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Vampire Academy Box Set by Richelle Mead
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsVampire Academy Lissa Dragomir is a Moroi princess: a mortal vampire with an unbreakable bond to the earth's magic. She must be protected at all times from Strigoi; the fiercest and most dangerous vampires--the ones who never die. The powerful blend of human and vampire blood that flows through Rose Hathaway, Lissa's best friend, makes her a Dhampir... -
![My Big Fat Witch Wedding by Amanda M. Lee]()
My Big Fat Witch Wedding by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe big day is finally here.Bay and Landon’s wedding day has arrived.Unfortunately, a tragedy stands in the way of their happily ever after, and it comes in the form of reports of an armed gunman at the local high school. Bay, ghosts at her side, braves the scene to save the kids … and uncovers something horrific.She. The boy with the gun says he needs to find her...Categorized as:
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Freaky Mage by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe members of Mystic Caravan have Georgia on their minds as they land in Savannah … and immediately find trouble.In a city full of ghosts, Poet Parker expects a few magical things to happen, but when an evil cult sacrifices a young woman on the beach next to their camp, things take a turn nobody was expecting. Thankfully, she’s not alone for this fight...Categorized as:
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![Freaky Reapers by Amanda M. Lee]()
Freaky Reapers by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPoet Parker put the past behind her. At least she thought she did. Life on the streets wasn’t what she had in mind for her forever and she jumped at the chance to join Mystic Caravan Circus when an invitation was extended. She didn’t look back. That was ten years ago, and now Poet is going back to the exact area she used to haunt … and she’s nervous. The friends she left behind are scattered...Categorized as:
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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 ratingsLife 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...Categorized as:
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![Only the Guilty by Amanda M. Lee]()
Only the Guilty by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIzzy Sage is a woman on a mission. She’s determined to find the creatures wearing her parents’ faces … and end them. Unfortunately, the trouble bubbling up on Belle Isle has to take precedence, especially when violence lands in her backyard.A prison van is involved in a wreck in downtown Detroit, allowing fifty high-risk inmates to escape... -
![Great Hexpectations by Amanda M. Lee]()
Great Hexpectations by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHadley 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...Categorized as:
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![Freaky Fangs by Amanda M. Lee]()
Freaky Fangs by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsMystic Caravan Circus is in flux. Things are shifting in the organization, new faces are joining the fray, and manager Poet Parker isn’t certain how to deal with it. Unfortunately for her, she doesn’t have time to figure it out.Kentucky is on the horizon, and a roadside accident that claims a family has caught Poet’s attention...Categorized as:
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![We All Scream by Amanda M. Lee]()
We All Scream by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsStormy Morgan has accepted her life as a witch, and is even looking forward to the future. That means training with the most powerful witches in the Midwest. She’s determined to follow through on her destiny. Despite her best intentions though, not everything is going to be as easy as she hoped.When Stormy steps in and uses her magic following a bus accident, she’s almost killed in the process... -
![The Killer Clown Calamity by Amanda M. Lee]()
The Killer Clown Calamity by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsCharlie Rhodes’ life is in turmoil. Her relationship with her boyfriend Jack is going well but Casey, the newest member of the Legacy Foundation, has dropped a bombshell and Charlie feels as if things are spinning out of control. While waiting for DNA results to prove (or disprove, for that matter) Casey’s identity, the team gets called out on a weird case... -
![Only the Devout by Amanda M. Lee]()
Only the Devout by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIzzy Sage should be on top of the world but the revenant threat has her watching her back. Things only get worse when an oddball cult looking for a door to another world show up on Belle Isle and start circling the parking lot while demanding entrance to the other side...Categorized as:
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Dark Dream’s Trap by I.T. Lucas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe trap is set, but who is the hunter and who is the prey? Find out in this heart-pounding conclusion to the Dark Dream trilogy... -
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Crown of Magic by T.J. Green
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPassions run deep at Beltane - too deep.With the Beltane Festival approaching, the preparations in White Haven are in full swing, but when emotions soar out of control, the witches suspect more than just high spirits... -
![Freaky Places by Amanda M. Lee]()
Freaky Places by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsMystic Caravan Circus is heading to the West Coast, and while everyone is happy for the change of scenery there's a pall settling over the group. Poet and Kade are in a good place and planning for a change, but it's something Poet can't focus on because she feels as if someone is watching … and whoever it is has evil in his or her heart... -
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![Southern Magic Wedding by Amy Boyles]()
Southern Magic Wedding by Amy Boyles
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt’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... -
![Older, Wiser, Witchier by Lily Harper Hart]()
Older, Wiser, Witchier by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFour women. Four great loves. One great partnership.It’s been years since Ivy Morgan, Harper Harlow, Maddie Graves, and Rowan Gray married the loves of their lives and decided to settle down. Since that time, they’ve joined together to form a fearsome magical quartet. The plan was to stand with one another. Now that plan is being put to the test... -
![The Chupacabra Catastrophe by Amanda M. Lee]()
The Chupacabra Catastrophe by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsCharlie Rhodes has a new life and it’s not exactly what she thought it would be.She’s psychic, telekinetic and eager to learn from her knowledgeable co-workers at The Legacy Foundation. She’s also nervous, frightened and on edge … mostly because she’s exactly the sort of oddity the group is looking to study and she’s desperate to keep her secret from the very people who are searching for her...Categorized as:
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![Witch Confidential by Lily Harper Hart]()
Witch Confidential by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe Big Easy is about to be buried in big trouble.Again.For Ofelia Archer, that means she’s knee-deep in an investigation … even though she’s not quite sure how she got there.Zach Sully thinks he’s in for an easy night at Ofelia’s speakeasy – maybe a little flirting as a lead-up to a date included – when a scream in a neighboring abandoned building draws his attention... -
![Witch Is the New Black by Lily Harper Hart]()
Witch Is the New Black by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsOfelia Archer has faced demons, evil witches, and freaky zombies, but nothing could prepare her for the horror of meeting her boyfriend’s mother, Madeline Sully. She thinks she’s ready and able, but she’s really not.For his part, Zacharias “Zach” Sully isn’t any more thrilled by his mother’s visit than his girlfriend. He’s simply better at dealing with Madeline’s brand of madness... -
![The Dirty Coven by Lily Harper Hart]()
The Dirty Coven by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHannah Hickok is at a crossroads in her life. She’s single, out of a job, and living in an apartment she absolutely hates in a suburb of Detroit. All that changes when she receives a registered letter and finds out she’s inherited a performance town.Casper Creek is located in Kentucky, on top of a small mountain, and is fashioned after notorious towns from the old west... -
![Moon Blade by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox]()
Moon Blade by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSam doubts Detective Sherbet's new homicide case is the work of a vampire...Until she sees the body.Ever since that night in Hillcrest park so long ago, Samantha Moon knew her life would be far from ordinary. She never expected the weirdest part would be watching Tammy and Anthony turn into adults. Other than her fears of an empty nest, life is as normal and happy as it's ever been...Categorized as:
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Every Picture Tells a Fury by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWelcome 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... -
![Growing Alpha by Erin R. Flynn]()
Growing Alpha by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDivision Chief Seraphine Thomas knows that progress isn’t made without sacrifices. Their side has lost people, and the cost to her own life is sometimes too high.But now that the political climate for supes shifts widely back the wrong way, everyone is scrambling to secure the protections supes desperately need. It’s simply impossible to play a fair game when the other side cheats... -
![Hexed on Bourbon Street by Deanna Chase]()
Hexed on Bourbon Street by Deanna Chase
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author, Deanna Chase, the eighth book in the Jade Calhoun series. Between enjoying her first pregnancy and helping her two besties plan their weddings, Jade Calhoun’s life is just about perfect. But when two novice magical TV stars walk into her life, suddenly her magic goes haywire...Categorized as:
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![Wicked Ever After by Gina LaManna]()
Wicked Ever After by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this dramatic conclusion to The Hex Files series, Dani DeMarco comes face to face with the person she’s been hunting for months. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and Detective DeMarco has lost almost everything. But only one can win at this deadly game.Dani is determined this will be the wicked end—one way or another...Categorized as:
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![Southern Omens by Amy Boyles]()
Southern Omens by Amy Boyles
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPepper in her first trimester...and what a trimester it is!All of Magnolia Cove is buzzing when soothsayers arrive to offer blessings to Pepper's and Axel's unborn child. But when one of the soothsayers foresees death, the celebration quickly turns sour.Don't worry because there is a solution... -
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Reborn by C.C. Hunter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsReturn to the beloved world of Shadow Falls, a camp that teaches supernatural teens to harness their powers—and where a vampire named Della will discover who she’s meant to be.For Della Tsang, Shadow Falls isn't just a camp: it's home. As a vampire who's never fit in with her human family, it's the one place she can truly be herself...Categorized as:
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![Breaking Bat by Erin Johnson]()
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...Categorized as:
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![Eagle Eye by Alyssa Day]()
Eagle Eye by Alyssa Day
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Jack—the tiger shifter turned PI—gets a visit from an old friend ……the friend is hiding a dangerous secret.What happens when a cunning rogue tries to steal a treasure—and Jack's girlfriend, too?Tess is enchanted by a mysterious eagle that keeps visiting her at her pawnshop. But eagles aren't the only thing endangered when a criminal mastermind decides to make Dead End his home...Categorized as:
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Red Letter Witch by Mara Webb
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSadie Alden has received a threat, and it seems that she’s not the only one.The people of Hallow Haven are growing increasingly concerned about a string of recent disappearances, fear is gripping the islands and Sadie needs to do something about it. With no apparent connection between the missing people, Sadie finds herself at a loss... -
![Sorcery & Stories by Elle Adams]()
Sorcery & Stories by Elle Adams
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's the holiday season in the town of Ivory Beach, and Rory Hawthorn and her new magical family are preparing for the festivities. But when a group of strange werewolves materialises in the library, it kicks off a series of bizarre events which appear to be lifted directly from her aunt's bestselling novels... -
![Rebuilding the Wolf by Erin R. Flynn]()
Rebuilding the Wolf by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDivision Chief Seraphine Thomas got knocked on her ass when a witch bespelled the people she cared for most to attack her. But a month later and she’s glad she listened to her best friend that it was well past time to focus on herself and build a better foundation for her life. And that’s why she’s testifying before Congress to make the vampire SWAT idea a reality...Categorized as:
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![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 ratingsNo 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... -
![Deadly Spells and a Southern Belle by Amy Boyles]()
Deadly Spells and a Southern Belle by Amy Boyles
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEscape to Witch’s Forge, a magical town tucked deep in the heart of Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains. Only Witch’s Forge isn’t a supernatural paradise—here spells backfire, kudzu bites and magic is broken. That is, until Charming Calhoun arrives. Charming has everything a Southern Belle could ask for—a thriving matchmaking business and great employees...Categorized as:
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![Ghost and Found by Elle Adams]()
Ghost and Found by Elle Adams
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen the body of a local shifter shows up with no ghost to be found, Maura finds herself drawn into another mystery... -
![Bitten in the Midlife by Lia Davis, L.A. Boruff]()
Bitten in the Midlife by Lia Davis, L.A. Boruff
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJilted at the altar a month before her fortieth birthday. Poor Hailey. Midlife really does have a crisis. Or is it that midlife is the crisis? Either way, it sucks.Hailey Whitfield can’t take anymore run-ins with her ex. It’s time for a big change.She’s never considered moving away, but it’s her best plan yet... -
![Deadly Vows by Keri Arthur]()
Deadly Vows by Keri Arthur
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsEvil comes in all forms… and sometimes it wears a human mask. When the body of a newlywed is discovered on the reservation, Lizzie Grace throws herself into the investigation, needing a distraction from what she fears is coming not only for her but also Belle—her best friend and witch familiar...Categorized as:
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![Sophie and the Odd Ones by Gwen DeMarco]()
Sophie and the Odd Ones by Gwen DeMarco
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSophie Feegle needs a break. Rent is due on her crappy apartment and she's halfway through her last loaf of bread.Sophie doesn't have big ambitions. She only wants a job that will keep her landlord off her back, enough extra cash for whiskey at the neighborhood bar and a bit of free time to hang out with the naughty old lady next door... -
![Southern Spells (Sweet Tea Witch Mysteries) by Amy Boyles]()
Southern Spells (Sweet Tea Witch Mysteries) by Amy Boyles
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEven the best laid plans of egg-laying chickens can go awry...All Pepper Dunn wants is a quiet life in the witchy town of Magnolia Cove, Alabama. But when the Cotton and Cobwebs Festival arrives, her dream goes up in smoke. This year, grandmother Betty is determined to win the award for best magical creature against Melbalean Mayes, the contest matron. To win, Betty needs Pepper’s help... -
![The Monstrous Seven by Lily Harper Hart]()
The Monstrous Seven by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLife is going well for Hannah Hickok. Her business – a cosplay western town in Kentucky – is thriving and she’s even interviewing bartenders so she can finally take on different duties in her new world. All that comes to a screeching halt when a guest grabs what’s supposed to be a prop gun and fires it at another guest during an altercation... -
![Black Arts, White Craft by Hailey Edwards]()
Black Arts, White Craft by Hailey Edwards
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsAfter a black witch pitched a hissy fit in Hollis Apothecary, Rue got stuck cleaning up his mess. That was the easy part. Repairing the damage he inflicted on Camber and Arden? That makes Rue wish she could bring him back to life just to kill him again. Slower this time...Categorized as:
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![Freaky Seas by Amanda M. Lee]()
Freaky Seas by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMystic Caravan Circus is heading to Charleston and – per usual – trouble is not far behind.For Poet Parker, who is grappling with saying goodbye to her assistant, she’s looking forward to quiet nights on the beach and quality time with her boyfriend. All that changes when the sea starts giving up its dead … and they appear to be hungry.Under normal circumstances, zombies wouldn’t be a big deal...Categorized as:
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![Midnight Hour by C.C. Hunter]()
Midnight Hour by C.C. Hunter
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBeing a dyslexic witch is a curse in itself, but Miranda Kane’s time at Shadow Falls has helped her harness her magical powers. Now, just as she’s finally mastered them and is preparing to graduate with her friends, a near-death experience threatens to ruin it all.Miranda awakens in the hospital with a mysterious tattoo that no one can explain... -
![Vintage Spirits by Annabel Chase]()
Vintage Spirits by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSometimes the dead aren't so silentJulie Duncan never expected to be a fifty-year-old widow living with her domineering mother in the same lakeside house she grew up in. Winters in Lake Cloverleaf are a gloomy time for Julie. Christmas and New Year’s Eve remind her of her late husband and she isn’t looking forward to yet another holiday season without him... -
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![Siren's Song by Yasmine Galenorn]()
Siren's Song by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the fog rolls in from the sea, sometimes ghosts from the past follow it... Sandy’s under attack. First, she’s almost mowed down at the supermarket, then her new shore-front burger stand is destroyed on its grand opening day. But when she’s found in a coma, the danger heats up. As she falls into a coma, parts of her dreaming world escape into reality... -
![Midnight Web by Yasmine Galenorn]()
Midnight Web by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJanuary Jaxson's settling into her life in Moonshadow Bay, and her new relationship with wolf-shifter Killian O'Connell. Her job with Conjure Ink is proving both fascinating as well as dangerous. But little does January realize that she's about to let the actual genie out of the proverbial bottle...Categorized as:
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![Shadow Web by Yasmine Galenorn]()
Shadow Web by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe holidays are here, and this year, they’re deadly…It’s my first Thanksgiving back in Moonshadow Bay, and everything is hunky-dory until the Witches Guild assigns me a research project for the upcoming Winter Solstice Festival. Not only do I melt down my computer, but I download a demon who ends up stuck in my house...Categorized as:
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![Eye for an Eye by Alyssa Day]()
Eye for an Eye by Alyssa Day
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Sheriff Susan comes back to Dead End after a mysterious trip with a haunted crystal ball, the future looks murky! But when the sheriff's grandmother is kidnapped by family members with everything to hide and nothing to lose, Tess and Jack jump in to help.A secret inheritance, missing family members, and a magical zucchini plant? It must be January in the quirkiest small town on the planet... -
![The Witch Is Inn by Danielle Garrett]()
The Witch Is Inn by Danielle Garrett
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRunning a paranormal inn is going to run Holly right out of her mind.The ink on the contracts is dried and the first batch of guests are set to arrive. There's no turning back. But when a dead body shows up in the flower beds the morning before opening day, it's going to take all hands--and paws--on deck to set things right... -
![The Squawking Dead by Erin Johnson]()
The Squawking Dead by Erin Johnson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA cursed witch with the ability to speak to animals must recover a missing phoenix and find justice for a murdered animal sanctuary owner. But when secrets from the black widow's past come to light, this mystery turns into a zoo of a case...Categorized as:
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