As the Cookie Crumbles — Amanda M. Lee

Christmas is right around the corner, and Stormy Morgan is ready to celebrate for the first time in years. She's been dreaming of one thing...Shadow Hills' infamous Christmas festival.There's just one little problem.When helping her new friend Easton pick out clothes in the thrift store, Stormy discovers the owner is missing. What's worse, it looks as if there was a struggle in the back room. What happened to the married mother of one?Stormy gets her boyfriend Hunter Ryan involved and they start searching. The only thing they can ascertain with any certainty is that there's a hint of magic pulsing around the town, and maybe it has something to do with the disappearance.Stormy has her hands full with gnome shifters and her old high school nemesis, so a missing person's case isn't something she's looking forward to. She has no choice but to dig, though. Her conscious won't allow the alternative.Stormy might be new at the magic contest, but she understands winning. When another person disappears, she realizes she's playing the wrong game.In a world where fire rules, cold is about to claim them all. Can Stormy win? She's about to find out. Come along for the ride.