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Awakening the Witch
(2023)(The first book in the Hollywood Lakes Magical Midlife series)
A novel by Christina Garner
A paranormal women's fiction novel with Gen X attitude and a heart of gold.
Welcome to Hollywood Lakes, where the water is warm, the coffee is hot, and magic begins at midlife.
Shay Atwater is a talent manager in Hollywood with a knack for launching careers and making dreams come true. But somehow, she's never quite found her own. At 44, she fears she's running out of time—especially in Hollywood where women of a certain age become invisible.
She needs a reset, and settling her grandmother’s estate is the perfect opportunity for a getaway to Hollywood Lakes, the idyllic town where she spent summers in childhood. But when her bff, Avery, shows up begging to use her grandmother’s inn as a movie location, what’s meant to be a vacation turns into anything but.
Lights explode, and eerie whispers ruin takes until the director threatens to shut down the shoot. But Avery needs this role, and Shay needs the location fee to pay the inn’s tax bill or risk losing it.
She enlists the help of Simone and Poppy, old friends from camp, but when they tell her she's the town's new word witch—responsible for keeping the magic flowing and solving supernatural problems—Shay is sure they've lost their minds. But what's with the ancient spellbook in her grandmother's attic, and why is she the only one who can read it?
To save the inn, Shay must find out what—or who—is wreaking havoc, and in the process, she might just find the calling she's been seeking and awaken the witch within.
Hollywood Lakes Magical Midlife is a coming-of-middle-age series filled with witchy adventures, ride-or-die friends, and slow-burn romance. (And wine. Lots of wine.)
Genre: Mystery
Welcome to Hollywood Lakes, where the water is warm, the coffee is hot, and magic begins at midlife.
Shay Atwater is a talent manager in Hollywood with a knack for launching careers and making dreams come true. But somehow, she's never quite found her own. At 44, she fears she's running out of time—especially in Hollywood where women of a certain age become invisible.
She needs a reset, and settling her grandmother’s estate is the perfect opportunity for a getaway to Hollywood Lakes, the idyllic town where she spent summers in childhood. But when her bff, Avery, shows up begging to use her grandmother’s inn as a movie location, what’s meant to be a vacation turns into anything but.
Lights explode, and eerie whispers ruin takes until the director threatens to shut down the shoot. But Avery needs this role, and Shay needs the location fee to pay the inn’s tax bill or risk losing it.
She enlists the help of Simone and Poppy, old friends from camp, but when they tell her she's the town's new word witch—responsible for keeping the magic flowing and solving supernatural problems—Shay is sure they've lost their minds. But what's with the ancient spellbook in her grandmother's attic, and why is she the only one who can read it?
To save the inn, Shay must find out what—or who—is wreaking havoc, and in the process, she might just find the calling she's been seeking and awaken the witch within.
Hollywood Lakes Magical Midlife is a coming-of-middle-age series filled with witchy adventures, ride-or-die friends, and slow-burn romance. (And wine. Lots of wine.)
Genre: Mystery
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