There's A New Witch in Town by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

There's A New Witch in Town by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

Welcome to Holiday Hills, where the coffee's fresh and there's magic in the air.

I have a perfect life. I recently rented the most adorable little apartment on top of my favorite bookstore coffee shop on Main Street in Holiday Hills, the charmingest of charming small southern towns. I spend my days ghostwriting a cozy mystery series for a well-known author, and maybe just a minute or two crushing on the town's police chief. But of course, I'd never let that cat out of the bag. I'm still dealing with my recent divorce, and no matter what my bestie says, I'm so not ready for anything in the romance department.

Speaking of cats, my little Burmese, Cooper, follows me around like he's my guard dog. Thankfully, Holiday Hills is animal friendly. Everyone's got a cat or dog, and that crazy old woman on the back end of town has the funniest talking parrot.

Oh, that crazy old woman, she's a local celebrity, which can be a lot of trouble for her daughter. How do I know? Because that's me. I'm the crazy old woman's daughter.

The good news is everyone loves my mother, including me. The bad news is she recently died, and when she did, she opened up a whole new world for me, one I'd always thought was fictional. The magical world.

Now I have witchy powers, a talking cat, and a knack for finding dead bodies in my quaint little town.

Ones that haven't died by accident.

My name is Abby Odell and I'm a witch.

Who knew? I sure didn't. Thanks for that, Mom.

There's a New Witch in Town is the first book in the Holiday Hills Witch Cozy Mystery series by bestselling author Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

A native of Indiana, Carolyn spent a good portion of her youth and adult life in the northwest Chicago suburbs, where she dabbled in the health and fitness industry until finally landing a full time career in insurance. Not liking the cold, gray winters of Chicagoland, Carolyn moved to a bright and sunny suburb outside of Atlanta, Georgia. She started her professional journalism career in Cumming, Georgia, where she continues to work as a freelance writer for various media outlets including print and Internet publications.

A life long fitness enthusiast, Carolyn writes a monthly column for Northside Woman, an Appen News monthly magazine.

Carolyn enjoys reading, but considers herself a genre snob, reading mostly mysteries and some chick lit. She loves to read Harlan Coben, Robert Crais and the late Robert Parker, whom she feels was the 'most incredible writer ever'.

Married since 1998 to her 'hottie hubby', she is the mother of three children and two very old, very high maintenance dogs.

Carolyn doesn't see ghosts, but swears she would be okay with it as long it was during the day.

Keep in touch with Carolyn by visiting her website at www.carolynridderaspenson.com