Witching for Moxie: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Novel

Premonition Pointe, Book 5

By: Deanna Chase

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman

Iris Hartman thought she’d finally gotten everything she’d ever wanted. She had her dream job of mayor of Premonition Pointe and was married to a handsome, charismatic man who adored her. But after finding out her husband was involved with a local drug dealer, she suddenly found herself single and forced to step down as mayor. Now she’s starting over. But when a curse hits Premonition Pointe and tourism dries up, turning the beach town into a ghost town, Iris will do anything to save the village she loves, even if it means leaning on a new man in her life.

With the help of the local coven and a too-good-too-be-true neighbor, Iris’ new beginning means tapping into magic she didn’t know she had and maybe even learning to trust again.

©2021 Deanna Chase (P)2021 Deanna Chase

Menopausal Magic?

Iris Hartsen’s life has been a series of unfortunate events. After divorcing her drug-running, cheating husband of fifteen years, she gets fired from her job as mayor, then gets accused of casting a curse on the town that drives all of the tourists away, and to finally come into her magical powers. The one bright spot in her chaos is meeting her new sexy next door neighbor. But before she can explore a relationship with said neighbor, she has to work with the witches of Premonition Point - Grace, Hope, Joy, and Gigi, to find out who cursed her beloved town.

Magic Melodrama with Plenty of Action 4.5

This was such a fun and exciting installment in the series. Gabra provides her same excellent quality that sets the tone, think soap opera--breathy, dramatic, emotional. These stories are great candy listens, I usually compare to a Lifetime or Hallmark, things are predictable, guaranteed happy endings, some laughs, some romance that is more flirty than explicit (a note about this later), and honestly the occasional surprise at how much they make me smile or have a gasp of surprise. The villains are so over the top bad I expect them to twirl their mustaches while they cackle an evil laugh and sometimes you think there is no way our heroine will overcome the horribly unfair dilemma but of course you know she will. It's fun, easy, quick, and does not require a lot of in depth thinking, emotion, or focus. But the stories are still engaging and I adore this town and the theme of all these women in their 40s coming deeper into their power and renewing their fervor for life and dreaming about what they desire. I really enjoyed the scenes of the community and coven working together, I think that is a major strength in these tales. We get to explore a lot of territory with Iris from her work, to her family of origin, to her ex-husband, to the magical blossoming she is experiencing, to the budding romance with an attractive neighbor. For anyone who gets bothered by cussing (it doesn't bother me but I like to note it for those that do) there are a few f-bombs dropped throughout the story it caught my attention as I hadn't noticed that as much in prior stories. Also only one romance scene which does the standard fade to black right before sex begins and returns to morning after in the sheets. Though despite the scene lasting for around 3 minutes of audio time some nudity, touching, and body parts are mentioned. So we go beyond a chaste description of a kiss but this is far from erotica. The action was fast paced and towards the end felt a little rushed and forced but still enjoyable. The last chapter you shift to the POV of Carly who is the main character of the next book in the series "Witching for Kismet" and I cringed at first when the initial description is her being an actress. I did not enjoy the volume of the series that focused on this but the chapter quickly established a focus on other issues and veered away from Hollywood--so I am hopeful. The details mentioned in the last chapter and the cliff hanger ending set up have me excited for the next book as the magic is quite different than from the other ladies. This volume quickly became one of my favs in the series and I think fans of Premonition Pointe will love this addition. But as always know what you are expecting listening to a series like this, we are talking about a light supernatural romance cozy not urban fantasy, so more along the lines of the late 90s early 00s Charmed and not Jessica Jones.

Have you got Moxie??

Moxie means determination & courage!! Just what Iris needs when she is set up for a curse she never cast! But, now she has to prove that it wasn’t her!
Another fantastic audible version of a Premonition Pointe novel! You won’t regret listening!!

Another winner!

I love the women of Premonition Point. All of the stories in this series have been awesome, this one included!
Iris had the perfect life until she found out that her husband was involved with a drug dealer and she was forced to step down as mayor of the town she loved.
When the town is cursed, and the tourists disappear, things go from bad to worse when she is the one accused of the crime.
Iris’s coven and a sexy neighbor are there to help Iris find the person behind the curse and save Premonition Point.
I highly recommend and the narration was great!

I love Premonition Pointe!

I was so happy that Iris got her own story and loved that she joined the coven. I definitely recommend this book, just start at the beginning of the series if you haven't read them yet. Gabra Zackman did an amazing job narrating and it's hard to stop listening once you start.