Tonya Kappes [Kappes - A Charming Misfortune

Copyright

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the authors imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Cover by Covervault, Mariah Sinclair. Edits by Red Adept Editing Services.

Copyright 2019 by Tonya Kappes. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information email .

About the Author

Tonya has written over 55 novels and 4 novellas, all of which have graced numerous bestseller lists including USA Today . Best known for stories charged with emotion and humor and filled with flawed characters, her novels have garnered reader praise and glowing critical reviews. She lives with her husband and a very spoiled rescue cat, Ro-Ro, and grew up in the small southern Kentucky town of Nicholasville. Now that her four boys are grown men, Tonya writes full time.

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TAG YOURE IT

The list of June Heals charms and what they mean:

• Turtle Charm = Be Sure and Steady on Your Journey
• Silver Owl = Wisdom, Mysticism, Secrets
• Purple Stone in Mesh = Clarity and Awareness
• Angel Wing = Guidance from Above and Protection
• Dove Sitting on a Gold Circle = Devotion and Hopefulness
• Third Eye Charm = Peer Past Illusions
• Small Potion Bottle = Harm to None
• Brass Bell = Brass helps protect from falling for the evil eye, from evil spirits and any sort of spell cast against you.
• Spiral Shape = Be aware of your surroundings
• Leaf = Stay true to you; listen closely to your intuition

CONTENTS

Why are you still out?

The fireflies darted around Mr. Prince Charming and me as we made our way down the hill toward the town of Whispering Falls.

The light-orange tint of a hint of dawn illuminated over the hills that hid our little magical town from the real world.

Shouldnt you be going to bed? I asked them, knowing they were the souls of the teenagers thatd left this world too early and came back in the form of the lighting bugs.

Really it made perfect sense if you sat down and truly thought about it. Teenagers loved to stay up all night and sleep all day, so it was perfect that they would come back to the earth in the form of the cute little nightly creatures who seemed to have a field day tormenting my fairy god-cat, Mr. Prince Charming.

Mewl! Mr. Prince Charming swatted a couple of fireflies before he darted down the hill faster than I was walking.

Now see what you did, I scolded the teens. Hes going to be aggravated all day long. Shame on you.

They whizzed behind me, heading toward the woods, lighting a long path with their tails. I turned around and watched them circle my house and disappear.

Coo-coo, coo-coo, said the faint voice from the bag Id strapped across my shoulder.

Purple, pink, and orange lit up the bag so brightly that the light helped navigate a path through the grassy field and into the sidewalk on the cobblestone street.

Yes. Teens can be a little odd, I said to the light, knowing it was Madame Torres, my crystal ball. We dont have time for them. A twinge hit my gut. I stopped. I looked both ways down the street to see if something there turned on my intuition. I sucked in a deep breath, lifted my shoulders to my ear, and then let it out. Yes, Madame Torres, its going to be a busy day.

Something in the air told me so, and it wasnt the warm smell of cinnamon and sugar spilling out of Wicked Good Bakery or the mix of incense curling around Eloise Sandlewood.

Early morning. Eloise stopped in front of me. She continued to swing the light lantern with its special protection powers to and fro. Her short red hair really contrasted with the dark-green cloak draped over her shoulders. Her emerald eyes twinkled. You are out early.

Eloise was an Incense Spiritualist. Her job, in Whispering Falls, was to cleanse our magical town every morning before dawn. Her practice helped ward off any evil spirits and keep our secret community safe from the outside world.

Not that we were bad, but some people didnt like our way of life. Like our ancestors before us, wed be hung in the middle of town for telling the future or using our special gifts, as we liked to refer to our talents.

I, June Heal, was a homeopathic spiritualist. I created special potions to help customers in their daily lives.

Oscar had to go to work early, so I thought I might as well get a jump on things. I glanced around trying to look to see where Mr. Prince Charming had run off to, but the street lights werent bright enough for me to see too far in front of me.

My nephew is always hard at work. She smiled and swung the lantern toward the police department a little farther down the street.

Oscar Park, a wizard, was not only our town officer, but he was also my husband. He loved his job to keep law and order in our little town. Though Eloise and I might be biased, he was very good at his job.