The Lazy Girl's Guide To Magic
Meet Ivy Wilde - the laziest witch this side of the Atlantic.
Let's get one thing straight - she is not a heroine. In fact, she's probably the last witch in the world who you'd call if you needed a magical helping hand. If it were down to Ivy, she'd spend all day every day on her sofa where she could watch TV, munch junk food and talk to her feline familiar to her heart's content.
Of course, life rarely deals you the hand you expect...
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And when he comes knocking because he needs her to spy on the latest series of Enchantment, she jumps at the chance. Hanging around a film set can't be hard ... or dangerous ... right?
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When the ghosts offer information about a witch-hating mass murderer in return for Ivy's help, she has no choice but to get involved. She might be getting herself into more trouble than she realises though - and that's even before she's dragged to Sunday dinner so she can meet Winter's family...
This is the third book in The Lazy Girl's Guide To Magic series.
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This is a short holiday novella.
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When a bureaucratic disaster ends up with Ivy as the victim of a case of mistaken identity, she's yanked very unwillingly into Arcane Branch, the investigative department of the Hallowed Order of Magical Enlightenment.
Lights. Camera. Inaction. The second hilarious instalment in the Lazy Girl's Guide To Magic.
