Potions Are for Pushovers

It may have been a ghost that led Eleanor Wilde to set up shop in a quaint English village. But now that she&;s established herself as the town witch, Ellie&;s contentedly casting spells on anyone desperate enough&;or gullible enough&;to request her mysterious potions&; Selling mystical elixirs and tantalizing tonics is a pretty good way for a fake medium to earn a living. Or at least it&;s Ellie&;s main source of income&;until a villager turns up dead. The cause? Murder by poisoning. And though Ellie&;s concoctions don&;t include anything worthy of a skull and crossbones, suddenly she&;s the prime suspect. Her only recourse is to find the culprit who did do away with Sarah Blackthorne. No one liked the mean old battle-axe. But did anyone hate her enough to kill her? It&;s enough of a mystery to make Ellie hang up her witch&;s hat and take millionaire beau Nicholas Hartford up on his offer to keep her afloat. Except Ellie is not the kind of woman to lean on a man&;least of all a man she adores but whose place in her life is uncertain. Besides, Ellie&;s taken on two young witches-in-training&;apprentices if you will&;and both of them are convinced a werewolf is the murderer. Just as Ellie&;s wondering if there really is something otherworldly going on, animals suddenly begin to disappear&;including her beloved cat, Beast. Now Ellie&;s on the warpath to uncover the wicked truth about the people and the place she&;s only just begun to call home&;