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Grave Mistake: A Witchy Paranormal Cozy Mystery (Hedgewitch for Hire Book 1) by [Christine Pope]

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When you pull up stakes, make sure you don’t get stabbed in the back.

Self-taught in the arcane arts, hedgewitch Selena Marx is comfortable doing divination for West Los Angeles’ anxiety-ridden housewives, lawyers, and aspiring actresses. Her biggest challenge? Avoiding Lucien Dumond, leader of the Greater Los Angeles Necromancers’ Guild, who views her as fresh meat to add to his harem of slavishly devoted groupies.

Selena’s not interested in the slimy, celebrity-schmoozing sorcerer, but nobody turns Lucien down without consequences. When he threatens to fit her with magical cement shoes and drop her off the Santa Monica Pier, Selena’s Tarot cards point her to Globe, Arizona, for a new home, a new shop, and a cursed pet cat.

Just as she’s settling in and meeting the locals — including Calvin Standingbear, hunky chief of the San Ramon Apache tribal police — Lucien tracks her down…and promptly disappears. When his body turns up on tribal lands, it’s up to Calvin to investigate. Starting with Selena.

And when one of Lucien’s acolytes is killed, traces of dark magic and cryptic warnings from the spirits send Selena and Calvin in a race against time — before a too-close-for-comfort evil cuts her own life short.

The Hedgewitch for Hire series will continue with book 2, Social Medium, releasing on March 31, 2021. The romance subplot will stretch over the entire series, while each novel will be a self-contained mystery without a cliffhanger.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08J7J5YDL
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dark Valentine Press (January 6, 2021)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 6, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1966 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 310 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #3,244 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #20 in Psychic Romance
- #28 in Mystery Romance
- #51 in Paranormal Witches & Wizards Romance

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A native of Southern California, USA Today bestselling author Christine Pope has been writing stories ever since she commandeered her family’s Smith-Corona typewriter back in grade school. Because she's a lover of many genres, her books include paranormal romance, fantasy romance, and paranormal cozy mystery. She blames this on being easily distracted by bright, shiny objects, which could also account for the size of her shoe collection. The Land of Enchantment cast its spell on her while she was researching her Djinn Wars series, and she now makes her home in New Mexico.

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Dave

Good read, picks up speed

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 31, 2022

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Good read, picks up speed but a tad too much romance for my taste for me. Needs a better 'view' of the Hedgewitch.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 17, 2022

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Selena runs from trouble straight into the fire. To escape the attentions of a master witch who sucks the magic from his followers she runs to a small town and sets up a shop for new age clients. Things are going well until the mage shows up, determined to make her his toy. A little mystery, A little romance, a fun read.

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Jamie W.

New town, new life, new...murder charge?

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 22, 2021

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3.5 Stars! Grave Mistake is my first book by Christine Pope. It was an enjoyable read with a likeable female main character.

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Hedgewitch Selena Marx is happy providing divination to the average residents of Los Angeles. She has no designs on being famous or obtaining a cult following. She just wants to practice her craft in peace and maybe help a few people along the way. If only Lucien Dumond could understand her simple motivations and leave her be. Unfortunately, the infamous sorcerer has set his sights on adding Selena to his harem of devotees in his empire, the Greater Los Angeles Necromancer’s Guild. Getting out from under his radar proves to be difficult resulting in Selena taking drastic measures. Uprooting her life and setting up shop in a small Arizona town sounds crazy, but it feels like the right decision. Just as she gets settled in and starts meeting the locals, none other than Lucas Dumond shows up on her doorstep. When Lucas’s body is found almost as soon as he arrives in town, it’s up to the hunky San Ramon tribal chief of police, Calvin Standingbear, to investigate. Selena is his primary lead and suspect after learning of their acquaintance and argument the day before his death. But things ratchet up when a colleague of Lucas’ dies shortly after him. Selena will have to focus all her senses to help Calvin find a killer before they decide to target her, too.

Grave Mistake is a light paranormal mystery with romantic elements. While not overwhelmingly outstanding, I did find the supernatural mystery, hint of romance, and getting to know the female MC interesting. Selena was easy to like. I found her to be very open minded and light-hearted with a natural ease for magic. I had hoped to see a bit more practical magic from her, but was intrigued, nonetheless, with the amount we did get. Selena was pretty confident in her craft, and I liked that she didn’t second-guess herself or her intuitions. As for her love interest, Calvin, he has a lot of potential and is really the only romantic option I see for her right now. I feel like there is a lot more to his story, though, so I’m looking forward to that being revealed as the series progresses. The romance in this book is really only hinted at, but with the potential to become a greater story arc in future books. I liked the flirty, and sometimes slightly awkward moments between Selena and Calvin. It was smoothed over, but a genuine feeling of two people meeting and slowly feeling out how they could fit together. In the end, I wasn’t blown away by the story. The supernatural mystery made it a fun read, but I had guessed pretty early on who the culprit was. That said, Selena was the main draw for me, and I look forward to learning more about her, as well as maybe seeing her use her craft more. I will definitely be reading on in this series, and checking out a few of the other series written by this author. If you’re in the mood for a lightly entertaining paranormal read, I highly recommend sitting down with Selena and the small town of Globe, AZ. ♡

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Cathy Chastain

Grave Mistake

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 24, 2022

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I give this a 4.5 Not a bad start for a series. Looking forward to the rest. Just hope I can get them.

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Mystic Wolf

A GREAT STORY & A GREAT ADVENTURE!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 20, 2022

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This is an Awesome & Exciting read! I would recommend this book to ALL ages! It is "Well Worth Your Time To Read & Well Worth The Cost" !! Enjoy Your time with Christine Pope's ability to give You A time to escape & live in an adventure worth the trip!!

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Kris U.

quick and easy mystery

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 12, 2022

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Selena moves from Los Angeles to Globe, Arizona after running afoul of Lucien Dumond, a sorcerer. She’s always been an independent witch, or also known as a hedgewitch, and has no interest in being entangled in Lucien’s group. He follows her to Globe and winds up dead. The Apache reservation police chief, Calvin Standingbear, becomes a love interest for Selena, once he rules her out as prime suspect. I expected them to have more interaction. It was a simple mystery story, but some things happened a little too easily and were quickly tied up pat in the end. There were fun elements, like the talking cat who befriends Selena and her crystal ball conversations with her deceased grandmother. It was an enjoyable story, if not too deep. I’m going to keep reading the series, because I want to see more of Selena and Calvin.

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Sandra

Loved

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 16, 2022

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Fantasy, magic, suspense and romance all rolled up into a great book. Will be following this author from now on.

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Good start

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 20, 2022

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Hard not to like Selena.

Bad luck and the unwanted attention of another magical person drives her to move from LA to Arizona. A small town brimming with charm and a potential love interest. When Lucien follows her, and promptly gets murdered, well, things go from positive to being a suspect in his murder. Convincing the local police chief that she is innocent is now a priority, along with figuring out what really happened to Lucien. When someone else gets murdered, Selena realizes she'll need to use her gifts to solve the mystery. Even when that means the killer may set his or her sight on Selena next.

A sweet story that flowed well.

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Kindle Customer Baz

Very readable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 15, 2022

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An enjoyable read. A hedgewitch moves to a small town to escape from the attentions of a powerful mage/male witch problem is he follows her and is promptly murdered along with his second in command. Teaming up with the hot native American sheriff they endeavor to solve the case along with her talking cat familiar and her dead grandmother who she contacts for help. Lots of twists and turns a little humor and a budding romance make this a great read, recommended, Baz.

Hilary Collins

Brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 13, 2021

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Grave Mistake (Hedgewitch for Hire Book 1) by Christine Pope. Selena, a hedge witch, is being pursued by Lucien as a love interest and to combine their abilities. No way was Selena giving in to Lucien so she moves to Globe, Arizona. Lucien finds her but the next day he is murdered. His body is found on tribal lands which introduces Selena to the gorgeous tribal police man Calvin Standingbear.

snowdrop1941

Enjoyable read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 14, 2022

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An interesting and slightly unusual story about a hedgewitch, Selina. Moving into a new town, she inherits a talking cat, who comes with her property. The characters are diverse and convincing, taking the twists in the story moving along smoothly.

Amazon Customer

Unusual

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 14, 2022

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Quite an unusual witch tale, the hero and heroine have many twisty plots to follow on the trail to finding the safety of the villains arrested

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