Ophelia Jensen is a librarian in small town Iowa. After a trauma, she closed herself off from others and the magic she inherited from her Appalachian grandmother. But a nosy stranger is poking around chemical thefts and her family's secret - and then they discover a body.
The hero is pushy and doesn't understand "no", the heroine's curmudgeonliness tips into meanness and her worry about the town finding out that Abby's a witch seems overblown.