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It's never too late to find your voice. Especially when magic gets involved. 48-year-old Simone Bardot's life is a junk drawer of a mess. Her husband is having an affair. Her son barely talks to her. And her therapy clinic is failing. But a mysterious inheritance is about to change everything. As long as she's willing to return to the hometown she's avoided for thirty years to claim it. Once there, Simone discovers she's inherited more than a building. Inside this sentient house she now calls home is a thriving wellness center that caters to a very exclusive clientele: the supernatural. She's a dormant witch, there's a makeover-obsessed talking cat who wanders the grounds, and her high school heartbreaker is the head of security. Succeeding in this strange new world means finding her voice even though she's feeling small, which doesn't exactly make her the best therapist. And when the other division heads challenge her ability to run a business she didn't know existed, she'll have to dig deep to heal from the wounds that sent her packing in the first place. Can a middle-aged woman rediscover her sense of self in the world she left behind? Welcome to book one of the paranormal women's fiction series Midlife at the Magnolia. With light humor and keen insight, Witchful Shrinking delivers a refreshing and magical look at middle-aged self-esteem and learning to believe in yourself.