Books like 'Cracked! A Magic iPhone Story'
Readers who enjoyed Cracked! A Magic iPhone Story by Janine A. Southard also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
fantasy north-america usa washington urban humor literary-fiction
-
Burn, Baby, Burn by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsalternate cover edition of ASIN B07NPMRTB7Bailey and Quinn are back! Bailey Ember Gardener Quinn should’ve read the manual on caring for an incubus before marrying hers. The marriage license hadn’t mentioned anything about their sexy, insatiable ways. If she doesn’t get a single night of undisturbed rest soon, she’ll snap—or go on a napalm bender. Either would work... -
Holymoly by Heide Goody, Iain Grant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStephen and his friends spent their teenage years immersed in the fantasy gaming worlds of wizards and warriors, undertaking quests to fight evil occultists, vanquish terrible monsters and rescue damsels in distress. Now, twenty-something years later, there is a real-life quest. Life as a monk has hardly prepared Brother Stephen for the mission ahead... -
The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's never too late for new beginnings.On the cusp of turning eighty, newly retired pharmacist Augusta Stern is adrift. When she relocates to Rallentando Springs—an active senior community in southern Florida—she unexpectedly crosses paths with Irving Rivkin, the delivery boy from her father’s old pharmacy—and the man who broke her heart sixty years earlier...Categorized as:
north-america usa urban literary-fiction florida new-york-state romance historical-fiction -
Double Trouble by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsalternate cover edition of ASIN B07WZRS95KLayla, a recovering drug addict, reformed kleptomaniac, and general troublemaker, believes she has a one-way ticket straight to hell to go with her general rap sheet. Instead of jail time, she's ordered to perform ninety days of community service.Her job is simple: she must keep two unicorns out of trouble... -
-
The Dividing Sky by Jill Tew
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA cunning memory merchant falls for the handsome rookie officer on her tail in this swoony dystopian romance, hailed as “dynamic, vivid, and electrifying” (Ayana Gray, New York Times bestselling author of Beasts of Prey)“[A] high-stakes story packed with slow-burn pining and plentiful tension... -
Wolf Tales V by Kate Douglas
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo Couples, One Wicked Passion. Welcome To The Wild Side Of Love...Life hasn't always been easy for strong-willed Millie West, but it's been a hell of a lot simpler without romantic entanglements. Millie finds her pleasure when and where she wants it, although what she's gotten from regular guys has never been quite enough. When she meets Ulrich Mason, she finally learns why... -
It's Not Unusual To Be Loved by an Alien by Chloe Archer
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA sexy alien living incognito on Earth meets a sci-fi loving nerd who wants to rock his universe. What could possibly go wrong? Besides the unexpected tentacles and the accidental Mating Courtship Ritual, that is....RIVER SULLIVANAs a bona fide sci-fi nerd and total X-phile—the truth is out there—I’ve always believed in aliens. Duh... -
A Harvest of Bones by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsStrange supernatural events have been happening to medium Emerald O?Brien. So now it?s up to her and her friends to delve into the past to reveal secrets of the dead, lay them to rest, and ring in the autumn with a harvest of bones... -
Little Elliot, Big City by Mike Curato
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhether it's meeting that special friend, or finally getting that long-awaited cupcake, it's the little things that count in this sweet story of a little polka-dotted elephant, Mike Curato's Little Elliot, Big City .Amid the hustle and bustle of the big city, the big crowds and bigger buildings, Little Elliot leads a quiet life... -
LA Trompeta Del Cisne by E.B. White
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 57 ratingsLouis is a mute swan. His beloved Serena ignores him because of his handicap. To help him, his father steals a trumpet. Louis learns how to play it, not only to give his father the money to pay for the instrument, but also to win Serena's heart...Categorized as:
humor literary-fiction north-america urban usa 20th-century action-adventure animals -
Seduced by Blood by Laurie London
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeep within the forests of the Pacific Northwest, the battle for supremacy rages on between two vampire coalitions:Guardian enforcers sworn to protect humanity, and Darkbloods, rogues who kill like their ancient ancestors…Hot-blooded and hard-edged, Tristan Santiago has an uncanny ability to see beneath the surface—a skill that serves him well as the Guardians' region commander... -
Dead Suite by Wendy Roberts
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCrime scene cleaner Sadie Novak has been blessed with the gift of second sight. But with ghosts of murder victims always popping up when she’s trying to work, her blessing sometimes seems more like a curse… With business slow, her mortgage payment looming, and her relationship with on-again off-again boyfriend Zack somewhere in limbo, Sadie could use a drink and a little rejuvenating R&R... -
Bound by Erica O'Rourke
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"I beat you. Twice. No magic, and I still beat you. And that was when I didn't know what I was doing." I smiled, cold as the winter sky outside. "Imagine what I'm capable of now."Mo Fitzgerald has made her choice: A life in Chicago. A future with Colin. To leave behind the enigmatic Luc and the world of the Arcs... -
Make Me by Parker Blue
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShapiro has a secret she’s desperate to keep - she’s lost her slayer powers.As the new guardian of the Encyclopedia Magicka, Val expected the books to give her powers to replace those that disappeared after she lost her “V card” to Shade. But the encyclopedia exacts a price for every spell, making the job of guardian a tricky proposition...Categorized as:
literary-fiction north-america urban usa action-adventure audiobook book coming-of-age -
-
Master Wanted by Susi Hawke, Piper Scott
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSuccessful alpha in need of an omega unafraid to take control. Willing to be generou$$$. Looking forward to hearing from you. Troy Sullivan is the current owner of The Palisade, one of the most popular casinos on the Las Vegas Strip... -
Zane by Kim Fox
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGwen thought that opening up a muffin shop next to a firehouse was going to be a dream come true. Especially next to the hot fireman of Colwood, Montana who like to walk around half-naked. Boy, was she wrong. Because every time she walks outside, she ends up fighting with Zane, the frustratingly handsome firefighter who always gets her heart pumping, her palms sweating, and her pulse racing... -
Schrader's Chord by Scott Leeds
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHeart-Shaped Box meets The Haunting of Hill House in Schrader's Chord , Scott Leeds's chilling debut about cursed vinyl records that open a gateway to the land of the dead.I told you they were real.After his estranged father’s mysterious death, Charlie Remick returns to Seattle to help with the funeral... -
Everybody's Fool: A Novel by Richard Russo
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Empire Falls returns to North Bath, the Rust Belt town first brought to unforgettable life in Nobody’s Fool . • "Irresistible.... Very funny.... A joy... -
Everything You Are by Kerry Anne King
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of Whisper Me This comes a haunting and lyrical novel about the promises we make and the forgiveness we need when we break them. One tragic twist of fate destroyed Braden Healey’s hands, his musical career, and his family... -
Liberation Day: Stories by George Saunders
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsMacArthur genius and Booker Prize winner George Saunders returns with a collection of short stories that make sense of our increasingly troubled world, his first since the New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist Tenth of DecemberThe "best short story writer in English" (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores ideas of power, ethics, and justice, and cuts to the... -
Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 56 ratingsStill Life with Woodpecker is a sort of a love story that takes place inside a pack of Camel cigarettes. It reveals the purpose of the moon, explains the difference between criminals and outlaws, examines the conflict between social activism and romantic individualism, and paints a portrait of contemporary society that includes powerful Arabs, exiled royalty, and pregnant cheerleaders... -
Mysteria Lane by MaryJanice Davidson, Susan Grant
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe New York Times bestselling authors of Mysteria return to the town where paranormal passions run high—and everyone makes their own rules.Located in the picturesque mountains of Colorado, Mysteria is a place where the supernatural co-exists with the natural. It’s a town of bewitching seduction, dark magic, and sensual demons.. -
Legend of the Jade Dragon by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTarot cards seldom lie. So when they predict chaos and bad luck for her last client of the day, Emerald gets more than a little worried. He leaves behind a charming jade statue of a dragon--but promptly dies in a hit-and-run accident outside of her shop. When other terrible things begin to plague Em and her family, the only explanation is the jade dragon... -
Lamberto, Lamberto, Lamberto by Gianni Rodari, Federico Maggioni
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA fable for children and adults: a story of life, death, and terrorism—in the grand tradition of Exupéry’s The Little PrinceWhen we first meet 93-year-old millionaire Baron Lamberto, he has been diagnosed with 24 life-threatening ailments—one for each of the 24 banks he owns... -
-
Nights Embrace by Brandy L. Rivers
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings18+It all started with a song.Roxana Nights was late to another gig, thanks to her first love, and drummer. It’s been years since she left Jordan, but he won’t let her go. Then she hears a voice that pulls her under a spell and changes her whole world.Trevor Malone just moved to Seattle with his band. Music is his only passion, until he lays eyes on Roxana... -
Everlasting Desire by Amanda Ashley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDesire Burns ForeverThe clientele at Shore's clothing store includes some of L.A.'s sexiest bachelors. But none of them affects Megan DeLacey as deeply as the dark-eyed stranger who strides into her boutique one evening - and keeps returning, night after night. Megan is drawn to Rhys Costain even as she fears him... -
Gustav's Gargoyle Adventure by Charlie Richards
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOut of the Cage: When your mate can just fly away, you need to give him a reason to stay. Gustav Hermance is finally putting his life back together. He’s landed a job as a foreman for a construction company, he hasn’t suffered a panic attack in months, and he’s found an apartment of his own... -
Another Kingdom by Andrew Klavan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"What was this place? Was I crazy? Or was I crazy before, back in L.A.? Was my real life some sort of dream? Was this hell reality?"Austin Lively is a struggling, disillusioned screenwriter from LA whose dreams of success seem to slip further out of reach every day... -
The Grand Masquerade by Amanda Hughes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor readers who like historical fiction with a little romance. It is a life built on secrets, lust, and lies, and Sydnee Sauveterre is at the center of the charade. Used as a source of income at a stand on the Natchez Trace, Sydnee escapes to start a new life in Louisiana... -
Paint it Black by John G. Hartness
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGoblins and Witches and Trolls . . . oh crap!In the fourth installment of The Black Knight Chronicles, Jimmy Black is having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day and a darned fine pity party, serving the finest alcohol, when a call from his not-quite-girlfriend-cop forces him to sober up and stare at jawbones... -
The Thrill Of The Grass by W.P. Kinsella
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNo one can write about baseball with the same brilliant combination of mysticism and realism as W. P. Kinsella. Lovers of the game and lovers of fine writing will thrill to the range of the eleven stories that make up this new collection... -
Zod Wallop by William Browning Spencer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRock yawned. "Gotta get moving," Rock said. A couple of hundred million years went by. A rock is always slow to take action. A rock watches an oak grow from a sapling to a towering tree, and it's a flash and a dazzle in the mind of a rock. What was that? Rock thinks. Or maybe, Huh?That's how Zod Wallop starts... -
Nightbound by Lynn Viehl
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeaumaris of York has many secrets. No human can know that he’s an immortal Darkyn assigned to Knight’s Realm, the Kyn stronghold disguised as a medieval theme park. And none of his brethren can discover that he’s a half-breed, rescued from slavery as a child. Lately Beau has been yearning for action—and he’s about to find it with his new mission.Brilliant archaeologist Dr... -
Matchmaker, Matchmaker by Amber Kell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen his matchmaking services are acquired by a vampire, Dane finds himself embroiled in a world he’d vowed to never get involved in. Dane Sanders is one of the most talented matchmakers in the city...and without any hesitation he turns down the City Vampire Master’s business. After all, a vampire killed his family and he vowed to never have anything to do with them... -
-
Catfantastic V by Andre Norton, Martin H. Greenberg
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn these all-original stories, you'll meet the cats of the past, cats of the stars-wide future, cats who take power into their own paws, and cats who can face down Death itself. These are 24 tales certain to capture the hearts and imaginations of feline-lovers everywhere. br brPraise for the iCatfantastic/i series: br br"Will be relished by cat lovers, whether science-fiction/fantasy fans or not... -
Always the Vampire by Nancy Haddock
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's not easy being a dutiful maid of honor when you're a vampire in the Sunshine State... Cesca Marinelli has been slacking on her duties as a vampire princess, but she will be the best maid of honor ever for Maggie's Victorian wedding. However, when her mostly-human honey, Saber, falls ill due to a magical construct called the Void, she knows she'll have to go beyond the call of bridesmaid duty... -
Risen by Cole Gibsen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFans of Vampire Diaries and Twilight will be thirsting for this latest vampire addiction…My aunt has been kidnapped by vampires, and it’s up to me to save her. Only…I had no idea vampires existed. None. Nada... -
Remember Why You Fear Me by Robert Shearman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeliciously frightening, darkly satirical, and always unexpected, Robert Shearman has won the World Fantasy Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the Edge Hill Reader's Prize. Remember Why You Fear Me gathers together his best dark fiction, the most celebrated stories from his acclaimed books, and ten new tales that have never been collected before... -
Open Throat by Henry Hoke
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA lonely, lovable, queer mountain lion narrates this star-making fever dream of a novel. A queer and dangerously hungry mountain lion lives in the drought-devastated land under the Hollywood sign... -
My Roommate Is a Vampire by Jenna Levine
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsTrue love is at stake in this charming, debut romantic comedy.Cassie Greenberg loves being an artist, but it’s a tough way to make a living. On the brink of eviction, she’s desperate when she finds a too-good-to-be-true apartment in a beautiful Chicago neighborhood. Cassie knows there has to be a catch—only someone with a secret to hide would rent out a room for that price... -
The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Briggs
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFor more than two decades, Terry Pratchett has been regaling readers with tales of Discworld—a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants, which are standing on the back of a giant turtle, flying through space... -
Trials of Tam by Amber Kell
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRe-release of the same title, if you have the previous version please keep your money.Tam's genius IQ has let him have his way in most everything in life. His luck comes to a halt when his father’s job moves them across country and his family petitions to join a new pack. After meeting Tam the Alpha's price of admission is a chance to call Tam his own... -
Sworn to the Wolf by Lauren Dane
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRain left her old life to find a fresh start. But a wolf shifter mate wasn't exactly what she was expecting…A new name, a new job, a new life—far from the dangers of her old one.Then Laurent walked into her restaurant and changed everything.The second-in-command for the Cherchez Wolf Pack, Laurent didn't expect to find his destiny in a roadside café... -
Savage Awakenings by Stephani Hecht
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn outcast among his own kind, Rat has always withdrawn from others and lived life by his own rules. Rejected and shunned so many times, he’s resigned to the fact that he’ll always be alone and almost convinces himself that he’s happier that way. That all changes in one instant when he receives a call from a lost shifter named Keegan... -
-
Blood Rock by Anthony Francis
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThings are looking up for Dakota Frost - new child, new house, and new car. But when vicious magical graffiti begins targeting vampires and werewolves - starting with her friends - everything starts to fall apart... -
We Others: New and Selected Stories by Steven Millhauser, Olivier Culmann
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“Every reader knows of writers who are like secrets one wants to keep, and whose books one wants to tell the world about. Millhauser is mine.”—David Rollow, Boston Sunday GlobeFrom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author: the essential stories across three decades that showcase his indomitable imagination... -
Broken Paper Hearts by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsValentine's Day has come to Buckley Township. For Alice, that means cupcakes and paper hearts. For Jonathan, it means sleepless nights and fear, because Fran hasn't come home.Everything ends eventually. No matter how much you hope that it won't.Everything ends...Categorized as:
urban literary-fiction humor urban-fantasy fantasy paranormal fiction historical-fiction -
The Bear Comes Home by Rafi Zabor
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs Rafi Zabor's PEN-Faulkner Award-winning novel opens, the Bear shuffles and jigs with a chain through his nose, rolling in the gutter, letting his partner wrestle him to the ground for the crowd's enjoyment. But as soon becomes clear, this is no ordinary dancing bear. "I mean, dance is all right, even street dance... -
Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Farm by Joy Cowley
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUh-oh. Mrs. Wishy-Washy is at it again. Rubbing and scrubbing all the animals on the farm. But this time they aren't standing for it. Duck, Cow, and Pig are leaving mean old Mrs. Wishy-Washy for good!They run away to the big city. But they get lost, wander into a restaurant, and even stumble into a hardware store and get covered in paint! Where is Mrs... -
The Sound of Building Coffins by Louis Maistros
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMeticulously-drawn in lyrical prose, this tale of death and rebirth, devastation and redemption, will draw you into a world of beauty and pain, as alluring as it is dangerous...
Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.