Casino Witch Mysteries 1 & 2

Nikki Haverstock

Apr 2024 · Ranch Dog Entertainment, LLC

About this ebook

Ella has discovered that she's a witch. Luckily with new friends and a cranky cat familiar, Ella will not be alone as she contends with her newly discovered paranormal powers and more than a few dead bodies along the way. The first two books in the Casino Witch Mysteries series. 

Of Murders & Mages

Three ways that Ella's life is totally messed up:

__ her new coworker is as cranky as he is attractive

__ a mischievous cat has decided she needs a familiar

__ she just found out she's a witch who can read the emotional hologram of a magical death (and isn't that a mouthful)

And oh yeah, there's five dead bodies, and no one knows how they are connected. Now she's drawn into a madcap investigation at the casino where she's managed to snag a job. She must navigate learning her new mage abilities, a topless burlesque show, a jealous girlfriend, gamblers of all varieties, and magical chocolate cake, all while not setting herself or others on fire before the murderer makes her the next victim.

Which Mage Moved the Cheese?

Ella's Super Awesome Guide to Paranormal Cheese:

1. You eat it, but there are weird side effects.

2. The ingredients can be really gross.

3. You don't use it to squash people.

When the ex-president of the Paranormal Cheese Council is found dead under the world's largest wedge of cheese, Ella is on the case! Unable to admit who she really is, she goes undercover. But can she, her klutzy sidekick, and the world's most arrogant familiar escape the Booby-Trapped Queso of Doom, or stop eating the magically addictive beer-cheese fondue without giving things away to the anonymous villain? 

Ratings and reviews

I had already read the first book, so only the second book was new to me. I quickly reread the first book and dived into the second. Somehow the sequel was more serious than the first, but as a combo this was a page turner. Hopefully there is a third book. High 8/10 stars.

An excellent and most enjoyable read.😊

About the author

Nikki Haverstock is a writer who lives on a small ranch high in the Rocky Mountains. She has studied comedy writing at Second City and has published over twenty cozy, space and paranormal mysteries that are heavy on the humor.

Before fleeing the city, she hosted a competitive archery reality show, traveled the world to study volcanoes, taught archery and computer science at a university and worked on her family’s ranch herding cattle. Nikki has more college degrees than she has sense and hopefully one day she will put one to work.

Nikki likes to write comedy pieces that focus on the everyday humor of family, friends and everyday life. She tried stand up but the cattle weren’t impressed.