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Readers who enjoyed Secret Agent Mom by Martha Carr & Michael Anderle also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Pet Psychic Mysteries Boxset Books 5-8 by Erin Johnson
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTalking animals. Quirky cases. An enchanting town. This series has it all, like you’ve never read before!Jolene Hartgrave, here! I went from being a top dog lawyer to a hangdog pet psychic in the ruff part of town, all thanks to a pesky curse that gave me the gift of gabbing with animals.But my luck is finally looking up... -
Magic & Misfits by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWelcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken.Bentley Smith is tired of being the red-headed stepchild in the office of Vox Populi and is determined to prove his mettle by warming up the cold case involving Sheriff’s Nash’s murdered father. The deeper digs, however, the more uncomfortable he becomes when the information he unearths implicates one of Starry Hollow’s very own... -
Witch Is Where Magic Lives Now by Adele Abbott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThere have been many changes to Jill's life during the last six years, but she's just as busy as ever. A family heirloom has disappeared from Tweaking Manor, and a man claims he saw a woman being shot, but the police insist no such shooting ever took place. Meanwhile, Winky is up to his old tricks... -
Magic & Monsters by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken.Starry Hollow is abuzz when the famously reclusive Creature Hunter, Winston York, emerges from retirement after a rare sighting of an endangered magical creature and Ember Rose is assigned to cover the story... -
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Give up the Ghost by Jane Hinchey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNever in my almost thirty years did I think my new normal would be talking to ghosts, yet here we are.After inheriting a PI business, I find my clients are more incorporeal than not and are relying on me to solve their untimely deaths. Unfortunately, being a magnet for ghosts has its downside. Hello? Lack of privacy, for starters... -
Magic & Maladies by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWelcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. A wedding may be a new beginning for Bentley and Meadow, but it's an ending for one of their obnoxious guests. When Sheriff Nash starts showing more wolf than warmth during the investigation, paranormals sit up and take notice, especially ones in positions of power... -
Witch Is How Berries Tasted Good by Adele Abbott
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA bad workman… Family demands are taking their toll on Jill Gooder, P.I. and witch. Not exactly what she needs, as she takes on one of the biggest cases of her career. …doesn’t deserve my custard creams... -
Witch Is How The Biscuits Disappeared by Adele Abbott
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsYou can lead a horse to water...Truth can be stranger than fiction. Never has that been more true for Jill Maxwell. Meanwhile, a close relative makes a shocking discovery. ...away from your custard creams... -
Magic & Mischief by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWelcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. When a handful of Starry Hollow residents experience their worst nightmares in real life, witch-in-training Ember Rose must use her budding journalist skills to figure out the who, what, why, when, where and how before it's too late... -
Witch is How Bells Were Saved by Adele Abbott
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe best things in life are free… Secrets kept for years are revealed, but what will Jill do now she knows the truth? And where have all the penguins gone? …so why aren't custard... -
Witch Is How To Fool Cats by Adele Abbott
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGive someone an inch… Was it suicide or something more sinister? That's just one of the cases occupying Jill's mind. Meanwhile, what is Winky so upset about? …but don't give them your custard creams... -
Magic & Mayhem by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWelcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. Ember Rose is back for another Starry Hollow mystery. The former New Jersey resident and descendant of the One True Witch expects to see magical works of art on Balefire Beach for the first annual sand sculpture competition--what she doesn't expect to see is a dead body... -
Whisk and Reward by Nancy Warren
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMurder, deceit and baking... It’s the big finale of the Great British Baking Contest. Who will win? Who will fall flatter than an eggless soufflé? And will amateur baker and witch Poppy survive to find out?Dark forces are at work in the picture-perfect village of Broomewode in Somerset... -
Angel in Demise by Leanne Leeds
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn electrocuted millionaire at a garden party.One witch under suspicion.Can Fortuna Delphi clear her name before they shut her art gallery down? Fortuna Delphi’s starting to feel like a part of Mystic’s End... -
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Sketchy Charms by Leanne Leeds
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA body in the woodlands near the crystal field.Smoky quartz that smoked the local mailman.Can Fortuna unearth the truth the authorities won’t? When reporter and Mystic’s End busybody Pepper Stanford discovers a sketched map that professes to reveal what the heck the deal is with mystics in Mystic’s End, Fortuna reluctantly follows her out to the thick forest to hunt for for clues... -
Night Work by Steve Higgs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen other people’s weird is your normal, what do you do when your life gets weird? For Jane Butterworth the paranormal is just a day job. She works at the Blue Moon Investigation Agency, a firm that specialises in cases that no one else will take, cases that start at strange and unexplainable and tier rapidly south from there... -
Sinfully Delicious by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsStormy Morgan left her hometown of Shadow Hills, Michigan, with one goal: to write the great American novel and strike it rich. She sold her novel not long after college, did relatively well, and then fell off a cliff into obscurity. Now, without a book contract, she’s back at her family restaurant in a one-stoplight town … and she’s convinced things couldn’t possibly get worse... -
Magic & Mythos by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWelcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. Big changes are afoot for Ember Rose. The descendant of the One True Witch is grappling with the fallout from a recent decision regarding Sheriff Nash and Alec, while also navigating new witchy waters with her daughter, Marley... -
Witch is How To Lose Big by Adele Abbott
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTwo custard creams… A man has gone missing from a hotel, and Jill is on the case. Meanwhile, what has happened to the ghost's jewellery, and what is in the trinket box? …are not as good as five... -
Witch Is How Dreams Became Reality by Adele Abbott
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA little of what you fancy does you good...Jill Maxwell wins big! So why is she so unhappy? And who is the one-legged murderer?...but lots of custard creams is even better... -
Witch is How The Mirror Lied by Adele Abbott
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHome is where… Jill no longer knows who she can trust. Someone has betrayed her – that much is obvious. But who? And what’s the truth behind the graffiti? …the custard creams are... -
Amuletto Kiss (The Magic & Mixology Mystery Series) by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHold your loved ones close, islanders… Life for Lily Locke has not been normal ever since she learned of her witchy heritage, but now more than ever, her world is spiraling out of control. When a series of strange events begins to tear her beloved island apart, it’s up to the famed Mixologist to seek out the most powerful wizard in the world and spare him from death... -
Miss Frost Says I Do by Kristen Painter
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWelcome to the North Pole, the town where Christmas is everyone’s job. Jayne Frost is a lot of things. Winter elf, Jack Frost's daughter, Santa Claus's niece, heir to the Winter Throne and soon to be newlywed. Now that she and fiancé Sinclair (and their cats, Spider and Sugar) have moved back to the North Pole, they’re firmly entrenched in planning their wedding... -
Witch is How The Tables Turned by Adele Abbott
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne good turn… Someone very dear to Jill has gone missing, and the clock is ticking. Meanwhile a new friend may not be what they seem. …deserves another custard cream... -
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Loved Up by A.A. Albright
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor the Wayfair Witches, the romantic season is beginning. Unfortunately, it’s beginning with a murder.When Nancy Berry is killed during spring celebrations, the reason seems clear to her coven leader. Will Berry believes that Nancy was killed as a threat, to force him to vote the right way in an upcoming election.But Wanda thinks there’s a far more fiendish reason for Nancy’s murder... -
Acting Up by A.A. Albright
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWanda Wayfair does not believe in prophecies… There’s a murderer on the set of Be My Witch, and Wanda is afraid that all the wrong people are being killed. Because in the vision she saw, Mandy Parker was the one who died. With the help of the victims’ familiars, Wanda races to solve the case... -
The Case of the Earth Spell by Amorette Anderson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAre you ready to learn some Earth Magic? Penny Banks, amateur sleuth and witch-in-training, is hitting the books. This time, she's studying elemental magic -- Earth Magic in particular. At the same time, a skeleton turns up in her friend's back yard... -
Hired Luck by Mel Todd
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsNew city, new job, new threat?With my best friend going to college to learn how to use her magic, I'm job hunting in Atlanta. We're sharing an apartment and I've never been happier. The last thing I needed was to be involved in a murder investigation. Now the police are sure I had something to do with it. News alert: I don't. I've got a job, Jo's going school...Categorized as:
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Breaking Bat by Erin Johnson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA curse stole one witch’s powers, but gave her the ability to speak with animals. Now she helps a hunky police officer and his sassy, lie-detecting canine solve paranormal mysteries... -
A Fairy Good Brew by Samantha Silver
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to Enchanted Enclave, where coffee, chaos and cauldrons are a way of life.Invited to the paranormal world at last, Tina and Kaillie's trip gets off on the wrong foot - literally - when they stumble on a fairy's body just after arriving in Palm Rings.Between navigating this whole new world, meeting relatives they didn't know they had, and being accused of murder, Eliza has her hands full... -
They Hexed the Moon!: Mysteries of Meri (Familiar Kitten Mysteries, #20) by Sara Bourgeois
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Warlocks have really done it this time!Kinsley and Jeremy delve into a bizarre occurrence at Nissa's residence, where undead pets are rising from their graves, and a perplexing vortex threatens to consume everything in its path.Thorn is summoned to examine a disturbance at a decrepit mansion, where he stumbles upon the lifeless body of a paranormal investigator... -
Love at First Spell by Samantha Silver
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to magical Fairy Falls, where love is in the air and killers are on the loose.Mina Tiller, a high-powered advertising executive whose only goal is to get that corner office, never thought living life in the fast lane would mean actually getting hit by a car... -
Cold as a Witch's Toffee by Sara Bourgeois
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe dog is talking... The dog is talking! When Allegra Darling, star fitness instructor, inherits an ice cream shop from her Uncle, she is shocked, appalled, and at a loss. Allegra Darling doesn’t eat carbs, and she won't be caught dead selling them. When she goes to the little town of Knox Hills to sell the property, her Uncle’s attorney gives her the absolute worst news possible... -
Cornbread & Crossroads by Bella Falls
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMagic and mystery are only part of the Southern Charms of Honeysuckle Hollow…After everyone returns from Charleston, Honeysuckle Hollow has been growing by leaps and bounds with new residents seeking magical sanctuary. All the residents of the Southern supernatural small town try their best to be welcoming... -
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Hemlocked and Loaded by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWelcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. Emma Hart has a lot on her paranormal plate--a wedding to plan, a trespasser to defend, and a longstanding curse to break. When a pixie dies under mysterious circumstances, her endless list of Things To Do grows even longer... -
Witch Summer Night's Cream by H.Y. Hanna
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLibrarian's Note: an alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here.Murder, mystery, and a chocolate love potion... Caitlyn is looking forward to Midsummer's Eve in the tiny English village of Tillyhenge... -
The Witching Flour by Samantha Silver
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWelcome to Spellford Cove, where the baking is sweet and the witches are wild.Robin Carter's life is less than stellar. All she has going for her are a minimum-wage job she hates, an uncanny ability to attract the biggest losers on her dating app, and a raccoon sitting in her kitchen sink eating her chips... -
Perfect Pending by Lucía Ashta
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe comes from a bloodline of powerful witches. But for Marla, magic seems to have skipped a generation.Over forty, recently divorced, and with two teenagers, starting over back in my hometown seemed like my best option. I had no idea what I was in for.Well, I should have.Only those with powers can enter Gales Haven. And I haven’t found mine.Until now.Mastering your abilities can take years... -
Sleigh Spells by Bella Falls
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHave yourself a very Merry Witchmas in Holiday Haven, where the magic and mystery of Christmas is snow joke!Aurora Hart hates everything Christmas, but how could she turn down the opportunity to serve one year of probation in Holiday Haven versus a full sentence for her crimes? Saddled with a talking squirrel roommate, Aurora is doing her best to keep a low profile as she bides her time... -
Haunted And Hexed by Misty Bane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWelcome to Blackwood Bay, where magic and murder have come out to play...If only that had been on the sign when I drove into town. Instead, the picturesque seaside destination had lured me in with its vintage charm and promises of the quaint little bookstore I’d unexpectedly inherited. Then came the handful of instant friends and a hunky local to boot... -
Crumbs and Misdemeanors by Nancy Warren
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBread is supposed to be the staff of life—not a murder weapon.Every baker has their weak spot. For Poppy it’s bread. So, when The Great British Baking Contest hits bread week, she’s as fragile as an overbaked croissant. Just when she needs to keep all her focus on flour, water, yeast and salt, another ingredient enters the mix. Death... -
Wisteria Wonders by Angela Pepper
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJust when Zara Riddle thought she was handling the whole witch-librarian thing, her friend got zapped into a flamingo. Yes, the pink-feathered kind. Her library coworker Frank Wonder is now four and a half feet tall, and none too happy about it! The Department of Water and Magic gets involved, but now they want Zara to channel a missing spirit... -
When Birdie Babysat Spider by Kristen Painter
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWelcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. Jayne Frost is a lot of things. Winter elf, Jack Frost's daughter, Santa Claus's niece, heir to the Winter Throne and now...private investigator. Sort of... -
Miss Frost Chills The Cheater by Kristen Painter
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWelcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. Jayne Frost is a lot of things. Winter elf, Jack Frost's daughter, Santa Claus's niece, heir to the Winter Throne and now...private investigator. Sort of. Jayne takes Sinclair on a much needed visit to her winter wonderland home, the North Pole. She wants him to see what her royal life is truly like... -
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Black Magic Kitten by Sara Bourgeois
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWelcome to Coventry Kinsley Skeenbauer never thought she would go home. At seventeen, she’d left Coventry and didn’t look back. But after a messy divorce, she packed up her stuff and drove toward the only place that she knew would accept her. Life hadn’t been easy for Kinsley since she left town. Despite wanting a family desperately, she was childless... -
Life's A Birch by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLife's a birch and then you die in a canal wearing days-of-the-week underpants.Forty-two-year-old Mia Thorne is settling into her new life in the small riverside town of Newberry, Pennsylvania. Part of her misses the bright lights of the big city, but Mia is determined to make the best of the cottage she inherited and its surroundings gardens, as well as her blossoming love life... -
Witch Is When The Floodgates Opened by Adele Abbott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsKeep your friends close.. Everything is disappearing: A priceless antique, Mrs V and even worse—Jill’s custard creams. It’s time for our intrepid P.I. (and Witch fantastico) to leap into action. ..and your custard creams closer... -
Secrets of the Specter: A Haunted Mystery, A Magical Cat & A Modern-Day Candlestick Maker by Molly Fitz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Haunted Mystery, A Magical Cat & A Modern-Day Candlestick MakerI’m Mags McAllister, and I am an honest-to-goodness modern-day candlestick maker. I work in my family’s shop in the historic district of Larkhaven, Georgia, and also make a pretty penny from sharing videos of my process online... -
The Prune Pit Murder by Renee George
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWerecougar Lily Mason has sworn off investigating crimes in Moonrise, Missouri. No more bodies, no more intrigue, and more importantly, no more murderers. But her plans for an easy-breezy drama and danger-free life is put on hold when a friend asks for her help in investigating a suspicious death... -
Sleeping with the Fishes by Samantha Silver
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a body washes up on the shores of Willow Bay, Jason and Angela find themselves as the main suspects. After all, they did have a confrontation with the victim just the night before. Deciding that she's not going to sit around and wait to be arrested, Angela decides to take matters into her own hands and investigate the death herself...
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