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Opening an escape room was supposed to be Shay Reynolds's fresh start…not the scene of a murder.Back home in her small hometown, Shay is just days away from opening her new business with her two lifelong friends when she makes a shocking discovery: a dead body inside the unfinished escape room. Overnight, her dream turns into a crime scene, and Shay finds herself at the center of a mystery no one expected.With rumors swirling and suspicion spreading faster than clues, Shay is determined to clear her name and save her business. Armed with curiosity, and the help of her friends, she begins digging into the town's secrets… much to the irritation of Detective Garrett Locke, who seems convinced she knows more than she's saying.As tensions rise and secrets unravel, Shay must navigate small-town gossip, misleading clues, and her own growing attraction to the very detective standing in her way.Can she solve the puzzle before her business closes for good…. or before the killer strikes again?A note for longtime readers: This story was previously published under Escape from Danger. The story itself has not changed.

Everything Autumn Waverly needs to prove her ownership of The Siren's Song has gone up in smoke.When a fire destroys the records building and the deed to her bar along with it, Mysthaven is left reeling. Accusations fly, tempers flare, and Autumn and her friends are running out of time to protect the place they love most.With the powerful Siren Council watching their every move, Autumn knows they can't afford another mistake. Their only option is to stop the chaos at its source. That means bringing a rogue triton to justice, navigating dangerous waters on Siren Island, and uncovering the truth behind the witch and shark shifter who are willing to burn the town to the ground to get what they want.Surrounded by enemies and unsure who they can trust, Autumn, Penny, and their mismatched crew will have to rely on each other like never before. Because this time, it isn't just about saving a bar or solving a mystery… It's about claiming their past, protecting their future, and proving that Mysthaven is worth fighting for.Don't miss the gripping third installment of the Siren's Song Paranormal Cozy Mystery series, where magic runs deep, loyalty is tested, and found family means everything.

Welcome to Mysthaven… where magic is real, secrets run deep, and even misfits belong.Autumn Waverly, a siren who can't sing, runs a cozy bar called The Siren's Song in the only town she's ever loved. Mysthaven may be full of supernatural residents, but Autumn's life has always been comfortably predictable… until a handsome shifter who can't shift walks into her bar.Minutes later, one of her customers turns up dead.With suspicion swirling and whispers spreading through town, Autumn teams up with her found family of magical oddballs, including Penny, her sharp-tongued talking cat (who insists she's actually a dragon), to uncover the truth before the killer strikes again. But Mysthaven has a way of hiding its darkest secrets in plain sight, and danger may be closer than anyone expects.Caught between a growing attraction she didn't plan on, a town worth protecting, and a mystery that threatens everything she holds dear, Autumn must discover who she really is… and why that matters more than ever.A Siren's Song is the first book in a cozy paranormal mystery series filled with warmth, magic, found family, and a community ready to fight for what they love.

Autumn Waverly is used to weathering storms…but having her beloved bar reduced to rubble might be her biggest challenge yet.With the help of her found family and a town determined to help her rebuild, Autumn refuses to let the loss of The Siren's Song break her. Even facing pressure from the powerful Siren Council and two meddling town elders, she's determined to bounce back. Surely they've already survived the worst.She's wrong.When a mysterious siren turns up dead in Autumn's apartment, the stakes skyrocket. Soon, whispers of a stolen magical artifact… one powerful enough to destroy Mysthaven… begin to surface. Add in an angry shark shifter with a vendetta, a ruthless witch with no moral compass, and the unsettling realization that someone close to Autumn may be working for the enemy, and it becomes clear that rebuilding a bar is the least of their worries.With danger closing in and her community under threat, Autumn must rely on the strength of her found family (and her growing confidence in who she truly is) to protect everything she loves.A Major Case is the second book in the Siren's Song Paranormal Cozy Mystery series, packed with magic, mystery, found family, and a town worth fighting for.