Hot Flashes & Hexes · Book 1
Don't Hex the Handyman
One badly worded spell. One grumpy Scottish handyman who can't leave. She just wanted her sink fixed—not her libido.
Cassie Morgan's life is already a disaster: divorced, overlooked at work, and one hot flash away from setting something on fire. When she accidentally summons a grumpy Scottish handyman who literally cannot leave her property, things get complicated. Liam MacLeod has dealt with witches before—his ex-wife was one—and he's not impressed. But as Cassie's chaotic magic keeps throwing them together (sometimes literally), they both start wondering if this "curse" might be the best thing that ever happened to them. A laugh-out-loud midlife romance about second chances, found family, and learning you were never too much—you were just surrounded by the wrong people.
A cozy witch romantic fantasy with midlife magic and comedy · closed door · happy ending
What this book is
- A cozy chaos comedy where hot flashes trigger magic
- A sentient house with opinions about your love life
- A talking cat who judges everyone
- Messy, magical, and deeply relatable for anyone who's ever felt invisible—and then suddenly, spectacularly, too much
You'll like this if
- You've ever ugly-cried in the laundry room
- You believe wine is a food group
- You want a romance where the heroine saves herself (but the grumpy Scotsman doesn't hurt)
- You need to laugh until you snort and then immediately text your best friend about it
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