For years after Doug Delarue and his friends went out to check on their boat and never returned, their wives held out hope that one day the three men would come back, safe and unharmed. When the men are legally declared dead, Jade Delarue finally accepts that it's time to move on with her life. To that end, Jade, a witch, casts a spell to bring her a new love, and if he happens to look like Pierce Brosnan, that's all the better. When Jade's spell goes slightly awry, she frantically begins the rituals to turn it around.

Mason Kincaid and his partner, Anthony, travel to Mystic Manor to investigate the three widows who stand to collect a tidy sum in life insurance now that their husbands have officially been declared dead. Having just been left at the altar, literally, Mason is uninterested in the case, preferring to drown his sorrows on the beaches of Aruba. But his interest is piqued when he meets the bewitching Jade. She, however, is stunned when Mason, a Pierce Brosnan look-alike, walks through her door. The more Jade works on getting Mason to leave, the more he's determined to stay and prove her innocence.

Jenna McKnight's WITCH IN THE HOUSE is a fun, well- written romance, the first of three. Jade is an intriguing character, comfortable with her life and yet longing for a little more. And Mason is leery of commitment, though totally intrigued by the woman with some unusual habits. Despite their differences, they manage to find common ground. The supporting cast is delightful in their quirkiness, and the two remaining widows have intriguingly different lives that should prove to make for interesting stories in future books. I look forward to returning to the small town in Missouri and learning the fate of the three missing husbands!