A missing shifter. A deadly forest. And a fire-breathing deadline.

Holly should be focused on opening Witch & Whisk, Charm Haven's most anticipated magical bakery. Instead, she's racing through monster-infested woods on the trail of a missing local, while an ancient force of nature plays a dangerous game of cat and mouse.

But a vanished shifter is just the beginning. The Inquisition is about to unleash something deadly on Charm Haven's doorstep. And Uncle Maxwell? He's discovered a terrifying way to harvest the town's magic-one that could shatter the very foundations of reality.

As if that weren't enough, the brooding vampire mayor is suddenly keeping his distance, just when Holly needs allies most. With both her heart and her hometown at stake, she'll have to choose which fires to fight first.

Time's running out. The forest is restless. And something far darker than any monster is stirring in the shadows of Crone's Wood.