Ivy Gamble is a private investigator who is used to finding cheating wives and husbands, not solving murders. Her sister Tabitha is a teacher at the Osthorne Academy of Young Mages, a school for those who have "the magic" in them. Ivy never wanted magic. Magic is all Tabitha ever wanted. When Ivy is called to investigate a murder at Tabitha's school, the retainer is enough for Ivy to want to do the job. As Ivy navigates the murder investigation, she finds that things are not always as they seem. Ivy can finally see herself with a guy, she is living in the murdered teacher's apartment, she is trying to put back her and her sister's relationship, and students are leery of Ivy. As the investigation continues, all is not as it seems at the Osthrone Academy. There is romance between a man and woman, LGBT, magic, and mystery. This genre is out of my comfort zone but liked it nonetheless. Thank you to the author, publisher, and BookishFirst for the opportunity to read this book.