The Tea Witch's Hollow Bell. The Tea Witch Series, #2

In Bramblewick Hollow, every promise carries weight-and the bell is listening. Founders' Week should mean banners, biscuits, and a well-timed bell-not promises turning into commands. When Bramblewick Hollow's clock-tower bell begins answering casual commitments, the trouble seems almost charming. A child cannot eat the biscuit they promised to save. Villagers find themselves pulled toward unfinished errands.
Rowan the baker becomes trapped by his vow to produce a perfect loaf. Then Constable Bram Evers reassures a frightened crowd that no one will be hurt, and the magic takes a dangerous turn. Tea witch Elowen Thatch opens a Promise Ledger and begins testing the bell's strange grammar with the help of her fox-cat familiar, Juniper, a sharp-eyed archivist, a skeptical magical specialist, and a village full of people discovering that good intentions can still become cages.
But the more carefully Elowen phrases every promise, the more obligations gather around her-and the retired bell keeper guarding the tower may know more than she is willing to say. To restore Bramblewick's Founders' tradition, Elowen must solve a fair-play magical mystery about devotion, safety, and whether changing a promise can sometimes be the truest way to keep it. Reader Promise A complete, low-violence magical mystery with fair clues Tea-shop sleuthing, enchanted grammar, and village-festival mischief A kindly constable, capable found family, and trust-centered slow burn Emotional accountability and repair without forced forgiveness A warm, satisfying resolution Each Tea Witch Mystery contains a complete case and may be read on its own.