Hot Flashes & Hexes · Book 9
Read the Room
Her comedy career finally has an audience: the room itself. The mic stand bows. The chairs heckle. The stage light does her punchlines.
Joey Bennett drove fourteen hours from Maryland to Fairhaven, Virginia, with three suitcases, a divorce, and a dead brother she hasn't said the name of in twenty-seven years.
The house came with a dog named Percy who sighs at her best material, a Keurig with emotional range, and an avocado kitchen that hasn't been updated since the Reagan administration.
Four days in, Joey did five minutes at a bookstore open mic and the mic stand bowed. The folding chairs crossed their arms. The stage light did her punchline. The whole room thought she was hilarious.
A cozy witch romantic fantasy with midlife magic and comedy · closed door · happy ending
What this book is
- A cozy witch romcom about a comedian whose magic gives her the audience she never had
- A slow-burn romance with a quiet locksmith who listens all the way to the end
- A dog named Percy with devastating comedic timing
- A Keurig with more emotional range than her ex
You'll like this if
- You've ever used the joke to outrun the feeling
- You appreciate a love interest who doesn't laugh easily—so it counts when he does
- You want to watch the funniest woman in the room finally get heard
- You believe a dog's sigh can be a complete review
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