It was busy at the shop. Iris couldn’t remember the last time there had been this many customers. Maybe they’d been referred here by a news article or something. But she wasn’t going to complain, not when it was money coming in. She was at the register, checking customers out as the line remained at […]

Cleo wasn’t looking forward to this conversation, but it had to be done. She had about two hours until she had to be at her mom’s and The Blossom Step were having rehearsal in their usual studio space about halfway between Boston and Fitchburg. Cleo had driven out here too so that they could all […]

Roman was aching by the time he left the meeting that evening. He’d tried to argue with himself that he wasn’t that much older than Noah. He could easily keep up. But judging from the way his legs and lower back were feeling, maybe he needed to check his ego a little next time. But […]

When Roman had agreed to be Noah Kelly’s AA sponsor, he’d assumed it would be a lot like back when he’d had a sponsor. Maybe they’d meet up for coffee a couple times a week. He’d probably end up answering some late-night phone calls when things got rough. And he was happy to do it. […]

The sun was down by the time Andrew got home, stewing in frustration. For someone who had told them she wanted to move their focus toward town history and away from rituals, Iris certainly had them doing an awful lot of rituals lately. And now, on Andrew’s first day off of magical grounding, they’d been […]

“Jude, are you telling me that you, of all people, have nowhere to be on New Year’s Eve?” Jude looked over from the stove with a smirk as Noah shook his head and laughed. He was sitting on one of the stylish bar stools beside the granite counter in Jude’s condo, a glass of unsweetened […]

Cleo had warned Edie not to expect anything wild for New Year’s Eve. The way Liv had put it when she called, they were basically planning to watch movies and eat pizza like a bunch of teenagers. As they pulled up into the driveway of Liv and Noah’s house, she noticed Noah’s truck was missing. […]

There was no work available that day, so Noah went to a meeting over in Belchertown, a few towns away. Two meetings today might be a good idea, Noah reasoned. Especially since he didn’t have any other plans. And after the first one, he realized he was right. He already felt steadier, but not enough […]

Once he could breathe again, Noah thought there’d be no way he could go back to sleep. Not after that whole scene in the hall. He’d made sure to lock the door though. Not to keep them out, but because he didn’t want to end up back out in the hallway. He never wanted to […]

It was the sound of footsteps on creaking wooden stairs that woke Noah up later that night. The ground was pitching underneath him, the waves nearly tipping the ship. Or was it? No, that was a dream. Disoriented, he looked around in the dark as the footsteps got louder. “Noah?” Was that Liv? What was […]