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Better Haunts and Garden Gnomes: A Cozy Paranormal Mystery

A Happily Everlasting World Novel: (Un)Lucky Valley, Book 1

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Better Haunts and Garden Gnomes: A Cozy Paranormal Mystery

By: Michelle M. Pillow
Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
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New York Times best-selling author Michelle M. Pillow comes a cozy paranormal mystery full of mischief, magic, and gnomes—and brimming with romantic possibilities.

Some people just have all the luck. And then there are people like Lily Goode. Abandoned at a young age, Lily and her brother, Dante, have never had it easy. So when Lily learns she has inherited an old house her estranged mother left behind, she thinks it could be the opportunity to make a fresh start. But she quickly learns that things aren't exactly what they seem in Lucky Valley. The mysterious accidents and strange hallucinations have Lily wondering: Has her luck run out—or simply taken an otherworldly turn? Gifted, prolific performer B.J. Harrison brings the perfect blend of suspense and charm to Lily's tale.

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Better Haunts and Garden Gnomes Book 1 in (Un)Lucky Valley Series by Michelle M. Pillow is a great start to a new magical and quirky series! I really enjoyed listening to this story narrated by B.J. Harrison who does an amazing job bringing the wonderfully written characters to life. I really enjoyed the mystery, the sweet romance and everything about this book!!

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Lily inherits a house that she thinks of turning into a bed and breakfast but strange things are going on. A book worth checking out.

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Magic, supernatural, fun and romance what more could a girl ask for!
Another enjoyable start to interesting new series guest staring the wonderful Aunt Polly.
Michelle brings together ingredients of fun, humour, intrigue, romance, mystery, magic and the supernatural to create a magical creation that is lovely to listen to and read. Can’t wait to hear next in the series.

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This charming story has it all - mystery, romance, the dark and the light with plenty of humour, excellent and enjoyable characterisation, and a pace that keeps you hooked. I thoroughly enjoyed this book from start to finish, and would highly recommend it.
The dark moments are quite impressive but never too threatening - the humour is always fun - the actual writing is excellent, the romance is sweet without being sexual - and there are some very original elements.\
I shall be off to buy the second in the series.

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Talk about quirky, I loved every moment. Somehow I started this series with book two, so it did mean I had a vague idea of what or who was responsible but that in no way detracted from the enjoyment. It just meant I could sit back and let the enjoyment and high jinks unfold. There is no mystery as such and definitely no investigating, it's more somebody is using underhanded means to try and get Lily and her brother to leave but with curses, bad luck and newly acquired magic things don't go as planned. So as you can imagine there is humour spread throughout the book and that's before you are in the mysterious goings on in the house with gnomes, unusual animal familliar's and crazy aunts. This also means the story is very character driven and I just love aunt Polly with her eccentricities and unusual way of helping. Actually all the characters had me chuckling at something they did or said at one point or another. I know there is a second book in the series, I just hope there are more to come.

Lily Goode was abandoned at a fire station with her younger brother and sister, so she is use to taking care of everything. So when she finds out her mother has died and has left her a Victorian house in Lucky Valley, she thinks her mother has finally done something right. That is until she and her brother move to the small town. The house comes with an aunt they have never meet and her pet lobsters, an obscene number of gnomes, that she is sure is multiplying and a curse. Nobody in town wants to have anything to do with the Goode name and blame her ancestor for any bad luck that happens. Somebody is willing to do anything to get them to leave and vandalism and fires are just the start. Lily isn't one to be pushed around and when she learns the family secret, she and her brother decide to prove everybody wrong and make ago at a new life.
I did think a male narrator was an unusual choice because the main character is female. However he did such a good job that he soon stopped me thinking and just had me lost in the story.I
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Quirky but oh so Goode

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