Witches of Gales Haven

Second chances are as good as any spell, and she's not passing this one up.Gales Haven is a small town hidden from the rest of the world. For centuries, it's been a refuge for those with magic. It's where witches and wizards can let their eccentricities hang loose.Years after leaving home, Marla is coming back with her tail tucked between her legs. Her two teenage children are sparking with their emerging powers, and as the only dud in a family of remarkable mages, she can't help them.When Marla returns, her family welcomes her with open arms. Her grandmother and three aunts are wild, loud-mouthed, and brazen. They're also powerhouses not to be messed with. No matter what, family always has your back.Finally, Marla is where she belongs. And when her first love is possibly interested in picking up where they left off, even when she disappeared without a forwarding address, well, Marla only wishes she came back sooner.Even when the trouble starts, and the spell that has protected the town all these years goes on the fritz, there's nowhere Marla would rather be. That is, until she starts hearing a little hedgehog sassing her, anyhow...

Marla figured returning to her small hometown would be the start of a simple life-albeit one with magic. She figured wrong. Magic was part of the deal, but the new role assigned to her wasn't. What does she know about detecting? Nothing at all, a fact made plainly obvious during her first day on the job. What do a foul-mouthed leprechaun and Spanx have in common? Marla is about to find out...

Marla Gawama is the new detective of Gales Haven. She knows nothing about sleuthing, but her nan assigned her the job, and what Bessie Gawama wants, she gets. Marla does her best to carry out her new detective doo-ties. She even dons her comfortable running shoes and sets out to get 'er done. But when some bumbling bumpkins show up in town, and Haveners start losing their marbles left and right, it becomes clear she's not cut out for the job. That never stopped a Gawama witch before. And she isn't going to let it stop her now. One thing the Gawamas know how to do is ride with the crazy.

Luanne and Shawna Gawama head out of Gales Haven for a spontaneous day of adventurous fun. They expect to drink a little too much and dance the night away. Definitely to forget about all the trouble that's befallen their hometown since their niece Marla's return.Instead, they run smack dab into trouble worse than any Spanx-pilfering leprechauns or back-talking hedgehogs. The kind of trouble not even their powerful family is prepared to face.But these redheads know how to weather storms. And they do it together. When strangers test the borders of their safe village, the Gawama witches aren't ready to take them on-but that won't stop them from kicking ass however they can. They're resourceful and they don't give a hoot what anyone thinks of them-a fiery combination. They have better things to worry about, like discovering the best glazed doughnuts and surviving the bond of sisterhood.