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  • Long, Hot, Witchy Summer by Amanda M. Lee

    Long, Hot, Witchy Summer by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Life couldn’t be going much better for Hadley Hunter. She’s living the dream on Moonstone Bay with her boyfriend Galen Blackwood, plotting her next move as a witch for hire, and basically basking in happiness.That all changes when a summer afternoon on the beach turns into a nightmare, an odd creature from the depths of the ocean surfacing and attacking Hadley on the beach...
  • Great Hexpectations by Amanda M. Lee

    Great Hexpectations by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Hadley Hunter thought she was getting a grip on the paranormal world she never knew existed until recently. She was wrong. In the shadow of a massive shifter retreat, she finds she knew absolutely nothing.Her live-in love Galen Blackwood has his hands full with the conference...
  • Witching on the Job by Amanda M. Lee

    Witching on the Job by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hadley Hunter came to Moonstone Bay to find herself. That included finding her passion in life. She just didn’t think it would involve becoming mayor.She has no qualifications, other than being a powerful witch.Half the town is rooting against her.The other half is just sitting back to see what happens.Only a handful of people are rooting for her, but they’re the only ones who matter...
  • Jon's Helter Skelter Cold Case by A.J. Sherwood

    Jon's Helter Skelter Cold Case by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jonathan Bane and Donovan Havili cordially invite you to their wedding.They just have to prove a man’s innocence and get him out of prison first.Not to mention prove Solomon completely inept (not hard), and fired from being a detective.Oh, and train Jon’s new apprentice.They can probably get married this year. Probably...
  • Life's a Witch by Amanda M. Lee

    Life's a Witch by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Life's a witch ... and then you die.Bay Winchester is living the witch part – literally. She’s hoping to avoid the dying part.The Winchester world is full of trouble when great-aunt Willa and cousin Rosemary come to town. It’s clear they’re up to something, but no one can figure out what.Aunt Tillie is loading for bear...
  • A Breath of Witchy Air by Amanda M. Lee

    A Breath of Witchy Air by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Hemlock Cove is mired in a cold snap, which means the town is calm and quiet. That all changes in an instant when a beer truck tips over on the highway and half the town shows up to get drunk. Bay Winchester is about to be the sole owner of the town newspaper so she heads out to take photos … and accidentally stumbles over several bodies...
  • Hex Type Thing by Amanda M. Lee

    Hex Type Thing by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Hadley Hunter is feeling on top of the world. She’s embracing her new home on Moonstone Bay and coming into her own as a witch. Her boyfriend Galen Blackwood, who happens to be sheriff, is even involving her in his investigations. Unfortunately, the peace on Moonstone Bay is about to be threatened...
  • Charms & Witchdemeanors by Amanda M. Lee

    Charms & Witchdemeanors by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Tillie Winchester’s past is about to come back to haunt her, and what she sees as fun and games someone else sees as a recipe for murder. When a local woman is poisoned at Hemlock Cove’s senior center, Aunt Tillie is the prime suspect. Bay, Thistle and Clove don’t believe their great-aunt is guilty – although Thistle is fine if the police want to haul her away for a long weekend...
  • The Trouble With Witches by Amanda M. Lee

    The Trouble With Witches by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Winchester witches are in a tizzy. Sam Cornell’s parents are coming to town and Clove is beside herself. Meeting her boyfriend’s parents is a big deal. It doesn’t help that her cousins can’t stop making fun of her, which is the Winchester way, of course. In addition to the Cornells' imminent visit, the Winchesters are also dealing with Sam’s new tanker...
  • A Little Slice of Death by Amanda M. Lee

    A Little Slice of Death by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Stormy Morgan thought coming home to Shadow Hills would break her. Instead, she’s found strength, and only part of it is because she’s discovered that she’s a witch. Now, with her great-grandmother coming to town, she’s finally in line for some answers. Now she just has to solve a pesky little murder before she’s free to cast and curse...
  • Marked for Murder by Colleen Helme

    Marked for Murder by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Trouble follows Shelby Nichols Why wouldn't it?She works for a mob boss.And the police.A desperate call from a friend in need turns Shelby’s life upside down. Someone is out to prove that Shelby is a fake, marking her for murder. How far will they go?As the clock ticks down, she realizes no one is safe, and it’s up to her to stop them. Will she succeed? Let’s hope so, because time is running out...
  • Dead Serious Case #3: Mr Bruce Reyes by Vawn Cassidy

    Dead Serious Case #3: Mr Bruce Reyes by Vawn Cassidy

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tristan Everett was finally getting used to the strangeness that was his life. Being able to see the dead and helping them solve their unfinished business and cross into the light wasn’t so bad after all, especially when he was accompanied by his best friend, dead drag queen Dusty Le Frey...
  • A Witch Before Dying by Amanda M. Lee

    A Witch Before Dying by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Hemlock Cove is bustling with activity.FBI Agent Landon Michaels has officially moved in with his girlfriend Bay Winchester, Mrs. Little is planning an impromptu festival and there’s a new witch in town. The question is: Is Scarlet Darksbane a real witch?Bay is in the middle of all of it...
  • Beguiled by Darynda Jones

    Beguiled by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Newly indoctrinated witch, Defiance Dayne discovers there’s more to life after forty than she'd ever imagined possible. Especially if one is a charmling, one of only three in the world, with enough magics to make her a target for every power-hungry warlock out there. When one of them sends a hunter to town, she knows it’s time to take her talents seriously before the hunter takes her life...
  • Something to Witch About by Amanda M. Lee

    Something to Witch About by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Life's a witch ... and then you die. It's the dying part vexing Bay Winchester these days. She may be a long-suffering daughter, thankless newspaper editor, and keyed-up girlfriend, but she's barely holding off a royal freakout Landon's family is visiting the inn -- and they're not exactly open minded...
  • Witch Me Luck by Amanda M. Lee

    Witch Me Luck by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Hemlock Cove is celebrating a magical birthday, and familiar faces from different places are descending on the town to participate in the party. Everyone is looking forward to the festivities except Bay Winchester, who would rather be hiding from her high school nemesis than chatting her up in the town square. Lila Stevens hasn’t changed since graduation, and Bay remains her favorite target...
  • Laced In Lies by Colleen Helme

    Laced In Lies by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Meet Shelby Nichols, mind reader extraordinaire.A typical day in the life of Shelby Nichols involves cheating husbands, solving the hardest cases for the police, and working for a big time mob-boss, all because of her little secret that she can read minds. It can get complicated, especially considering she has a husband and two kids...
  • Hidden Deception by Colleen Helme

    Hidden Deception by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Book 9 in the Shelby Nichols Adventure Series Just back from Paris, Shelby barely has time to get over her jet lag before she is right back in the thick of things. Uncle Joey, the local mob boss, needs her help to find out what his son is hiding from him. Detective Harris, AKA Dimples, has an unsolved homicide on his hands, along with a missing engagement ring...
  • Wisteria Woven by Angela Pepper, Tiffany Williams

    Wisteria Woven by Angela Pepper, Tiffany Williams

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Book 11 in the sensational Wisteria Witches Mysteries series by USA Today Bestselling author Angela Pepper!Zara Riddle was looking forward to her first Halloween as a witch.Then the little girl ghost showed up.Zara puts costume shopping on hold, rolls up her sleeves, and does her usual witcher-i-doo.But nothing works as planned. Mistakes are made. Dinner parties are ruined. (More than usual...
  • Pecan Pies and Dead Guys by Angie Fox

    Pecan Pies and Dead Guys by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sometimes Verity Long would like to forget that she lives with the ghost of a 1920s gangster. But the reluctant housemates must once again work together when a dead detective blackmails Frankie into helping him solve a Great Gatsby-era cold case. Before she can say “bathtub gin,” Verity is dragged straight into a raging, otherworldly house party. Worse, every guest is hiding something...
  • You Only Witch Once by Amanda M. Lee

    You Only Witch Once by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s the summer of 2002, and Winnie Winchester is a normal mother. She has the same highs, the same lows, and the same fears as any other mother of a fourteen-year-old girl. Of course, since she’s a witch – and her daughter can talk to ghosts – those fears are amplified to an unnatural degree...
  • Grim Discovery by Amanda M. Lee, Karen Krause

    Grim Discovery by Amanda M. Lee, Karen Krause

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Aisling Grimlock’s life is a mess. Her mother might be back from the dead. Wraiths appear to be after her again. Her father is definitely up to something. Michigan’s most calamity-prone grim reaper is in a pickle, and the only one she can trust with a haunting secret is her boyfriend Griffin...
  • Grim Reunion by Amanda M. Lee, Karen Krause

    Grim Reunion by Amanda M. Lee, Karen Krause

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Aisling Grimlock has a lot going on. Her boyfriend is keeping a secret … with her brother. She’s finally on her own collecting souls for the family reaping business. Oh, and her mother is back from the dead and may be eating people to keep herself alive. When trouble comes knocking and someone Aisling adores is left injured in the crossfire, she’s out for blood and vengeance...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  ghosts  humor  magic  paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook
  • Wicked Brew: A Wicked Witches of the Midwest Short by Amanda M. Lee

    Wicked Brew: A Wicked Witches of the Midwest Short by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Thistle Winchester is at her witchy wit’s end. Great-Aunt Tillie is selling wine at the curb of The Overlook – like it’s a lemonade stand – and her mother and aunts are about to burn someone at the stake. Unfortunately, it’s up to her and cousin Bay to put out the fire. When the two cousins take a stand, they’re interrupted by the arrival of an injured and dazed little girl...
  • Whisk and Reward by Nancy Warren

    Whisk and Reward by Nancy Warren

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Murder, 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...
  • Murder Most Witchy by Amanda M. Lee

    Murder Most Witchy by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Life in the Winchester household is hardly settled. That’s true for Bay Winchester more than anybody else. Her boyfriend Landon Michaels is away from town on an undercover assignment for the FBI and Bay is struggling not to let worry and unease rule over her life. Halloween is approaching, after all, and Hemlock Cove is bustling with activity...
  • Secret Hollows by Terri Reid

    Secret Hollows by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The man smiled at Timmy. “That would be nice of you. Why don’t you lead the way?” Timmy moved past the man and started back up the hill. He heard the whoosh of something moving quickly through the air, but it hit him before he had time to react. He felt the impact against his head and his whole body flew sideways through the air...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  crime  ghosts  humor  paranormal  suspense  adult  book
  • Witching on a Star by Amanda M. Lee

    Witching on a Star by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    When you're a witch, being wicked comes naturally. For the Winchester witches, though, being wicked is only half the fun. After a long winter, spring has finally hit Hemlock Cove and Bay Winchester thinks things are finally settling down in the town – and with her family. Unfortunately, just the opposite is true...
  • Every Picture Tells a Fury by Annabel Chase

    Every Picture Tells a Fury by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Welcome to Chipping Cheddar, where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight.When an artist in Chipping Cheddar disappears under mysterious circumstances, Chief Fox enlists my help to solve the case. An inspection of the artist's most recent paintings reveals there's magic at work and I have to get in touch with my inner Rembrandt in order to access it...
  • Dead Serious Case #2: Mrs Delores Abernathy by Vawn Cassidy

    Dead Serious Case #2: Mrs Delores Abernathy by Vawn Cassidy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the business of unfinished business...It’s been over six months since a freak accident left pathologist Tristan Everett able to see ghosts, something he has yet to confess to his boyfriend...
  • Trouble Play by Elizabeth Hunter

    Trouble Play by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This desert oasis has gone to the dogs, and Vista de Lirio is about to get bloody.(Not the dogs though. The dogs are fine.)Comedian Evy Lane thought she’d done it all, but taking on the role of mistress of ceremonies for the Desert Fancy Dog Show may be her most challenging gig yet...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  crime  ghosts  magic  paranormal  suspense  adult  book
  • A Witch of a Time by Amanda M. Lee

    A Witch of a Time by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Winchester witches are all about love and family – and, well, snark and sarcasm – and no one knows that better than the family members themselves, plus the people who love them. Follow Clove, Thistle, Landon, Winnie and Aunt Tillie as they share their lives – and innermost thoughts – through a series of short novellas that take you from the present, to the past, and then back again...
  • Dead Serious Case #4 Professor Prometheus Plume by Vawn Cassidy

    Dead Serious Case #4 Professor Prometheus Plume by Vawn Cassidy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Inspector Danny Hayes has something very important to ask his boyfriend Tristan Everett. Over the past six months they’ve survived reapers, chaos monsters, and biblical storms, not to mention averting an apocalypse. So, what’s left to do but pop the big question?Tristan is ready for a break from world-saving, spectral crises, and most definitely from ghosts...
  • Bewitched by Amanda M. Lee

    Bewitched by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Did you ever wonder how Sam Cornell and Clove Winchester hooked up? Here’s your chance to find out.Travel back in time (a few months, anyway) and witness the weird magic of the Winchester world from Sam’s perspective as he works on refurbishing the Dandridge lighthouse – and fights his feelings for a certain witchy wonder.Sam and Clove have chemistry, but suspicion is working against them...
  • A Witch in Time by Amanda M. Lee

    A Witch in Time by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A storm is raging in Hemlock Cove, but it’s nothing compared to the one raging in Aunt Tillie’s head. An accident renders Aunt Tillie unconscious in the hospital, and when Bay and Landon fall asleep while sitting vigil, they’re transported to a scary world: Aunt Tillie’s mind...
  • Make A Witch by Amanda M. Lee

    Make A Witch by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Bay Winchester and Landon Michaels are looking forward to a quiet holiday. It seems someone else has other ideas.Hemlock Cove is buzzing with activity – and very little of it has to do with Thanksgiving. The town is christening a new wishing well – dedicated by Mrs. Little herself – and Landon and Bay are eager to attend the unveiling...
  • Witchin' USA by Amanda M. Lee

    Witchin' USA by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Hadley Hunter has lived a normal life, in a normal suburb, with a normal job and a normal father. All that changes when a grandmother she didn’t even know existed dies and leaves her a fabulous lighthouse on Moonstone Bay Island. Hadley, ready for an adventure, decides to check things out and finds herself plunged into a world she never envisioned...
  • On a Witch and a Prayer by Amanda M. Lee

    On a Witch and a Prayer by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    FBI Agent Landon Michaels is looking forward to a weekend of fun and ease with his witchy love, Bay Winchester. Unfortunately for him, relaxation isn’t in the cards. When his boss hands him a cold case from Hemlock Cove before he leaves for an extended weekend, Landon is annoyed. When Thistle Winchester gets a vision from the file, bother turns to intrigue...
  • Meanwhile, Back in Deadwood by Ann Charles

    Meanwhile, Back in Deadwood by Ann Charles

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Meanwhile, Back in Deadwood … the mystery and mayhem continue. Between the butchered body parts, creepy killers, dogged detectives, ghoulish ghosts, and ever-present TV cameras, Violet Parker’s purple boots are itching to skedaddle.But there is no escaping another murder investigation or her new deadly reputation. Not even if both risk the lives of those she loves most...
  • Ribbing and Runes by Nancy Warren

    Ribbing and Runes by Nancy Warren

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Can a secret runic message lead to murder?There's a lot happening in Cardinal Woolsey's knitting shop in Oxford. Witches, vampires, a knowing cat, romance and murder. Join Lucy and her undead knitting club as they solve another crime.There's no violence, sex or bad language, just quirky characters, humor—and murder...
  • Witchdependence Day by Amanda M. Lee

    Witchdependence Day by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Marcus Richmond might be the quiet one in the Winchester witches’ world, but that doesn’t mean he has nothing to say. Between renovations at his stable – and plans for a bright future with a certain feisty witch – Marcus has his hands full...
  • Witch Out of Water by Amanda M. Lee

    Witch Out of Water by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Hadley Hunter is the new witch in a town overflowing with paranormal beings. She’s ready to settle, but odd things keeping cropping up and knocking her off her game. In addition to dating Moonstone Bay’s sheriff Galen Blackwood, Hadley has her hands full when she helps discover a body at a local festival and uncovers a decades’ old feud between two warring families...
  • Amethyst Witch by Barbra Annino

    Amethyst Witch by Barbra Annino

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Stacy Justice is a young reporter who lives in Chicago, far away from the kooky small town of Amethyst, Illinois, where she was raised by a family of witches. She’s perfectly content with her career, her cat, and her lack of a love life until her cousin informs her that their grandfather is deathly ill...
  • 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...
  • Dead Man Walking by Pandora Pine

    Dead Man Walking by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cold Case Detective, Ronan O’Mara is stunned to see the breaking news that a well-known mobster he helped to put behind bars, Vito “The Dragon” Dragonni, has been released from prison after his life sentence is overturned on a technicality. When prominent members involved in the original case against The Dragon start turning up dead, Ronan starts to wonder if he’s next...
  • Only the Lonely by Amanda M. Lee

    Only the Lonely by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Isabella “Izzy” Sage spent her formative years on Belle Isle in Detroit, playing next to the gate that separates the living from the dead as her parents drew a paycheck from the grim reaper council. Then the impossible happened, tragedy struck, and Izzy found herself an orphan...
  • Murky Seas by Lily Harper Hart

    Murky Seas by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rowan Gray has a new job, home and potential boyfriend. Things should be going swimmingly, especially given the fact that she now calls a cruise ship home. All of that changes when a group of feisty women from a cosmetics company take over the Bounding Storm for a week of sun, fun and murder. For Quinn Davenport, things aren’t at all what he expected...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  crime  magic  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  contemporary
  • Moonshine & Mayhem by Kathleen Brooks

    Moonshine & Mayhem by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Zoey Mathers was a witch. Not on purpose. It had happened accidently. But as Zoey was finding out, maybe this had been her fate all along. Luckily the potential witch hunter, Slade, had turned out to be on her side and had found a place in her heart. With the War of the Witches heating up, it's not just Zoey's life on the line, but all the witches fighting for good...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  crime  humor  magic  paranormal  suspense  witches-wizards  adult
  • Moonshine & Malice by Kathleen Brooks

    Moonshine & Malice by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What was an accidental witch to do when fate sends a sexy witch on a motorcycle, only to find out he might be there to kill her?Zoey Mathers was adjusting to life as a witch- a real finger wiggling, magic casting, talk to spirits witch who was thrown into the middle of a war between good and evil...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  crime  humor  magic  paranormal  suspense  witches-wizards  adult
  • Karma's Spell by L.A. Boruff, Helen Scott

    Karma's Spell by L.A. Boruff, Helen Scott

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    No one ever told me what to do if I ended up forty-something, divorced, and jobless.When my ex knocks at my door with his new girlfriend I somehow manage to turn them into toads. But that’s not possible, right?Still, my ex-husband’s car is in the driveway, and he’s nowhere to be found. Which doesn’t look great for me...
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