Annette Blair crafts charming romantic comedies that unexpectedly began their journey during a trip to Salem, Massachusetts. Initially resistant to writing contemporary fiction, she serendipitously became known as an 'Accidental Witch Writer.' Her distinctive blend of magic, humor, and romance quickly resonated with readers, leading her bewitching stories to national bestseller status.
While helping to plan her sister's baby shower, vintage clothing boutique owner Madeira Cutler must also solve a murder when Imogen, her new design intern, dies under suspicious circumstances and an imposter arrives at her doorstep later in the evening claiming to be Imogen. Original. 30,000 first printing.
May the real criminal shine through . . .Madeira loves her vintage clothing store, but the visions she gets from the garments can be hard to handle, especially when she knows the garment's owner. At first she's thrilled to receive a package containing the beautifully bejeweled dress she designed for actress and old friend Dominique DeLong while in fashion school. But the dress comes with a disturbing note from Dominique, who it seems took her last bow under very mysterious circumstances.Now Maddie needs to use her second sight to shine a spotlight on the actress's entire entourage--including a bitter ex, a rival ingenue, and a very catty "best friend"--and make sure that this was the killer's final act.As executor of Dominique's will, Maddie is off to New York City where she'll meet "The Parasites" and get caught in a maze of deceit and lies that will have her running for her life.
With all the stress of opening her new vintage clothing store (in a renovated old morgue) Madeira Cutler feels like a bag of bones--until she discovers the real deal, unearthed by an intruder, in an old body drawer. And the bones are as vintage as Maddie's stock, or so says Maddie's resident ghostly hunk, Dante Underhill.Could the break-in have something to do with the local playhouse and its curator going down in flames? Somehow Maddie will have to juggle dressing the store, party planning, and crime solving. Add to the brew the local witch's costume ball, being held at her store, and Madeira is wishing she knew how to ride a broom right out of there...