She’ll have to decide if she’s willing to accept the house’s magic, or if it’s all too much for her. Most shocking of all? Jacinta learns the house is actually magical and so are the townsfolk.and the house has chosen her as its new Mistress. Now she’s surrounded by grumpy old people – the strange butler, gardener, and ancient neighbor who can drink her under the table – and trying to deal with some strange goings-on in the town and the house. Everyone else finds it creepy and weird, but the one time Jacinta visited as a child she fell in love with it.

Lucky for her, her best friend’s aunt is looking for a caretaker for the family mansion, Ivy House. She ends up moving in with her parents, but a single day there makes her realize that isn’t going to work. Her son went away to college and her husband asked for a divorce – something she felt only relief about. Jacinta recently turned 40 and her whole life changed. I think this one just wasn’t on my radar until recently. I like KF Breene’s writing and always enjoy her stories. I’m not sure why I haven’t picked this series up before now. Breene’s Leveling Up series, which is women’s fiction rather than her traditional romance. Magical Midlife Madness is the first book in K.F. I have a chance to start again, and this time, I make the rules. A very dangerous adventure that will change my life forever. Thankfully forty isn't too old to start an adventure, because that's exactly what I do. That is until I learn what the house really is, something I never could've imagined. I'll be taking care of a centuries-old house that called to me when I was a kid. Eager for a fresh start, I make a somewhat unorthodox decision and move to a tiny town in the Sierra foothills. Age is just a number, after all, and at forty I'm ready to carve my own path. This time, though, I plan to do things differently. But when my husband of twenty years packs up and heads for greener pastures and my son leaves for college, that's exactly what my life becomes. 'Happily Ever After' wasn't supposed to come with a do-over option.

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