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Ivy's Botany Shop
Series · 5 books · 2020

Books in series

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#1

Brewing Up Trouble

2020

A Botanist Witch, a Drag Queen Ghost and a Deadly Coven Ivy is the town's botanist and she can cure what ails you with a touch of magic. Her family lives near the lighthouse, which her uncle operates. Her cousin Blanche helps her at the botany store and a flaming drag queen ghost interrupts her on a daily basis. Moira, the ghost, was Marvin in real life. After death she barged out of the closet with a martini in one hand and a long sleek cigarette holder in the other. When Ivy's regular customer ends up missing, she becomes entangled with a private investigator who is also searching for her. Everette has hot cars and a tight ass as Moira describes it. But Ivy's not that easily swayed by good looks and his weird charm. Can they discover what has happened to the woman or will they be next on the missing list? \\\Find out in the first book in the Ivy Botany Shop Cozy Witch Mystery Series\\\
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#2

Brewing the Midnight Oil

2020

A Stolen Tiara that Kills Its Owner When Everette is tasked with an unusual case, who does he call...Ivy. His client has many artifacts, including an ancient tiara. When it's time to display the items at the annual museum festivities, the client discovers it missing. His new young wife has eyed the jeweled crown for a few years...maybe she's ready to leave the old fart and skate off with the goods. Or perhaps his assistant has grown weary of his endless demands and believes she deserves a good payday. But what these people don't realize is this tiara has been cursed to kill whoever truly owns it. Will a trail of dead bodies lead to its hidden place? Moira is on hand to help, or help herself to Everette. And is Everette hiding a secret of his own? Ivy is afraid he may unearth her magical powers. \\\Find out what happens in this second book in the Ivy Botany Shop Cozy Witch Mystery Series\\\
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#3

A Storm is Brewing

2020

A Haunted Fixer Upper Claims a Victim The Home Channel has a new series, Flipping Haunted Houses. But one house didn't appreciate having its secrets exposed and offers up one dead body. The police rule it natural causes, but how does a young woman die of a heart attack, unless she was frightened to death. Ivy and Everette are called in to investigate but when a black SUV starts shooting at them, perhaps there's more going on than meets the eye. And something has happened to Moira. Has our flamboyant ghost skedaddled or is something sinister pulling her away? Ivy still can't get in touch with her twin brother Harmon. Has he encountered trouble in his sailing adventures? Is there something Ivy can do to help?
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#4

Back to the Brewing Board

2020

Sometimes Treasure Wants to Remain Hidden, Especially if It's Cursed When a treasure hunter's death is ruled accidental, Ivy and Everett are called in to investigate. Did the victim uncover a cursed treasure that should have remained undetected? Did someone hide the treasure knowing its curse? Or was the man the victim of a more mundane type of curse from someone he trusted?
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#5

Brewing Up the Wrong Tree

2020

When a psychic ends up dead, people wonder why he couldn't predict his own demise. Perhaps he didn't have the power after all. Ivy and the biddie committee can spy charlatans from a mile away. But is something more powerful at work?

Author

Constance Barker
Author · 202 books
Constance Barker lives in the Midwest with her husband and two Akitas where she can look out from her screened porch onto a wooded area brimming with activity. Since she was a young girl she read mysteries, often given to her by her grandmother. She loved figuring out who the culprit was and sometimes she was right and other times startled at who the author picked as the assailant. Now she enjoys writing mysteries herself. When she isn't writing stories, she can be found in her favorite vacation spot, Las Vegas or shopping for bargains.
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