Palmetto Publishing Releases Destiny's Curse's New Paranormal Romance Set in Scotland

Now available from Palmetto Publishing, The Witch of White Bay Cove: Destiny's Curse follows an American witch in a small Scottish village as past-life regressions unearth a centuries-old debt.

CHARLESTON, S.C., Nov. 5, 2026 — Palmetto Publishing has released The Witch of White Bay Cove: Destiny's Curse, a new paranormal romance by C.M. Howell. The book continues the trilogy set in Ardentinny, Scotland, a village of a few hundred people on the western shore of Loch Long, and picks up weeks after a traumatic night on the cove that gives the series its name.

American-born Cassidy Jones owns Ardentinny's only coffee shop, Cassidy's Place. She is a long-time widow and in love with Steaphan Wallace, a charismatic Scottish land developer nineteen years her junior. Cassidy is also a broom-riding, cloak-wearing witch whose powers swell and thin with the phases of the moon. The story opens with a magical birthday celebration at Cassidy's stone cottage before she and Steaphan, along with best friends Fiona and Edmund, set out to confront the devastating truth about the past.

Cassidy's assailant from the tragic night on White Bay Cove is dead, but what he left behind is not. Edmund, a student of the paranormal and the occult, proposes a theory of karmic debt, unpaid and collected again and again across lifetimes. During the full-moon phases, when her magic runs strongest, Cassidy is guided through past-life regressions to a sandstone cottage in 1592 Scotland, a stately Boston mansion, and a nobleman's house in Thebes. Meanwhile, she must host a wedding, decode clues whispered by a familiar specter, and brace for a cyclone bearing down on the village. As the story progresses, it reveals the centuries-long curse that has plagued Cassidy and Steaphan, and the urgency of breaking it to save their lives.

Destiny's Curse is written for adult readers of paranormal and fantasy romance, and it carries a substantial May-December element alongside karma, reincarnation, found family, and questions of fate and free will. It contains some explicit language, violence, and sexual content. The first installment drew a notably younger readership, particularly women in their thirties, and the series is structured for readers who want an evolving arc that ends each volume on a hint of what is coming next. The Scottish setting, drawn from the author's own time in Ardentinny during a winter storm, anchors the supernatural material in a recognizable place.

The Witch of White Bay Cove: Destiny's Curse is available for purchase online at Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.

About the Author: C. M. Howell, author of The Witch of White Bay Cove, is a graduate of The Colorado Institute of Art and a professional interior designer, artist, and writer. She shares her creative journey on her YouTube channel, The Happy Book Maker. A proud mother of grown-up twin sons and a devoted cat mom, C. M. lives in Colorado, USA. Her latest release, The Witch of White Bay Cove: Destiny's Curse, is the second installment in The Witch of White Bay Cove trilogy. These books blend romance, fantasy, mystery, and humor set against the enchanting backdrop of the Scottish Highlands.

SOURCE Palmetto Publishing