Whispering Pines is quirky Wiccan village in northern Wisconsin where secrets run deep, and dead bodies keep showing up.
What if the best decision you ever made was also the worst? The new tourist season is about to start. The witches, carnies, fortune tellers, and other lovable outcasts of Whispering Pines are abuzz with excitement. Sheriff Jayne O’Shea, however, is nervous. After their tragic last season, the lakeside hamlet became known as the Murder…
“When an item is stolen, dark energy attaches to it. Food made in a stolen pan could cause all sorts of problems . . . And most of the coven just ate these scones.” Hearth witch Reeva Long has dreamed of running her own shop since she was eighteen years old. It took forty years, but she is…
“We’ll figure this out. People don’t get stabbed every day. Even in Whispering Pines.” It’s time for the annual Whispering Pines Tour of Gardens, and people are arriving by the busload. Discussions of raised beds, different types of fertilizers, and proper amounts of sunlight can be heard all around the village. Then, just as things…
“Someone’s going to kill that woman,” Ruby McLaughlin predicted. The scent of cookies, scones, and waffle cones fills the air around Whispering Pines’ bake shop. Usually. Kitchen witches Sugar and Honey Graham have suddenly lost their touch. Sugar’s pastries come out all wrong, and Honey’s ice cream is awful. Positive they’ve been cursed, the sisters turn…
“What if they’re using candles as a sort of calling card? Or to do a pre-fire ritual. This is a community of witches after all.” As Whispering Pines’ busiest tourist season ever draws to a close, Reeva Long, Ruby McLaughlin, and the other villagers are ready for things to quiet down. Instead, a break-in and…
Deputy Jayne O’Shea believes the Northwoods village of Whispering Pines to be a place of charm and serenity. This season, though, it feels like anything but. The rowdy tourists are disrespecting the villagers’ Wiccan ways and overwhelming local law enforcement. To make matters worse, a flock of crows is wreaking havoc by tearing up gardens…
