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After a humiliating breakup and career collapse in New York, forty-two-year-old Mia Thorne retreats to her late aunt's small-town Pennsylvania cottage. She soon discovers she has inherited her aunt's psychic powers, dragging her into solving local murder mysteries alongside a charming lawyer.

You'll like it if you enjoy

  • A witty, self-deprecating midlife heroine
  • Cozy small-town paranormal murder mysteries
  • A very slow-burn romance
  • Quirky townsfolk and humorous banter

How it ends: Readers report the final book delivers a solid conclusion with no cliffhangers and a genuine happily-ever-after.

Tags

  • Female Lead
  • Slow Romance
  • Humor Light
  • Wholesome
  • Epic Length
  • Slice of Life
  • Mystery
  • Fade to Black
  • No Gore

Reading order

  1. Cover for Petal to the Metal

    Book 1: Petal to the Metal

    222 pages6h audio2021

    Petal to the Metal introduces Mia Thorne—career destroyed, relationship over, newly arrived in a strange town she inherited from an aunt she never knew—who stumbles over a body in the overgrown garden on her first day.

    She becomes the prime suspect. The detective investigating is obnoxious. His lawyer brother is infuriatingly attractive. And her dead aunt's cat has clearly already passed judgment on her. Features a reluctant psychic, slow-burn setup, and a laugh-out-loud introduction to Newberry.

  2. Cover for Life's A Birch (The Bloomin' Psychic Book 2)

    Book 2: Life's A Birch

    228 pages6.5h audio2021

    Life's a Birch returns to Mia as she settles into Newberry life only to encounter a body in a canal wearing days-of-the-week underpants.

    Her psychic gifts are growing and her friendship with Patrick is deepening, but Mia's mother is a looming threat on the horizon. Features continued small-town cozy mystery, slow-burn romantic development with Dane, and sharpening of Mia's abilities.

  3. Cover for Drive Me Daisy (The Bloomin' Psychic Book 3)

    Book 3: Drive Me Daisy

    232 pages6.5h audio2021

    Drive Me Daisy confronts Mia with her worst nightmare: her mother arrives in Newberry with her latest husband in tow, just as another murder case lands in Mia's lap.

    Juggling her domineering mother's visit, her growing psychic powers, and a new investigation, Mia's humor and resilience are tested. Features family dynamics, paranormal investigation, and Mia's ongoing personal growth.

  4. Cover for Kiss My Ash (The Bloomin' Psychic Book 4)

    Book 4: Kiss My Ash

    228 pages6h audio2022

    Kiss My Ash finds Mia's midlife makeover going surprisingly well—until a beloved actress is found dead the day of her big performance at the Newberry Playhouse, and the murder triggers a haunted rumor that's been waiting for Mia.

    The case demands Mia deepen her psychic abilities in new ways. Features theatrical setting, ghost communication, and continued romance progression with Dane.

  5. Cover for Feel the Fern (The Bloomin' Psychic Book 5)

    Book 5: Feel the Fern

    234 pages6h audio2022

    Feel the Fern has Mia finally thriving—career up, relationship solid, friendships rooted—when a dead body surfaces at a local gym and the case threatens everything she has rebuilt.

    Patrick plays a key role in connecting her to the investigation. Features Mia's most confident investigative outing yet and warm found-family dynamics among the Newberry regulars.

  6. Cover for Mint Condition (The Bloomin' Psychic Book 6)

    Book 6: Mint Condition

    236 pages6.5h audio2023

    Mint Condition arrives on the eve of Mia's long-delayed birthday celebration, which is immediately derailed by a murdered man and a stolen coin.

    Mia races to solve the case before the killer slips away under cover of the festivities. Features time-pressure mystery, a collector's world setting, and Mia's sharpest psychic performance yet.

  7. Cover for Cherry Dead (The Bloomin' Psychic Book 7)

    Book 7: Cherry Dead

    242 pages6.5h audio2024

    Cherry Dead brings a cult TV show's cast reunion to Newberry—and turns it deadly when the star of the show chokes to death on the cherry of his cocktail in an apparent accident that his ghost insists was murder.

    Mia must navigate a town full of celebrity suspects while deciphering an unhelpfully vague ghost's clues. Features convention setting, celebrity suspects, and peak Mia comic timing.

  8. Cover for Flowering Inferno (The Bloomin' Psychic Book 8)

    Book 8: Flowering Inferno

    238 pages7h audio2024

    Flowering Inferno sends Mia to a glamping retreat with her formidable mother—a recipe for disaster even before one of the retreat participants is found dead.

    Forced into close quarters with her complicated family while conducting a murder investigation, Mia's growth as both a psychic and a person gets its fullest test. A warm and satisfying series conclusion featuring family reconciliation and resolution of the romance arc.

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