Maudlin's Mayhem

"A little chaos is always good for the soul..."
When chaos descends on the Bewitching Bedlam B&B, Maudlin finds herself at the mercy of Murphy's Law. Everything is going wrong. At first, some of the chaos is just annoying, but then it turns deadly and Maddy finds herself on the wrong side with Essie Vanderbilt, the Queen of the Northwest Vampire Court. Now she must find a way to dispel the hex she's under, before the deadly curse kills again.
"I CAN’T BELIEVE I have to interview for a new housekeeper. Trina didn’t even work here for two months before she up and ran off.” I slapped the table with the latest copy of the Bedlam Crier, which contained the classified ad I’d submitted the day before. Hopefully, someone would answer it before the end of the day, because I was getting tired of wasting my spells on creating holeos to clean the B&B. I might be a powerful witch, but I didn’t have unlimited energy, and at some point, I wanted to do something besides create automatons to scrub the toilets. “What happened to her? She get pregnant?” Sandy took another sip of her drink. We had decided to celebrate the upcoming holiday by getting a jump start on spring. Since we were nearing Ostara—the spring equinox—we decided on a tart, bright flavor to fit the bill. The blender was full of a mixture of lemon sorbet, spiced rum, limeade, and a little grenadine. The drink was surprisingly nifty, especially after the third round. “Trina and her boyfriend are selkies, you know. He got a job out on the peninsula near Port Townsend, so he was moving to a new pod. If Trina continued to work here, that would put a damper on their relationship. I get it, but damn it. She was a pretty spiffy worker.” I tossed back the last of my drink and held my glass out for a fourth round. Sandy poured out the last of the drinks and held up the empty blender."