Brownies and Broomsticks by Bailey Cates

With the help of handsome journalist Steve Dawes, charming firefighter Declan McCarthy, and a few spells, Katie and Aunt Lucy stir up some toil and trouble to clear Ben's name and find the real killer. When a curmudgeonly customer is murdered outside the Honeybee Bakery, Uncle Ben becomes the prime suspect. However, you will be introduced to the characters and experience the development of the story much more clearly if you read the entire series in order. Turns out these herbal enhancements aren't just tasty-Aunt Lucy is a witch and her recipes are actually spells!Įach installment is able to stand on its own.

While working at the Honeybee Bakery-named after Lucy's cat-Katie notices that her aunt is adding mysterious herbs to her recipes. So be prepared to skip down the yellow brick road and not take anything at face value. There is a whole spectrum of characters disguised as one thing or another.

So when her aunt Lucy and uncle Ben open a bakery in Savannah's quaint downtown district and ask Katie to join them, she enthusiastically agrees. Katie Lightfoot's tired of loafing around as the assistant manager of an Ohio bakery.

You can breeze through it without a lot of concentration. This is a light cozy mystery that is clean and wholesome. Unfortunately there's a small love triangle brewing - I'm definitely team Steve! Have to love the dog too. Not too sugar sweet and a nice blend of characters. Being a cozy, it's definitely a feel good story that doesn't break too many rules, but it's a cut above most of the paranormal themed I've read. The club is comprised of witches from different backgrounds, some more on the light side than others, which makes it interesting and not too generic. The book keeps it simple since she's an amateur trying the magic on for size, but I love how the aunt puts in herbs and various spells into the baked goods in terms of what a customer needs or wants. Once there she finds out that she is in a long line of 'hedgewitchery' and that the local book club is actually a type of coven of unique witches.īesides being charmed by the series detailed deserts (and the generous recipes at the back), it's a interesting with the magic. The main character has returned to a small town to escape her current life and start a anew in a bakery business with her aunt and uncle. “I've seen some pretty strange things in my life, and more of them make me think magic is possible than not.”īrownies and Broomsticks was just what I was looking for - finally a paranormal themed cozy mystery that isn't all fault fluff and unrealistic rigidity.

Brownies and Broomsticks by Bailey Cates