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Midnight Magic (A Ghost & Abby Mystery Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Jo-Ann Carson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 686 ratings
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As the janitor in a haunted house, single mom Abby Jenkins has many contacts with the living and the dead in the small Pacific Northwest town of Sunset Cove, which puts her in a perfect position to solve local mysteries. Or so she thinks. Hired to find diamonds hidden in a haunted manor she gets help from a Viking ghost with existential issues. Will she survive? This book contains bad-boy ghosts, mischievous magic, and a woman who knows what she wants in a Viking hayloft.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0774ZLN79
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ JRT Publications (November 13, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 13, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1995 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 200 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 686 ratings

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Jo-Ann Carson

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Jo-Ann Carson

~A little bit of magic~

Jo-Ann Carson is an award-winning author who loves the magic of storytelling. She writes moody settings, strong characters, and fast-paced plots. Her current projects are Fangsters, a six book, urban fantasy series featuring a witch blackmailed into running an academy for delinquent, teenage vampires, and The Nanaimo Bar Christmas Mystery, a cozy designed to warm your heart on the coldest days of winter.

To date, Jo-Ann Carson has published over thirty stories. Her latest series are: Fangsters, the Dial Witch Trilogy, The Perfect Brew Trilogy, the Ghost & Abby Mysteries, and the Gambling Ghosts Novellas.

A firm believer in the magic of our everyday lives, Jo-Ann loves watching sunrises, walking the beaches with her poodle near her home in the Pacific Northwest, and reading books by a crackling wood fire. You can find more about her on her website.

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Jo-Ann Carson's Awards

A Highland Ghost for Christmas (2017)

1st, Paranormal Romance Guild, Paranormal Romance/ Holiday category

Gambling Ghost Stories (Cheating Death) 2017

1st, Paranormal Romance Guild, Paranormal Romance/ Holiday series category

Midnight Magic (2017)

2nd, Paranormal Romance Guild, Paranormal Romance ... Ghosts and Physics

Confessions of a Pirate Ghost (2017)

1st in I Heart Indie Contest (Paranormal category)

Ancient Danger (Mata Hari Series, Book 3)

3rd in the 2015 Yellow Rose, Cover the Words Contest, Romantic Suspense category

Covert Danger (Mata Hari Series, Book 1)

* 2014 Daphne du Maurier Romantic Suspense contest

(series category) Honorable Mention

* 2014 Sheila Contest (Valley Forge RWA, Pennsylvania)

(Rom Sus) Third Place

The Stolen Rembrandt (formerly The Dutch Kiss)

* third, 2012 Daphne du Maurier

* Gold finalist, 2012 Golden Claddagh

The Lost Vermeer (formerly Fighting Fear)

* first, 2013 Emerald City Opener

* fourth, 2013 Great Expectations

Black Cat Blues

* First, 2013 Southern Heat (contemp. series)

* Third, 2013 Lone Star contest (Rom-Sus)

* Finaled, 2013 Romancing the LakeJo-Ann Carson

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4.2 out of 5 stars
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Sandy enoch
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice beginning to a new series. Love the characters
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2019
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This book grabbed me from the beginning. I needed a light easy read and this fit the bill. It was funny, down to earth, and easy to read: it is like any first book in a series it lays ground work for upcoming stories, but this one does so by letting you know about the characters and I liked that. Getting to know then was a big part of th book not just the plot of the story. It makes me interested in meeting these characters soon again just to see how the relationships mature and how the characters move along in their lives. I very much enjoy a series of books that is more about the characters; it really makes each book seem like you just opened the door into a day in their lives. So if you are looking for a new series to read that is light and easy to read with enjoyable characters do not hesitate to give this book a try. I did get this book free from a website that sends me free books of 5he day but I am ready to by the next book in the series that is how much I liked it
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Iukika
4.0 out of 5 stars Magic and a Viking
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2019
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Its Ok. It has all rhe right ingredients; witty and nice heroine, ghosts, family and love, magic, enchanted locations, but it was tedious. It took me while to finish. It made me laugh out loud a few times which is good. Also discussed responsibility with magic, that its not all fun, its also unpredictable and dangerous. This and with Azalea and the house and other ghosts keep Abby grounded and the Viking in check. The book also promised more adventures to come as it mentioned lots of things to tackle. What bothered me was why Jill did not move in with them.
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Kris Anderson, The Avid Reader
3.0 out of 5 stars An upbeat paranormal mystery!
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2019
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Midnight Magic by Jo-Ann Carson is the first tale in A Ghost & Abby Mystery series. I thought Midnight Magic was a lighthearted magical story with a cast of unique characters. Abby Jenkins is thirty two years old, a widow and has three young children. Abby can speak with ghosts, but she does not want others to know about her gift. If Abby wants to keep her secret, she should really be more discreet since Sunset Cove is a small town. I wish the author had provided more details on the characters (like last names). I wanted them to be fleshed out a bit more as well. I liked the author’s conversational writing style which made Midnight Magic easy to read. It is a short story that contains under 190 pages (the rest is excerpts from other books). The story is written in the first person point-of-view which allows us to be privy to Abby’s thoughts. I was not a fan of the foul language and the amount of time devoted to intimate relations (too explicit). I did not feel that Midnight Magic needed either of these elements. I did enjoy the sarcastic banter, but the story felt incomplete to me. To get the necessary answers, I would need to pick up the next book in the series which I was not compelled to do. Midnight Magic is an upbeat paranormal mystery with a haunted hall, a vintage Viking, potent potions, and magical mayhem.
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E. A.
5.0 out of 5 stars Holy Moly! What a great story!
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2020
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I was hooked by the end of chapter one. Delightful , spooky, off the wall characters and an unending story. Had to read until finished. Definitely worth reading if you like thrills, chills, a little bit of sexy, and and not being able to predict what happens next!
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Susan B.
5.0 out of 5 stars Midnight Magic
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2017
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Magic is afoot in Jo-Ann Carson's latest fantasy novel. As I read "Midnight Magic", I was in awe of Ms. Carson's imagination. I was taken in by the fantastical creatures in the book and the involved story of Abby, night janitor of a haunted teahouse turned P.I. and Eric, the Viking ghost love of her life. The plot is involved and intriguing and Carson makes her characters and the magical world around them seem real.

This was a terrific first story in a promising new series A Ghost & Abby Mystery Book. I have the second in the series pre-ordered "I Messed Up Christmas" (A Ghost & Abby Mystery Book 2).
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Shannon Gomez
4.0 out of 5 stars Funny and lighthearted
Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2023
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A story about how a woman discovers her magic and then start learning how to use it, while raising her children and nurturing her relationship with her ghostly boyfriend.
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Jamie Hellyer
5.0 out of 5 stars Great ghost story
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2020
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This is a great light read. Mystery and mayhem find there way into Abby’s life. The ending has a twist that will change Abby’s life forever.
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T Morris
3.0 out of 5 stars Too many unfinished stories.
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2019
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I really do not appreciate stories half told. In the main story a ghost is in love with Abby and as the story unfolds he has a chance to be human by making a deal with an entity. Just as the story comes together, it ends and wants to buy the next book. The rest of this books gives short synopsis of different books and a link to buy them. I would not have paid for this book and only read it because it was free. Could have been a fun read if the story was finished.
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Helena Korin
5.0 out of 5 stars Midnight Magic
Reviewed in Canada on November 21, 2017
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Midnight Magic (a Ghost and Abby Mystery, Book One)
Abby, the cleaning lady of Azalea’s haunted tea house is back, tackling her first assignment as a private eye. Never far from her side is Eric, her sexy Viking ghost. He will do almost anything to spend time in Abby’s bed - in human form, but he does have a moral compass. Abby has been hired to find a missing cache of diamonds and that’s when the fun begins with ghosts, vampires, a bubbling pot cooking up a witch’s brews of evil potions, a haunted house and an ancient grimoire [that’s a manual of black magic spells, had to look it up]. Abby never gives up on her quest but a series of plot twists, inspired by magic make for an unexpected ending - and bode well for the next book in this series, “I messed up Christmas”.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Mystery and mayhem
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 10, 2019
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Loved the characters, although reading about something that happened but did not was strange. Lots of strange goings on with a ghost who wants to be alive again, dangerous ghosts who want to eat humans and a local mystery. It helps the ghost who wants to live again but is sexy as. The main character is a modern day woman who has a soft but scared side.
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divigirl66
5.0 out of 5 stars Addictive fun
Reviewed in Australia on May 21, 2018
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So I’m hooked! Great characters,atmospheric writing which is so intriguing as you can’t second guess what will happen. I can’t wait to dive into the rest of the series.
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J. Read
5.0 out of 5 stars A must-read story with wicked humor
Reviewed in Canada on November 15, 2017
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This book has everything! Ghosts, guardian spirits, warlocks, bloodsuckers, howling hounds, bats, rats, spiders, a haunted mansion, an ancient grimoire, a spunky private investigator, a super sexy Viking, the inclusion of two of my favorite characters from the Gambling Ghosts series (Azalea and goth-goddess Joy) plus a divinely wicked smile-until-your-cheeks-hurt humor. Loved tagging along with Abby Jenkins as she solves her first case and gets more than she could ever have imagined from her client "Ms. Power Suit" Charisma Dubois. Loved everything about this book and can’t wait to read more in this series!
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Dianne
4.0 out of 5 stars it is magical
Reviewed in Australia on September 7, 2019
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a fun read
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