Lake Forest Witches Books

Petunia Patterson’s life was turned upside down when she discovered a body in her new neighbor, Noah Becker's back yard. It’s bad enough that her cat, Pansy, had gotten into his house—especially when Pansy wasn’t a cat at all, but Jeremy Walters, a man she gave a love potion to, which transformed him into a cat. Soon Petunia was a person of interest and she teams up with Noah to clear her name when all the evidence points to Petunia. If they don’t figure who the Knitting Needle Killer was, and soon, would she be the one that would have to answer for the crimes?

Life in Lake Forest is interesting enough with new witch Petunia Patterson creating potions that actually work and communicating telepathically with her cat, Pansy, who was once a man until one of those potions accidently changed him into an animal. But things heat up when Petunia is threatened by the mayor with a five-thousand-dollar fine for breaking a local ordinance for making these potions from home.Then things quickly go from bad to worse when Petunia marches over to the mayor’s house with plans to plead to his wife Bonnie about changing the ordinance. There, Petunia discovers the body of Florence McHenry floating face down in the pool. Since Florence had an affair with the mayor recently, Bonnie is certainly in the hot seat. Petunia and her neighbor Noah vow to get to the bottom of the mystery and discover who is trying to frame Bonnie for the murder.

Life has been pretty sweet for witch Petunia Patterson. She’s investigating crimes with her handsome neighbor Noah, her potions are working better than ever, and even Pansy has grown accustomed to being a cat. That is until Aunt Maxine can’t be found anywhere. Is she missing, or did she go on a vacation? Aunt Maxine’s witchy friends Hazel and Wanda, who are also searching for her, act on the only clue available, an invitation to the annual witches convention in Witchataw. Petunia, Noah and Pansy leave for the convention with Hazel and Wanda directing them, hoping to find Aunt Maxine. When they discover Aunt Maxine is indeed there, but accused of murdering the Grand Witch, it’s time to go into investigation mode. What the sleuths don’t realize is that Witchataw is off the grid, and they’re about to discover more about witches than they ever expected, including some great perks when investigating crimes there.

Lake Forest witch Petunia Patterson enters her four cats in the first Lake Forest Cat Show, even though only three of them are really felines. One of them actually used to be a man before Petunia gave him a love potion that went haywire and changed him into a cat; but he’s a cat she communicates with telepathically. The problem is her nemesis Maria Hoodwink and Maria’s mother Estelle also enter a cat in the show. Petunia doesn’t have time to worry about that, though, as poisoned champagne sickens entrants at the show and the grand marshal, Mr. Calhoun, is near death as a result. Aunt Maxine shows up to save the day—but is her antidote really a cure or another problem? Fortunately, Petunia’s steady beau Noah Becker is on hand to help her solve the case, which becomes even more interesting when his parents show up in town to meet Petunia. What is needed might be some old fashioned witchcraft, or could that be what caused the problem in the first place?

Lake Forest is hosting the first Festival ofWitches, showcasing the witches in town. Nobodyasked Lake Forest witch Petunia Patterson heropinion, as Aunt Maxine assigns her to keep agroup of trick-or-treaters who have been busedinto town Halloween night out of trouble. Butwhen the children get their hands on a real witch’swand trouble is the last thing Petunia will be ableto stop.The festival also brings strangers to town,some who might be witches. Add one store onwheels that sells magical items and you have themakings of quite the mystery as Petunia isconvinced Lake Forest is now enchanted!Will Petunia and her cat Pansy be able to solvethe mystery before a catastrophe happens?

It’s nearing Christmas and a magical time of year as Noah hopes to take first place in the Christmas lights extravaganza contest. That is, until he is forced to borrow Christmas decorations from Petunia’s Aunt Maxine when none can be found at local stores. All his painstaking efforts of making the antique decorations more appealing in his front yard were for naught as someone or something redecorated his house.
Snoopy neighbor Cora accuses Petunia of conjuring up Noah’s potential winning decorations. But that’s the least of Petunia and Noah’s worries as Lucy Winters reports her granddaughter Mallory missing. Petunia has her own worries when something strange occurs that has her cats on edge. A normal person would think she has mice, but Petunia isn’t exactly normal, she’s a witch who believes elves just might be real.
Nothing is quite what it seems in this twisty tale. Pansy the cat, who was a man before Petunia’s love potion changed him into a feline, is back and sassy as ever, but thankfully he only communicates with Petunia telepathically making this a fun adventure for all.

Lake Forest witch Petunia and her neighbor (now boyfriend) Noah head to Coven Creek for a leisurely vacation. The sarcastic cat Pansy comes along for the ride. It’s hard for Petunia to leave Pansy home when she’s responsible for changing him into a cat via a love potion.But Petunia’s hopes for rest and relaxation are dashed when she inadvertently knocks a crystal ball onto the floor at a local boutique called Enchanted Objects, causing green smoke swirls to appear inside the delicate globe. Petunia is shocked to learn the crystal ball has been dormant for eighty years. The store’s flustered clerk demands Petunia take the magic ball with her. She begrudgingly brings it back to her hotel, although she’s skeptical of the power the ball has unleashed upon her. Luck is on Petunia’s side when resident witches Chloe, Emerald, and Evie begin to help solve the crystal ball’s mystery—until a deadly accident occurs at the local candy factory. Petunia loves marshmallows, but not so much when they are melted and become the instrument of death.Is this truly an accident as it seems, or are deadly intentions at work? Questions swirl around the incident, especially since the victim, Medea Deadsnout, is the most hated manager at the factory. Suspects pile up like chocolate bars and magical revelations lead Petunia toward the truth.