As Mercury's cat guardian, my main job has been to protect her from magic. Not that I remember why...So when she won a free trip to the Phoenix Inn on an Island in Wisconsin, I didn't worry. But now, I know better. The Phoenix Inn isn't a simple private hotel on a lake, no, it's so much more. Now, Mercury is discovering the one thing I know is dangerous...her magic! And I'm tangled like a kitten in a ball of string, embroiled in the middle of a brand new life of mystery, mayhem and possibly murder.Good thing a cat's got nine lives. Join Mercury and her cat Mr. Yow, as she discovers her hidden past and the world of magic waiting for her at the Phoenix Inn. Remember, the magic begins at midlife.

Midlife—when the magic really begins…Happy Birthday and hello Mid-life crisis. Hi, I'm Mercury Rodgers and at forty-five I thought life was over. Dead-end job, empty nest...it was just me and the cat starting over. Again.But when I lost my house and moved in with my pickleball playing, ballroom dancing, super social senior citizen mom—that was the icing on my midlife birthday cake. Then, out of nowhere, my luck changed.Or so I thought...I won an all expenses paid trip to the Phoenix Inn. Now the bodies are piling up and I'm a suspect in a murder investigation. But the real surprise is: I'm not just a broke, divorced, empty-nester—I'm a witch.And the magic is just beginning...Join Mercury and her cat Mr. Yow, as she discovers her hidden past, murder, and the world of magic waiting for her at the Phoenix Inn.The mystery begins at midlife...