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Give up the Ghost by Jane Hinchey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNever in my almost thirty years did I think my new normal would be talking to ghosts, yet here we are.After inheriting a PI business, I find my clients are more incorporeal than not and are relying on me to solve their untimely deaths. Unfortunately, being a magnet for ghosts has its downside. Hello? Lack of privacy, for starters... -
![Magic & Maladies by Annabel Chase]()
Magic & Maladies by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWelcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. A wedding may be a new beginning for Bentley and Meadow, but it's an ending for one of their obnoxious guests. When Sheriff Nash starts showing more wolf than warmth during the investigation, paranormals sit up and take notice, especially ones in positions of power... -
![Fashionably Dead and Wed by Robyn Peterman]()
Fashionably Dead and Wed by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI know I’m already mated…I wanna get married. What do you get when you combine a three headed monster named Charles, a rotund, gay, dancing Demon named Doug, a culinary disaster baked by Mother Nature, a celibate premarital councilor named Jeff, an offer from Satan that’s impossible to refuse and Steve Perry? You get the Royal Wedding from Hell—or to be more accurate—possibly in Hell... -
![Witch Is How The Biscuits Disappeared by Adele Abbott]()
Witch Is How The Biscuits Disappeared by Adele Abbott
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsYou can lead a horse to water...Truth can be stranger than fiction. Never has that been more true for Jill Maxwell. Meanwhile, a close relative makes a shocking discovery. ...away from your custard creams... -
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![Midnight Spells by Kim Richardson]()
Midnight Spells by Kim Richardson
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsGet ready for this heart-pounding and laugh out loud magical adventure!Just when I thought I’d finally gotten my life back on track, the unexpected happens.It’s the annual Night Festival in Hollow Cove, a paranormal festival extravaganza that lasts for five nights and features a multitude of powerful faces in our paranormal circles.There’s only one little problem. Someone ends up dead... -
![Run by B.L. Brunnemer]()
Run by B.L. Brunnemer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith Evelyn unconscious, it’s up to the rest of the team to keep Chicago from breaking out into chaos. Witches, wolves, and vampires are at each other’s throats. Demons are slipping through the barrier and the dead are piling up. It’s up to Astrid and Ranulf to keep Chicago from erupting into war... -
![Client from Hell by R.J. Blain]()
Client from Hell by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStep one: add some gasoline.Step two: light a match.Step three: watch the devil’s house burn.As far as plans go, Sandra Moore rather likes hers. It’s simple. It gets the job done. It reduces the devil’s house to smoldering ruins.Life is good—at least for the year she has left of it, assuming the devil doesn’t kill her first... -
![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 ratingsThe 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... -
![Witch My Grits by Amy Boyles]()
Witch My Grits by Amy Boyles
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWill Dylan marry Roman? Southern witch Dylan Apel’s to-do list is stacked high—decide whether or not to marry her boyfriend, try to stay sane amidst her crazy family’s antics, and make a quickie dress for a shotgun wedding. The easiest of those is making the dress—or at least it’s supposed to be. But when one of the bridesmaids confesses that she’s a witch, Dylan is immediately suspicious... -
![Ghostly Fears by Lily Harper Hart]()
Ghostly Fears by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsTen years ago, Harper Harlow lost a classmate. Jennifer Jessup was sweet, nice, and seemingly aimless in life. She came from a good family, lived on an island, and was spoiled with every material gift that could possibly be bestowed upon her. She was still unhappy. Now, a decade later, her father Byron Jessup has approached Harper with a business opportunity... -
![Witch is How To Lose Big by Adele Abbott]()
Witch is How To Lose Big by Adele Abbott
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTwo custard creams… A man has gone missing from a hotel, and Jill is on the case. Meanwhile, what has happened to the ghost's jewellery, and what is in the trinket box? …are not as good as five... -
![Fashionably Fanged by Robyn Peterman, Audrey Lusk]()
Fashionably Fanged by Robyn Peterman, Audrey Lusk
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI have to trap the most evil, worst bad dude in existence without actually turning him to ash. So, what's a Vampyre to do?For starters, enter an undead beauty pageant - in Oklahoma, where the hair is jacked and the contestants are busty and brainless.My name is Venus. I'm a 200-year-old killing machine, and I'm trading in my daggers and sword for a sparkly dress and an obscene swimsuit... -
![It's a Hell of a Midlife by Robyn Peterman]()
It's a Hell of a Midlife by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI did not order the extra slice of Armageddon to go with my midlife crisis. Apparently , if you’re an Immortal, it comes free of charge. I have until sundown tomorrow to get to a parallel plane of existence, save my family, and kick bad-guy butt all before the world ends. Impossible, right? Not according to my posse of whackado buddies... -
![Ghostly Holiday by Lily Harper Hart]()
Ghostly Holiday by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsChristmas is here, and Harper Harlow and Jared Monroe have big plans for the holidays. Harper is ready to move into their new house – and find him the perfect gift. And Jared? Well, he’s gearing up to propose and he’s making Zander ring shop with him... -
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![The Gravedigger’s Son: A Charley Davidson Novella by Darynda Jones]()
The Gravedigger’s Son: A Charley Davidson Novella by Darynda Jones
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe job should have been easy.Get in. Assess the situation. Get out. But for veteran tracker Quentin Rutherford, things get sticky when the girl he’s loved since puberty shows up, conducting her own investigation into the strange occurrences of the small, New Mexico town... -
![Demon Curse by Linsey Hall]()
Demon Curse by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLife has gotten a bit dicey, lately. Which is a major understatement. My normal gig as a demon slayer turns extra deadly when a group of them attacks my home. I manage to take them out, but not before it’s too late. My sister and I are hit by the deadly fire veins curse. We have only days to find a cure, so we’ve got to split up to cover more ground... -
![Practical Hexes by Kim Richardson]()
Practical Hexes by Kim Richardson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNever in my thirty years did I think my new normal would be a gig as a soul collector’s assistant—slave really—where I help stockpile souls from the miserable mortals who sell them to him. The demon thinks he can control me, but I plan on doing things differently… my way. But we all know it’s never that easy or that simple, especially in my life.Surprisingly, things get off to a good start... -
![The Christmas Witch by Amanda M. Lee]()
The Christmas Witch by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIt’s the winter of 1995, and the Winchester household is more doom and gloom than mistletoe and merriment. Young Bay, Clove and Thistle are anything but happy. They’re facing their first Christmas without their fathers, and no matter how hard their mothers try, they just can’t seem to get the girls to embrace this festive time of year... -
![Ghostly Asylum by Lily Harper Hart]()
Ghostly Asylum by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsSomething haunted this way comes … and it means big things for Ghost Hunters, Inc. It seems Phantoms, one of the most popular shows on the Independent Ghost Hunting Network, is interested in doing a location shoot at Ludington Asylum, which just happens to be located on a small island near Whisper Cove... -
![Dead Weight by G.P. Robbins]()
Dead Weight by G.P. Robbins
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNewly promoted Detective Jace Smithson has his hands full with solving the murders of ten men and the kidnapping of a unicorn capable of producing diamonds. On the surface, the crime appears to be a classic tale of greed and violence, but digging deeper reveals something sinister has come to Cauldron City... -
![Ghostly Business by Lily Harper Hart]()
Ghostly Business by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEvery “quiet” town has secrets. The one nobody expected is about to rock Whisper Cove.During what should’ve been a romantic double date, a fire breaks out at a historic home. Harper Harlow and Jared Monroe race to the scene to make sure nobody is trapped or in danger … and discover one heck of a secret... -
![Witch Swindled in Westerham by Dionne Lister]()
Witch Swindled in Westerham by Dionne Lister
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJust when Lily’s settling into life in Westerham and making new friends, the Paranormal Investigation Bureau needs her help again. A witch has been misappropriating millions from unsuspecting retirees, but she’s destroyed all the evidence. Lily’s unique witchy skills are the only thing that can uncover the past and get the PIB the evidence it needs... -
![Dead Wolf by Tim O'Rourke]()
Dead Wolf by Tim O'Rourke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLearning the painful secrets of her past, Kiera must understand why the truth had been kept from her. When confronting Murphy, Kiera soon discovers he has been keeping his own terrible secret. With Kiera's and her friend's past lives coming back to haunt them, Jack Seth tells her, she must discover the identity of the hooded photographer if she is to push her life back and save those she loves... -
![101 Ways to Die by R.J. Blain]()
101 Ways to Die by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOfficer McMarin of the NYPD is in for the ride of her life when the Chief Quinns storm into her station, promote her to the rank of detective, and relocate her to Manhattan. Saddled with the dubious honor of being Chief Bailey Quinn’s primary rider is only the beginning of her woes.Her first case delves into the dark waters of the many ways in which a person can die... -
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![Happy Witchgiving by Amanda M. Lee]()
Happy Witchgiving by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsTerry Davenport is new to the job as Walkerville’s chief of police, but he takes his position seriously – even though very few things of note happen in the small hamlet. Walkerville may be boring, but Terry’s personal life is anything but. When termites infest his house, Terry has no choice but to check into a local inn while his home is being tented... -
![Dragon Blood by Linsey Hall]()
Dragon Blood by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA Race Against Time There’s no rest for the wicked. Or for demon slayers. I’m both, so things have been busy. The sort of busy where I spend all my time trying not to get killed or discovered for what I really am—a Dragon Blood with the deadly power to create new magic... -
![Crazy For Brew by Annabel Chase]()
Crazy For Brew by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWelcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. It's the first annual Spellbound Day and the community has come together to celebrate recent seismic changes. Local lawyer Emma Hart is on top of the world, reveling in her new marriage and her promotion within the coven's academy. When residents begin acting strangely, the entire town is thrown for a loop... -
![Spirits, Beignets, and a Bayou Biker Gang by Deanna Chase]()
Spirits, Beignets, and a Bayou Biker Gang by Deanna Chase
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMedium Pyper Rayne and her witch boyfriend Julius are on an impromptu getaway in southern Louisiana. The quaint bayou town has everything: a Victorian inn, a famous brew pub, the best beignets this side of the Mississippi. Oh and an infamous bayou biker gang... -
![Dead Seth by Tim O'Rourke]()
Dead Seth by Tim O'Rourke
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHeld hostage by Jack Seth, Kiera Hudson must not only find a way to escape, but save Potter and her father before she turns to stone. With Jack becoming ever more unstable and dangerous, Kiera soon realises the choice he is forcing her to make has far more terrifying consequences than she first believed... -
![Catnapped by R.J. Blain]()
Catnapped by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen someone steals Diana’s cat, a former lab animal rescued from death’s door, she calls on one of the most dangerous beings in the universe for help. Cutting a deal with the devil isn’t the smartest move, but there’s no way in hell she’ll abandon Mr. Flooferson the Magnificent to his fate... -
![Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Kindred by Lydia Sherrer]()
Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Kindred by Lydia Sherrer
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBound by blood, duty, and magic. Which will win?Lily Singer’s allies and family are determined to hold John Faust accountable for his actions, but doing so may create more problems than it solves. From political intrigue to international alliances, Lily, Sebastian, and Sir Kipling must venture out into the larger wizard community and survive the first Wizard Convocation held in almost a century... -
![Hemlocked and Loaded by Annabel Chase]()
Hemlocked and Loaded by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWelcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. Emma Hart has a lot on her paranormal plate--a wedding to plan, a trespasser to defend, and a longstanding curse to break. When a pixie dies under mysterious circumstances, her endless list of Things To Do grows even longer... -
![Властелин Морморы by Max Frei]()
Властелин Морморы by Max Frei
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsТрактир «Кофейная гуща» стоит на границе между новорожденной реальностью и непознаваемым хаосом еще неосущественных возможностей. Он стал центральным местом действия цикла «Хроники Ехо», в ходе которого старые друзья и коллеги встречаются, чтобы поговорить о прошлом и помолчать о будущем, которое уже почти наступило... -
![Incubus of Bourbon Street by Deanna Chase, Traci Odom]()
Incubus of Bourbon Street by Deanna Chase, Traci Odom
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom New York Times Bestselling author Deanna Chase. Newlyweds Jade Calhoun and Kane Rouquette have barely said “I do” when there’s a disturbance in the shadow world that’s draining the energy of angels... -
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![Welcoming Seas by Lily Harper Hart]()
Welcoming Seas by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRowan Gray is a former photojournalist starting a new life on The Bounding Storm, one of the Atlantic Ocean’s most decadent cruise ships. She’s friendly and excited for her new career … but she’s also hiding a secret. Quinn Davenport left a career in the military to become head of security on The Bounding Storm... -
![Wicked Places by Lily Harper Hart]()
Wicked Places by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDetective Jack Harker is going on vacation, and he wants his witchy new girlfriend Ivy Morgan to go with him. He just hasn’t asked her yet. When he finally gets up the courage, Ivy agrees to a weeklong camping trip with Jack’s former police academy friends and their wives... -
![Perfect Pending by Lucía Ashta]()
Perfect Pending by Lucía Ashta
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe comes from a bloodline of powerful witches. But for Marla, magic seems to have skipped a generation.Over forty, recently divorced, and with two teenagers, starting over back in my hometown seemed like my best option. I had no idea what I was in for.Well, I should have.Only those with powers can enter Gales Haven. And I haven’t found mine.Until now.Mastering your abilities can take years... -
![Fashionably Forever After by Robyn Peterman]()
Fashionably Forever After by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA movie deal for the Devil’s autobiography slash romance? Priceless. Maybe I should choose George Clooney to play me in the movie… No. Too gray. As much as I can’t see anyone playing me but me, I have far more important issues on my agenda—like finding the woman who stole my soul... -
![Ghostly Tricks by Lily Harper Hart]()
Ghostly Tricks by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt’s the most magical time of the year … for Harper and Zander, that is. Not Christmas, mind you, but Halloween. That’s right, Whisper Cove’s favorite ghost-hunting duo are decking out their house for their favorite holiday – and they’re only mildly fighting while doing it... -
![Wicked Games by Lily Harper Hart]()
Wicked Games by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIvy Morgan knew she was in for a world of hurt when she was sentenced to community service. She had no idea just how bad things were going to be, though. On her first day of picking up trash along the roadside, one of her crew members stumbles over a body, and it happens to belong to someone she knows... -
![Witch Silenced in Westerham by Dionne Lister]()
Witch Silenced in Westerham by Dionne Lister
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Will invites Lily to meet his grandmother at the Saint Catherine Laboure care home for witches, she learns the residents have been dying at an alarming rate. Will's grandmother is scared she'll be next--but they put it down to the paranoid ramblings of a dementia patient. Until Will's grandmother dies unexpectedly for no apparent reason... -
![Hexes and Exes by Sarina Dorie]()
Hexes and Exes by Sarina Dorie
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou think you know the world of magical boarding schools? Not from a teacher’s perspective at a school for at-risk youth. The series WOMBY’S SCHOOL FOR WAYWARD WITCHES is a whimsical urban fantasy set in a contemporary subculture of magical beings and monsters. The ghosts of boyfriends past are haunting Clarissa Lawrence, the most unmagical teacher at Womby’s School for Wayward Witches... -
![Charmed Caper by Lucía Ashta]()
Charmed Caper by Lucía Ashta
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNot a day over fabulous.Marla Gawama is the new detective of Gales Haven.She knows nothing about sleuthing, but her nan assigned her the job, and what Bessie Gawama wants, she gets.Marla does her best to carry out her new detective doo-ties. She even dons her comfortable running shoes and sets out to get ’er done... -
![Witch Undercover in Westerham by Dionne Lister]()
Witch Undercover in Westerham by Dionne Lister
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook three in the Paranormal Investigation Bureau series. Lily decides to go undercover to catch a killer when her art teacher goes missing. But has she targeted the right man?She also gets a not-so-nice surprise when a man wanting revenge for his brother's death comes for her.So much for witches having it easier... -
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![Witch Slapped in Westerham by Dionne Lister]()
Witch Slapped in Westerham by Dionne Lister
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook 4 in the Paranormal Investigation Bureau Cosy Mystery series.When violent crime increases in Westerham, Lily and the PIB agents have to step in to sort things out. But nothing is quite as it seems, and danger lurks in every shadow... -
![Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus Cat Mischief: A Lily Singer Adventures Novella by Lydia Sherrer]()
Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus Cat Mischief: A Lily Singer Adventures Novella by Lydia Sherrer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf you did not want mayhem, you should not have hired a talking cat. Blessed (or cursed, depending on who you ask) with human intelligence, Sir Edgar Allan Kipling, magical talking cat extraordinaire, spends most of his time keeping his human wizard out of trouble—whether she wants him to or not. If she knew what he usually got up to, she would protest most vociferously... -
![Dangerous Seas by Lily Harper Hart]()
Dangerous Seas by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsTen years ago, Rowan Gray’s father didn’t return from a routine day at work. The police believed he accidentally drove into a nearby lake thanks to inclement weather, but no sign of him or the car he was driving was ever found. Now, Rowan Gray is a photographer on a cruise ship. She’s in love with the head of security Quinn Davenport, and living a life she never thought possible... -
![Sunny with a Chance of Monsters (Sunny Day, Paranormal Badass) by Sara King, Fred Garnet]()
Sunny with a Chance of Monsters (Sunny Day, Paranormal Badass) by Sara King, Fred Garnet
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThree years ago, Sunny Day’s life came to an end. Cursed, forgotten, and pushed to the fringes of society, the former EMT has hit rock bottom—which is a real achievement in an alternate-future Alaska where even granite floats. A silk-clad stranger appears, and with him, a kernel of hope: A bounty, $100,000 for one gangly math teacher... -
![Rogue Coven by Renee George]()
Rogue Coven by Renee George
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRogue witches. Halloween Pranks. Dead body. A hellmouth at the four-way between Main Street and Bliss. For Police Chief Haze Kinsey, it's just another day in Paradise Falls. In the paranormal town of Paradise Falls, witch Hazel Kinsey is settling into her new job as police chief and as the mate of hunky werebear Ford Baylor... -
![The M-Team by Kate Danley]()
The M-Team by Kate Danley
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Maggie and Killian torched Hollywood, the World Walker Association was not happy and decided to pull Maggie's license. This is just the opportunity the bad guys were looking for. When Maggie decides to do what is right vs. what is legal, the Association puts a bounty hunter on her tail to haul her off to prison...
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