You can’t run from your past. No matter how far you run, how much you’ve tried to change… the past has a way of catching up with you. Moira Chase is ready for a new start. After the death of her beloved grandmother, she takes over the family bakery in the small, picturesque town of Pine Hill, Michigan. As the latest in a long line of witches, her roots in the town run deep, and aided by her skill with kitchen witchery as well as the constant presence of the spirits of her foremothers, Moira is more than ready to leave her past, and her secrets, behind. But an innocent-looking purchase ends up adding more than just quirkiness to her shop, haunted by a woman desperate to keep a powerful artifact hidden from a being who poses a threat to everyone in Pine Hill. And Moira is forced to face the fact that, try as she might to live a quiet, peaceful life, her past and present are colliding in dangerous ways. She has a choice to make: keep her secrets and watch those she’s beginning to care for fall to an almost indestructible evil, or embrace everything about herself she’s been determined to keep locked away. Ace of Wands is the first book in a new urban fantasy series by Colleen Vanderlinden, full of romance, witchiness, quirky small town antics, and plenty of twists and turns along the way.

All she wanted was a quiet life. A bakery, a new life focusing on nothing more exciting than kitchen magic. Moira paid her dues during her time as a supernatural bounty hunter in Detroit. She’s retired and more than ready to leave the chaos of her past behind. With her bakery, wonderful friends, and the beginning of the kind of love she’s only thought was possible in dreams, it feels like her life is finally starting to come together. That is, until an old contact from her bounty hunting days insists on her help with a case that’s right up her alley. And until the man she loves finds himself in the middle of a turf war he never asked for. Moira has a choice to make, and the lives of those she loves most hangs in the balance.

Moira Chase is happily settling into her new home in picturesque Twin Pines. She has friends, love, her own business, and the ghosts of her cranky ancestors constantly keeping her company. Yes, there was that unpleasantness with the dhampir. And the witch. And the shifters. But she's sure ALL of that is behind her as the buzz builds around the town's annual Summer Fest, a celebration of downtown Twin Pines to mark the end of summer. The town is coming alive again, and more than a few people credit Moira, and the long-held belief that Chase witches are good luck for Twin Pines. But not everyone is thrilled to have the witch among them, and soon Moira finds her friends and business partners targeted by something powerful and destructive, a force even an experienced supernatural bounty hunter like Moira has never seen before. Soon the town begins to take note of the fact that those associated with Moira are finding their lives in ruins. Solving this case means saving her friends, as well as what's left of her reputation in Twin Pines. But at the same time, the end of this case could very well change her life forever. And there's no telling who'll still be at her side when the dust finally settles.