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Butterfly by Ashley Antoinette
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsButterfly is the first novel in an all new series by New York Times bestselling author Ashley Antoinette and an instant USA Today bestseller!“Run away from the boy that gives you butterflies, he's going to break your heart.”Morgan Atkins had been told that phrase ever since she was a little girl and still she allowed herself to fall for the boy that made her heart flutter... -
![Finding Motive by Kathi Daley]()
Finding Motive by Kathi Daley
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDreams are real. At least they are for Harmony Carson. When the murders carried out during her nightmares begin to manifest themselves in the real world Houston sets everything aside to help Harmony track the killer they are certain has formed a psychic connection with Harmony during her sleep hours.Rescue Alaska is a warm yet fast moving mystery series with a light paranormal twist... -
![Coming For What's Mine pt 2: The Politician by Edwina Fort]()
Coming For What's Mine pt 2: The Politician by Edwina Fort
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Conclusion of Book 1 I almost believed the look of pain that came across his face. Almost! My heart had turned to stone. At least that’s what I convinced myself. So, no matter what he said or what he did, I will not turn back. “J please, ask me to do anything else. Anything. Just—” He paused for a moment, his eyes searching mine... -
![Seven Deadly Tequilas by Tricia O'Malley]()
Seven Deadly Tequilas by Tricia O'Malley
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThey say it’s best to bury your past, but for one misguided grave robber – the past is an obsession. When Althea Rose learns that a grave robber has infiltrated Tequila Key, she does her best to pretend she’s not interested. No, she doesn’t want to hear more details. And she most certainly does not want to help Chief Thomas track down the industrious body thief... -
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![Sweet Vows and Promises by J.A. Whiting]()
Sweet Vows and Promises by J.A. Whiting
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis is book 10 in the Sweet Cove Cozy Mystery series. Spring has returned to Sweet Cove, Massachusetts and The Roselands and Mr. Finch are getting ready for Jenna and Tom's wedding. When a new guest arrives to stay at the bed and breakfast for a night before moving into a rental house in town, Angie and Courtney feel an alarming sense of distress swirling around the woman. The sisters, Mr... -
![The Hitwoman's Girls' Night Out by J.B. Lynn]()
The Hitwoman's Girls' Night Out by J.B. Lynn
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat could possibly go wrong when a girls’ night out is arranged by Armani Vasquez?Maggie Lee is about to find out... -
![A Charming Misfortune by Tonya Kappes]()
A Charming Misfortune by Tonya Kappes
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome to Whispering Falls, where magic and mystery meet. Bubble... Bubble... June Heal is enjoying her time at UnHidden Hall as Professor of Magical Cures. Teaching up and coming spiritualist is her touch of magic. Cures and trouble.. -
![Star of Sage & Scream by Leanne Leeds]()
Star of Sage & Scream by Leanne Leeds
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’d planned to spend the rest of my life in the witch military. Now I’m on my way home to a mother who disapproves of me and four sisters who barely know me. Is it possible for a witch like me to find space in a place she doesn’t belong?I didn’t think they’d dismantle the paranormal military with a wave of their bureaucratic magic wand, but they did... -
![Coal Miner's Slaughter by Elise Sax]()
Coal Miner's Slaughter by Elise Sax
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDeath is following Matilda, and it’s not going unnoticed in the small town of Goodnight, New Mexico. When she finds Inga Mueller, a local jewelry maker, drowned in a bucket of a resin, Matilda’s reputation is sealed as the harbinger of death. As she begins to investigate Inga’s murder, she discovers Inga’s darker, secret life with ties to Goodnight’s prominent residents... -
![Stranger Danger by Maggie March]()
Stranger Danger by Maggie March
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLucy is a human lie-detector. Her rescue dog Paco is a ghost whisperer. Together, they solve crime in this laugh-out-loud cozy mystery series!When world-famous, highly reclusive author J.W. Quicksilver chooses a local book club for his first public appearance, the residents of Whispering Bay have trouble containing their excitement. That is until he’s found murdered... -
![Emma Frost: Volume 7-9 by Willow Rose]()
Emma Frost: Volume 7-9 by Willow Rose
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsASIN moved from less recent edition˃˃˃ EASY AS ONE TWO THREE:Mads and Signe are very young when they get married. They are ready to take on the world starting with their honeymoon to Egypt. Two years later, Mads is in a coma and Signe has vanished from the face of the earth... -
![Lowcountry Getaway by Susan M. Boyer]()
Lowcountry Getaway by Susan M. Boyer
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsChristmas in the Islands…Nate Andrews whisked the entire Talbot clan off for a holiday adventure in the U.S. Virgin Islands. As they relax on the beach of sunny St. John, Liz Talbot grapples with the secret her husband has kept since the day she met him—he’s a very wealthy man... -
![The Woman He Wanted by K. Alex Walker]()
The Woman He Wanted by K. Alex Walker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe was the woman he wanted. This wasn’t something Kellen Edwards believed; it was what he knew. It was what he felt the first moment he laid eyes on Bailey Green. It was like they’d known each other in a previous life and their souls had sought each other out, hers moving to Atlanta from Barbados at a young age, and his moving back to Atlanta after a hiatus in Baltimore and Louisiana... -
![The Diva Says Cheesecake! by Krista Davis]()
The Diva Says Cheesecake! by Krista Davis
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA delightful new story from a New York Times bestselling author perfect for fans of Joanne Fluke’s Hannah Swensen Mystery series! In this page-turning new book, entertaining guru Sophie Winston is faced with a midsummer nightmare when a celebration in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, is the appetizer for murder… Old Town’s midsummer festivities are getting a tasty addition this year... -
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![Designs On Murder by Gayle Leeson, Jani McClure]()
Designs On Murder by Gayle Leeson, Jani McClure
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat if you discovered your lively new friend wasn’t really…alive?Amanda Tucker is excited about opening her fashion design studio in Shops On Main, a charming old building in historic Abingdon, Virginia. She didn’t realize a ghost came with the property! But soon Maxine “Max” Englebright, a young woman who died in 1930, isn’t the only dead person at the retail complex... -
![Not Quite Gone by Lyla Payne]()
Not Quite Gone by Lyla Payne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife in Heron Creek is looking up for Graciela Harper, despite the fact that every ghost within a fifty mile radius seems intent on sticking to her like glue - and not the weak Elmer's kind, either But with a sexy boyfriend, her old friends back in her life, and a great job prospect at one of the oldest plantations in the country, it's hard to complain.. -
![Not Quite Clear by Lyla Payne]()
Not Quite Clear by Lyla Payne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is the 5th book in USAToday Bestselling Author Lyla Payne's LOWCOUNTRY MYSTERY series. It continues to follow Graciela Harper and her friends as she navigates ghosts, romance, in-laws, and the legal system in rural Heron Creek, SC... -
![Not Quite Mine by Lyla Payne]()
Not Quite Mine by Lyla Payne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife has settled back into some semblance of normal for Graciela Harper and her friends in Heron Creek. Of course for Gracie, that means a new ghost knocking on her door asking for favors. When she sees the spirit of a teenage girl who has been missing for over a year, Gracie knows she has to help, even if she would rather spend all day in bed with the mayor instead... -
![Not Quite Right by Lyla Payne]()
Not Quite Right by Lyla Payne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor the living, the dead, and the people stuck somewhere in between, Heron Creek has become a battleground. Graciela Harper might be new seeing ghosts, fighting curses, and just living with her old friends again, but there’s no doubt she’s on the front lines—and overwhelmed.Leo and Mel have been arrested. Amelia teeters on the edge of a deep depression that could cost her her child... -
![Silver Quarrel by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox]()
Silver Quarrel by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlex Silver has worked as a PI long enough to have many strange clients try to hire her... but the CIA is a first. People have secrets, mermaids more than most. When a CIA agent shows up claiming to know her biggest one, Alex finds herself at a disadvantage. However, the government wants her help... -
![Gently Used, Still Works by J.B. Lynn]()
Gently Used, Still Works by J.B. Lynn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAre the Concordia sisters about to get burned? Running One Woman’s Junk consignment shop, with its constant stream of quirky characters stopping in, is a lot for Winnie and her sisters Bea and Amanda to contend with. So is dealing with each other... -
![Shoes on the Stairs by Jan Steele]()
Shoes on the Stairs by Jan Steele
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsInspired by the many frustrations of parenthood and the ever-present fear of failure, SHOES ON THE STAIRS centers around a mother's struggle to accept what she has left behind after her death. She takes the reader on a journey of both laughter and tears while learning even the smallest of gestures can make a significant and lasting impact.* * *Claire Blackwell can't find that damn white light... -
![Winter Moon by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox]()
Winter Moon by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA trickster god, a famous sword, and the mother of all storms.All while looking for a werewolf on the run.. -
![Shake Your Green Thing by Raven Snow]()
Shake Your Green Thing by Raven Snow
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the town of Waresville, things that go bump in the night are not only encouraged, they’re exploited. Haunted tours, magic shops, and a town history that is just strange enough to rake in the tourists are the only elements keeping this small town afloat. But with foot traffic dying and the mystical no longer mystifying like it once did, Waresville is dying... -
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![Simon Says… Scream by Dale Mayer]()
Simon Says… Scream by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s taken some time, but Detective Kate Morgan’s various relationships are gelling at work—and even at home. Until Simon starts screaming in the middle of the night. Worried and not sure she’s up for this, Kate distances herself from him. When a tortured female body shows up, Simon’s visions are of no help, until he describes one specific injury, … the same injury on Kate’s latest case... -
![Founders' Day Fiasco: Paranormal Cozy Mystery by London Lovett]()
Founders' Day Fiasco: Paranormal Cozy Mystery by London Lovett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFirefly Junction is in the middle of a huge Founders’ Day celebration and Sunni Taylor has been assigned to cover the colorful music and float-filled parade. When the organizer of the parade winds up dead, Sunni’s mundane assignment takes a new twist. Now, she finds herself in the middle of a murder that is complicated by the fact that the victim had more than a few enemies... -
![Murder at the Pumpkin Patch by London Lovett]()
Murder at the Pumpkin Patch by London Lovett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSunni Taylor's sisters, through their power of sisterly persuasion, have convinced her to host a Halloween costume party at Cider Ridge Inn. She's a little reluctant about the whole event and rightly worried about the actual ghost, who will, no doubt, be in attendance, but she decides to just relax and enjoy it... -
![A Crafty Killing by London Lovett]()
A Crafty Killing by London Lovett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSunni Taylor is looking forward to an easy and sweetheart filled month of February. After a few blissful months as lead reporter for the Junction Times, an unexpected shake-up at the newspaper leaves her reeling and frustrated. She finds herself once again having to cover mundane stories, like the Firefly Junction Craft Fair... -
![Death at the Museum by London Lovett]()
Death at the Museum by London Lovett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSunni Taylor has once again settled into her journalist position under a new boss and a new lead reporter. The fact that the new lead reporter, Dave Crockett, just happens to be her sister's boyfriend makes things a little more complicated, but Sunni is determined to be content. She now has more time to spend planning for the opening of the Cider Ridge Inn... -
![Havoc at Wildwood Manor by London Lovett]()
Havoc at Wildwood Manor by London Lovett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat starts out as a long weekend off for Sunni Taylor quickly devolves into something more sinister. When Lana needs help with a family reunion at Wildwood Manor, Sunni lends a hand. Before the event gets underway, Camille Luxley, an unexpected guest, shows up to throw a wrench into Florence Davenport's precisely planned weekend... -
![Muffins & Magic by Polly Holmes]()
Muffins & Magic by Polly Holmes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat's a witch to do when faced with protecting the ones she loves against an unimaginable evil?Ever had one of those days when everything is going too well? When you have that sense that the other boot is about to drop? Welcome to my day.It's the Annual Saltwater Cove Show, and this year there are more rides, show bags, food stalls, and competitions than ever before... -
![The Last Crossing by Elizabeth Meyette]()
The Last Crossing by Elizabeth Meyette
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was the whistle of the train at midnight that signaled another ghost.Jesse Graham wants to concentrate on planning her wedding to Joe Riley. But try as she might, she can’t escape the spirits who haunt her. This time the ghost is Timmy, whose disappearance ten years earlier coincided with the abduction of several boys... -
![Probable Paws by Corrine Winters]()
Probable Paws by Corrine Winters
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmber the witch solves a purr-fect murder!It was just another quiet night in her tiny town when Ember McNair got word that the local security guard at the art museum had been knocked out.A priceless painting had been stolen.Against her better judgment, Ember promised her beau, Cedric, that she would respect his position as sheriff and stay out of the investigation.But then the painting showed up... -
![Sudden Paws by Corrine Winters]()
Sudden Paws by Corrine Winters
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmber McNair faces her most furr-midable challenge yet!Ember should have known that after she tried to help her friend Kathy O’Connell get the courage she needed to leave her boyfriend, Steve Smits (noted mean food critic and notorious philanderer), that things would blow up in her face.Now Kathy is implicated in a murder charge after Steve is found dead after their conversation... -
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![Tricky Paws by Corrine Winters]()
Tricky Paws by Corrine Winters
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDing Dong the witch is dead!And now the whole town is filled with dread…This was not how Ember McNair imagined spending the days leading up to her wedding. It should have been the happiest time of her life. Instead, her tiny town was host to yet another unexplained death. This time, it’s the dark witch and perpetual thorn in everyone’s side, Cassandra... -
![Momentary Paws by Corrine Winters]()
Momentary Paws by Corrine Winters
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnother murder in town is just clawful!It’s a purr-fectly good day for a murder. Or at least someone seems to think so in the tiny town of Couchemar, Louisiana. That’s the story that Ember McNair hears one morning from her bat shifter BFF.Apparently Natalie Gordon, the local divorcee with the looks to kill done went and got herself killed... -
![Temporary Paws by Corrine Winters]()
Temporary Paws by Corrine Winters
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA spirit is haunting Ember and her pub. You could say she’s got a paw-tergeist.But that’s not even the worst part. There’s another dead body that’s been found, this time in a nearby inn. The victim? A devious husband who left behind his jilted wife and cheated business partner... -
![Undesirable Situations by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson]()
Undesirable Situations by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMenopause, mayhem, and murder. Just a normal day for psychic medium Angela Panther.Thirty-five years ago, Genevieve Ryland stepped off the stage of her high school graduation and disappeared without a trace.For years her mother searched for her, hitting dead end after dead end. Now on her deathbed, she asks Angela to find the truth, find out what happened to her daughter... -
![Already Missing by Blake Pierce]()
Already Missing by Blake Pierce
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWomen are turning up dead, clocks found mysteriously around their necks, ticking away the seconds before their death... -
![Dead Even by Patti Larsen]()
Dead Even by Patti Larsen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRetired Guild Artemis Inquisitor Georgia Drake has left the paranormal world behind after the death of her partner in the line of duty. Along with her job investigating crime and murder. With her Hades Guardian mastiff, Benjamin, and raven pair for company, she moves her entire life across the continent to escape not only the loss but her oppressive and powerful family... -
![Dazed and Infused by Eryn Scott]()
Dazed and Infused by Eryn Scott
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHave the people of Pebble Cove welcomed a killer into their midst?Two women wash up on the beach in front of Rosemary's tea shop. One is dead. The other is wounded and can't even remember her name. Is she also a victim or the killer?When it becomes clear that the only souls who can help solve this mystery are those of the ghostly persuasion, Rosemary has to get involved... -
![His Garden of Bones by Vickie McKeehan]()
His Garden of Bones by Vickie McKeehan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNot all flowers are grown with love. Years earlier, teenage girls began to vanish off the streets of Seattle. Now, they're turning up dead, their mutilated bodies left in prominent locations around the city. Skye Cree suspects there are more... -
![The Pink House by Cindy Kirk]()
The Pink House by Cindy Kirk
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDeep 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... -
![Three Shots to the Wind by Sherry Harris]()
Three Shots to the Wind by Sherry Harris
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsChloe’s Windy City ex-fiancé gets blown away in the Florida panhandle . . . DEAD EXES TELL NO TALES Saloon owner Chloe Jackson appears to have a secret admirer. She’s pouring drinks at the Sea Glass Saloon in Emerald Cove when an airplane flies by above the beach with a banner reading I LOVE YOU CHLOE JACKSON. She immediately rules out Rip Barnett... -
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![The Diva Spices It Up by Krista Davis]()
The Diva Spices It Up by Krista Davis
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe's a young Martha Stewart...in Old Town Virginia! New York Times bestselling author Krista Davis delights with the 13th in her enormously popular and completely charming Domestic Diva Mystery series. When a celebrity ghostwriter dies on the job, it's up to Sophie Winston, Old Town, Virginia's favorite entertaining expert and sporadic sleuth, to whip up an impromptu investigation.. -
![Some Pig and a Mummy Dig by Amy Boyles]()
Some Pig and a Mummy Dig by Amy Boyles
Rated: 4.60 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.Charming’s adventures in Witch’s Forge continue. When a mummy dig comes to town, it isn’t long before someone is murdered and the mummy becomes the primary suspect...Categorized as:
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![Containment by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox]()
Containment by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSomething stirs in the murk of the Volga River, something big, emerging at night to sow mayhem and death along the banks. Since Solstice Winters is already stranded at ground zero, she agrees to help, even though coping with giant lizards is far from her skill set as an intrepid reporter for a paranormal tabloid.Yay for being the only elf in the world... -
![Eine Kleine Nacht Maggie by Kate Danley]()
Eine Kleine Nacht Maggie by Kate Danley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis Oktoberfest, evil has decided to prove there IS something worse than getting a job wearing a dirndl and being forced to listen to an oompah band all night while serving drunk tourists. Maggie, Killian, and your favorites characters are back to bring down the bad guys... and this time, The M-Team is wearing lederhosen. Prost! WARNING: Contains cussing, brawling, and unladylike behavior... -
![New Moon Rising by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox]()
New Moon Rising by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMother, wife, federal agent... mortal.Samantha Moon hadn't always been a vampire. Once, she had been a wife and mother, happily married to her soul mate and raising two adorable kids. Once, she had been a federal agent investigating a world teeming with sophisticated scams, drugs, human trafficking and violence. She had hippie parents and a caring sister...Categorized as:
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![A Charming Corpse by Tonya Kappes]()
A Charming Corpse by Tonya Kappes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBubble... Bubble... The quaint and magical shops in the cozy but unusual little town of Whispering Falls, Kentucky have been booming with business, with the exception of A Charming Cure. A mortal is selling homemade oils and making unfounded promises, undercutting June's prices. Cures and trouble..
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