Potions & Peculiarities by Gloria Bottelman
 
"Dear Ms. Pennigrim, Your unique services are requested by Master Marshall Merridon on August the eighteenth at eleven o'clock in the morning. Please arrive promptly.
Sincerely, The Opulence Mansion Management" In a town beloved for its whimsy and magic, designer Alora Pennigrim possesses a peculiar imagination and the dream to purchase her own shop. Which is why a generous contract for the refurbishment of the enchanted Opulence Mansion couldn't have arrived at a better time. It isn't long, however, before she's left wondering if achieving her dream should come with so many nightmares. Masked henchmen, memory-stealing wounds, and an intolerably attractive shopkeeper have since sullied her once charmed life. The dangerous combination divides her attention against a newfound she's discovered something sinister seeping behind the mansion's numbered doors.Poison has no place in her town, and Alora has never abandoned a difficult project before. But there are some things even her imagination cannot conceive, and this contract, whether she agrees or not, may just be the last one she'll ever sign. For fans of Once Upon a Broken Heart and The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy, Potions & Peculiarities is an Adult cozy fantasy novel that follows a designer from a charming town as she navigates a contract that might be too good to be true. A new series of interconnected standalones about love, enchantment, and happily ever afters.