Magical Midlife Survival Guide

Book 1 - The Wine, Chocolate & Paranormal Shenanigans Series

 

She thought leaving was the hardest part.

At forty-two, Lainie Cassidy does what she should have done years ago: she takes her two kids and walks out on her abusive husband. No money. No safety net. No looking back.

Determined to start over, Lainie digs through old boxes for homemade Halloween costumes and stumbles onto something unexpected—her grandmother’s antique pocket watch. The moment she touches it, her ordinary life cracks wide open.

The watch is a talisman. And it’s connected to books in ways Lainie can’t begin to understand. Suddenly, characters are stepping off the page and into her living room, supernatural creatures are showing up uninvited, and the magic is getting harder to hide from her kids, her friends, and everyone else in her life.

Then the watch conjures him—a devastatingly handsome dragon shifter pulled straight from the pages of a romance novel. He’s protective, powerful, completely out of his element in the modern world, and determined to win Lainie’s heart. The problem? He’s not supposed to exist outside the book. And the creatures now hunting Lainie want the talisman’s power for themselves.

Armed with wine, chocolate, fierce friends, and magic she’s still figuring out, Lainie must decide: play it safe, or embrace the woman—and the warrior—she was always meant to be.

Magical Midlife Survival Guide is the first book in the Wine, Chocolate & Paranormal Shenanigans series—a feel-good paranormal women’s fiction series full of humor, heart, found family, and a slow-burn romance that proves it’s never too late to rewrite your story.

Perfect for fans of K.F. Breene’s Magical Midlife Madness, Shannon Mayer’s Midlife Bounty Hunter, and anyone who believes the best adventures start after forty.


Feel-good paranormal romance and midlife magic adventures—where second chances spark supernatural love, found family, and a lot of laugh-through-the-chaos charm. If you like stories with soul mates, forbidden lovers, fate, and rags-to-riches magic, you’ll love the Wine, Chocolate & Paranormal Shenanigans Series.

Second Edition: originally published in 2022.
Magical Midlife, The Wine, Chocolate & Paranormal Shenanigans series order:

1. Book 1: Magical Midlife Survival Guide

2. Book 2: Magical Midlife Uncorked

3. Book 3: Magical Midlife Vintage Blend

4. Book 4: Magical Midlife Blush

5. Book 5: Spring on 2026

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