Bloom & Buried (Wisteria & Wildwood Apothecary Cozy Mysteries Book 1)

Dr. Sloan Kerrigan is returning to her hometown of Bellhaven Harbor after years away living in a large city. Knowing that she wanted more out of life than living in Bellhaven Harbour she left years ago, attended medical school and had successful medical practice far away from her hometown. After her mother Rosemary passes away Sloan returns home even though she has not always been made to feel welcome. Knowing that her mother had a thriving apothecary selling herbs and special teas, as a medical

This is the first book in a cute new paranormal cozy mystery series; I really like the setting of a seaside small town, to which Sloan, a medical doctor, has returned after the death of her mother. She has inherited her mother’s dilapidated haunted house, as well as her mother’s business, an apothecary that as a witch, her mother ran fairly successfully, she thought. The she finds out there were serious financial problems—and now a murder in which she’s a suspect. She’s surrounded by a fun group

I loved the start to this new series. What wonderful characters! I think my favorites were Paddy, Sloan’s familiar, and Salem, the ghostly kitty haunting the shop. Just the perfect amount of snark! Sloan reconnects with her childhood best friends, Nora and Tessa, plus her best friend from the city, Lark, follows her back, because that’s what best friends do! Secrets that her recently departed mother kept are discovered in a forceful way, via an ex. Then there is the murder, that poor Sloan is nu