Hot Flashes & Hexes · Book 8
Crash & Burnout
Fired five times in two years. Living at the Holiday Inn. Now things catch fire when she feels things. The blacksmith is not helping.
Dana Ashton has been fired five times in two years. She has a master's degree, a Pomeranian who is more popular than she is, and a room at the Holiday Inn in Fairhaven, Virginia, with a wallpaper border of small green ferns she will be staring at for the foreseeable future.
The coffee shop job at Meredith's was supposed to be temporary. The forge lessons with the local blacksmith were supposed to be a favor to an old woman named Margaret, who runs this town on favors.
Then Dana set fire to a stranger's geraniums on a public sidewalk. And a chalk sign. And a latte. And a retired postman's newspaper. And a pair of shop rags at the forge while kissing the blacksmith, which was not part of the favor.
A cozy witch romantic fantasy with midlife magic and comedy · closed door · happy ending
What this book is
- A cozy witch romcom about starting over at rock bottom—with fire
- A grumpy heroine and an impossibly patient blacksmith
- A Pomeranian with a bigger social life than her owner
- Forge lessons that were supposed to be a favor
You'll like this if
- You've ever been let go and taken it personally (because it was)
- You appreciate a love interest who works in fire and never flinches at hers
- You want a heroine whose magic is exactly as angry as she is
- You believe Pomeranians always know more than they're letting on
Five-star reviews of the series opener
Whispers from the readers
★★★★★
Hot flashes weren't funny until now.
“This is a wonderfully entertaining closed door romantic comedy with a newly minted witch, an opinionated cat, a talking toaster who only speaks French, a house that develops its own personality, and a hard won happily ever after. I laughed until my sides hurt.”
★★★★★
Cassie is such a realistic heroine!
“We need more fantasy romance about middle aged women! I'm sick of teenage heroines. Love the forced proximity and the development of Cassie and Liam's chemistry. Liam is a gem!”
★★★★★
Read the whole series
“This gem of a series gets better as it goes. Each is short and well worth the time. Romance off the pages, clean, and light-hearted but with a profound message.”
4.3 stars across 849 reviews for Book 1