A Search for Love, Book 1 — J.M. Cagle

Hallie Chandler is an African American young woman who has moved to the quiet town of Lake Willow, Connecticut to write her latest book. She is talented as a writer but also a seasoned witch. She buys a rundown house and plans to renovate it. It gets help with the project from a very handsome and eligible bachelor, Fresco Sterling, who also turns out to be a witch. Hallie overhears a conversation about a coven that brings her trouble and threatens her life. Together, with a little unexpected help, they uncover a coven and expose the High Priestess but at a cost.