The Willowmere Mysteries · Book 2

She can feel the past. Now it won’t let her go.

A power that’s growing past her control. A girlfriend with a secret of her own. A teenager’s death the town closed in six hours.

Sapphic Paranormal Cozy Mystery

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  • Whispers Beneath Willowmere— #3
  • The Unseen Game
  • The Weight of a Coin

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The Willowmere Mysteries — Book 1

Where the Veil is Thin

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Skeptic × BelieverSlow BurnSmall-Town SecretsForced ProximityAmateur Sleuth

A psychic librarian and skeptical detective investigate a murder linked to a 130-year-old cover-up in this sapphic cozy mystery with paranormal elements.

For fans of Morgan Spellman and Ali K. Mulford

Closed-door romance · Off-page violence · Mild language

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The Willowmere Mysteries — Book 2

When the Veil Breaks

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Evolving PowersTrust After BetrayalCold CasePartners to Lovers

A psychic’s powers are evolving and her detective girlfriend is hearing ghosts. Book 2 of a sapphic paranormal cozy mystery series set in small-town Oregon.

Whispers Beneath Willowmere

Expected 2026

The Willowmere Mysteries — Book 3

Whispers Beneath Willowmere

Ancient MysteryWoman Out of TimeDark Town History

A psychic librarian, a woman pulled from the mud, and a century of covered-up drownings. Book 3 of a sapphic paranormal cozy mystery series.

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MC Smith

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Hi, I’m MC Smith

I write stories that blur the line between the ordinary and the extraordinary—sapphic paranormal cozy mysteries set in small-town Oregon, and speculative fiction about the lives we could have lived. Every book asks the same question: who are we, and who might we have been?

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