Come on Baby Brew the Loco Potion

By: Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Magical Town, Witches, Talking Cat, Cozy Mystery

Something was wrong in Holiday Hills, and naturally, I was the only one who noticed.

When a visiting witch bursts into The Enchanted claiming her familiar has vanished, I don’t wait for Abby to grab her notebook. Someone messing with magical companions? That’s personal. Especially when the magic smells fishy—and not the edible kind.

With Abby trying to keep up and Pony doing his usual cryptic-dog routine, I follow the trail through enchanted shops, questionable spellwork, and a suspect who clearly believes familiars are property instead of partners. What starts as a missing cat case quickly reveals something darker—someone studying, trading, and controlling magical companions for their own gain.

Not in my town.

Set between the novels in the Holiday Hills Witch series, this in-between novella puts me—Cooper, the talking cat familiar—in charge of the investigation. Because in a magical town full of witches, sometimes it takes a familiar with claws, instincts, and zero patience to set things right.