The perfect bundle of cozy mysteries for Halloween!

It probably hurt the other authors that this book starts with my absolute favorite. (Erin Johnson) but all of the stories were spooky good.

I loved being able to check in with the characters in series that I've been reading through. These anthologies are one of my favorite parts of reading the cozy mystery genre. I can always get more of my favorite characters, plus discover new characters to dive into.

With this bundle, they pulled out all the stops, many authors I already knew and loved, plus I was able to make a good size list of authors to check out.

You're going to love this anthology if you love paranormal cozies! ( )

I love when fall comes around because I know my favorite authors are going to be releasing Halloween Anthologies. I enjoy these collections so much.
In this one, I started off with Trixie Silvertale. I adore Mitzy Moon. When I saw a Mitzy short story included, I was drooling for this book. If you haven’t read any of Mitzy’s books, here’s a quick catch up. Mitzy has spent much of her childhood in foster care, making her a little rough around the edges. As a young barista, she discovers her father’s mother named her in a will. She was left a bookstore... a haunted bookstore! Her grandmother is still there in ghostly form. This relationship never fails to warm my heart. Mitzy, with help from her Ghost-ma, their cat, a wizardly attorney and a hunky sheriff, finds she is very good at solving mysteries. There might be some magical powers involved, too. I hope you enjoy the Mitzy Moon Halloween story and encourage you to look up the series.
The next story I picked featured sisters Connie and Sage and is written by Mona Marple. I love Connie and Sage. Sage is deceased but still hanging about Connie. Together they live in a magical town where Sage flirts and enjoys life after death while helping Connie solve mysteries. This story was so fun! I just love when Sage flirts! The sisters attend an author’s reading on Halloween night. Who knew the deceased author may also be a murderer? Connie, with Sage’s unique way of helping, is determined to clear her favorite author... unless he really did it! If you enjoy this story as much as I did be sure to click on the link to receive a free short story and learn more about Mona Marple.
These are just two of the spooktacular stories you will find in this collection. I don’t want to make this super long. Other stories include a haunted tour, (I loved because I always wanted to do one of these!), by Erin Johnson, Marley is hosting a party in Hillcrest by Amorette Anderson, Anna, Pratt, Joss and Pastor Frederick are on the case to help a young man who had asked the Pastor for help in the story by Sam Cheever, Zoe buys a necklace that surprises her with new clues in an unsolved mystery by Lily Webb, Chalice sniffs out a murder while out walking around trying to figure out how to help Winslow prove her value in this fun story by Summer Prescott, Mandy and Katie go on a Halloween double date to...where else? A haunted swamp in the story by Lotta Smith, (new author to delight me), Jayce is at PaganCon, when she is approached a woman bringing news of a Druid and dark magic in the story by Kirsten Weiss, Maggie and Spencer are looking into a shipwreck and murder that is about two hundred years old in the story by Cate Dean, (I need to check out the Maggie Mulgrew series), J.L. Collins wrote an intriguing mystery about animal familiars, (another author I hadn’t read before), Shéa MacLeod shared a story from Deepwood, Oregon where the local witch is blackmailed by the sheriff! It’s to help solve a mystery but things don’t look good for Edwina. The author makes mention of a bacon-topped maple bar which is my favorite donut so she caught my attention pretty quick. The last story in the book is by an author I didn’t recognize either but the story was so delicious! What could be more fun than a girls getaway at a B&B? How about a spooky one in a haunted B&B where the owner disappears? I loved this one!
You can tell this anthology is a definite Halloween Treat. Grab it, some candles and tasty treats then settle in for some Halloween fun. ( )

If you enjoy cozy mysteries, you must read this book. Doubly so if you enjoy stories based around Halloween with its witches, ghosts, and talking animals.

This anthology of paranormal cozy mystery shorts contains stories from 14 amazing cozy mystery authors. As the weather cooled a bit, I enjoyed sitting back with a cup of hot chocolate and reading this collection of fun and spooky stories.

Trixie Silvertales’ story was, of course, my favorite as I adore her Mitzy Moon cozy mystery series. I especially loved Deputy Paulsen’s character in this story.

At the end of some of the stories are links to get free short stories. The readers will probably be familiar with some of the authors as they all have established paranormal cozy mysteries themselves. This is the perfect opportunity to discover new authors in this fun genre. The stories are sure to entertain you, and some will make you chuckle. You are sure to find some new favorite authors from this collection.

I received an advance e-galley of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. ( )