Mountains and Magic

Witches of Pine Lake Paranormal Cozy Series, Book 1

By: Natalie Summers

Narrated by: Amy Melissa Bentley

Burnt-out social worker Amalie Holmes thinks she's finally caught a lucky break in the form of a free cottage from her mystery great aunt. With nothing to lose, Amalie heads for the hills, or, in this case, the mountains. Turns out the cottage comes with a big family secret: Amalie is from a long line of witches. She quickly discovers that living in a new town isn't easy, especially when lightning strikes whenever she loses her temper!   

When an orphaned 11-year-old stands accused of murder, Amalie's social worker instincts compel her to solve the case and clear the child, even if it means digging into painful secrets the town considers long buried. Secrets that paint a target on her back.   

Between her crazy family, magic lessons, investigating a murder, and the sexy wizard detective hell-bent on keeping her in line, Amalie's not sure which one will be the death of her first - her newfound abilities or the killer.

©2018 Natalie Summers (P)2018 Tantor

Fresh characters

Enjoyed so many family dynamics…. Brilliantly executed! Well researched and informative on topics rarely discussed.

Sadness with a Happy Ending

Just enough crazy, magic and fun with a tinge of sadness. Well written story to include young, old, in between and the living impaired.

Doesn’t catch my attention soon enough at the beginning.

But I’m glad I kept on listening to it!!! I really enjoyed this book! Going to start the second book now! Thank for this book series being free now!!!!

Fun and interesting

This was a cute story. Not like the usual witch stories I've been lustening to which made it even more enjoyable and added a bit of diversity to my listening. A different type of witch powers.
I'd definitely recommend it.

Well written characters in a basic story

The story and world is very standard modern witch/vampire stuff.
The redemptive quality of the main character lifts the book up a couple of stars