
Both have the same family structure - the heroine has 2 other female cousins, their fathers are out of the picture and their mothers are 3 sisters their grandaunt is also a crabby, weird, protective, unpredictable, wacko and comic figure the local sheriff is a father figure for the heroine, and has a thin I liked this book as a story, but it was considerably tainted for me by being a complete imitation (ripoff?) of Amanda Lee's Any Witch Way You Can (The Wicked Witches of the MidWest Series).īoth have the same family structure - the heroine has 2 other female cousins, their fathers are out of the picture and their mothers are 3 sisters their grandaunt is also a crabby, weird, protective, unpredictable, wacko and comic figure the local sheriff is a father figure for the heroine, and has a thing going secretly for one of the mothers they all live together in an old mansion in a small town, or on the grounds of one the mothers turn the mansion into a bed and breakfast their small town tries to capitalize/exploit its weird and wacky somewhat supernatural colorful history the heroine publishes a local online paper the heroine's two cousins both have a shop together dead bodies are discovered handsome, mysterious, slightly law enforcement-oriented boyfriend hell, I could go on and on.Īs Lee's AWWYC was written in 2012 and this was published in Dec 2015, I'm assuming Lee is innocent of any wrongdoing. I liked this book as a story, but it was considerably tainted for me by being a complete imitation (ripoff?) of Amanda Lee's Any Witch Way You Can (The Wicked Witches of the MidWest Series). Romance certainly isn't on the cards either but the hot scruffy guy new to town seems to have other ideas.more Was it Zero Bend, punk sculptor extraordinaire with a history of violence? Perhaps Fusion Swan, a sleazy agent playing the publicity game when his clients meet their untimely end.īetween trying to run her struggling online newspaper, dealing with her highly caffeinated cousins Molly and Luce, fending off three meddling witch mothers who will do anything to get their daughters married off (including drugging food with magic potions) and great Aunt Cass who appears to be running an underground laboratory of some kind, Harlow barely has time to breathe, let alone solve a murder. Someone has murdered one of the Butter Festival competitors. Was it Zero Bend, punk sculptor extraordinaire with a history of violence? Perhaps Fusion Swan, a slea The International Butter Festival has come to town! When Harlow Torrent, part-time journalist and full-time Slip witch stumbles upon a dead body, frozen and drained of blood, she's pulled into a murder mystery.

The International Butter Festival has come to town! When Harlow Torrent, part-time journalist and full-time Slip witch stumbles upon a dead body, frozen and drained of blood, she's pulled into a murder mystery.
