Enjoy this clean, small town, paranormal cozy mystery by award winning and bestselling author, Lucinda Race.<br /><br />Welcome to Pembroke Cove, where witches and murders are multiplying...<br /><br />Book store owner and novice witch Lily Michaels is struggling to get a handle on her new powers. The book &ldquo;Practical Beginnings&rdquo; is showing her random spells to learn, and her familiar, the talking cat, Milo, isn&rsquo;t much help. She doesn&rsquo;t need any more distractions, but when a car crashes just outside the bookstore, Lily is first on the scene. It&rsquo;s more than just an automobile accident. Bullet holes can be deadly. The victim, shady real estate agent Teddy Roberts, was dead before his fancy sports car ever hit that pole.<br /><br />Investigating the crime scene is Detective Gage Erikson, or as Milo calls him, Detective Cutie. His crush on Lily is not-so-secret to anyone but her, but she&rsquo;s acting like he&rsquo;s a distraction she doesn&rsquo;t need. Is he her boyfriend, or just her best friend? He just needs to keep her out of trouble while he traces clues to the crime.<br /><br />But a mystery is like catnip to Lily. She&rsquo;s willing to admit she has a tiny bit of a reputation for investigating things she shouldn&rsquo;t. She&rsquo;s trying to balance her growing feelings for Gage while keeping her witchy secret from him and solve a murder. Teddy had plenty of people with reasons to do him in. Will Lily&rsquo;s best protection spell be enough to keep her and Gage safe while they work together to catch a killer?<br /><br />Catnaps and Crimes is the second novel in A Book Store Cozy Mystery Series, although each book can be read as standalone. A sweet and clean cozy mystery with a guarantee the culprit is caught. Happy reading!<br />Read less