Books like 'Lipstick and Lies and Deadly Goodbyes'

Readers who enjoyed Lipstick and Lies and Deadly Goodbyes by Jodi Vaughn also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.

fantasy  romance  urban fantasy  mystery  supernatural  comedy  paranormal  family  humor  suspense 

  • Born to Be Badger by Shelly Laurenston

    Born to Be Badger by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In the Honey Badger Chronicles, nothing gets between a honey badger and her prey. And no one spins a bolder, snarkier shape-shifter love story than New York Times bestselling author Shelly Laurenston . . .Emily “Tock” Meyerson-Jackson is on a mission to rid the world of shifters trafficking humans for hunting and cash...
  • Between Cases by W.R. Gingell

    Between Cases by W.R. Gingell

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    G’day. I’m still here. Still Pet.Well, I’m only two thirds of a Pet these days, but you might as well call me Pet anyway. Everyone does: everyone but the vampire, that is.Life is more unbalanced these days—cases are cutting closer to home than usual. I thought I was the only one, but there are others like me: kids whose parents were murdered just like mine...
  • Charms & Witchdemeanors by Amanda M. Lee

    Charms & Witchdemeanors by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Tillie Winchester’s past is about to come back to haunt her, and what she sees as fun and games someone else sees as a recipe for murder. When a local woman is poisoned at Hemlock Cove’s senior center, Aunt Tillie is the prime suspect. Bay, Thistle and Clove don’t believe their great-aunt is guilty – although Thistle is fine if the police want to haul her away for a long weekend...
  • Wicked Ways by Kim Richardson

    Wicked Ways by Kim Richardson

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Don’t miss the next installment in The Witches of Hollow Cove series.Follow Tessa and the Davenport witches as they are faced with another major magical problem...
  • A Witch Before Dying by Amanda M. Lee

    A Witch Before Dying by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Hemlock Cove is bustling with activity.FBI Agent Landon Michaels has officially moved in with his girlfriend Bay Winchester, Mrs. Little is planning an impromptu festival and there’s a new witch in town. The question is: Is Scarlet Darksbane a real witch?Bay is in the middle of all of it...
  • Something to Witch About by Amanda M. Lee

    Something to Witch About by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Life's a witch ... and then you die. It's the dying part vexing Bay Winchester these days. She may be a long-suffering daughter, thankless newspaper editor, and keyed-up girlfriend, but she's barely holding off a royal freakout Landon's family is visiting the inn -- and they're not exactly open minded...
  • Breaking Badger by Shelly Laurenston

    Breaking Badger by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Fans of Thea Harrison and Nalini Singh won’t want to miss this exciting, funny, and sexy novel in the mega-popular series. It’s instinct that drives Finn Malone to rescue a bunch of hard battling honey badgers. The Siberian tiger shifter just can’t bear to see his fellow shifters harmed. But no way can Finn have a houseful of honey badgers when he also has two brothers with no patience...
  • Gone Haunting in Deadwood by Ann Charles

    Gone Haunting in Deadwood by Ann Charles

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Trespassers will be gutted and hung!—Slagton’s Town Motto Normally, not even drunk on a bet would Violet Parker go to Slagton, a creepy ghost town inhabited by those too stubborn—or deranged—to leave. But a certain bullheaded Deadwood detective has a problem—his informant from Slagton has gone missing...
    Categorized as:
    humor  paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  comedy  cozy
  • Laced In Lies by Colleen Helme

    Laced In Lies by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Meet Shelby Nichols, mind reader extraordinaire.A typical day in the life of Shelby Nichols involves cheating husbands, solving the hardest cases for the police, and working for a big time mob-boss, all because of her little secret that she can read minds. It can get complicated, especially considering she has a husband and two kids...
  • Southern Bred and Dead by Angie Fox

    Southern Bred and Dead by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A haunted church. A ghastly death. Can Verity clear up the case before she’s buried way over her head?Verity Long would really like a day off. Between uncovering the culprit who capped her gangster ghost housemate and dodging the bomb her boyfriend just dropped on their relationship, her spiritual calling has gotten complicated...
  • Fashionably Flawed by Robyn Peterman, David Brenin

    Fashionably Flawed by Robyn Peterman, David Brenin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    You think your job is tedious? Try being the Harbinger of Evil for a day. I dare you....What's the Devil to do when his fire no longer burns away his sins and Fate is screwing with his...well, fate? Easy - lie, cheat, steal, and dictate my questionably accurate autobiography-slash-romance-novel to my unwilling and outstandingly rude Vampyre niece. Welcome to my Hell...
  • Hidden Deception by Colleen Helme

    Hidden Deception by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Book 9 in the Shelby Nichols Adventure Series Just back from Paris, Shelby barely has time to get over her jet lag before she is right back in the thick of things. Uncle Joey, the local mob boss, needs her help to find out what his son is hiding from him. Detective Harris, AKA Dimples, has an unsolved homicide on his hands, along with a missing engagement ring...
  • Beast Behaving Badly by Shelly Laurenston

    Beast Behaving Badly by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Ten years after Blayne Thorpe first encountered Bo Novikov, she still can't get the smooth-talking shifter out of her head. Now he's shadowing her in New York-all seven-plus feet of him-determined to protect her from stalkers who want to use her in shifter dogfights. Even if he has to drag her off to an isolated Maine town where the only neighbors are other bears almost as crazy as he is..
  • My Savior by Alanea Alder

    My Savior by Alanea Alder

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Amelia has dreamt of her mate since she was a little girl. All her life visions of a golden prince have warmed her heart and promised a fairy-tale future. She longs for the day when they will finally be together. When the fateful day arrives and she meets Darian for the first time, she is nearly destroyed by his unequivocal rejection...
  • The Trouble with Twelfth Grave by Darynda Jones

    The Trouble with Twelfth Grave by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Grim Reaper Charley Davidson is back in the twelfth installment of Darynda Jones’ New York Times bestselling paranormal series.Ever since Reyes escaped from a hell dimension in which Charley accidently trapped him, the son of Satan has been brimstone-bent on destroying the world his heavenly Brother created. His volatile tendencies have put Charley in a bit of a pickle...
  • Trapped By Revenge by Colleen Helme, Wendy Tremont King

    Trapped By Revenge by Colleen Helme, Wendy Tremont King

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    With summer, over Shelby is looking forward to having some time to herself while the kids are back in school. A phone call from Uncle Joey ruins her plans, but she manages to take it in stride. After lunch with her friend, she promises to meet with the private investigator who was spying on Uncle Joey, but this simple task turns into a disaster. Not only does she find the P.I...
  • Secrets That Kill by Colleen Helme

    Secrets That Kill by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As a “favor” to Uncle Joey, Shelby must deliver a letter to his associate in Orlando where she has been vacationing with her family. When things go terribly wrong, Shelby finds herself being pursued by a Florida Kingpin for the information he thinks she stole. On her own and in trouble, Uncle Joey sends Ramos to her rescue...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  humor  suspense  romance  mystery  cozy  audiobook  fantasy
  • Fashionably Dead in Diapers by Robyn Peterman

    Fashionably Dead in Diapers by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    And I thought being half Vampyre/half Demon was hard…That’s nothing compared to being a mother. Sweet baby Moses in a boob tube, there aren’t any books on raising True Immortals so let me give you a few tips…~Make a map of every closet and bathroom in your home if you enjoy having sex. Sleep deprivation can cause confusion and a map will help if you only have seven minutes and thirty-one seconds...
  • Big Bad Beast by Shelly Laurenston

    Big Bad Beast by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    When it comes to following her instincts, former Marine Dee-Ann Smith never holds back. And this deadly member of a shifter protection group will do anything to prove one of her own kind is having hybrids captured for dogfights. Trouble is, her too-cute rich-boy boss Ric Van Holtz insists on helping out...
  • My Healer by Alanea Alder

    My Healer by Alanea Alder

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Fun loving wolf-shifter Colton Albright’s usual concern…his next meal, has been replaced by haunted dreams. The nightly visions of the sad, anxious face of his mate have this jovial jokester withdrawing from his fellow Alpha Unit members.Rheia Bradley is a dedicated professional that lives to help others, but has long forgotten how to help herself...
  • Witching on a Star by Amanda M. Lee

    Witching on a Star by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    When you're a witch, being wicked comes naturally. For the Winchester witches, though, being wicked is only half the fun. After a long winter, spring has finally hit Hemlock Cove and Bay Winchester thinks things are finally settling down in the town – and with her family. Unfortunately, just the opposite is true...
  • Midnight Spells by Kim Richardson

    Midnight Spells by Kim Richardson

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Get 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...
    Categorized as:
    humor  paranormal  suspense  adult  angels  audiobook  book  comedy
  • Badger to the Bone by Shelly Laurenston

    Badger to the Bone by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    She’s the woman he’s been hired to kidnap. But ZeZé Vargas has other ideas . . . like getting them both out of this nightmare alive. Just one problem. She’s crazy. Certifiably. Because while he’s plotting their escape, the petite Asian beauty is plotting something much more deadly . .
  • Fashionably Dead Down Under by Robyn Peterman

    Fashionably Dead Down Under by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Welcome to Hell.Literally.The Hell where the Prince of Darkness is hotter than Hades, Hell Hounds smell like brownies and the Seven Deadly Sins are addicted to Facebook... Not to mention the soundtrack in the Underworld is Journey. For real...
  • The Vampire's Former Flame by Kristen Painter

    The Vampire's Former Flame by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town where Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town know better. Living in Nocturne Falls means being yourself. Fangs, fur, and all.Ephelia Moreau doesn’t know she’s in danger...
  • Bite Me by Shelly Laurenston

    Bite Me by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Livy Kowalski has no time for idiots. When you shapeshift into a honey badger, getting through life’s irritants is a finely honed skill. Until she gets stuck housing her nutso cousin and dealing with her dad’s untimely and unexplained demise.That’s where Vic Barinov comes in—or his house does...
  • Crossing Danger by Colleen Helme

    Crossing Danger by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Shelby Nichols isn’t your average soccer-mom turned private investigator. She’s more on the quirky side with a little wild thrown in. That’s because a near-fatal gunshot wound to the head left her with the ability to read minds. This lands her in all kinds of trouble, and this time is no exception. Helping a reporter, Billie Jo, get the low-down on a case is just the tip of the iceberg...
  • Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones

    Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    Twelve. Twelve of the deadliest beasts ever forged in the fires of hell have escaped onto our plane, and they want nothing more than to rip out the jugular of Charley Davidson and serve her lifeless, mangled body to Satan for dinner. So there’s that. But Charley has more on her plate than a mob of testy hellhounds...
  • The Renegade Hunter by Lynsay Sands

    The Renegade Hunter by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    The Argeneau Family Has A Secret...One Of Their Own Is A Rogue Vampire!Nicholas Argeneau was once a successful hunter who went after rogue vampires who break the immortal law. Except no one has mentioned his name in the last fifty years, not since he turned into a rogue himself. But once a hunter, always a hunter...
  • Witchdependence Day by Amanda M. Lee

    Witchdependence Day by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Marcus Richmond might be the quiet one in the Winchester witches’ world, but that doesn’t mean he has nothing to say. Between renovations at his stable – and plans for a bright future with a certain feisty witch – Marcus has his hands full...
  • Magical Mojo by Kim Richardson

    Magical Mojo by Kim Richardson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Hollow Cove was never a dangerous city. Weird and eccentric, maybe. But not dangerous. Until now.A new magic threatens our paranormal community and competes for dominance. Something awakens in the night, and it’s a real stinker. Not kidding.I’m a Merlin now, and my plan is simple: get in, protect my family and friends, and defeat this new evil. But it’s never that simple...
  • Practical Hexes by Kim Richardson

    Practical Hexes by Kim Richardson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Never 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 Dirt on Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones

    The Dirt on Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    I see dead people. No wait. I take that back. I see people I want dead. —eCardCharley Davidson is living in New York City as Jane Doe, a girl with no memory of who she is or where she came from. So when she begins to realize she can see dead people, she’s more than a bit taken aback...
  • Vampire, Interrupted by Lynsay Sands

    Vampire, Interrupted by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    IT WAS A CASE SHE COULD SINK HER TEETH INTO...After seven hundred years of life, Marguerite Argeneau finally has a career. Well, the start of one, anyway. She's training to be a private investigator, and her first assignment is to find an immortal's mother. It seemed simple enough, until Marguerite wakes up one evening to find herself at the wrong end of a sword...
  • The Vampire's Fake Fiancée by Kristen Painter

    The Vampire's Fake Fiancée by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town where Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town know better. Living in Nocturne Falls means being yourself. Fangs, fur, and all. Sebastian Ellingham isn’t known for being a happy vampire...
    Categorized as:
    family  humor  paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  comedy
  • Every Witch Way But Wicked by Amanda M. Lee

    Every Witch Way But Wicked by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Where there’s a witch, there’s a way! Where there’s a whole family of them, there’s trouble. Bay Winchester, editor of Hemlock Cove’s small weekly newspaper, thinks her small hamlet’s upcoming murder mystery weekend is going to be all about fun, food and frolicking...
    Categorized as:
    family  humor  paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  comedy
  • Guarding Eden by Cameo Renae

    Guarding Eden by Cameo Renae

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tucked away at an upscale, private boarding school in Brindle Hollow, Washington, seventeen-year-old Eden East comes face to face with a hideous creature on her walk back to her dorm. Shaken to her core, she's left questioning the world around her, and soon finds herself entering a friendship with a hot, new student named Alexander...
    Categorized as:
    family  humor  paranormal  suspense  angels  book  christian  comedy
  • Santa Got Run Over by a Vampire by Carrie Pulkinen

    Santa Got Run Over by a Vampire by Carrie Pulkinen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Father Christmas has just been damned to darkness.Jane Devereux is adjusting to her new life as a nocturne fabulously. She runs the most popular nightclub in the French Quarter and is married to the hottest vampire in New Orleans.When she accidentally runs over Santa Claus and has to turn him into a vampire to save him, her perfect undead life begins to crumble like a week-old sugar cookie.Whoops...
  • In a Badger Way by Shelly Laurenston

    In a Badger Way by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Petite, kind, brilliant, and young, Stevie is nothing like the usual women bodyguard Shen Li is interested in. Even more surprising, the youngest of the lethal, ball-busting, and beautiful MacKilligan sisters is terrified of bears. But she’s not terrified of pandas. She loves pandas. Which means that whether Shen wants her to or not, she simply won’t stop cuddling him...
  • Bite Me If You Can by Lynsay Sands

    Bite Me If You Can by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Once Bitten... One minute Leigh is walking home in the early hours of the morning, and the next a vampire is sinking his teeth into her neck. Turns out it was a rogue vampire marked for termination, but it does Leigh little good because the damage's already been done. She's become one of them...
  • Sexiest Vampire Alive by Kerrelyn Sparks

    Sexiest Vampire Alive by Kerrelyn Sparks

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    He was both a vampire and a playboy . . . and impossible to resist.The secret is out . . . Vampires do exist!When a video reveals to the world that vampires live among us, it's up to "young" vamp Gregori Holstein, VP of Marketing, to persuade the U.S. government to declare the video a hoax...
  • Moonshine & Mayhem by Kathleen Brooks

    Moonshine & Mayhem by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Zoey Mathers was a witch. Not on purpose. It had happened accidently. But as Zoey was finding out, maybe this had been her fate all along. Luckily the potential witch hunter, Slade, had turned out to be on her side and had found a place in her heart. With the War of the Witches heating up, it's not just Zoey's life on the line, but all the witches fighting for good...
    Categorized as:
    humor  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  cozy
  • Moonshine & Malice by Kathleen Brooks

    Moonshine & Malice by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What was an accidental witch to do when fate sends a sexy witch on a motorcycle, only to find out he might be there to kill her?Zoey Mathers was adjusting to life as a witch- a real finger wiggling, magic casting, talk to spirits witch who was thrown into the middle of a war between good and evil...
    Categorized as:
    humor  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  cozy
  • Rising Covenant by Amanda M. Lee

    Rising Covenant by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Zoe Lake and Aric Winters thought they were living happily ever after. They were wrong. Five years after surviving Covenant College’s final showdown, they find themselves at a crossroads. They’re living together. They’re happy. There is no future set in stone, though. When Zoe’s former roommate Paris shows up out of the blue, Zoe couldn’t be happier...
  • Wolf with Benefits by Shelly Laurenston

    Wolf with Benefits by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Ricky Lee has no plans of getting serious about anyone, but he will protect Toni Jean-Louis Parker. Not just because he’s been hired to do so, but because it’s the right thing to do...
  • Fashionably Hotter Than Hell by Robyn Peterman

    Fashionably Hotter Than Hell by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    What does a frustrated Vampyre do when the woman he’s chased for two hundred years is still trying to get away? He plays dirty, that’s what. Welcome to my own personal Hell.  Name: Heathcliff. Occupation: Vampyre Warrior—one of the deadliest in the world. I plan. I fight. I win. Always.  However, it’s never taken me this damned long to get what I want before...
  • Lie or Die by Colleen Helme

    Lie or Die by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Shelby has her hands full managing her new agency, but she's determined to make it work. Her first case to track down stolen money leads her into the lingerie business where nothing is as it appears. She also finds plenty to keep her busy with the police department and Detective Harris. But all that pales in comparison to what she must do to help Uncle Joey, the local mob boss...
  • The Mane Attraction by Shelly Laurenston

    The Mane Attraction by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Even the king of the beasts can find himself unexpectedly tamed by the right woman. Weddings have the strangest effect on people. Exhibit 1: Sissy Mae waking up in Mitch Shaw's bed the morning after her brother Bobby Ray's nuptials. Exhibit 2: the gunmen trying to kill Mitch. Exhibit 3: Sissy Mae escorting a bleeding yet sexy lion shifter to her Tennessee Pack's turf for safe keeping...
  • The Reluctant Vampire by Lynsay Sands

    The Reluctant Vampire by Lynsay Sands

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Has this immortal finally met her match?Rogue hunter Drina Argenis (from the Spanish side of the Argeneau family) has been many things in her years as an immortal, but bodyguard/babysitter to a teenage vampire is something new. There's an incentive, however: the other vampsitter, Harper Stoyan, may be Drina's life mate.Trouble is, having just lost a life mate, Harper is resigned to being alone...
  • Charmed Nights by Kim Richardson

    Charmed Nights by Kim Richardson

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    They took my Merlin license away.To get it back, I must complete the witch trials. Okay, so I have to pass a few magical trials. No big deal. Right? Wrong.The trials are treacherous, ominous, and deadly. I’m not prepared for such brutal, magical tests, but I can’t stop. Stopping means failure, and too many people are counting on me.But then the worst happens...
    Categorized as:
    humor  paranormal  suspense  adult  angels  audiobook  book  comedy
Fantastic book recommendations by book lovers for book lovers.
Find out more about thebooknaut.com.



Looking for more inspiration? Enter another book title to get more suggestions on what to read next.


Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.