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Jane Austen Cozy Mysteries

Love was never on the social calendar…

but neither was murder.

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What if one of the world’s most iconic love stories concealed a spine-tingling mystery? In Austen Heights, a small town where gossip is as potent as the potions, everyone has a skeleton in their closet… sometimes literally. Join your favorite Austen characters as they solve murders with wit, charm, and a dash of magic. Because in a town like this, no secrets stay buried and no killer stays hidden for long.

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Pride and Prejudice and Potions is a collection of modern standalone cozy mystery fantasies that reimagines the greatest love story of all time while revealing the secrets lurking underneath. Across twelve enchanting tales of entangled hearts and magical mayhem, learn the untold stories and get to know these beloved characters like never before. Even Jane Austen couldn't have predicted this season of scandal and sorcery.

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​​The guests won’t say a word. The plants won’t stop talking.

 

Hosting her family’s annual All Hallow’s Eve masquerade ball is Georgiana’s responsibility, but attending is her chance to unmask her secret admirer. But when a guest is murdered, the evening turns from a magical night into a high-society whodunit. To make matters worse, the prime suspect is none other than George Wickham—the man she’s loved for years. He’s charming, infuriating, and swears he’s innocent.

 

With reputations on the line and secrets hidden behind every mask, Georgiana steps into the role of amateur sleuth, determined to uncover the truth. Fortunately, she has a secret weapon: her fae ability to communicate with plants. And her most talkative witness? A hopelessly romantic potted rose who might have seen everything.

 

Can Georgiana solve the mystery, clear Wickham’s name, and finally get him to see her as more than his best friend’s little sister, or will she discover that love—and murder—are rarely what they seem?

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Austen Heights is a sleepy little town—until a murder wakes it up.

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Elizabeth Bennet’s life is exactly what you’d expect for a half-witch, half-fae in a small town. She lives in a cozy apartment with roommates, and when she isn’t writing about social events for the local newspaper, she helps out in her family’s bakery, famous for its love potions, gossip, and her mother’s poor nerves. But when her mom is arrested as a suspect in a murder investigation, the predictable headlines of Lizzy’s life take a chilling turn.

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Lizzy must rely on her investigative instincts to prove her mother’s innocence. Yet, while pursuing a lead, a spell goes awry, tangling Lizzy’s fate, quite literally, with her number one suspect—the arrogant, brooding Darcy. The only thing worse than searching for clues with the intolerable fae by her side is her growing attraction to him.

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Can Lizzy crack the case and get her scoop before the killer strikes again? Or will her prejudice and his pride be the death of them both?

She’s under suspicion. He’s under a spell. And her ex is six feet under.

 

When Kitty slips a potion-laced Halloween cookie to her ex hoping for answers, she never expects him to wind up dead—or to find herself at the center of a small-town scandal. With her reputation in tatters and the gossips circling like crows, her only ally is Riley, a maddeningly charming reporter with secrets of his own who is determined to solve the mystery.

 

But when Riley takes a love potion to prove Kitty’s innocence, things get even more complicated. As she and Riley hunt for clues, carve pumpkins, and chase down suspects at a haunted abbey, Kitty finds herself falling for a man whose feelings are under a spell.

 

As they get closer to uncovering the truth, Kitty must trust her magic, her instincts, and maybe even her heart. Because in a town like Austen Heights, the truth is just as deadly as the lie.

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