It only takes a second for life to go to heck-in-a-hand-basket! In less than 24 hours, Pepper Dunn loses her job, her boyfriend, and her home. It’s the worst day of her life. But when Pepper discovers she’s a witch and has inherited the most important store in the magical town of Magnolia Cove, Alabama,
It only takes a second for life to go to heck-in-a-hand-basket!
In less than 24 hours, Pepper Dunn loses her job, her boyfriend, and her home. It’s the worst day of her life. But when Pepper discovers she’s a witch and has inherited the most important store in the magical town of Magnolia Cove, Alabama, she’s as happy as a pig in mud.
Too bad the shop is a familiar pet store, and Pepper doesn’t like animals – not even a teensy bit. Determined to sell the shop and get the heck out of town, Pepper’s plans go haywire when a local store owner winds up dead and Pepper gets accused of murder.
Thrust into a magical mystery, Pepper teams up with a mysterious private detective and a cat so traumatized by the murder that she’s not talking – and that cat could hold the key to Pepper’s innocence.
Now Pepper must avoid trouble, solve the mystery, and placate her new grandmother, who keeps a strict curfew that’s enforced by the talking end of her shotgun.
Sounds like a simple day in the life – as if. Can Pepper solve the mystery, or will she become the next victim of the Magnolia Cove murderer? And most importantly, will Pepper learn to love the animals she’s in charge of?
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little editing, characters and plot juvenile It appears that this is a vanity publication. Still, most authors take the time to reread their books several times to edit them. If this author attempted to edit this book, she has very little command of the English language. Ms. Boyles refers to a meal that is “summer fare” as “summer fair.” “All for naught” is spelled “all for not.” Characters are cousins in one paragraph and sisters two paragraphs later. There are so many unclear referents of pronouns that I had to constantly reread…
Pretty good, but in some ways Pretty good, but in some ways, too fast, not a great deal of description. This writing style isn’t “deep”. The romantic relationship seems very quick too, and some of the phony southernisms bother me in books like this–you know, it reads like the way people outside the south think that southerners talk. I live in the south…most of us don’t talk like this… but ok, not a bad book.
Good Potential, Weak Delivery The book follows a couple of standard tropes: weak (sometimes read loser) character given a new break and a chance to shine; a hidden world of magic that the main character never knew about before. The unique twist was the southern setting.The main character started out at the loser level. Unfortunately she stayed rather shallow and never developed the depth to make you care. Her southern redneck personality seemed correct by the cliches I have as a west coast reader; of course that…