Tall Dark and Troll

<p><strong>When the Fae Queen sends her High Minister to evaluate Misty Valley failure is not an option.</strong></p><p>Monique von Underbeak doesn't arrive quietly. She rolls into town in a nightmare-black coach pulled by creatures straight out of a bad dream--driven by a cloaked specter only I can see. Apparently discovering I'm a witch wasn't enough. Now I'm on the radar of one of the most dangerous figures in the Fae Court. And one of the oldest.</p><p>As the mayor scrambles to impress her with plans for a Grand Prix race a towering new troll is hired to repair the valley's bridges overnight. Pixies begin vanishing without a trace. And when hikers uncover a body buried under a rockslide--only for it to disappear before the authorities arrive--it becomes clear something is very wrong in Misty Valley.</p><p>Someone is hunting pixies.<br>Someone is moving bodies.<br>And someone is watching me far too closely.</p><p>With search parties forming tempers rising and my own café staff shaken when one of ours goes missing I'm forced deeper into an investigation that's spiraling fast--especially when the elderly von Underbeak pulls me inside a time-bubble for reasons she refuses to explain.</p><p>Then the High Minister is found dead.</p><p>Her estranged grandson arrives just in time to discover the body... and his pixie fiancée vanishes the next morning. Suddenly every suspect has a motive every secret feels lethal and the truth behind the disappearances is darker--and older--than anyone suspects.</p><p>If I can't unravel the mystery before the valley tears itself apart Misty Valley may lose more than pixies and politics. It might lose its future.</p><p>Tall Dark and Troll blends high-stakes urban fantasy intrigue with a cozy paranormal mystery--featuring fae politics missing pixies spectral secrets and a fledgling witch learning that some evaluations are more than bureaucratic.</p>