Wished Away
(2025)(The fourth book in the Fairy Godmother Detective Agency series)
A novel by River Penumbra
Corrected manuscript version
In the cozy coastal town of Willowbrook, Maine, wishes are vanishing into thin air''and the people making them are left empty.
When multiple clients arrive at fairy godmother Grace Thornfield's office with the same mysterious symptoms—drained emotions and gaps in their memory—she knows something dark has come to her seaside town.
With her sharp-tongued familiar Artemis and her kitchen witch best friend Maya, Grace follows a trail of magical signatures that leads to an impossible dilemma: the stolen wishes are being used for a purpose that challenges everything she believes about right and wrong.
As the thefts escalate and federal investigators descend on Willowbrook, Grace must navigate desperate parents, corporate secrets, and her own grandmother's cryptic journals to find a solution that her tight-knit community can live with.
But some mysteries can't be solved by catching the villain. Sometimes, the only way forward is to transform a crime into something beautiful—if Grace can unite her divided town before it's too late.
WISHED AWAY is a heartwarming cozy mystery about the power of community, the complexity of doing good, and the magic that happens when neighbors choose to help neighbors.
Perfect for fans of Amanda Flower, Juliet Blackwell, and anyone who believes small towns hold the biggest magic.
Genre: Urban Fantasy
In the cozy coastal town of Willowbrook, Maine, wishes are vanishing into thin air''and the people making them are left empty.
When multiple clients arrive at fairy godmother Grace Thornfield's office with the same mysterious symptoms—drained emotions and gaps in their memory—she knows something dark has come to her seaside town.
With her sharp-tongued familiar Artemis and her kitchen witch best friend Maya, Grace follows a trail of magical signatures that leads to an impossible dilemma: the stolen wishes are being used for a purpose that challenges everything she believes about right and wrong.
As the thefts escalate and federal investigators descend on Willowbrook, Grace must navigate desperate parents, corporate secrets, and her own grandmother's cryptic journals to find a solution that her tight-knit community can live with.
But some mysteries can't be solved by catching the villain. Sometimes, the only way forward is to transform a crime into something beautiful—if Grace can unite her divided town before it's too late.
WISHED AWAY is a heartwarming cozy mystery about the power of community, the complexity of doing good, and the magic that happens when neighbors choose to help neighbors.
Perfect for fans of Amanda Flower, Juliet Blackwell, and anyone who believes small towns hold the biggest magic.
Genre: Urban Fantasy
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