One member of Pepper's family has been turned into a toad. Can she save them? It's New Year's and Pepper Dunn is ready to celebrate. She's been hard at work creating a potion for the annual Potion-Making Contest. All she must do is present her creation. Pepper's plans go awry when a sorceress claims she can turn a witch into a toad-all she needs is a volunteer. But when the sorceress is murdered and the potion stolen, all Pepper wants is to stay out of it. She's had enough of murders. Problem is, one of her relatives was transformed into a toad. With the potion missing, Pepper must act fast to find it before her family member is stuck living as a toad-forever. Can Pepper solve the mystery? Find out now
Southern Potions
I usually begin my reviews with the most recent occurrence I’ve read about and in this one… I don’t think the Council’s decision will be something bad. I believe that based on the last couple of books that there was a change in a particular Magical that won’t cause havoc like Pepper and Betty are thinking. Well, except maybe that a particular person’s heart may be confused. If you’re reading this series along with me you’ll know what I’m talking about.
So, Betty is a toad. No, I don’t mean that she’s ornery and I’m not using the term to mean she was acting like a jerk. I mean that she is a literal toad and boy oh boy a lot was involved trying to change her back to her human self. And the person who did change her, she was actually granted permission to do so by a sorceress. But goes Who the murder victim is in this story? Yup, the sorceress.
Pepper can communicate with animals, so it should be no problem because Betty can just help Pepper, right? Nope. Betty is in that toad body somewhere, but she isn’t close enough to the surface to remember her human-ness.
And Axel the wizard can’t help on the night where it counts to change Betty back because that night has a full moon. Oh dear. But Pepper has come up with a potion to help Axel in his animal form that may just work. Or not.
It’s a race against time to get Betty the grandma back before she’s Betty the toad forever.
Next is book 10 of 28 in the Sweet Tea Witch Mysteries: “Southern Fortunes”.
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