


Books in series

#1
Spelling Danger
2021
Witch-scuba instructor Netta Carlisle has lived all of her 25 years on a lush tropical island just off the coast of Florida. With its white sand beaches, thriving coral reefs, and sunken shipwrecks, Siren Key offers locals and tourists alike a chance to live their best beach life.
Best buddy Justine and magical familiar Sargasso, a rambunctious black kitten with a rapier wit, help Netta manage her lovely B&B, The Octopus Inn, as well as her scuba and snorkeling shack on the pristine shores of Sugar Cove. Cranky elder witch Maven Spice offers unsolicited advice, and a town full of hilarious misfits keeps things lively.
Until the codger finds a corpse near her cabana.
Then our heroine’s old flame Danny Sussex, new to the island police, asks her to help with the case since no one knows Siren Key like Netta.
It’s a lot.
Despite the drama, the investigators suss out a handful of strong suspects, including a threatening thug, a rabid reporter, an exasperated ex, and a maddened maid.
Then the case takes a creepy turn.
Ghost lights surface in Sugar Cove and scrawled messages scar the sand. And when Netta uses her ability to peer into the recent past, the pictures in her head just don’t add up.
Something stinks on Siren Key and she’s going to find out what, if Danny doesn’t distract her with a new declaration of love.
Can Netta solve the case, hold onto her heart, and preserve her tropical paradise?

#2
Spelling Trouble
2021
Netta’s laid-back island life has ramped up!
Tourists pack the witch’s B&B and dive shack, her ex-boyfriend’s back, and she and her buds prep round the clock to host the first-ever Siren Key Triathlon in a week’s time.
This magical beach babe needs an iced coffee and twelve more hours in the day.
Then the race organizer finds a corpse floating above the coral reef and threatens to cancel the event entirely. Netta and old-new love Danny Sussex spring into action, determined to crack the case and save the race.
But things take a step back when Danny introduces Netta to the daughter she never knew he had. She keeps her head down and corrals a baffled bartender, a fishy photographer, a ranting relative and a petulant promoter. When the evidence points toward a particular perp, Netta sets a trap and bags the baddie.
Or not.
Her suspect proves innocent and she’s back to square one.
Meanwhile, elder witch Maven starts keeping secrets from her friends. Seems the crabby crone’s learned something scary about bestie Justine, but she won’t say what.
Can the witch and her maybe-lover avenge the corpse and save the race? And what can Netta do about Maven’s mystery?
Find out in this delightful paranormal cozy mystery!

#3
Spelling Murder
2021
Witch-diving instructor Netta Carlisle has battled sharks, rip tides, and way too many murderers. But no one’s ever scared her like Ayla.
Her boyfriend’s 6-year-old daughter, a budding witch with an infectious laugh and a stubborn streak, moves in with daddy. So Netta’s lovelife changes radically, even as Danny drops hints about diamond rings.
Meanwhile, familiar Sargasso trains an apprentice, a white kitten named Caspia with strong ideas about how magickers should behave.
There’s such a thing as too much change.
As Netta wrangles these wrinkles and runs her B&B and dive shack as usual, bestie Justine starts falling into trances and scrawling spooky messages while she’s out that no one understands.
But Justine’s mortal, so what gives?
And then there’s another corpse.
This time, one of Netta’s friends ends up dead on a raft drifting in Sugar Cove. Witch and cop look into a fanatical follower, a cranky collaborator, an angry agent and a lamenting lover. But as the case draws to a seeming close, Justine’s spirit writing suggests they’ve got it all wrong.
Stop the island, this witch wants off!

#4
Spelling Disaster
2021
The carnival’s come to Siren Key!
Dive instructor-witch Netta and friends enjoy the annual Mind the Manatees festival, complete with roller coasters, junk food, and nightly concerts. The Octopus Inn overflows with guests and the dive shack can’t keep up with demands for lessons and gear.
Maven tutors Justine and Ayla in their individual magical abilities, Sargasso and apprentice Caspia appear to get along for once, and Netta and Danny dine out by candlelight. For the first time in a long time, all seems well.
Then Netta’s nemesis, rapacious reporter Scylla Mandrake, is found floating face-down in the dunk tank on the carnival grounds.
Despite her dislike of the victim, Netta dives into the case, and she and Danny line up a series of strong suspects, including a flirty florist, a bedraggled beach bum, a languorous lover and a shocked sister.
But halfway through the investigation, Danny proposes and Netta freaks out. Does she want to become a partner and a parent at one pop? And why is her ability to view the recent past throwing up disturbing images of Danny digging graves?
In search of answers, Netta night dives Sugar Cove’s famous shipwrecks. Alone in the silent deep, where she’s always felt most welcome, Netta can’t shake the sensation that someone, or something, is watching her.
And she’s right. Who is it?
Find out in this delightful cozy mystery.

#5
Spelling Magic
2021
Scuba instructor-witch Netta’s business booms. Her inn’s full of tourists, her dive shack’s busy, and her beloved Siren Island enchants as much as ever.
Bestie Justine puts her new magical abilities to good use, raising funds for local charities by telling tourists’ fortunes. Familiar Sargasso and snotty student Caspia learn to coexist. Eccentric elder Maven Spice trains 6-year-old Ayla to communicate with plants.
Everything’s going great. So why is Netta so miserable?
The day she decides to ask beau Danny for a relationship break, another dead body appears. But Netta can’t let affairs of the heart interfere with an investigation. So she and Danny hunker down to solve the murder side by side.
Absolutely awkward.
They look into a light-fingered landlady, a feisty first-mate, a righteous reverend and a dangerous debtor, wading through loads of bad leads on their trek toward the truth.
Meanwhile, Netta tracks the “watcher” she spied during night dives to the Sugar Cove and discovers teams of divers planting fake treasure in the shipwrecks.
But why?
As the pressure mounts, Netta gets squeezed on all sides. Can she keep a cool head and close this confusing case, or will her heart break into bits beforehand?
Find out in this delightful cozy mystery!

#6
Spelling Mystery
2021
Netta Carlisle’s steaming mad.
A celebrity adventurer has commandeered her island to film a wreck-diving documentary.
And our local witch-scuba expert knows exactly what he’ll find and where, because she watched his crew plant treasures ahead of time.
Netta and friends strategize how to blow up the star’s big day. On again-off again boyfriend Danny pitches in, and Netta admits she’s missed him something awful.
Then something awful happens. A corpse comes in with the tide.
This time it’s the film’s producer, a Siren Key native who went Hollywood. Netta and Danny pair up to probe an angry assistant, a wrathful writer, a dodgy dockworker, and a flailing friend. As the investigation unfolds, Danny reveals daughter Ayla is livid that he lost Netta, and she opens her heart just a crack.
But before she can relax into their relationship, the case dies and the detective duo has to dig in their heels to dig up the killer.
Paradise is another name for Siren Key. But it looks like it's disappeared without a trace. Will Netta ever get it back?
Find out in this delightful cozy mystery!