Spellbound Secrets
(2026)(A book in the Haunted Charms Mystery series)
A novel by Patti Petrone Miller
In the charming small town of Hollow Creek, nothing is quite what it seems — and witch and apothecary owner Sylvia Nightshade has worked hard to keep it that way.
When a wealthy socialite turns up dead in the library of the notoriously cursed Ravenshollow Manor, Sylvia is the first one Sheriff Daniel Thorne looks at. She sells herbs. She knows plants. And she mentioned the poison by name before anyone told her how the woman died.
With her raven, her black cat, and a grimoire she keeps under lock and key, Sylvia has spent three years building a quiet life inside Hollow Creek's secret paranormal community. But the murder is pulling everything apart — the ancient binding beneath the manor is weakening, someone in town is willing to kill to protect what they know, and Thorne himself is not exactly what his badge suggests.
As Sylvia digs deeper into the manor's dark history, the family curse, and the desperate woman who thought she could use it, she's running out of time to find the truth before the investigation — and something far older — closes in around her.
Spellbound Secrets is a paranormal cozy mystery full of small-town secrets, magical atmosphere, a slow-burn mystery with real danger, and a witch sleuth who is going to figure this out whether the sheriff likes it or not.
Perfect for fans of magical mystery, witchy fiction, and cozy fantasy with an edge.
Genre: Horror
When a wealthy socialite turns up dead in the library of the notoriously cursed Ravenshollow Manor, Sylvia is the first one Sheriff Daniel Thorne looks at. She sells herbs. She knows plants. And she mentioned the poison by name before anyone told her how the woman died.
With her raven, her black cat, and a grimoire she keeps under lock and key, Sylvia has spent three years building a quiet life inside Hollow Creek's secret paranormal community. But the murder is pulling everything apart — the ancient binding beneath the manor is weakening, someone in town is willing to kill to protect what they know, and Thorne himself is not exactly what his badge suggests.
As Sylvia digs deeper into the manor's dark history, the family curse, and the desperate woman who thought she could use it, she's running out of time to find the truth before the investigation — and something far older — closes in around her.
Spellbound Secrets is a paranormal cozy mystery full of small-town secrets, magical atmosphere, a slow-burn mystery with real danger, and a witch sleuth who is going to figure this out whether the sheriff likes it or not.
Perfect for fans of magical mystery, witchy fiction, and cozy fantasy with an edge.
Genre: Horror
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