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  • Fate Actually by Elizabeth Hunter

    Fate Actually by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    It’s paranormal women’s fiction for lovers of magic, mayhem, and a solid afternoon nap (when they can squeeze one in.)Toni Dusi grew up knowing everyone’s business and everyone knowing hers, because in Moonstone Cove, you can’t pass a restaurant, farm, or winery that doesn’t have at least one Dusi involved. Despite that, Toni has managed to carve out a private niche for herself...
  • Semi-Psychic Life by Elizabeth Hunter

    Semi-Psychic Life by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Who says you can’t live the rock and roll life after forty?You just need a lot more vitamins and a bigger bottle of aspirin.Valerie Costa was pretty sure she was rocking her forties. She had an amazing coffee shop, two cool teenagers, and a new superpower that gave her insight into any random object she touched.Okay, she wasn’t thrilled about that last one...
  • The Law of Moses by Amy Harmon

    The Law of Moses by Amy Harmon

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    If I tell you right up front, right in the beginning that I lost him, it will be easier for you to bear. You will know it’s coming, and it will hurt. But you’ll be able to prepare.Someone found him in a laundry basket at the Quick Wash, wrapped in a towel, a few hours old and close to death...
  • The Song of David by Amy Harmon

    The Song of David by Amy Harmon

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    She said I was like a song. Her favorite song. A song isn’t something you can see. It’s something you feel, something you move to, something that disappears after the last note is played. I won my first fight when I was eleven years old, and I’ve been throwing punches ever since. Fighting is the purest, truest, most elemental thing there is. Some people describe heaven as a sea of unending white...
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    drama  family  friendship  ghosts  paranormal  alpha-mc  angst  athlete
  • Psychic Dreams by Elizabeth Hunter

    Psychic Dreams by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    She’s feeling the heat. Or it might be a hot flash. Sometimes it’s really hard to tell.It’s been four years since Monica lost the love of her life to a sudden and devastating heart attack. She’s held her family together and picked herself up with the love and help of her two best friends. Now Monica has a new business, a new wardrobe, and a new vision for the future.As in actual psychic visions...
  • Homecoming by the Sea by Kathi Daley

    Homecoming by the Sea by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Homecomings can be murder. When Amanda Parker returns to the small seaside town where she lived for two years while in witness protection she finds that she left a piece of herself behind. Literally. A ghost image of her alias, Alyson Prescott, has been living in her house for the past decade waiting rather impatiently for her return...
  • The Siren Saves The Billionaire by Kristen Painter

    The Siren Saves The Billionaire by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year.The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town know better.Living in Nocturne Falls means being yourself. Fangs, fur, and all...
  • Mack's Perfectly Ghastly Homecoming by A.J. Sherwood

    Mack's Perfectly Ghastly Homecoming by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mack’s over the moon to not only have Brandon but to finally be done with all their training. With the official FBI stamp of approval, they are ready to start ghost busting. The very last place he wants to be sent to is his hometown of Opelousas, Louisiana, however. But a child is being terrorized, and when he discovers it’s his favorite cousin, all reluctance is forgotten...
  • Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks

    Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author comes a captivating love story filled with suspense and mystery.When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past...
  • Every Witch Way But Wicked by Amanda M. Lee

    Every Witch Way But Wicked by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Where there’s a witch, there’s a way! Where there’s a whole family of them, there’s trouble. Bay Winchester, editor of Hemlock Cove’s small weekly newspaper, thinks her small hamlet’s upcoming murder mystery weekend is going to be all about fun, food and frolicking...
  • Witching You Were Here by Amanda M. Lee

    Witching You Were Here by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Winter has hit Hemlock Cove – and not in a fun way.The cold weather is keeping most tourists out of town, which is just fine with the Winchester witches. They’re using the lull as a way to recharge and take a break – even if Aunt Tillie is causing her usual havoc. All that comes crashing down, though, when a large yacht is found abandoned in a nearby channel and there’s blood on the deck...
  • A Humbug Holiday by London Lovett

    A Humbug Holiday by London Lovett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's holiday time in Firefly Junction but not everything is sweet sugarplums and glittery tinsel.Sunni Taylor has been too busy to get into the holiday spirit, even with her mom coming to town for a visit. Her festive spirit gets a spark when Detective Brady Jackson asks her to attend the town's production of A Christmas Carol...
  • Ax To Grind by Tonya Kappes

    Ax To Grind by Tonya Kappes

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Southerners keep their secrets swept under the rug, but what happens when that rug goes up for sale? Bestselling author Berlye Stone, the most famous citizen to ever come out of Cottonwood, Kentucky, has died and put all her worldly possessions up for auction, but not without leaving one more manuscript behind. A hidden tell-all about Cottonwood that’s got more gossip than a ladies’ luncheon...
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    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  adult  animals  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Total Eclipse of the Hunt by Mandy M. Roth

    Total Eclipse of the Hunt by Mandy M. Roth

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Everlasting, Maine, where there's no such thing as normal.As a centaur, Deputy Jake Majoy (Deputy March), is immortal and has seen and done a lot in his five hundred years. Enough to know that Everlasting feels like home. It’s been perfect for him to fade away and blend in, as the town is anything but normal—and they protect their own...
  • Sea Swept by Nora Roberts

    Sea Swept by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 53 ratings
    The first novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts' stunning Chesapeake Bay Saga, where the Quinn brothers must return to their family home on the Maryland shore, to honor their father's last request...A champion boat racer, Cameron Quinn traveled the world spending his winnings on champagne and women...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  ghosts  paranormal  realistic  abuse  adult  alpha-mc
  • Jewels of the Sun by Nora Roberts

    Jewels of the Sun by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 54 ratings
    In her new trilogy, New York Times #1 Best Selling author, Nora Roberts returns to the lush, green hills of Ireland, where love is forever touched by magic - And where the Gallagher siblings explore the depth of their fiery hearts...
  • Dance Upon The Air by Nora Roberts

    Dance Upon The Air by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    When Nell Channing arrives on charming Three Sisters Island, she believes that she's finally found refuge from her abusive husband --and from the terrifying life she fled so desperately eight months ago. But even in this quiet , peaceful place, Nell never feels entirely at ease...
  • Holy Ghost by John Sandford

    Holy Ghost by John Sandford

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Wheatfield, Minnesota - a metropolis of seven hundred souls. The word "moribund" might have been invented for Wheatfield. Nothing ever happened there and nothing ever would—until the mayor of sorts (campaign slogan: "I'll Do What I Can") and a buddy come up with a scheme to put the town on the map...
  • Ghostly Issues by Lily Harper Hart

    Ghostly Issues by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Harper Harlow has the world at her fingertips, and the weight of the world on her shoulders. Whisper Cove’s resident ghost hunter finds that her professional life is soaring – while her personal life is floundering. She’s on a man diet – and nothing is going to tempt her, or so she swears...
  • The House on Blackberry Hill by Donna Alward

    The House on Blackberry Hill by Donna Alward

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Family secrets, a ghost from the past, and new love will draw readers into this compelling story, first in the Jewell Cove series by NYT Bestselling Author, Donna Alward. Abby Foster arrives in Jewell Cove to take possession of the family mansion she’s inherited from a relative she never knew existed. Her plan is to refurbish it, put it on the market, and head back to Nova Scotia...
  • Landon Calling by Amanda M. Lee

    Landon Calling by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Landon Michaels is one busy FBI agent. In addition to a special law enforcement gathering where he has an authoritarian presence, he’s in the midst of moving in with his girlfriend, Bay Winchester. It just so happens that the gathering – a conference where local police officers and agents can learn about new technology – is being hosted in his soon-to-be hometown of Hemlock Cove...
  • Born in Fire by Nora Roberts

    Born in Fire by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 57 ratings
    Three modern sisters bound by the timeless beauty of Ireland...The eldest Concannon sister, Maggie, is a reclusive, stubborn and free-spirited glassmaker—with a heart worth winning.Margaret Mary is a glass artist with an independent streak as fierce as her volatile temper...
  • una dolce scoperta by Nora Roberts

    una dolce scoperta by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts introduces you to the Montgomery brothers - Beckett, Ryder, and Owen - as they bring an intimate bed-and-breakfast to life in their hometown.Ryder is the hardest Montgomery brother to figure out - with a tough-as-nails outside and possibly nothing too soft underneath...
  • Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts

    Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts presents the first novel in a compelling trilogy about three brothers bound by fate, blood, and a timeless enemy. In the town of Hawkins Hollow, it's called The Seven. Every seven years, on the seventh day of the seventh month, strange things happen. It began when three young boys--Caleb, Fox, and Gage--went on a camping trip to The Pagan Stone.
  • Ghostly Deceits by Lily Harper Hart

    Ghostly Deceits by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Harper Harlow and Jared Monroe are going on vacation. Sort of. The newly minted couple are in a good place, so when Jared asks Whisper Cove’s favorite ghost hunter to go to Harsens Island to visit an old friend and his family, Harper jumps at the chance. Josh Stoker and Jared have a lot to catch up on, including the hard financial times the Stoker family is struggling to deal with...
  • Howl for It by Shelly Laurenston

    Howl for It by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    "As usual, Laurenston's story is outrageously bawdy, her characters are unabashedly foul-mouthed and unrestrained, and her comedic timing is on point. The blend of screwball romance, mythological mayhem, and all-out action is as enjoyable as ever." -- Publishers Weekly Stieg Engstrom, Angriest Viking Ever, has got big problems...
  • The Professor Woos The Witch by Kristen Painter

    The Professor Woos The Witch by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town know better. Living in Nocturne Falls means being yourself. Fangs, fur, and all...
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    cozy  drama  family  ghosts  paranormal  animals  audiobook  book
  • Howl for It by Shelly Laurenston

    Howl for It by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    "As usual, Laurenston's story is outrageously bawdy, her characters are unabashedly foul-mouthed and unrestrained, and her comedic timing is on point. The blend of screwball romance, mythological mayhem, and all-out action is as enjoyable as ever." -- Publishers Weekly Stieg Engstrom, Angriest Viking Ever, has got big problems...
  • Witch Doggone Killer? by Paula Lester

    Witch Doggone Killer? by Paula Lester

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You know you’re in for a doozy of a work day when your first appointment is dead when you get to the exam room.Willow Morgan lives a quiet life in Superior Bay. Winter lasts for up to nine months there, and the biggest event of the year is the summer dog show. People come from all over to attend. It brings money and prestige to town...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  family  friendship  paranormal  adult  animals  audiobook  book
  • Circumstantial Evidence by Lisa Clark O'Neill

    Circumstantial Evidence by Lisa Clark O'Neill

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Selected as a Best of 2015 by All About Romance Book Blog As Chief of Police in Sweetwater, South Carolina, Will Hawbaker has seen more than his share of violent crime. But none of it has prepared him for the aftereffects of a young boy dead at the hand of his mother’s boyfriend. And when the suspected killer turns up dead himself, it raises more questions...
  • A Purrfect Alibi by Leighann Dobbs

    A Purrfect Alibi by Leighann Dobbs

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fortune tellers and mediums have descended on the Oyster Cove Guesthouse, determined to solve the mystery of local seafarer Jedediah Biddeford’s murder 300 years ago... especially if it leads them to the treasure he buried on the guesthouse grounds...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  drama  ghosts  paranormal  adult  amateur-sleuth  animals  book
  • Rattlesnake Road by Amanda McKinney

    Rattlesnake Road by Amanda McKinney

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everyone hits rock bottom, only the brave escape.Welcome to 1314 Rattlesnake Road.A quaint two-bedroom log cabin nestled deep in the woods of the small, southern town of Berry Springs—the perfect hideaway to escape your past.Tucked inside thick, mahogany walls lay mysterious letters, forgotten and untouched for decades...
  • The Pagan Stone by Nora Roberts, Dan John Miller

    The Pagan Stone by Nora Roberts, Dan John Miller

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts’ electrifying trilogy comes to an end, as three men and three women join forces—and hearts—to battle the ultimate evil.Years ago, after their blood brother ritual, Gage, Fox, and Caleb each emerged from the woods with a piece of bloodstone. Now, it will become their weapon in the final fight against the demon they awakened...
  • The Betrayed by Jana Deleon

    The Betrayed by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One day on the job and contractor Zach Sargent is ready to believe the dilapidated old LeBeau mansion is haunted. Some intruder – earthly or not – is threatening the youngest LeBeau sister, back to claim her inheritance. And though Danae keeps her distance from the sexy hired hand, he falls for her in a heartbeat...
    Categorized as:
    family  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  crime  death
  • Cupid in Crisis by Amanda M. Lee

    Cupid in Crisis by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Booker is a loner … at least in most respects. He has friends but is perfectly fine being a man of mystery. There’s one exception to that rule: June Seaver. Booker volunteers to help her around her aging hotel in the heart of Moonstone Bay’s business district whenever he can spare the time...
  • Here Comes The Witch by Ani Gonzalez

    Here Comes The Witch by Ani Gonzalez

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jewelry designer Kat Ramos has come to Banshee Creek to break the famous Hagen House curse and, in order to do that, she must marry Liam Hagen. A vengeful ghost with a deadly history isn’t part of the deal, and neither is love...
  • The Pink House by Cindy Kirk

    The Pink House by Cindy Kirk

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Deep in the forest, on a sun-drenched patch of lush green grass, surrounded by lily-of-the-valley, sits a pink house. With turrets towering like neighboring trees, and a wide welcoming front porch, the old Victorian is impossible to miss. Except that everyone in town has—everyone but Hannah Danbury...
  • Face the Fire by Nora Roberts

    Face the Fire by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Mia Devlin knows what it is like to love with your whole heart—and then watch your love walk away. Years ago, she and Sam Logan shared an incredible bond built on passion, legend, and fate. But then one day he fled Three Sisters Island, leaving her lost in memories of the magic they shared—and determined to live without love...
  • Heaven and Earth by Nora Roberts

    Heaven and Earth by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Ripley Todd just wants to live a quiet, peaceful kind of life. Her job as a sheriff's deputy keeps her busy and happy, and she has no trouble finding men when she wants them - which, lately, isn't all that often. She's perfectly content, except for one thing: she has special powers that both frighten and confuse her, and though she tries hard to hide them, she can't get them under control...
  • Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts

    Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Seth Quinn is finally home. It's been a long journey. After a harrowing boyhood with his drug-addicted mother, Seth had been taken in by the Quinn family, growing up with three older brothers who'd watched over him with love...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  ghosts  paranormal  realistic  abuse  audiobook  book
  • Rising Tides by Nora Roberts

    Rising Tides by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Ethan Quinn shares his late father's passion for the ocean, and he's determined to make the family boat-building business a success. But as well as looking out for his young brother Seth, the strong but guarded Quinn is also battling some difficult home truths.Grace Monroe, the woman Ethan has always loves but never believed he could have, is learning that appearances can be deceptive...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  ghosts  paranormal  realistic  abuse  adult  alpha-mc
  • Rituals by Kelley Armstrong

    Rituals by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The fifth book and the exciting conclusion to bestselling author Kelley Armstrong's "impossible-to-put-down" Cainsville series, in which she mixes hard-hitting crime writing with phenomenal world-building to create a brand of fiction all her own.Olivia Jones must make a choice. Caught between two rival supernatural forces, Liv was granted a brief period in which to make her decision...
  • Fries and Alibis by Trixie Silvertale

    Fries and Alibis by Trixie Silvertale

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A gift that’s too good to be true. A murder she didn’t commit. A barista in a latte trouble…Mitzy Moon believes she’s an orphan, so she’s dumbstruck when a special delivery to her low-rent apartment reveals a family. But her shock turns to awe when she discovers her grandmother left her a fortune and a bookshop of rare tomes brimming with magic...
  • Conduit Crisis by Louisa Masters

    Conduit Crisis by Louisa Masters

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Being in love with my straight friend isn’t easy…I thought pining for Daniel was an epic tragedy, but then I found out I’m a conduit—someone who can communicate with beings from the otherworld—and my unrequited love for one of my best friends seems less of a problem...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  ghosts  friendship  family  romance  mlm  fantasy  magic
  • Inner Harbor by Nora Roberts

    Inner Harbor by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Third in the sweeping Chesapeake quartet, about three brothers who come together in a time of need. They honored their father's wish to raise young Seth as their own. And with all of the brothers home again, the Quinn family has never been so strong. But in the months to come, their strength is tested--once again.Phillip Quinn has done everything to make his life seem perfect...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  ghosts  paranormal  realistic  abuse  adult  audiobook
  • The Cure of Souls by Phil Rickman

    The Cure of Souls by Phil Rickman

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As high summer bakes the rich earth of north-east Herefordshire, dark shadows gather around a converted hopkiln where the last owner was savagely murdered. Though the local vicar dismisses claims by its current occupants that the place is haunted, their story is soon splashed over a Sunday newspaper—and Merrily Watkins is directed by the Bishop of Hereford to defuse this situation...
  • Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts

    Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Recently widowed Stella Rothschild has found a new love in Logan Kitridge. But there is someone who isn't happy about Stella's growing feelings for Logan: the Harper Bride, an unidentified woman whose grief and rage have kept her spirit alive long past the death of her body...
  • Tears of the Moon by Nora Roberts

    Tears of the Moon by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    A talented songwriter, Shawn Gallagher spends his days lost in reverie and wonder, oblivious to the wiles of women and the ways of the world...
  • The Shifter Romances The Writer by Kristen Painter

    The Shifter Romances The Writer by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town know better. Living in Nocturne Falls means being yourself. Fangs, fur, and all. For romance writer Roxy St...
  • Death at the Drive-In by Angie Fox

    Death at the Drive-In by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Verity's quest to save her friend takes her to a long-abandoned part of Sugarland where rockabilly ghosts rule...
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