Southern Magic (Sweet Tea Witch Mysteries Book 1)

Pepper Dunn's life falls apart in less than twenty-four hours when she loses her job, boyfriend, and home. Her fortune changes when she discovers she is a witch and inherits an important store in the magical town of Magnolia Cove, Alabama. The shop is a familiar pet store—a problem since Pepper dislikes animals. She plans to sell it and leave town, but those plans derail when a local storeowner is murdered and Pepper becomes the prime suspect. Pepper teams up with a mysterious private detective and a traumatized cat who witnessed the murder but has stopped speaking. The cat may hold evidence of Pepper's innocence. While solving the mystery, Pepper must navigate her new grandmother's strict ten p.m. curfew, enforced by her shotgun. Pepper faces pressure to clear her name, avoid becoming the next victim, and overcome her dislike of the animals in her care.