Magically Murdered: A Culinary Witch Cozy Mystery with Slow-Burn Romance (Paranormal Bed & Breakfast Mysteries Book 1)

Magically Murdered: A Culinary Witch Cozy Mystery with Slow-Burn Romance (Paranormal Bed & Breakfast Mysteries Book 1)

by Joynell Schultz

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  • Miranda Honfleur
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Perfect for you if...

  • You enjoy cosy mysteries that don't take themselves too seriously, with quirky protagonists and multiple suspects to puzzle over.
  • You like paranormal romance with slow-burn tension and found-family dynamics woven into the investigation.
  • You appreciate humour mixed with genuine stakes, where the main character is competent at detective work but hilariously out of place in the kitchen.

Maybe not for you if...

  • You want fast-paced romantic payoff. The romance here is genuinely slow-burn across a series, not resolved in book one.
  • You prefer hardboiled mysteries or noir-style investigations with gritty realism over cosy charm.
  • You're uncomfortable with books that play murder as comedy alongside the drama. The tone blends humour and menace throughout.

About this book

Two chefs are dead, and the protagonist has just taken their job—despite having no cooking ability. When police ask her to go undercover as a chef at Moonstruck Manor, a paranormal bed & breakfast with a murder problem, she agrees despite her complete lack of qualifications. Now working in a kitchen where the previous two cooks died, she navigates a cast of suspicious characters: a housekeeper connected to both victims, a gardener with suspicious knowledge of toxic magical plants, and the manor's manager—charming, watchful, and possessing an unfamiliar form of magic. Her task is to solve the murders before the killer discovers she is not simply an incompetent chef, but undercover bait. If she fails, she will become the next victim.

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