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Title: Betwixt (Betwixt & Between #1)
Author: Darynda Jones
Format: Epub
Rating: 4.9/5
Status: Finished
Reading Date: March 5, 2020
Book Summary: Divorced, desperate, and destitute, former restaurateur Defiance Dayne finds out she has been bequeathed a house by a complete stranger. She is surprised, to say the least, and her curiosity gets the better of her. She leaves her beloved Phoenix and heads to one of the most infamous towns in America: Salem, Massachusetts.

She’s only there to find out why a woman she’s never met would leave her a house. A veritable castle that has seen better days. She couldn’t possibly accept it, but the lawyer assigned to the case practically begs her to take it off her hands, mostly because she’s scared of it. The house. The inanimate structure that, as far as Dephne can tell, has never hurt a fly.

Though it does come with some baggage. A pesky neighbor who wants her gone. A scruffy cat who’s a bit of a jerk. And a handyman bathed ink who could moonlight as a supermodel for GQ.

She decides to give it three days, and not because of the model. She feels at home in Salem. Safe. But even that comes to a screeching halt when people begin knocking on her door day and night, begging for her help to locate their lost objects.

Come to find out, they think she’s a witch. And after a few mysterious mishaps, Dephne is beginning to wonder if they’re right.
Book Review: Darynda Jones has always been a big favorite of mine. I loved Charley Davidson (I seriously need to finish that series). I was surprised to see there would be a new series and I jumped at the chance to get it.

Unlike her Charley Davidson series, we have new characters, new locations, and a dead grandmother teaching our main heroine magic through a computer. Defiance Dayne has been through hell and back. She has just gone through a messy divorce and lost her beloved restaurant in it. So, what is a girl suppose to do? Well, Defiance learns that she has been left an inheritance from a grandmother she has never known and heads up to lay claim to it. When she arrives, she finds that she is the lucky owner to a beautiful mansion but Defiance doesn't have the money for the upkeep and on top of that, a handsome hunk is living in the basement. Then there is the speaking to her dead grandmother through a computer. Defiance has much to learn about her heritage and the ways of magic before power-seekers come knocking on her door looking to lay claim to hers.

This was a really fun beginning of this series. I loved how this series is quite different from her Charley Davidson. I get that there are some similar elements to it but the story stands quite alone from that series. The characters are fun and fresh and a storyline that is unique in its telling. I cannot wait to see what happens to Defiance next. I am looking forward to the next book in this series.