Painting the Blues in Gretna Green: Paranormal Contemporary Celtic Cozy Fantasy (Midlife Recorder Book 2)

Niki McKnight has taken on the role of Recorder of the Gretna Gateway in Scotland, and her powers are growing while her patience wears thin. In her second week, she faces multiple urgent challenges: resolving a thousand-year-old injustice affecting the Pictish royal family, testing candidates for Knight Adjutant positions, and discovering that one candidate is someone she had a childhood crush on. She must also prevent potential bloodshed while managing a mysterious loss of appetite in her cat—a stroppy cat goddess. Niki is surrounded by a colorful cast of magical beings from Celtic, Fae, and Viking royalty, each with their own agendas. With the help of magic, psychic powers, and excellent coffee delivered by her sentient house, she works to establish her authority as Recorder. She aims to remind the seven realms that while kings and queens are common, there is only one Recorder—and she now possesses more power than anyone anticipated. Set in a sentient Scottish house, this paranormal cozy fantasy follows Niki as she learns to wield her increased powers before lives are lost.