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Love Will Tear Us Apart by C.K. McDonnell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLove can be a truly terrible thing.Marriages are tricky at the best of times, especially when one of you is dead.Vincent Banecroft, the irascible editor of The Stranger Times, has never believed his wife died despite emphatic evidence to the contrary... -
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The Law by Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFrom the number one New York Times bestselling The Dresden Files series, a brand new novella set after Battle Ground, that thrusts Chicago’s only professional Wizard, Harry Dresden, back into battle–both a legal one… and the kind with explosions.Not every danger comes in the form of a mega-threat like a Titan. Some predators are a lot cozier... more personal... -
![Relight My Fire by C.K. McDonnell]()
Relight My Fire by C.K. McDonnell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSome comebacks can be murder . . .Stella is enjoying life as an almost student, or at least she is until a man falls from the sky right in front of her, leaving a big old hole in the pavement for Manchester Council to fill. The obvious question of how he ended up in the sky in the first place has no obvious answers, which is where The Stranger Times come in... -
![You Only Witch Once by Amanda M. Lee]()
You Only Witch Once by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’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... -
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![Bedtime Fury by Annabel Chase]()
Bedtime Fury by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWelcome to Chipping Cheddar, where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight There's been a discovery of demons.Again.The appearance of a strange plant on the Taskers' farm sends Neville and I straight to the Federal Bureau of Magic database, where we discover that deadly demons are snatching bodies all over town... -
![Every Picture Tells a Fury by Annabel Chase]()
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... -
![Bewitched by Darynda Jones]()
Bewitched by Darynda Jones
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsForty-something Defiance Dayne only recently discovered she comes from a long line of powerful witches. Added to that was the teensy, infinitesimal fact that she is what’s called a charmling. One of three on the entire planet. And there are other witches who will stop at nothing to steal her immense power, which would basically involve her unfortunate and untimely death... -
![The Keeper by J.L. Bryan]()
The Keeper by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe South Channel lighthouse is a crumbling antique at the mouth of the Savannah River, abandoned and forgotten for generations. Local stories still tell of a mysterious woman in white who often stood at the old lighthouse, watching the sailors come into port...even long after she died... -
![Meanwhile, Back in Deadwood by Ann Charles]()
Meanwhile, Back in Deadwood by Ann Charles
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMeanwhile, 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... -
![Moonlight and Magic by Darynda Jones]()
Moonlight and Magic by Darynda Jones
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFortysomething Annette Osmund always knew she was psychic. She's not, but that didn't stop her from giving those nonexistent abilities her all. What she is, however, is a very powerful witch who has just inherited magics she never dreamed possible.Starting over in a new town with her BFF has been an adventure. Defiance's status as a powerful type of witch called a charmling has kept Annette busy... -
![The Heart's Blood Arrow by Kai Butler]()
The Heart's Blood Arrow by Kai Butler
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn old nemesis is out for blood…Parker Ferro’s life would be easier if his enemies stayed gone. When the man responsible for the death of Parker’s mother breaks out of prison, Parker finds himself in the crosshairs of the Bureau of Paranormal Threats when he tracks the criminal down... -
![Ghostly Worries by Lily Harper Hart]()
Ghostly Worries by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhisper Cove is stuck in a heat wave, although it’s nothing compared to the fire stoking between Harper Harlow and Jared Monroe. They’re happy and enjoying themselves … until a face from the past resurfaces.Jason Thurman and Harper had a brief fling in high school, and when he returns to town to open a restaurant he’s hoping they can revisit their relationship as adults... -
![Last Impressions by A.J. Aalto]()
Last Impressions by A.J. Aalto
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen an FBI Internal Affairs investigation lands the Preternatural Crimes Unit in a bureaucratic spank-fest, it feels like the perfect time for Marnie Baranuik to skip town and lend her expertise to a bear-sized Canadian cop who doesn’t want her help with his case, his love life, or his car stereo... -
![Don't Let it Snow in Deadwood by Ann Charles, Caroline Shaffer]()
Don't Let it Snow in Deadwood by Ann Charles, Caroline Shaffer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"I laughed (a lot), cried (a little), and wanted to stab a certain family member. This story brings all the feels!” --Renee George, USA Today Bestselling Author It’s Christmas Eve and Violet Parker has one request on her list for Santa—to make it home to her kids. Unfortunately, “home” is also the lair of her life-long nemesis, her sister Susan (aka the devil’s concubine)... -
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![The Magpie Key by Sarah Painter]()
The Magpie Key by Sarah Painter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBlack water, dark skies, a reckoning like no otherA new threat has sailed in on the tide and is haunting the waterways of London.DCI Fleet is struggling to control his gift and can no longer tell reality from illusion.Meanwhile, Uncle Charlie is making trouble from his prison cell, proving how hard it is to keep a Crow caged... -
![Wicked Times by Lily Harper Hart]()
Wicked Times by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDetective Jack Harker and Shadow Lake’s resident witch Ivy Morgan are finally on the right romantic track – and they’re officially going on their first date. While eating dinner in a neighboring town, a police officer is shot and killed on the street – and when the ballistics come back, Jack realizes his tortured past is still part of his tumultuous present... -
![The Pearl King by Sarah Painter, Kate Rawson]()
The Pearl King by Sarah Painter, Kate Rawson
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTradition. Loyalty. Respect. Murder. Normal Family stuff. Don't miss the exciting fourth instalment in the best-selling urban fantasy mystery series Crow Investigations.Lydia is pulled into the Crow Family business by her shady uncle Charlie. He has decided that Lydia needs to learn the truth about her infamous Family and to step into her role within it - whether she likes it or not... -
![Shimmer by Darynda Jones]()
Shimmer by Darynda Jones
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsShimmer is a Charley Davidson Christmas Short Story. For more, the author released Glow, which is the same story but through they eyes of Reyes Farrow... -
![The Stranger Times by C. K. McDonnell, Brendan McDonald]()
The Stranger Times by C. K. McDonnell, Brendan McDonald
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThere are Dark Forces at work in our world (and in Manchester in particular) and so thank God The Stranger Times is on hand to report them. A weekly newspaper dedicated to the weird and the wonderful (but more often the weird) of modern life, it is the go-to publication for the unexplained and inexplicable...At least that’s their pitch. The reality is rather less auspicious... -
![Bold Mercy by Laken Cane]()
Bold Mercy by Laken Cane
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIt's hard to concentrate on work when you've just moon-shifted with your alpha...But the council that recruited me doesn't waste any time handing me my first assignment--and it just happens to be personal to me.I have to slay the warped evil that is Avis Vine--a human servant so twisted and changed by her former master's bad blood magic that she's no longer really human... -
![Dead Serious Just the Extras Vol.1: MM Paranormal Romance & Dark Humor by Vawn Cassidy]()
Dead Serious Just the Extras Vol.1: MM Paranormal Romance & Dark Humor by Vawn Cassidy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDead Serious, Just the Extras Vol. 1 includes the following bonus Made in HeavenDusty’s time on earth is done, but she’s not ready to let go. Settling into heaven is nothing like expected and she finds she has a very important choice to make... -
![Heart of Fire by Lisa Edmonds]()
Heart of Fire by Lisa Edmonds
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsJoin Alice. Private Investigator of the Supernatural. It has been a rough month for mage private investigator Alice Worth. Alice hasn’t had a decent night’s sleep in weeks, her relationship with werewolf Sean Maclin is on the rocks, a federal agent hounds her every step, and a powerful vampire whose ulterior motives have ulterior motives watches her every move... -
![A Bogie in the Boat by Elizabeth Hunter]()
A Bogie in the Boat by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou know what doesn’t go down well with morning coffee? A body in a canal. When a neighbor finds a grim discovery in the waterways of Venice Beach, Linx Maxwell gets an unexpected visitor in the form of a new ghost. The only problem? Her new ghost doesn’t see eye to eye with her old one. Detective Frank Bogle doesn’t know what to make of the young victim... -
![Private Eye by Alyssa Day]()
Private Eye by Alyssa Day
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Tess Callahan, new owner of Dead End Pawn, meets her grandmother the banshee, life is about to get complicated. When Tess's partner Jack Shepherd, tiger shapeshifter and P.I., gets involved to help them investigate a banshee-kidnapping spree, life is about to get deadly. Because nothing is ever simple in Dead End, Florida, and sometimes it takes a tiger's eye to see the truth... -
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![Gifted by Kelley Armstrong]()
Gifted by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsContains two holiday stories, one Otherworld Pack and one Cainsville.Gabriel’s Gargoyles - (Cainsville short story, Gabriel Walsh as 10 year old narrator.) Cainsville was where a boy could walk the streets safely at any time, day or night. Where everyone was genuinely glad to see you, and didn’t think you were odd if you wanted to keep to yourself. Because Cainsville was odd, too... -
![A Score to Kettle by Eryn Scott]()
A Score to Kettle by Eryn Scott
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA ghost mystery for readers who don't usually enjoy the paranormal."The residents of Pebble Cove were wary of the new commune at The Pines even before someone ended up dead.Rosemary is excited to cater her first even at the newly opened commune's full moon festival. When a young woman is found murdered in her yurt, it's clear these rich wannabe hippies aren't as peaceful as they pretend... -
![Wrong Ways Down by Stacia Kane]()
Wrong Ways Down by Stacia Kane
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIt’s a thin line between right and wrong. It’s an even thinner one between wrong and dead…Terrible has always been on the wrong side of the law, living up to the only name anyone ever gave him. As the chief enforcer for Downside’s most powerful criminal, it’s his job to collect debts and protection money by any means necessary. And he’s very good at his job... -
![The Awakening by Amanda Stevens]()
The Awakening by Amanda Stevens
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsShush…lest she awaken… My name is Amelia Gray, a cemetery restorer who lives with the dead. An anonymous donor has hired me to restore Woodbine Cemetery, a place where the rich and powerful bury their secrets. Forty years ago, a child disappeared without a trace and now her ghost has awakened, demanding that I find out the truth about her death. Only I know that she was murdered... -
![Magic for a Price by Devon Monk]()
Magic for a Price by Devon Monk
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFor most of her life, Allison Beckstrom has used magic and accepted the heavy price it exacts. But now that all magic is poisoned, it’s no longer just using people—it’s killing them.With Portland about to descend into chaos, Allie needs to find a way to purify the wells of tainted magic beneath the city... -
![Pride and Premeditation by Samantha Silver]()
Pride and Premeditation by Samantha Silver
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPride comes before the fall... When one of Alice's best customers at the bookshop is murdered, she swears she's going to get to the bottom of it... -
![Dial W for Wicked by Lotta Smith]()
Dial W for Wicked by Lotta Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWho ya gonna call? Wicked!Baby, it’s cold outside, and no one needs an escape more than Mandy, whose well-meaning family members simply must know when the newlyweds will be starting a family. Midnight feedings and teething rings will have to wait, though, while the Rowlings solve their latest case... -
![The Women in the walls by Tim McGregor]()
The Women in the walls by Tim McGregor
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen the detective she's fallen for needs help, a reluctant psychic must put aside her feelings to help him unravel a horrific crime. HAMILTON - Trying to maintain a normal life, psychic Billie Culpepper struggles to block out the dead souls that haunt her every move but her attempts to suppress her ability only serve to isolate her even more... -
![Eye of Danger by Alyssa Day]()
Eye of Danger by Alyssa Day
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe's a PI who turns into a tiger. She can see how you'll die. The bad guys never stood a chance. EYE OF DANGER: The longest and most twisty installment of the Tiger's Eye mysteries yet! When Tess Callahan's long-lost and presumed-dead father comes back to town, running from the mob, she's not sure how to feel... -
![Shadow Silence by Yasmine Galenorn]()
Shadow Silence by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Yasmine Galenorn invites readers to Whisper Hollow, where spirits walk among the living and the lake never gives up her dead…Fifteen years ago, I ran away from Whisper Hollow, Washington, a small town on Crescent Lake in the Olympic Peninsula. But truth is, if you were born here, you can never really leave. I'm Kerris Fellwater, and I'm a spirit shaman... -
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![Blood Money by Lisa Edmonds]()
Blood Money by Lisa Edmonds
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCharles Vaughan has always had great taste in women, and the Vampire Court's newest investigator, Alice Worth, looks very tasty indeed.After an epidemic of attacks by newly risen vampires terrorizes the city, authorities pressure Charles Vaughan and the Vampire Court to determine who is responsible... -
![The Old Witcheroo by Dakota Cassidy, Hollie Jackson]()
The Old Witcheroo by Dakota Cassidy, Hollie Jackson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEbenezer Falls, Washington…a sleepy burg or murder central?The game is afoot...again, as amateur sleuth Stevie Cartwright plunges head first into another murder investigation. With twists, turns, and suspects aplenty, this one will keep you guessing from start to finish... -
![Belle Manor Haunting by Cheryl Bradshaw]()
Belle Manor Haunting by Cheryl Bradshaw
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe door to Addison Lockhart's room opens. Five-year-old Sara Belle walks in. The child seems lost and confused. Addison reaches out, grabs Sara's hand, and the room goes black.Addison's eyes open to find she's been transported several decades into the past. She's sitting in the back seat of a car. Sara is beside her. The car stops at an intersection... -
![Wings over Water by Mark Hayden]()
Wings over Water by Mark Hayden
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow hard can it be to exorcise a few ghosts? Very. Roberta “Woody” Woodhouse is the Peculier Necromancer. Her job is to make safe the haunted places of England. A routine job in Yorkshire smells wrong. A long abandoned RAF airfield is haunted by the ghosts of airmen past... -
![Dead Witch on a Bridge by Gretchen Galway]()
Dead Witch on a Bridge by Gretchen Galway
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe first in a new paranormal mystery series by USA Today bestselling author Gretchen Galway. Is her magic strong enough to stop a killer? On her first assignment as a demon-hunting witch, Alma was unable to kill... -
![A Haunting is Brewing by Juliet Blackwell]()
A Haunting is Brewing by Juliet Blackwell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn this all-new novella, New York Times bestselling author Juliet Blackwell’s popular characters from her Witchcraft Mysteries and Haunted Home Renovation Mysteries find themselves joining forces to solve a supernatural dilemma…When Mel Turner is hired to rehab an old Victorian mansion to act as the eerie setting for a Halloween bash, she’s expecting the normal challenges—old wiring, bad... -
![One Hex of a Wedding by Yasmine Galenorn]()
One Hex of a Wedding by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWedding bells turn to sour notes for Emerald O'Brien. Her fiancé is wounded by gunfire, her ex-husband becomes the prime suspect, and her maid of honor is being stalked. Now it's up to Emerald to divine if the incidents are related... -
![The Copper Heart by Sarah Painter, Kate Rawson]()
The Copper Heart by Sarah Painter, Kate Rawson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHeavy is the head that wears the crown…Lydia has taken over as the leader of the Crow Family and is trying to keep the criminality to the bare minimum. DCI Fleet has told her he is ‘all in’ but there have to be limits and Lydia doesn’t want to find out what they are. When the head of the Silver Family, Alejandro, drops down dead, Lydia needs to work out whether it was natural causes or murder... -
![The Fox's Curse by Sarah Painter, Kate Rawson]()
The Fox's Curse by Sarah Painter, Kate Rawson
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDon't miss the exciting third installment in the best-selling urban fantasy mystery series, the Crow Investigations.A cursed Fox. A vengeful Silver. A whole lot of trouble. Lydia Crow has long suspected there is more beneath London than just trains but has never been keen to poke around in the dark... -
![Hidden Trump by Mark Henwick]()
Hidden Trump by Mark Henwick
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“I knew I was going to be betrayed this week.”Amber Farrell, Denver PI, is coming to terms with being part of the paranormal community, but she’s about to find that includes very dangerous responsibilities for her. Nothing is quite what it seems, least of all, Amber herself, and to survive, she must form alliances with powerful groups whose interests are in conflict... -
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![Witchy Reservations by Stephanie Damore]()
Witchy Reservations by Stephanie Damore
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThere's nothing practical about magic—which is why I ditched my wand years ago.Thirteen years, to be exact.The day I left Silverlake.Except now, a family emergency has called me back home, and quite frankly, I'd rather be anywhere but here.But when my aunt raises her wand to cure a friend and he ends up dead, it becomes abundantly clear I'm not leaving anytime soon... -
![The Broken Cage by Sarah Painter]()
The Broken Cage by Sarah Painter
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGet the Crow.A man dies in a locked room, leaving a message written in blood and a lot of unanswered questions.Lydia is still recovering from the fallout with her psychopathic cousin, but there are new threats to the Crows, and she must fight to maintain her position as leader of the Family.Meanwhile, an actor has gone missing and Fleet is under pressure to find him fast... -
![Witchnapped in Westerham by Dionne Lister]()
Witchnapped in Westerham by Dionne Lister
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Dionne Lister comes an exciting new paranormal cosy mystery series.All it takes is one morning for Sydney Photographer Lily Bianchi's life to go off the rails and over a cliff.A well-dressed English woman turns up at her door, swearing she's a witch... -
![A Toxic Trousseau by Juliet Blackwell, Xe Sands]()
A Toxic Trousseau by Juliet Blackwell, Xe Sands
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe New York Times bestselling author of Spellcasting in Silk continues as witch and vintage boutique owner Lily Ivory cracks open a Pandora’s box when she investigates some alarming apparel...Even the most skilled sorceress can’t ward off a lawsuit, and Lily is not at her enchanting best with her hands full as the temporary leader of San Francisco's magical community... -
![Hell's Bell by Keri Arthur]()
Hell's Bell by Keri Arthur
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen the church bell tolls thrice in the middle of the night, evil this way comes… Lizzie Grace and Belle Kent, her witch familiar, are living and working on the Faelan Werewolf Reservation—one that has banned the use of magic within its borders. Although they have their supporters—including ranger Aiden O’Connor, who once hated all things witch—Lizzie and Belle now face possible eviction... -
![A Glimpse of Evil by Victoria Laurie]()
A Glimpse of Evil by Victoria Laurie
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsProfessional psychic Abigail Cooper is about to discover that some cold cases are better off dead... As the FBI's newest Civilian Profiler, Abby Cooper is using her powers of intuition to help solve a backlog of the bureau's cold cases...
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