The Festival Of Broken Light: A Lantern Witch Mystery Book 2

About The Festival Of Broken Light: A Lantern Witch Mystery Book 2

In Briarhollow, the lanterns have always been steady. Until the night one of them explodes with light—and a man collapses beneath it. Dina Whitlock thought life had finally settled after reopening her grandmother’s candle shop, **The Lantern & Wick**.

Winter festivals, familiar faces, and the warm glow of lanterns over the town square should have meant a quiet season. Instead, the town’s most trusted lantern engineer collapses during a public demonstration… and the light show everyone witnesses doesn’t behave like any malfunction Briarhollow has ever seen. Rumors begin almost immediately.

Some say the council rushed the relighting for tourist season. Others whisper the lantern grid itself is becoming unstable. But when subtle evidence begins to suggest someone tampered with the lantern system, Dina realizes this may not have been an accident at all.

And someone in Briarhollow seems determined to turn the story in a very specific direction. With the help of a steady town officer, a fiercely loyal best friend, a stubborn dachshund who refuses to behave, and a cat who judges every decision she makes, Dina begins untangling a mystery hidden behind winter celebrations and glowing lights. Because in Briarhollow, the truth has a way of shining through eventually.

And whoever sabotaged the lanterns may be counting on the town to blame the wrong person. A warm, charming cozy mystery full of small-town secrets, magical lanterns, loyal friendships, and one very determined little dog.