Books like 'Fire Works in the Hamptons'
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Compelling Infinity by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI was a dragon. Dragons didn’t run from any situation. Not even a dragon disguised as a witch. Well … at least not from any situation that involved the archive or my duty, because apparently I fled before anything even remotely personal. Including surprise double dates.A masked gala. A solstice celebration with the werewolves... -
Magic & Misdeeds by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWelcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken.When a new case leads to an old crime, Sheriff Nash is confronted with a ghost from his past... -
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... -
Magic & Mischief by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWelcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. When a handful of Starry Hollow residents experience their worst nightmares in real life, witch-in-training Ember Rose must use her budding journalist skills to figure out the who, what, why, when, where and how before it's too late... -
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Hell Hath No Fury by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHell hath no fury…like an angry god of the underworld. Persephone is missing. When Hades uses every resource at his disposal and fails to locate his wife, he takes drastic measures. He hires the Montague & Strong Detective Agency to locate her, bring her back to him, and most importantly, find out who dared to kidnap his wife... -
Marked by Magic by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsArwen Forester may be a socially awkward introvert, but she’s an expert tracker, archer, and forager who has a pickling recipe for every vegetable in the garden. Unfortunately, none of these skills earn her a lot of money. And when the taxes go up on her father’s farm, she’s not sure how to help him keep the property... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Mist and Magic by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAs a freelance assassin, Val Thorvald leads a dangerous life.She’s learned not to stay in the same place for long and not to get too attached to anything. For example, she would never consider adopting a pet.But when she’s searching for a missing friend, she finds an abandoned silver tiger cub.The magical feline is clearly from another realm, but Val has no idea which one or how to send it back... -
Misfits, Gemstones, and Other Shattered Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo more elves were at large in Vancouver, but thankfully they’d been keeping a low profile while I faced the most daunting task of my twenty-seven years — planning and executing my wedding. I was dealing with a disgruntled grandmother with an extensive guest wish list of the magically inclined, all of whom didn’t particularly like each other... -
Wrath and Bones by A.J. Aalto
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMarnie Baranuik is confident that her new psychic detective agency will be a great success, and she has eight million business cards to prove it. But before the paint even dries on her open for business sign, she’s summoned to face the Demon King Asmodeus in His own playground, the revenant court, home of the undead nobility, to participate in a conclave of the most powerful immortals on Earth... -
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... -
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Maudlin's Mayhem by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"A little chaos is always good for the soul..."When chaos descends on the Bewitching Bedlam B&B, Maudlin finds herself at the mercy of Murphy's Law. Everything is going wrong. At first, some of the chaos is just annoying, but then it turns deadly and Maddy finds herself on the wrong side with Essie Vanderbilt, the Queen of the Northwest Vampire Court... -
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... -
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... -
Two Tales of the Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsTwo Iron Druid short stories, previously available only in limited release, have now been revised and made available worldwide! "Kaibab Unbound" occurs just a couple of weeks before the events of HOUNDED, book one of the series... -
Portents and Oddities by Gwen DeMarco
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter defeating a Fae fanatic set on closing the portal between earth and the magic realm, things are looking up for Sophie Feegle. She can finally relax, drink whiskey at her favorite ogre pub, and get back to the autopsy assistant job she loves. Maybe she’ll even go on a romantic date with a certain sexy fox shifter.Yeah, right. Things never seem to work out quite the way Sophie wants... -
The Grisly Grizzlies: Kneecap by Kim Fox
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWild. Ferocious. Untamed. Vicious. And that’s just Kneecap in his human form. His savage grizzly bear on the other hand… watch out! Nothing and no one has been able to tame this half barbarian/half shifter in thirty years, but there’s a glimmer of hope when a curvy girl named Nora walks onto the ranch. Nora Marchesi has come to Montana to find her sister... -
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... -
Witch in Training by Elle Adams
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBlair is one step closer to finally getting her own wand and becoming a real witch-in-training. The only person standing in her way is the notoriously grumpy wand-maker wizard. One small problem: he's just hired her to find him a new assistant, and the job is cursed. With every possible employee turning into a rodent, it's up to Blair to get to the bottom of the mystery... -
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... -
Cheetahs Never Win by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWitnessing a double homicide dumps Aaron Clinton into the middle of a gruesome murder investigation. To stop the budding serial killer from striking again, Aaron must join forces with a reformed cop and a colony of cranky cats... -
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Fowl Play by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsalternate cover edition of ASIN B07F6Y9M9BInstead of a quiet dance retreat where she could escape the insanity of being the daughter of an angel, a succubus, and a lycanthrope, Emma Sansaul plummets into the middle of murder, mayhem, and mischief... -
Evil Eye by Alyssa Day
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor Jack Shepherd, tiger shapeshifter and former rebel leader, nothing in life has prepared him for this dead end. Dead End, Florida, to be exact. When swarms of treasure hunters descend on Dead End in search of legendary pirate Captain Jean Lafitte's fabled lost gold, chaos crashes down on the normally quiet town... -
Last but not Leashed by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWarning: This novella contains humor, romance, magic, a temporary escape from life, bodies, and puns. No plots were severely harmed during testing but they were put in time out due to hysterics... -
Magic 101 by Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBefore Buffy ever staked out a vampire, before anyone was “Grimm,” before the “Supernatural” Winchester brothers locked horns with things that go bump in the night, there was Diana Tregarde. Diana Tregarde. Occult investigator. Witch. And Guardian. Pledged to protect and shield the innocent from the deadly menaces of the Dark, the things most people have never seen--and would never want to... -
Blending In by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThanks to a jealous divine, whenever Chase Butler comes anywhere near Miriah, she turns into a chameleon. While her hopes of having a happily ever with Mr. Right are dashed, she’s determined to have the next best thing: a perfect Christmas... -
Hoofin' It by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAll Shane wanted was to get away from the wreckage of his career for a while. He picked New York City to provide him with a distraction from his early, unwanted retirement from the police force. New York City delivered, distracting him with three corpses and a miniature llama with a spitting problem and an attitude... -
Dresden Files Roleplaying Game: Vol 1: Your Story by Leonard Balsera, Jim Butcher
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTell Us Your StoryBeneath the "normal" surface of the world are things and people which most of us don't want to know about, and will do our best to forget about if we ever come near them. People won't see what they don't want to see.But that's most of us. And you-you're not most of us... -
My Kind of Town by Shelly Laurenston
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEmma Luchessi may be a witch from Long Island but she is used to her life being quiet. Some may even say boring. She doesn’t mind boring. Boring is safe. Calm. Peaceful. Like beige. One doesn’t get into trouble with beige. But a wrong turn off a southern highway is about to turn Emma’s beige life into everything but boring... -
Magic Graves by Jeaniene Frost, Ilona Andrews
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsNew York Times bestselling authors Jeaniene Frost and Ilona Andrews bring you two short stories of paranormal. Jeaniene Frost's story, One for the Money, features vampires Cat and Bones trying to protect a spoiled heiress with a price on her head and an undead hitman on her trail. Previously published in Death's Excellent Vacation... -
Werepanther 3: Paranormal Hunter by Logan Jacobs
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA few weeks ago, I was just Carter Hatfield, a broke college student and history major.Now, I’m a werepanther, a hunter of all things paranormal.And I already have two major kills under my belt with Div, the previous owner of my establishment, and Orglan, the former Master of Waters in the Midwest... -
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Love's Goddess (Poppy's Potions, #3) by H.P. Mallory, J.R. Rain
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsRoses are red,violets are blue,demons are dangerous,but love is too.It’s almost Valentine’s Day, so love should be in the air, right?Except it’s not—by a long-shot... -
Probationary Agent by Judith Berens, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSenior year. Two semesters remain before Raine Campbell and her friends graduate from the School of Necessary Magic. What are the chances of two, nice and quiet semesters? Chances are pretty slim. Louper finals are in full swing. Raine’s friends are trying to figure out their plans post high school. A teacher is being threatened... -
The Devil's in the Details by Selene Charles
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsElle and gang are in the one place they never expected to find themselves. Hell. Literally. There's a dark force stirring. One that's killed thousands during its time. It's been asleep for eons but it's awakening now... -
Pranic, Pregnant, and Petrified (The Montgomery Chronicles) by Karen Ranney
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the third book of the Montgomery Chronicles trilogy, the witches have almost gotten to the point of claiming Marcie Montgomery, at least since the Witch Test. If Janet Travis has anything to do with it, however, Marcie would be banished to the next universe before being publicly acknowledged as a Super Duper Witch... -
Lost Library Collection: Books 1-3 by Kate Baray
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLOST LIBRARY (Book 1) Lost Library brings together a mysterious, magical book and a quirky heroine to create the adventure of a lifetime! John Braxton arrives unannounced on Lizzie Smith's doorstep looking for answers she doesn't have. She may have a magical book, but she hasn't a clue what to do with it--or even how to read it... -
Fractured Worlds by Amanda Booloodian
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNo phone, no gun, not even a hint of a coffee shop. What's a girl to do? Apprehension and turmoil with those closest to me has me ready to jump back into work. Discovering the body of a colleague before I'm cleared for active duty isn't a great start and a video of my power in action has people looking at me sideways... -
The House Lost at Sea by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCursed by the lover of her former captain, Catalina de la Corona, the Pirate Princess of the Seven Seas, has lived an unnaturally long life and longs for the day she can find eternal peace. Hiding in plain sight as an investment banker, she waits for the end of eternity and the death she has rightfully earned... -
Bounty Hunter Down Under by S.C. Stokes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy mother always warned me about the creatures of the Otherworld, but I never expected an ice troll to show up at my work.Now I’m out of a job, bills are piling up, and magical monsters keep showing up in my town.When a hotter than Hades bounty hunter crosses my path, I see an opportunity to solve all my problems. He needs an apprentice, and I need a pay check... -
Between a Witch and a Hard Place by Celia Roman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwelve years ago, my mother, a powerful chaos witch, walked out on me and my twin brother without a backward glance. We didn't hear another word out of her until a vampire walked into my brother Nick's bar wanting me to track her down. She'd disappeared into thin air, and he insisted that I was the only one who could find her.Of course, I refused... -
Faerie Enchantment (Poppy's Potions, #2) by H.P. Mallory, J.R. Rain
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsParanormal Women’s Fiction from #1 Amazon Bestseller, J.R. Rain, and New York Times Bestseller, H.P. Mallory!A Haven Hollow NovelAfter spending a couple of months in the quaint town of Haven Hollow, Oregon, I’m settling in and things are looking up.My shop, Poppy’s Potions, is successful, I’ve got a best friend in ghost-hunter, Marty Zach and I’m dating the local Sasquatch, Roy Osbourne... -
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The Temptation of Dragons by Chrys Cymri
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBishop Nigel smiled at me. ‘Holy water doesn’t harm vampires. Which is just as well, as it would make it impossible to baptise them.’ When I was asked by a dragon to give him the last rites, I never dreamed it would lead to negotiating with his cannibalistic family or running from snail sharks. Life as the priest of a small English village is quite tame in comparision... -
Born Magic: The Diary of Scarlett Bernard by Melissa F. Olson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter the events of SHADOW HUNT (and the short story "Nativity," found in COMPANION PIECES), Los Angeles null Scarlett Bernard finds herself more out of her depth than ever before... -
Hemorrhage by S.A. Magnusson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOnly my combination of magic and medicine can save me. No longer afraid of my magic, I’ve begun experimenting with how to use it when working in the ER. While on a surgery rotation, my use of magic reveals a dangerous new threat and a type of magic I had not known about before, making me a target... -
The War Mage by Orlando A. Sanchez
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHaunted. Despised. Feared. The Supernaturals are destroying humanity. Meet Tristan Montague. Leader of the elite group of mages known as the Ordarum. The war against the Supernaturals has raged for years and humanity is losing. When the Ordarum is given a suicide mission to recover an artifact that can end the war and hand victory to humanity-Tristan takes it, knowing it may be his last... -
Midnight Blood by Adam J. Wright
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings** Book 6 of the Harbinger P.I. Series! **If you love someone, set them free...If they come back, they could be a zombieSomeone is trying to kill Charles Hawthorne, one of the richest men in Maine. And they're using magic to do it.He suspects the members of his own family and hires me to check them out... -
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...
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