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Riptide Reckoning
(2026)(The fourth book in the Fossick Lane Mysteries series)
A Story by Wynn Valentine
Summer has settled over Crabapple Bend. And the town’s oldest protector is about to die.
Georgina Voss has held the ward-stones steady for decades—the ancient magical barrier that shields Crabapple Bend from the wild, unpredictable forces beyond its borders. She is the center everything rotates around. When she collapses from an illness no doctor can explain, Teddy Vane’s psychometric gift reveals something far worse than natural decline.
Inverted ward-stone magic. Deliberate. Targeted. Lethal.
Someone hasn’t just poisoned Georgina. They’ve reversed the very magic she’s spent her life protecting—and turned it into a weapon.
When Nolan’s estranged brother Reid arrives in town carrying guilt, grief, and secrets that reach back years, the investigation takes a devastating turn. The evidence points not to an outsider, but to someone inside the town’s most trusted circle—someone whose grief has calcified into something methodical and unforgiving.
As the ward-stones destabilize and Crabapple Bend’s magical infrastructure begins to fracture, Teddy and Nolan must confront not just a killer—but the painful truth that the people we trust most can cause the deepest damage.
And the magic that holds everything together can also tear it apart.
Riptide Reckoning is Book 4 in The Fossick Lane Mysteries, a paranormal cozy mystery series featuring:
• A capable midlife heroine
• A grumpy hedgehog familiar
• Slow-burn, closed-door romance
• Small-town magic with real consequences
• A series-long mystery escalating with every book
Perfect for readers who love paranormal cozy mysteries, magical infrastructure world-building, and layered small-town intrigue.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Georgina Voss has held the ward-stones steady for decades—the ancient magical barrier that shields Crabapple Bend from the wild, unpredictable forces beyond its borders. She is the center everything rotates around. When she collapses from an illness no doctor can explain, Teddy Vane’s psychometric gift reveals something far worse than natural decline.
Inverted ward-stone magic. Deliberate. Targeted. Lethal.
Someone hasn’t just poisoned Georgina. They’ve reversed the very magic she’s spent her life protecting—and turned it into a weapon.
When Nolan’s estranged brother Reid arrives in town carrying guilt, grief, and secrets that reach back years, the investigation takes a devastating turn. The evidence points not to an outsider, but to someone inside the town’s most trusted circle—someone whose grief has calcified into something methodical and unforgiving.
As the ward-stones destabilize and Crabapple Bend’s magical infrastructure begins to fracture, Teddy and Nolan must confront not just a killer—but the painful truth that the people we trust most can cause the deepest damage.
And the magic that holds everything together can also tear it apart.
Riptide Reckoning is Book 4 in The Fossick Lane Mysteries, a paranormal cozy mystery series featuring:
• A capable midlife heroine
• A grumpy hedgehog familiar
• Slow-burn, closed-door romance
• Small-town magic with real consequences
• A series-long mystery escalating with every book
Perfect for readers who love paranormal cozy mysteries, magical infrastructure world-building, and layered small-town intrigue.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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