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Ragdolls, Griffins and Werewolves

Brigid Donovan has driven a long time in really rotten weather to reach her childhood home. She has managed to purchase back the lovely old Victorian house with 600 acres of forest as well as an additional 200 acres of an old dairy farm.

While Brigid was arranging to move to Oregon, she engaged the services of a local restoration company, Whelan Restoration, and they have fixed most of the exterior and a bedroom and bathroom and the kitchen so she could live there while the project was completed.

Brigid comes up the driveway anticipating the beautiful old house she grew up in and is horrified to see the dark, rotting siding. Too tired to deal with it, Brigid unloads her trailer and sees her fabulous new kitchen and bed/bathroom. Dropping her clothes on the floor, she takes a long bath and falls asleep on her own bed.

Suddenly, a knock is heard downstairs, and Brigid realizes she is alone in the woods without a weapon and can't figure out who would be knocking on her door. She carefully answers and finds an older couple who introduce themselves as Craig and Anna Whelan, who are spearheading the house's renovation.

Brigid's experiences get stranger and stranger as she meets a cat, who the Whalen's say just wandered in. But when she is drawn to the attic, she finds a silver charm bracelet that, as she puts it on, flashes and disappears into her skin. And her cat can suddenly talk to her.

Brigid becomes aware of magic underneath the surface everywhere. Witch magic and Fae, Werewolves and a plethora of magical creatures. And some of them want her magic badly enough to kill for it.

Read on to find out how Brigid finds her own magic; how her enemies plot against her; and whether she wins or loses the battle for her independence and her land. Great story, I'm off to read the next one.