When my quirky Aunt Rose asks me, an American barista, to help open a hip espresso café near the Welsh and English border, I jumped at the chance. What better way to celebrate my 36th birthday and try to ignore the second anniversary of my boyfriend’s death? Misty Valley isn’t just your average Welsh village. This one is full of fae like pixies, orcs, and leprechauns, and now me. My special power, other than making great espresso? I can see and hear ghosts.

She takes her java black and her killers convicted. But can she unmask a murderer before she’s ground to pieces? Witchy barista Ebrel Dymestl is fighting to get her new coffee roaster up to snuff while keeping her quaint community’s magic under wraps. So when two hikers stumble upon a corpse, she races in with her supernatural abilities to bring things to a swift close. But she’s certain trouble is percolating in her precious pixie town when the body and its spirit suddenly go up in steam.

l can’t wait to knock the socks off an acclaimed fae food critic. She’s even called in a world-class-barista friend from America to help WOW! the critic. But just as she proudly finishes polishing her Welsh café’s cups, the anxious witch is horrified to find the critic’s archnemesis dead in a nearby alley. She has to hide the magic of her village from her American friend while the deceased demands answers. It’s up to April to filter through her town’s suspects and roast the Killer.

Something is hunting in Misty Valley—and this time, it isn’t a ghost. The dead don’t usually ask for help. Well, around me they do. But when the silent spirit of Sir Nathan Trimbolt appears in my café, I don’t have much choice. Sir Nathan returned home from the Battle of Waterloo only to be murdered days later. Now he’s cursed to roam the grounds of Trimbolt Manor, unable to rest until he uncovers the truth behind his death. The problem? He remembers almost nothing about how he died.

A French Press of Murder blends high-stakes urban fantasy with a cozy paranormal mystery heart—featuring witches under pressure, ghosts with opinions, deadly magical politics, and a heroine who just wanted a quiet cup of coffee.