Hot Flash & Hexes - The Crystal Hollow, #1

Divorced. Menopausal. Accidentally magical.

Lena Hartwell didn't plan her midlife crisis to include setting her ex-husband's azaleas on fire. But when the first hot flash hits, the petunia doesn't just wilt—it explodes.

Welcome to forty-seven.

Returning to her grandmother's Victorian house in the haunted town of Crystal Hollow was supposed to be a fresh start. A quiet place to heal after the divorce. Somewhere to unpack boxes and pretend menopause is just hot flashes and mood swings.

But Lena's "hot flashes" are something else entirely.

They're wild magic. Untamed. Dangerous. And they're burning brighter every day.

When the town mayor—Lena's childhood nemesis—turns up dead on the cobblestones of the town hall with the word "WITCH" carved beneath her body, Lena becomes the number one suspect. The evidence is planted. The town is whispering. And the police chief who once taught her to ride a bike is now reading her her rights.

There's only one problem: Lena didn't do it.

With the help of her sharp-witted daughter Jade, a ghost grandmother who won't stop meddling, and a mysterious neighbor who sees the future in tea leaves, Lena must solve the murder before her powers burn out the power grid—and before the real killer frames her for good.

But beneath Crystal Hollow, something ancient is waking up. Something hungry. Something that's been sleeping under the town square for centuries. And it knows Lena's name.

Hot Flash & Hexes is the first book in The Crystal Hollow Series—a twenty-book journey perfect for fans of Practical Magic, The Southern Vampire Mysteries, and anyone who believes that midlife is just the beginning of your most powerful chapter.

What readers are saying:

"Finally, a fantasy heroine my age!"
"Menopause has never been this funny—or this magical."
"I laughed. I cried. I accidentally set a plant on fire while reading. (Okay, that last part might just be me.)"

Perfect for readers who love:

The hot flashes are real. The magic is wild. And the killer is closer than you think.

Welcome to Crystal Hollow.
Don't touch the petunias.