Final Toast on Witch Island: A Paranormal Cozy Mystery (The Lizzie Blackwell Files Book 3)
By Carrie de Croix
A winter wedding. A dead best man. A secret buried in the Blackwell family cemetery.
Lizzie Blackwell has settled into life as the secret witch of Witch Island. Her levitation is finally reliable, the island’s magic is humming, and her sister Jane is days from marrying the love of her life at the Hemlock Resort. All Lizzie has to do is survive wedding week and get the bride down the aisle.
Then the guests arrive from the mainland, and by morning the best man is dead at the bottom of a rocky outcropping.
Sheriff Collins calls it an accident. Lizzie knows better.
With a blizzard bearing down on wedding day and a killer seated somewhere at the rehearsal dinner, Lizzie has five days to solve a murder that has nothing to do with magic. But the victim’s snooping leads her to something that does: a sealed well in a cemetery only Blackwells can find, a pony that appears only when she stops looking, and an ancient fear that has limited her family’s magic for generations.
Can she catch a killer, break a centuries-old curse, and get her sister down the aisle before the storm closes the harbor? The champagne is chilling. The clock is not on her side.
Cheddar remains completely unbothered. Mochi just wants cake.
The third witty, spellbinding installment in The Lizzie Blackwell Files, brimming with sisterly bonds, coastal Maine charm, and magic that runs deeper than the tides.
If you love tropes like: reluctant witch, winter wedding cozy, closed circle mystery, sister’s wedding, hidden magical island, ancestral curse, family secrets, coastal Maine mystery, blizzard setting, ghostly pony, magical pets, small town secrets, cozy paranormal, slow burn romance, amateur sleuth, whodunit with witches… this is the book for you!
The Lizzie Blackwell Files: On a Maine island that appears on no map, reluctant pet detective Lizzie Blackwell inherits a family secret, discovers she’s the newest witch in a long line, and starts solving the murders Sheriff Collins keeps ruling accidents. The magic sets the scene. It never solves the crime. That part is all Lizzie. Warm, witty, fair-play witch cozy mysteries with heart, humor, and a murder the sheriff refuses to take seriously.
The series so far:
- Field Notes from Witch Island
- Secret Maps from Witch Island
- Final Toast on Witch Island (coming September, 2026)
Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language.
Genre: cozy witch mystery, paranormal cozy mystery, witch cozy mystery series, small town cozy mystery, coastal village mystery, winter wedding mystery, holiday cozy mystery, magical cozy with animals, amateur sleuth and detective, cozy mysteries with cats, cozy mysteries with pets.
A winter wedding. A dead best man. A secret buried in the Blackwell family cemetery.
Lizzie Blackwell has settled into life as the secret witch of Witch Island. Her levitation is finally reliable, the island’s magic is humming, and her sister Jane is days from marrying the love of her life at the Hemlock Resort. All Lizzie has to do is survive wedding week and get the bride down the aisle.
Then the guests arrive from the mainland, and by morning the best man is dead at the bottom of a rocky outcropping.
Sheriff Collins calls it an accident. Lizzie knows better.
With a blizzard bearing down on wedding day and a killer seated somewhere at the rehearsal dinner, Lizzie has five days to solve a murder that has nothing to do with magic. But the victim’s snooping leads her to something that does: a sealed well in a cemetery only Blackwells can find, a pony that appears only when she stops looking, and an ancient fear that has limited her family’s magic for generations.
Can she catch a killer, break a centuries-old curse, and get her sister down the aisle before the storm closes the harbor? The champagne is chilling. The clock is not on her side.
Cheddar remains completely unbothered. Mochi just wants cake.
The third witty, spellbinding installment in The Lizzie Blackwell Files, brimming with sisterly bonds, coastal Maine charm, and magic that runs deeper than the tides.
If you love tropes like: reluctant witch, winter wedding cozy, closed circle mystery, sister’s wedding, hidden magical island, ancestral curse, family secrets, coastal Maine mystery, blizzard setting, ghostly pony, magical pets, small town secrets, cozy paranormal, slow burn romance, amateur sleuth, whodunit with witches… this is the book for you!
The Lizzie Blackwell Files: On a Maine island that appears on no map, reluctant pet detective Lizzie Blackwell inherits a family secret, discovers she’s the newest witch in a long line, and starts solving the murders Sheriff Collins keeps ruling accidents. The magic sets the scene. It never solves the crime. That part is all Lizzie. Warm, witty, fair-play witch cozy mysteries with heart, humor, and a murder the sheriff refuses to take seriously.
The series so far:
- Field Notes from Witch Island
- Secret Maps from Witch Island
- Final Toast on Witch Island (coming September, 2026)
Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language.
Genre: cozy witch mystery, paranormal cozy mystery, witch cozy mystery series, small town cozy mystery, coastal village mystery, winter wedding mystery, holiday cozy mystery, magical cozy with animals, amateur sleuth and detective, cozy mysteries with cats, cozy mysteries with pets.