It's Halloween at the Phoenix Inn and along with the magical tricks and treats comes murder . I’m Mercury Rodgers and at forty-five I won a magical Inn. Okay, so, it’s full of ghosts, the plumbing keeps breaking, and my hotel manager hates me—but it’s mine! Now it’s Halloween and I have a hotel full of supernatural guests intent on tricks-or-treats—and did I mention I think my cat might be magical too? Oh, and then there’s the murder… Guess finding out you’re a witch isn’t all it’s cracked up to be! Join Mercury, Mr. Yow, and even the disgruntled Mrs. Haversham, as Halloween, mayhem, and murder, come to the Phoenix Inn.What readers are saying about Jessica Aspen's MERCURY RISING*****5.0 out of 5 stars Love! Love! Love! *****5.0 out of 5 stars Great Start to New Series *****5.0 out of 5 stars Magical *****5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent paranormal cozy Peek inside MERCURY IN As the days wound down to the end of October I’d been feeling more and more antsy. My skin prickled as if something watched me, but when I turned around—no one was there. Mr. Yow seemed to see things in corners where there was nothing but dust. And my dreams were dark and disturbing. Mrs. Haversham said that it was simply Halloween coming in on the air. Halloween—a night when anything could happen—the gates between the worlds could open, spells could crash, and the dead could come knocking. She might be right. It might just be the night coming on the cool fall wind But it could also be that this Halloween I was irrevocably and magically bound to a crumbling old Inn whose wooden bones were steeped in magic. All I knew was that as the day approached and the magic of the season grew, the Inn felt more and more alive. It was only natural I was spooked. But I couldn’t help feeling like maybe it was something beside the holiday that had me jumping at ghosts like they were shadows. I just wish I knew what it was. Midlife—when the magic really begins… Join Mercury and her cat Mr. Yow, as she discovers her hidden past and the world of magic waiting at the Phoenix Inn.