An icy stretch of farmland becomes one hot property after its owner turns up murdered. Reporter Marzie Nowak must dodge a hungry vampire, face off with a sexy gypsy king, and rely on her new coven of witches to catch the killer!
Between her job as the only reporter in town, her werewolf home renovation contractor, and her new coven of empty-nested witches, Marzie Nowak has her hands full. When a farmer is found dead, the suspects start piling up.
Meanwhile, the population of Widow’s Bay is getting more fang-filled by the minute, with a wild vampire on the loose. Marzie and her friends want to band together to save the town, but they don’t quite know how! That’s when the Crones step in to teach the new witches some old tricks and how to cast a few snazzy spells. 
Marzie and her snarky cat, Agnes, face mayhem, murder, and 50 shades of gray paint swatches in this follow up to Resting Witch Face.

‘Coven Mitt‘ took a little longer to get going than ‘Resting Witch Face‘, the first book in the series but it picked up quickly after the first death.

This is pure ‘make ’em laugh, make ’em smile, keep ’em guessing’ storytelling. It made me laugh several times and never had me reaching for the fast forward button.

The tone is light but that doesn’t prevent the action scenes from being tense or diminish the pull of the mystery around who killed whom and why.

This time around I particularly enjoyed Agnes, Marzie’s cat and familiar who talks to her telepathically, choosing the colours for the house renovation (she has perfect taste) while warning Marzie to keep her hound (the werewolf contractor) under control.

I liked the way the pieces that solved the murder mystery gradually clicked into place (although I had to look up Popsockets and I still don’t see the appeal). I loved the idea of racing outhouses down Main Street, especially when they’re carried at speed by werebears. Then there was the slightly confused but still dangerous rogue vampire known mostly as NorthFace because of the jacket he wears.

The need to build a large coven to deal with an external threat suggests that there’ll be some exciting action in future books.

I could have done without the “Which sexy supernatural should I hook up with, the lead vampire with the French name, the sombre manner and no sense of humour or the alpha werewolf who laughs at my jokes, is good with kids/pups and is handy around the house?’ It was amusing but a little tiresome.

Still, I’ll be reading the next book in the series: ‘Late Broomers‘ when I’m in need of another comfort read.