Familiar Kitten Mysteries
14 primary works
Book 1
Welcome to Coventry
Kinsley Skeenbauer never thought she would go home. At seventeen, she’d left Coventry and didn’t look back. But after a messy divorce, she packed up her stuff and drove toward the only place that she knew would accept her.
Life hadn’t been easy for Kinsley since she left town. Despite wanting a family desperately, she was childless. She had a college degree but had just been fired… again…
She’d spent her entire adult life rebelling against what she was, and that meant hiding her true self from the world. Kinsley left Coventry on a mission to be ordinary.
But you know what they say about the best-laid plans…
Coventry isn’t your typical small town. It’s home to the most powerful family of witches in the world. Two ancient witch families united when her parents married, and she was supposed to be their leader.
Nobody ever asked Kinsley if that’s what she wanted, though. Funny how the universe worked because there she was divorced, childless, and jobless… again… rolling into Coventry in her broken-down car with a U-Haul full of everything she owned.
The joyous welcome home party was short-lived, because a dead guy turned up, of all places, behind the diner.
Of course, the town’s hunky sheriff starts to give Kinsley the side-eye. But, a lot of people wanted the victim dead, and that only complicates the investigation.
There’s a murderer on the loose in Coventry, and Kinsley’s got to learn to harness her powers to avoid the killer’s snare.
Oh! And, then there’s Meri, the black cat familiar. Someone decides to grant him one wish for his faithful service to his coven, and it doesn’t go as planned either…
Welcome back to Coventry. The events in this story take place thirteen years after Kinsley left Coventry. It can be fully enjoyed on its own and is suitable for all ages. You’ll find no swearing, gore, or adult situations, but you will find magic, mystery, and a hint of lighthearted mayhem.
Book 2
The Midnight Magic Festival is upon Coventry, and Kinley Skeenbauer is excited to participate for the first time. Since her shop, Summoned Goods & Sundries, is the newest thing in Coventry, she's been invited to provide swag bags and decorations for the festivities.
With Meri at her side, Kinsley is ready to pull out all the stops and make this year's Midnight Magic Festival the best her hometown has ever seen.
There's just one problem…
A new witch, Astra Argent, has moved to Coventry and opened a competing shop across the street from Kinsley's store. When Kinsley comes to work one morning only to find her windows smashed, decorations destroyed, swag bags missing, and Astra's wallet in the glass, she's furious. A confrontation the whole town witnesses goes down in front of Astra's shop, The Summoning Scroll.
Thirteen hours later, Astra is found dead on Kinsley's front porch. Her body is sitting in a rocking chair with a cocktail in her hand. The macabre staged scene sends a shockwave through Coventry.
Someone wanted Astra dead, and they wanted Kinsley to go down for the crime. Can Kinsley and her friends solve the murder, or will she end up caught in a killer's wicked snare?
Come along as Kinsley and friends solve the crime one spell at a time.
Midnight Magic is book two in the Familiar Kitten Mysteries cozy mystery series. You'll find no swearing, gore, or adult situations, but you will find magic, mystery, and a hint of lighthearted mayhem.
Book 3
When someone close to Kinsley is cursed, she turns to a Voodoo Priestess to help her break the awful spell. This seems to be the right solution… until the Priestess turns up dead.
A detective from New Orleans arrives in Coventry, determined to prove that Kinsley had something to do with the murder.
Worse yet, the Priestess’s husband, and fellow Voodoo Priest, rolls into town the next day, but he’s not looking for justice. His eye is on revenge. But, is he as innocent as he claims to be? After all, most people know that most of the time, it’s the husband that did the deed…
But the suspect list doesn’t end there. A few Coventry residents didn’t like that Kinsley brought a Voodoo Priestess into their town. Did it make them angry enough to kill?
Kinsley and friends are a pinprick away from danger while working to solve this case. Can she conjure the truth? Or will Kinsley end up caught in a killer’s bedeviled snare?
Come along as the intrepid residents of Coventry solve this crime one spell at a time.
Sympathetic Magic is book three in the Familiar Kitten Mysteries cozy mystery series. You'll find no swearing, gore, or adult situations, but you will find magic, mystery, and a hint of lighthearted mayhem.
Book 4
When Richard Jordan is found dead in the woods outside of Coventry, the town's reputation for being paranormal is put into the spotlight.
Richard wasn't just murdered. The person who found him was shocked by what looked like a Satanic ritual murder.
Suddenly, the town's regular tourism starts to dry up. In its place is a flood of weirdos and wannabe Satanists who are there to finish the ritual they believe Richard's murder began.
Is this the apocalyptic scenario that Kinsley was prophesied to stop? Or, did someone want the town drunk dead and used a bunch of dark magical items to make it look paranormal?
What about the mysterious black book that shows up on Kinsley's doorstep? Does it hold the key to solving the crime, or does it represent something far more sinister?
Come along as Kinsley and friends solve this crime one spell at a time!
Book 5
When a diner at Bella Vita nearly drops dead during dinner service, nobody believes it was an attempted murder. Kinsley has to go out on a limb to find the answers before the would-be killer strikes again.
Book 6
Not everything in Coventry is as it appears to be. When you look in the mirror, what is looking back at you?
Kinsley is taking her first crack at a cold case. She wants nothing more than to help Dorian figure out what happened to his father, but she’s got issues of her own.
Big time issues.
Not only is there a dark entity stalking her reflection, but things with Thorn aren’t all sunshine and roses either.
Can she solve the murder and prepare for her upcoming nuptials? Are the people in her life who they appear to be? Or is she about to fall into a killer’s deadly snare?
Book 7
Halloween hijinks abound! The Halloween Festival in Coventry is one of the biggest celebrations of the year, but when a prop in the haunted house attraction turns out to be a real dead body, Kinsley has to solve the crime one spell at a time.
Book 8
It’s the day after Halloween, and Christmastime is upon Coventry.
Kinsley is not in the mood…
It might be the pregnancy or the fact that her fiancé left her at the altar. Still, this year more than the years before, Kinsley is annoyed at how the Christmas season starts right after Halloween is over.
A dead body then shows up in the hastily erected Santa house, and Remy is a potential suspect.
Kinsley feels the need to solve the crime, not just to clear her father’s name but also because she catches a glimpse of the dead woman’s mournful spirit. A ghost without a voice is not something Kinsley can just ignore.
But will getting involved in the investigation be the coffin nail in her relationship with Thorn? Or will they work it out only to have her fall into the killer’s deadly snare?
Come along as Kinsley and friends attempt to solve this crime one spell at a time.
Book 9
After a tornado strikes Coventry, the cleanup efforts are interrupted by the discovery of a dead body in the ruins of one of the worst-hit homes. But was the deceased killed by the raging storm? Or, is there something more sinister going on?
Book 10
Death is not the end…
Kinsley and Thorn are new parents. Laney is a perfect baby, and because of the magical reset, they don’t have to harness her powers.
Life is everything Kinsley always wanted it to be. Nice. Normal. Quiet.
Until a dead witch turns up outside under the old hanging tree, and Lilith is possibly the prime suspect.
Book 11
Kinsley and Thorn finally get the date night they’ve been discussing for months.
Except an unexpected issue sends them home early, where they find a distraught young woman on the porch waiting for Kinsley’s return. She’s afraid to go home and begs Kinsley for help.
The woman’s house was never haunted before, but lately, she’s had strange and unusual things happening. Unseen eyes watch her from dark corners, and invisible fingers scratch at the floorboards when she tries to sleep.
It all culminates in the attack that sends her fleeing to Hangman’s House for help. Kinsley can’t bring herself to leave the poor woman hanging, so she agrees to investigate.
After a thorough search, Kinsley thinks she’s found nothing.
Until…
The specter appears and leads the women to a shallow grave in the basement.
Book 12
When an attack leaves Thorn bedridden, it couldn’t come at a worse possible time. His department is left in chaos, and his family doesn’t fare much better.
Deputy Jeremy tries to keep things together at the Sheriff’s Office. Still, the menacing clown sightings make things difficult for everyone.
To restore peace to the town she loves, Kinsley will have to juggle solving many crimes one spell at a time.
Book 13
A savage killing makes Thorn question if Dorian really is who he says he is... Can Kinsley clear his name? What truth will the light of the full moon reveal?
Book 14
Jingle Bell Hell!!!
When the unthinkable happens, Kinsley has to figure out a way to save her best friend. There's a bad witch on the loose, and Kinsley's going to have to stop her before the bodies pile up like presents under the Christmas Tree.
"This book sucks." - Meri