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  • Magic & Marriage by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Marriage by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When a television show called Natural Selection decides to film in Starry Hollow, the whole town is abuzz. The paranormal version of The Bachelor is the talk of the nation and the ideal vehicle to show off the town’s charm. Everyone is excited—except the chosen bachelor’s grandmother...
  • Magic & Misfortune by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Misfortune by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken.Misfortunes never come alone.When a valuable jewel goes missing, former newspaper reporter Ember Rose is hired to track it down. She quickly learns that the jewel wasn’t hidden away for its monetary worth but for safety because the jewel has the power to bring misfortune to its possessor...
  • Magic & Misfits by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Misfits by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Welcome 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

    Witch Is Where Magic Lives Now by Adele Abbott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    There 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...
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  • Magic & Monsters by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Monsters by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome 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...
  • Magic & Malice by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Malice by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. When Ember Rose is tasked with covering the birthday party of a wealthy 200-year-old matriarch for the local paper's society section, she doesn't bank on the guest of honor dying before the cake is served...
  • Magic & Misdeeds by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Misdeeds by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken.When a new case leads to an old crime, Sheriff Nash is confronted with a ghost from his past...
  • Southern Magic Wedding by Amy Boyles

    Southern Magic Wedding by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It’s Pepper's and Axel’s wedding day. Finally, the big day has arrived and the entire town is ready to celebrate. And Pepper is ready, too. She can’t wait to start her new life. The only problem is that suddenly Axel has ex-girlfriends oozing out of the woodwork. Worse, when a spell is cast on Axel the day before the wedding, his future with Pepper becomes murky. Pepper is shattered...
  • Magic & Madness by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Madness by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. New Jersey transplant Ember Rose finds herself in the thick of the action when a traveling carnival comes to Starry Hollow. Taking Florian’s advice to be more sociable, she ends up as a member of the Power Puffs—a team of middle school moms who’ve never met a baking competition they haven’t entered...
  • Witch in a Crisis by Elle Adams

    Witch in a Crisis by Elle Adams

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's time for Blair Wilkes to face her biggest challenge yet.Now the Inquisitor for the paranormal hunters has given her an ultimatum, Blair finds herself in a bind. When information about her jailed father's trial comes to light, Blair is determined to prove he was imprisoned unlawfully...
  • Magic & Mercy by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Mercy by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. Ember Rose has her work cut out for her when a butler is murdered at the annual Estate Manager Conference. The former New Jersey resident and descendant of the One True Witch must keep Aunt Hyacinth from marching on the war path in defense of Simon, her butler and right hand...
  • Charmed Offense by Annabel Chase

    Charmed Offense by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal.Emma Hart would like to believe she's glowing more than growing, but there's no denying her stomach now has the look of a prize-winning watermelon. Her pregnancy results in more than physical changes, however, as she decides to delve deeper into her family history...
  • Angel in Demise by Leanne Leeds

    Angel in Demise by Leanne Leeds

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An 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...
  • Sketchy Charms by Leanne Leeds

    Sketchy Charms by Leanne Leeds

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A 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...
  • Vampires & Verses by Elle Adams

    Vampires & Verses by Elle Adams

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The summer carnival has arrived at Ivory Beach, and Rory and her magical family are ready to enjoy the festivities.At least until a vampire shows up dead, a stake in his back, and a furious Evangeline sweeps in to take over the murder investigation. Edwin, head of the police, pleads with Rory to make her see reason, but the fearsome head of the local vampires refuses to be taken for a fool...
  • Magic & Mystery by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Mystery by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. Ember Rose, descendant of the One True Witch and New Jersey transplant, is settling into her new life in Starry Hollow, along with her precocious daughter. It doesn't take long before Ember finds herself smack dab in the middle of another mystery...
  • Magic & Mishaps by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Mishaps by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken.Ember Rose is working hard to smooth the path for her relationship with the stoic vampire Alec Hale. She hits a massive bump, however, when a body is discovered drained of blood and Alec is one of the key suspects. Sheriff Nash insists that his interest in Alec isn't personal, but Ember isn't convinced...
  • Magic & Mythos by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Mythos by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Welcome 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...
  • Watchful Wisteria by Angela Pepper

    Watchful Wisteria by Angela Pepper

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Zara Riddle is a thirty-something woman trying to balance her career and motherhood. Scratch that. Career, motherhood, and being a novice witch. When someone from her past shows up in the most dramatic fashion (i.e. bleeding and nearly dead), this sassy single mother gains a whole new set of relationship problems to juggle...
  • A Haunted Disappearance by J.A. Whiting

    A Haunted Disappearance by J.A. Whiting

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This is book 2 in the Lin Coffin Mystery series. The main mystery is solved in each book but you will enjoy the stories more if they are read in order. Lin Coffin is enjoying her new life on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts...
  • Cakes to Die For by Mara Webb

    Cakes to Die For by Mara Webb

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Take a trip to Compass Cove, an enchanted town full of magic and mayhem…Zora Wick is at the end of her tether. After a lifetime of bad luck, it seems she’s ended up at rock bottom, saddled with debt from her cheating ex, a dead-end job with no prospects and a studio apartment that’s not even fit for a dog...
  • Wicked Whispers by Lily Harper Hart

    Wicked Whispers by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jack Harker says the honeymoon will never be over, but it’s back to reality for him and his wife Ivy. Unfortunately for them, that means murder is on the menu … and this newest body is dropped in Ivy’s nursery parking lot.Jack is a mess when he realizes a sniper took out a local woman. Ivy, although shocked because it happened right in front of her eyes, is also intrigued...
  • Swotting Up by A.A. Albright

    Swotting Up by A.A. Albright

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    College isn’t quite as much fun as Wanda Wayfair had hoped. But when a dead body turns up in the library, it seems like her crime-solving life might be calling her back. There’s more at risk, though, than finding the killer. Wanda and the gang also need to track down a Bad, Bad Book – quite possibly the worst book of all. But as more murders take place, it seems like time might be running out...
  • A Little Bit Vampy by A.A. Albright

    A Little Bit Vampy by A.A. Albright

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The battle is on … Aisling and her friends have been trying to find the leader of Vlad’s Boys for a long time. Now, they finally know the truth behind the vampire gang. Unfortunately, they also know that Vlad’s Boys have a new, unknown source of power to rely on, and beating them seems like an impossible task. But there are other troubling things happening in Riddler’s Edge...
  • Solstice Spirits by Erin Johnson

    Solstice Spirits by Erin Johnson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Have yourself a very Merry Witchmas in July in Holiday Haven, where the magic and mystery of Christmas is snow joke!Rudie Hollybrook, here! I love my quaint, magical town of Holiday Haven. It’s basically like living in a snow globe.I’m killing it (oops) directing my family’s funeral home where I work with my two zany sisters and am head over heels for my boyfriend, the editor of the local paper...
  • Beachside Burglary by Tegan Maher

    Beachside Burglary by Tegan Maher

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life's a beach, at least until a king's crown goes missing.Destiny's been trying to hunt down a thief for a couple of weeks, but up 'til now, it's been all small potatoes - sometimes literally. Since she's certain it's a local and suspects there's a method to the thievery, she's tried to keep it on the down-low in order to flush the petty criminal out...
  • Payback's a Witch by Misty Bane

    Payback's a Witch by Misty Bane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The town has been whispering about my mysterious new neighbors and the means behind their extravagant lifestyle. Some have even been accusing him of being a cult leader. So when I receive an impromptu invite to Joe Collins’ sixtieth birthday party, you’d better believe I’m there...
  • Rags to Witches by Mara Webb

    Rags to Witches by Mara Webb

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sadie Alden would love nothing more than to spend the weekend soaking up the sunshine with her boyfriend, but it seems that’s not on the cards.With a golf tournament taking over the islands, Sadie is required to supervise the event despite having little interest in the sport. Will she make a faux pas on the fairway? Absolutely...
  • Out Witch the Old by Elle Adams

    Out Witch the Old by Elle Adams

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life for Blair Wilkes has never been better. She's been reunited with her estranged father, while the fairies who originally founded Fairy Falls have begun to return to their former home.When a human girl disappears and the fairies become the main suspects, however, Blair finds herself under pressure to prove their innocence...
  • Ghost Property by Elle Adams

    Ghost Property by Elle Adams

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Maura is trying to recruit ghosts to help give her haunted inn a boost, but when one shows up who doesn’t believe he’s dead, she finds herself compelled to find his killer...
  • A Brunch With Death by Mara Webb

    A Brunch With Death by Mara Webb

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Take a trip to Compass Cove, an enchanted town full of magic and mayhem…Zora Wick is in trouble. Again.Life in Compass Cove felt like it was heading in the right direction, but events beyond her control force her to hit the road. It’s only been a month since she inherited her aunt’s bakery and business has already slowed down...
  • Witch Undercover by Elle Adams

    Witch Undercover by Elle Adams

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Blair and Nathan have returned from a relaxing holiday by the sea ready to face a new year in Fairy Falls. The first thing on Blair's agenda is to find a way to contact her estranged father, but when a strange man shows up in town under the effects of an unknown spell, her plans are put on hold...
  • Over the Broom by Sara Bourgeois

    Over the Broom by Sara Bourgeois

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What happens when a dead body crashes your wedding day? Find out how Brighton and friends will handle this unexpected guest. Full blurb reveal coming soon. Over the Broom is book 9 in the Wicked Witches of Coventry cozy mystery series...
  • Love at First Spell by Samantha Silver

    Love at First Spell by Samantha Silver

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome 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...
  • Broom and Board by Sara Bourgeois

    Broom and Board by Sara Bourgeois

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Hattie's family approaches Brighton to take over the local bed and breakfast because they heard "she doesn't have a job", she's not quite sure what to say. Then, they flash a stack of cash, and Brighton figures it can't be all that bad. And it isn't... until someone has to go and turn up dead. Broom and Board is book 7 in the Wicked Witches of Coventry cozy mystery series...
  • Baby Broom by Sara Bourgeois

    Baby Broom by Sara Bourgeois

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nothing is certain but death and taxes… When Remy asks Brighton to take their taxes to a local accountant, she happily agrees. Even witches have to pay taxes, but she’s just glad she doesn’t have to do the paperwork herself. It’s an unseasonably beautiful day, so she bundles her little one up, and they go for a stroll instead of driving. She and the baby have a good time on their walk...
  • Cold as a Witch's Toffee by Sara Bourgeois

    Cold as a Witch's Toffee by Sara Bourgeois

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The 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...
  • Rags To Witches by Bella Falls, Johanna Parker

    Rags To Witches by Bella Falls, Johanna Parker

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A little sweet tea and a whole lot of spells won’t always put out the fire… Ruby Mae Jewell's talents to pick the best bargains for her family's business are hotter than the hinges on the gates of Hades! But when one of her friends gets stabbed at his own wedding reception, her abilities to solve the mystery go completely cold...
  • Ghosts, Alibis, and Apple Pies by J.A. Holder

    Ghosts, Alibis, and Apple Pies by J.A. Holder

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Michelle Bishop has spent most of her life hating her nemesis, Georgia Beauregard. When the town beauty queen herself suddenly dies, Michelle is the only one who isn’t mourning. But Michelle has just discovered there is something far worse than a living, breathing bully. Try being haunted by a dead one...
  • Ghostly Camping by Lily Harper Hart

    Ghostly Camping by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Harper Harlow’s romantic life is perfect, her wedding is in the works, and now she’s decided to enhance her business standing by attending a haunted campground opening. If she enjoys herself, publicly endorses it and the owner, then she’ll open up a brave new world.Unfortunately for Harper, old ghosts die hard and a fresh murder taints what is supposed to be a quiet weekend...
  • Wicked Honeymoon by Lily Harper Hart

    Wicked Honeymoon by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Jack Harker and his new wife Ivy have beaten the odds, and with that comes a little rest and relaxation. They have a two-week honeymoon planned, and the first leg involves a glamping trip down the river.Jack has never been one for camping, and the truth is, he would’ve preferred anything but what they’ve got planned. Ivy, however, is desperate to prove that camping can be fun...
  • Midnight Magic by Sara Bourgeois

    Midnight Magic by Sara Bourgeois

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The Midnight Magic Festival is upon Coventry, and Kinley Skeenbauer is excited to participate for the first time. Since her shop, Summoned Goods & Sundries, is the newest thing in Coventry, she's been invited to provide swag bags and decorations for the festivities...
  • Sympathetic Magic by Sara Bourgeois

    Sympathetic Magic by Sara Bourgeois

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    When someone close to Kinsley is cursed, she turns to a Voodoo Priestess to help her break the awful spell. This seems to be the right solution… until the Priestess turns up dead.A police officer from New Orleans arrives in Coventry, determined to prove that Kinsley had something to do with the murder...
  • Black Magic Kitten by Sara Bourgeois

    Black Magic Kitten by Sara Bourgeois

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Welcome 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

    Life's A Birch by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Life'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...
  • Grave Demands by Lily Harper Hart

    Grave Demands by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Maddie Graves and Nick Winters are looking forward … to marriage and forever. Before that happens, they have to look to the past and overcome another obstacle. Todd Winthrop, the man who tried killing Maddie when she first returned to town, is up for trial. Maddie and Nick have been called to testify, but before that happens, they have to solve an eerily similar murder...
  • Ghostly Distress by Lily Harper Hart

    Ghostly Distress by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Halloween is right around the corner and Harper Harlow should be at her happiest. She's officially moving in with her boyfriend Jared Monroe, after all, and into a house that's right across the street so she won't be separated from her best friend. All should be well - and it is - until one of Harper's customers stumbles across a dead body in the cemetery during a tour one night...
  • Ghoul's Paradise by Annabel Chase

    Ghoul's Paradise by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal.When Emma's return to work after maternity leave coincides with another murder mystery, she's right back to burning the enchanted candle at both ends. Throw in ever-changing family dynamics, the potential loss of a beloved friend, and a hybrid baby with unpredictable talents, and you've got one harried new mother on a magical mission...
  • Eat Prey Spell by Annabel Chase

    Eat Prey Spell by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal.The arrival of the National Spell Championships brings out High Priestess Limpet’s competitive side. The coven is forced to practice like their lives depend on it and—judging from the menacing look in Limpet’s eye—that just might be the case...
  • Witch on a Mission by Elle Adams

    Witch on a Mission by Elle Adams

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Nathan is arrested as the prime suspect for a werewolf's death, Blair knows for certain he’s innocent.The problem is, his sister is in town looking for a job, bringing her to Blair's workplace at the worst possible time...
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