was ready to enjoy a peaceful autumn at The Enchanted Bookstore and Cafe. But when Patrick Murphy, the town psychic, predicts his own death, things quickly spiral into chaos. My snarky-mouthed cat familiar, Cooper, had a vision too—Patrick’s days were ...

My name is Abby Odell, and I’m a witch. Some call me a newbie because I didn’t know I was one until my mother died and her spell that bound my powers died along with her.

Welcome back to Holiday Hills, a magical town where good always trumps evil, even if it’s a little late to the game. Bessie’s Enchanted Bookstore and Café is my sanctuary—a cozy corner where I write my witchy mysteries, surrounded by the scent of cinnamon lattes and the quiet rustle of book pages. But fiction became reality when Hansen, a young witch and Bessie’s part-time employee, dropped dead while serving pumpkin spice lattes. Now, I’m in the middle of a real-life murder mystery, and Bessie, the closest thing I have to family, needs my help. With my snarky cat familiar, ...

A wealthy shut-in is found murdered in his mansion. Five other people were in the lavish home at the time of the crime—one of whom had motive enough to kill. And Detective Rachel Ryder is determined to discover who. But the more she and partner Rob Bishop learn about the wealthy and unsociable victim, the harder it becomes to narrow down the suspect list. Frustrated, the investigators refuse to allow anyone to leave, until the culprit is unmasked.

When Lily Sprayberry and her friends decided to have a cookie baking girl’s night, the last thing they expected to find was one of Santa’s helpers dead in the walk in freezer of Millie’s Café. None of them believed Santa was real, let alone his helpers, but the little guy’s pointy ears made them second guess themselves. Against Lily’s better judgment, the women forego calling the sheriff, who just happens to be her husband, opting instead to take matters into their own hands. When they find an ominous note lying where the pointy-eared person once did, they know they’re in over ...

HOLIDAY HILLS CAN'T CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS WITHOUT BESSIE'S CHARMED CAROLING MUSIC! Join Abby and friends as they make it their number one priority to find the music sheets and bring the holidays back to Holiday Hills. In the picturesque town of Holiday Hills, every snowflake that falls has a touch of magic and every resident has a quirky secret or two. This year, the most awaited event is Bessie's annual Christmas carol night where magicals from near and far come together to sing enchanting carols crafted by a rare and ancient family spell that can only be conjured once a year. But as the ...

Welcome back to USA TODAY Bestselling Author Carolyn Ridder Aspenson’s Holiday hills, where murder in always on the menu. In Holiday Hills, secrets don’t stay buried for long—especially when murder is involved. If there’s one thing I’ve learned in Holiday Hills, it’s that secrets run deeper than magic. As a witch, and cozy mystery author, my best friend, Stella, and I usually spend our days sipping coffee, and working while catching up on gossip at The Enchanted Bookstore and Cafe. But this time, the gossip isn’t about lattes—it’s about murder. When I found Morgana ...

Step into the enchanting town of Holiday Hills, where the aroma of excellent coffee mingles with an extra touch of magic. That's right, we're talking about magic potions that can turn an ordinary day into an extraordinary one, among other things. But when the veil of tranquility is shattered by the disappearance of one of these extraordinary elixirs, and the normally grumpy supernatural residents find themselves unusually content, it's up to Abby and Cooper to restore order to the supernatural realm. Assigned with the crucial task of locating the missing potion by none other than Bessie, ...

Small town realtor Lily Sprayberry can’t catch a break. You solve new murders and uncover old crimes,but can you save someone from doing hard time?To return what was lost, solve my riddle at all costs. Travel back to ’83 and the murder of a girl from Forsyth County. The note sat inside an empty lock box on the dining room table of Bramblett County realtor Lily Sprayberry’s open house listing. A lockbox that formerly contained an expensive coin collection she promised would remain safe.

USA TODAY bestselling author Carolyn Ridder Aspenson returns with a witchy mystery that’s sure to cast a spell! In Holiday Hills, murder and magic go hand in hand. When Ronnie Daniels, the new health inspector, arrived in town, everyone breathed a sigh of relief—until her popularity took a nosedive. Business owners petitioned to have her removed after her glowing reports turned out to be fake. But before any action could be taken, Ronnie was found dead, and suspicion immediately fell on good witch Charity Rutherford, the local bakery owner. Though Charity was cleared of the crime, it ...

It’s one thing to get attitude from her teenagers, but when Angela Panther’s newest ghost in distress is an in-her-face, snarky teenage boy, the psychic medium lays down the law. When an unidentified 14-year-old boy takes a dive off an interstate overpass, to solve the case, Atlanta area detective Aaron Banner calls Angela to get the truth about his junior John Doe.

Witches don’t always follow the rules, and when they don’t, bad things happen. Like Cassandra Bloom’s death, for starters. Holiday Hills residents, magical and humans, were afraid of Cassandra. She was the bad witch in every fairytale, the one with the ugly wart and long, stringy gray hair. But she didn’t just look scary. She was scary. Sure, everyone in town might feel secretly relieved Cassandra’s no longer with us, but they’re missing the bigger picture. Cassandra didn’t die of old age. She was murdered.

I try hard to help the restless dead find closure. And usually, I succeed. But this time my detective boyfriend is throwing a wrench into my efforts. I might be able to take the word of a dead guy, but the police sure can't. And as always, things don’t turn out as planned. Now I’m stuck in the middle of a double murder - one from the past - and one from now.

When Missy Kingston brings her pooch party program to an annual gala fundraiser for the city's local women's shelter, she didn’t expect a murder. But when the most prominent financial contributor to the shelter is found dead, the big night comes to a halt. The suspect list is long, but Missy knows one person who shouldn't be on it: her friend Max Hoover. Missy vows to prove his innocence, and that determination leads her down a path of power, politics, and money. And it’s a path the killer doesn't want her taking.

When the town’s biggest high school bully of all time decides to come back and haunt Castleberry High, it’s my job to stop him. The problem is, this job is bringing up a whole lot of personal baggage and bad memories...because that bully bullied me. The good news is, the town detective knows my secret and wants to protect me. The bad news is, the town detective knows my secret and wants to protect me. My goal is to send this ghost back to where he came from. But he’s pushing hard for me to solve his murder.