Strike It Witch

The Smokethorn Paranormals Series, Book 1

By: C.P. Rider

Narrated by: Maria McCann

“Thanks for your concern, but I don’t need your protection. I have a mystical cat, an unprincipled gnome with a violent streak, and I have my magic.”

Betty Lennox is an elemental witch on a mission to leave her desert hometown of Smokethorn, California, for good. But first, she needs to sell the property she inherited from her mother to someone who, among other things, doesn’t mind living in a paranormal seniors' trailer park in a town where it’s so hot in summer that the local demons head back to Hades to cool off.

She’s also running low on cash to keep up the protection spell on the park. When she’s offered a job to procure a cursed grimoire, one so dangerous the local coven won’t touch it, she takes it. Even though the job comes from a vicious wolf alpha who won’t rest until she’s dead.

To get the grimoire and keep her soul, she’ll have to lean on her partner—a magic cat named Fennel—Cecil, a homicidal garden gnome, a graveyard demon, her retired necromancer best friend, and her second-least favorite bartender in town, who also just happens to be the wolf alpha’s son.

If they can manage to work together without killing each other, Betty just might survive.

For fans of urban fantasy with a side of slow-burn romance.

©2024 Cheryl Pitones (P)2025 Cheryl Pitones

Urban Fantasy with all the feels (and a dash of romance)

I already expected an excellent story (CP Rider has a unique, memorable style that always makes me feel all the things) and it was. But on top of that, the quality of the narration was STELLAR. I loved everything about this story--including the Ronan POV epilogue--and can't wait for the next installment. This audiobook was everything I wanted it to be and even more. Soooo gooood!!!!