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Cornwall • Witches • Paranormal Cozy MysteriesEmma Wilder swapped a humdrum life in Essex for the seaside charm of Penzance, expecting scones and sea air. Instead she got fire magic, a shop of her own, and a telepathic Siamese called Oscar with Opinions.
But Penzance is hiding something. A powerful mage has spellbound the town into unnatural harmony, and young women keep vanishing. Between brewing potions and learning not to set the curtains alight, Emma finds herself tangled in murder, dark magic, vengeful mermaids, and a thoroughly corrupt magical council—all while trying to save the town that's somehow become home.
Cosy paranormal mystery with a Cornish bite. Magic, murder, and a cat who knows exactly what you're thinking.
Emma Wilder came to Penzance for a fresh start — not to discover she’s a witch. The harbour is charming, the neighbours are friendly, and nothing ever goes wrong. Then a local MP is caught in a scandal with a notorious smuggler, and the town’s flawless calm begins to crack. Beneath it, Emma finds a spell that forces harmony and silences dissent. Breaking it could tear Penzance apart; leaving it means nobody here is truly free. With her unruly magic and one very observant Siamese cat, she has to find out who cast it — and why.
Emma Wilder’s magical shop in Penzance is finally thriving — until a team of marine archaeologists arrives to explore a centuries-old wreck off the Cornish coast, and their leader dies in a diving accident nobody can explain. Then the gifts start appearing: a barnacle-crusted gold coin, an ancient pearl. Offerings from the mermaids of Zennor, or warnings. As another body surfaces and the wreck slips toward an underwater trench, Emma realises someone is killing to keep its secrets buried — and the sea’s oldest magic is stirring in answer.
When visitors to Nanjizal Cave start losing hours of their lives, Emma Wilder knows it isn’t coincidence — something down there is stealing memories. Then her assistant Tally comes back disoriented and missing time, and a man is found dead on the cliffs with his wife standing over him, blood on her hands and no recollection of how it happened. Something ancient is feeding in the dark, and the deeper Emma digs the clearer it becomes that some memories were buried for a reason — and dragging them back may cost her more than she can afford.