A French Press of Murder

<p><strong>Misty Valley is on the brink of transformation-and not everyone will survive the change!</strong></p><p>As journalists flood town for a high-profile announcement promising progress prosperity and a Grand Prix-fueled future Ebrel Dymestl is just trying to keep her café running and her magic under control. Being a newly awakened witch is complicated enough. Doing it under a limiter bracelet while supernatural tensions rise? That's a recipe for disaster.</p><p>When a pixie gossip columnist is murdered in front of the press--killed with something as mundane as a newspaper--Ebrel knows the chaos isn't accidental. As rival columnists clash old magical grudges resurface and a long-buried feud escalates into a sanctioned duel Misty Valley begins to unravel.</p><p>Then the magic goes very wrong.</p><p>Floods. Failing spells. A deadly bolt that shouldn't exist. And an unseen manipulator using Ebrel's snarky feline familiar as the perfect scapegoat.</p><p>As bodies fall and the town teeters on the edge of supernatural exposure Ebrel is forced to dig deeper into a mystery that blends modern ambition with ancient magic. When she's kidnapped and dragged toward a cliff with death waiting below she'll have to rely on allies she never expected--and powers she's not sure she can control.</p><p>Progress has a price.<br>Magic always does.</p><p><em><strong>A French Press of Murder</strong></em> blends high-stakes urban fantasy with a cozy paranormal mystery heart--featuring witches under pressure ghosts with opinions deadly magical politics and a heroine who just wanted a quiet cup of coffee.</p>