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  • Pet Psychic Mysteries Boxset Books 5-8 by Erin Johnson

    Pet Psychic Mysteries Boxset Books 5-8 by Erin Johnson

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Talking animals. Quirky cases. An enchanting town. This series has it all, like you’ve never read before!Jolene Hartgrave, here! I went from being a top dog lawyer to a hangdog pet psychic in the ruff part of town, all thanks to a pesky curse that gave me the gift of gabbing with animals.But my luck is finally looking up...
  • Birds of a Fury by Annabel Chase

    Birds of a Fury by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Agent Eden Fury is currently building a bridge over troubled waters and she's not sure if she has the tools to finish the job.The truth about her personal life is out and Eden wants nothing more than to put the genie back in the bottle. Unfortunately that won’t happen without the type of magic she refuses to touch...
  • No Crones About It by Amanda M. Lee

    No Crones About It by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Scout Randall is settling in with the northern Lower Michigan branch of Spell’s Angels. She’s feeling bold, brash … and just a little bit flirty thanks to her burgeoning relationship with Gunner Stratton, a shifter whose father happens to serve as the chief of police in Hawthorne Hollow. Things are going well … until they’re not...
  • Flip the Witch Switch by Amanda M. Lee

    Flip the Witch Switch by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Bay Winchester and Landon Michaels are looking for a romantic outing, revisiting the past now that they know they met as children. That trip leads them to the camp they visited back in the day … and to a new adventure.It’s a happy excursion down memory lane until they happen upon the old pool and discover a hand poking out of an ancient cover...
  • A Breath of Witchy Air by Amanda M. Lee

    A Breath of Witchy Air by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Hemlock Cove is mired in a cold snap, which means the town is calm and quiet. That all changes in an instant when a beer truck tips over on the highway and half the town shows up to get drunk. Bay Winchester is about to be the sole owner of the town newspaper so she heads out to take photos … and accidentally stumbles over several bodies...
  • The Incubus Impasse by Amanda M. Lee

    The Incubus Impasse by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Charlie Rhodes is at a crossroads in her life. Her big secret is out – at least with the most important person in her life Jack Hanson – and now they have to deal with a whole new reality.Things are going relatively well when the Legacy Foundation is sent on a mission to Charleston. It seems women are dying under strange circumstances: open windows, no immediate sign of violence, locked doors...
  • Southern Magic Wedding by Amy Boyles

    Southern Magic Wedding by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It’s Pepper's and Axel’s wedding day. Finally, the big day has arrived and the entire town is ready to celebrate. And Pepper is ready, too. She can’t wait to start her new life. The only problem is that suddenly Axel has ex-girlfriends oozing out of the woodwork. Worse, when a spell is cast on Axel the day before the wedding, his future with Pepper becomes murky. Pepper is shattered...
  • Southern Wands by Amy Boyles

    Southern Wands by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Life just won’t settle down for Pepper Dunn. The Head Witch Order has arrived with one mission—secure Pepper’s powers for themselves at any cost.The entire Craple household is on deck to save Pepper. Grandma Betty has formed her own resistance, and even though they’re groaning about it, Amelia and Cordelia jump in to assist her...
  • The Chupacabra Catastrophe by Amanda M. Lee

    The Chupacabra Catastrophe by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Charlie Rhodes has a new life and it’s not exactly what she thought it would be.She’s psychic, telekinetic and eager to learn from her knowledgeable co-workers at The Legacy Foundation. She’s also nervous, frightened and on edge … mostly because she’s exactly the sort of oddity the group is looking to study and she’s desperate to keep her secret from the very people who are searching for her...
  • Phantom Quartz by Barbra Annino

    Phantom Quartz by Barbra Annino

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s nearing Yule in Amethyst, and the witchy reporter, Stacy Justice, is consumed with only one thing—getting through her cousin Cinnamon’s baby shower. Everyone is anticipating the arrival of the newest, tiniest Geraghty. Even Stacy's familiar, Thor, is searching for the perfect gift...
  • Pecan Pies and Dead Guys by Angie Fox

    Pecan Pies and Dead Guys by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sometimes Verity Long would like to forget that she lives with the ghost of a 1920s gangster. But the reluctant housemates must once again work together when a dead detective blackmails Frankie into helping him solve a Great Gatsby-era cold case. Before she can say “bathtub gin,” Verity is dragged straight into a raging, otherworldly house party. Worse, every guest is hiding something...
  • Wicked Brew: A Wicked Witches of the Midwest Short by Amanda M. Lee

    Wicked Brew: A Wicked Witches of the Midwest Short by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Thistle Winchester is at her witchy wit’s end. Great-Aunt Tillie is selling wine at the curb of The Overlook – like it’s a lemonade stand – and her mother and aunts are about to burn someone at the stake. Unfortunately, it’s up to her and cousin Bay to put out the fire. When the two cousins take a stand, they’re interrupted by the arrival of an injured and dazed little girl...
  • Spelldriver by Gina LaManna

    Spelldriver by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    With a wedding on the horizon and her father tucked safely away in prison, the future is looking bright for Lily Locke. Unfortunately, life on The Isle is never calm for long… and when a Ranger is killed brutally in plain sight, Lily and her fiancé—the renowned Ranger X—find themselves hunting a murderer more ruthless than any they’ve ever encountered before...
  • Whisk and Reward by Nancy Warren

    Whisk and Reward by Nancy Warren

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Murder, deceit and baking... It’s the big finale of the Great British Baking Contest. Who will win? Who will fall flatter than an eggless soufflé? And will amateur baker and witch Poppy survive to find out?Dark forces are at work in the picture-perfect village of Broomewode in Somerset...
  • First-Realm Problems by Nova Nelson

    First-Realm Problems by Nova Nelson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Paranormal Cozy MysteryWhat happens in New Orleans, slays in New Orleans…Psychic Nora Ashcroft is somewhere she never thought she’d see again: her old world. Desperate to bring Tanner and Eva back to Eastwind as soon as possible, she faces a major up-levee battle in New Orleans...
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    cozy  crime  paranormal  witches-wizards  adult  audiobook  book  fae
  • Old Haunts by Nova Nelson

    Old Haunts by Nova Nelson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some spirits can’t take a hint.  Psychic Nora Ashcroft can’t tell the future, but she’s starting to look forward to it. And with the support of Donovan and the rest of the town, she’s ready to leave the past behind. Too bad the same can’t be said for Eastwind’s most newly departed..
  • Bedtime Fury by Annabel Chase

    Bedtime Fury by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Welcome 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 ratings
    Welcome 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...
  • Amethyst Witch by Barbra Annino

    Amethyst Witch by Barbra Annino

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Meet Stacy Justice. Journalist. Reluctant witch. Professional klutz. Her grandmother believes she’s destined to be the most powerful witch of the century. She’s just trying to get through the day without spilling mustard on her shirt or tripping over a dead body...
  • Love Spells Trouble by Nova Nelson

    Love Spells Trouble by Nova Nelson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Love-sick spirits from the beyond. Dead romances resurrected. This spells trouble.As a psychic medium, bringing peace to restless spirits is Nora Ashcroft's specialty, and she thought she was getting the hang of it. But when two ghosts that were supposed to be resting in peace pay her a late-night visit, she realizes how much she has left to learn...
  • 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 ratings
    The 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...
  • Wicked Ever After by Gina LaManna

    Wicked Ever After by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In this dramatic conclusion to The Hex Files series, Dani DeMarco comes face to face with the person she’s been hunting for months. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and Detective DeMarco has lost almost everything. But only one can win at this deadly game.Dani is determined this will be the wicked end—one way or another...
  • Southern Omens by Amy Boyles

    Southern Omens by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Pepper in her first trimester...and what a trimester it is!All of Magnolia Cove is buzzing when soothsayers arrive to offer blessings to Pepper's and Axel's unborn child. But when one of the soothsayers foresees death, the celebration quickly turns sour.Don't worry because there is a solution...
  • Wicked Moon Rising by Gina LaManna, Allyson Ryan

    Wicked Moon Rising by Gina LaManna, Allyson Ryan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Detective Dani DeMarco is attacked in the middle of the night, she’s more than a little disgruntled. However, she soon discovers that things aren’t as simple as they seem, and that everyone she loves is in great danger.The battle for The Hex Files has officially begun, and Wicked is under attack. Two werewolves are dead. A rogue vampire is on the loose...
  • Dog Gone Ghost by Angie Fox, Tavia Gilbert

    Dog Gone Ghost by Angie Fox, Tavia Gilbert

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Who let the dogs...and cats...out?Verity Long's new ghost-hunting career has gone to the dogs - literally. A spirit is releasing animals from their cages at the Sugarland Animal Rescue Center. It's an unusual haunting that gets even more bizarre when she uncovers a new clue in a case of a missing child. Verity vows to reunite the lost boy with his family...
  • Karma Camellia by Nancy Warren

    Karma Camellia by Nancy Warren

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Murder lurks behind the prettiest blooms...The past doesn’t always stay in the past. Deeds can come back to haunt us. That’s what happens to florist Peony Bellefleur’s protégé and young witch, Char, when her old boyfriend turns up out of the blue saying he wants another chance. Turns out he’s really on the run from crime...
  • Ribbing and Runes by Nancy Warren

    Ribbing and Runes by Nancy Warren

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Can a secret runic message lead to murder?There's a lot happening in Cardinal Woolsey's knitting shop in Oxford. Witches, vampires, a knowing cat, romance and murder. Join Lucy and her undead knitting club as they solve another crime.There's no violence, sex or bad language, just quirky characters, humor—and murder...
  • Mosaics and Magic by Nancy Warren

    Mosaics and Magic by Nancy Warren

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Beware the crystal ball...When Lucy and Rafe are given a crystal ball as a wedding present, she’s shocked when it foretells doom. For the newlyweds, this was supposed to be a time of joy and celebration. But when a terrible accident befalls one of their wedding guests, Lucy and Rafe must postpone their honeymoon. And as the evidence begins to unravel, it becomes clear this was no accident...
  • The Mint Julep Murders by Angie Fox

    The Mint Julep Murders by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    For Southern girl Verity Long, friendship means sitting down to stories and sweet tea on the front porch. For her gangster ghost housemate, it means dragging Verity out to a remote haunted asylum during a raging thunderstorm to do a favor for a long-dead mob boss. But Verity is always ready to help out a friend, even one as eternally eccentric as Frankie...
  • Vintage Vampire by Bella Falls

    Vintage Vampire by Bella Falls

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A little sweet tea and a whole lot of spells won’t always put out the fire…Ruby Mae Jewell is over the moon with how well things are going in her life. Now that all the elements of her life seem to be falling into place, the fiery witch is ready to focus her energies on fixing her cousin Deacon’s tiny little problem of being cursed into the form of a pig...
  • Amethyst Witch by Barbra Annino

    Amethyst Witch by Barbra Annino

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Stacy Justice is a young reporter who lives in Chicago, far away from the kooky small town of Amethyst, Illinois, where she was raised by a family of witches. She’s perfectly content with her career, her cat, and her lack of a love life until her cousin informs her that their grandfather is deathly ill...
  • Witches of the Deep by Lily Harper Hart

    Witches of the Deep by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Hali Waverly thought she’d seen the worst the world had to offer. Then her boyfriend Gray Hunter’s parents arrived on her beach. Now the horror truly begins.Hali has a big problem…and that’s not including the skeletons that are taking over the beach thanks to an errant spell.Nobody knows who cast the spell, or more importantly why, but Hali is determined to find out...
  • What to Expect When Your Demon Slayer is Expecting by Angie Fox

    What to Expect When Your Demon Slayer is Expecting by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They say you can’t go home again, but demon slayer Lizzie Brown sure is going to try. However, when she rolls into town with her friends in tow, Lizzie finds her mom in the clutches of a demonic entity they accidentally left behind all those years ago. Now, it’s up to Lizzie, her talking dog, and the Red Skull biker witches to make things right...
  • Lucky Witches by A.A. Albright

    Lucky Witches by A.A. Albright

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Just because Detective Quinn is on holiday does not mean that the rest of Riddler’s Edge gets to take a break. And it definitely doesn’t mean that Aisling misses him. But even if she did miss him – ever so slightly, mind you – she has far more urgent things to worry about...
  • Pickups and Pirates by Bella Falls

    Pickups and Pirates by Bella Falls

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A little sweet tea and a whole lot of spells won’t always put out the fire… After a hurricane attacks the Crystal Coast, Ruby Mae Jewell and her friends and family will have to deal with more than just the wreckage of harsh weather. When the ancient shipwreck of the notorious pirate Captain “Bonny Anne” Bonnet is discovered off the shore, there’s a race to claim the uncovered treasure...
  • Splintered Haven by Jilleen Dolbeare

    Splintered Haven by Jilleen Dolbeare

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Brigid's battle with the witches is over. Her new supernatural bed and breakfast is open. Content to live the life of a low key small business owner, she settles into her new role. Only things are afoot. With the witches gone, a power vacuum calls to those who want new territory...
  • A Fairy Good Brew by Samantha Silver

    A Fairy Good Brew by Samantha Silver

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Enchanted Enclave, where coffee, chaos and cauldrons are a way of life.Invited to the paranormal world at last, Tina and Kaillie's trip gets off on the wrong foot - literally - when they stumble on a fairy's body just after arriving in Palm Rings.Between navigating this whole new world, meeting relatives they didn't know they had, and being accused of murder, Eliza has her hands full...
  • Sorcery & Stories by Elle Adams

    Sorcery & Stories by Elle Adams

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It's the holiday season in the town of Ivory Beach, and Rory Hawthorn and her new magical family are preparing for the festivities. But when a group of strange werewolves materialises in the library, it kicks off a series of bizarre events which appear to be lifted directly from her aunt's bestselling novels...
    Categorized as:
    animals  cozy  paranormal  witches-wizards  adult  book  fae  family
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Sweet Tea & Spells by Bella Falls

    Sweet Tea & Spells by Bella Falls

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Magic and mystery are only part of the Southern Charms of Honeysuckle Hollow...Lots of changes in town and in her life, including her ex-fiancé's upcoming wedding to her cousin, have Charli Goodwin trying to be on her best behavior...
  • Barbecue & Brooms by Bella Falls

    Barbecue & Brooms by Bella Falls

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Magic and mystery are only part of the Southern Charms of Honeysuckle Hollow…With Charleston's council poised to take over Honeysuckle Hollow, the town and all of its people must band together to prove they don’t need to be absorbed into the big city magical district...
  • 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 ratings
    Medium 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...
  • Ghosts, Alibis, and Apple Pies by J.A. Holder

    Ghosts, Alibis, and Apple Pies by J.A. Holder

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Michelle Bishop has spent most of her life hating her nemesis, Georgia Beauregard. When the town beauty queen herself suddenly dies, Michelle is the only one who isn’t mourning. But Michelle has just discovered there is something far worse than a living, breathing bully. Try being haunted by a dead one...
  • Luck of the Iris by Nancy Warren

    Luck of the Iris by Nancy Warren

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Prettiest garden contestHow delightful…How deadlyI thought judging the Willow Waters garden contest would be fun. A nice way to get to know a few more of my neighbors in this beautiful Cotswold village. I’d get to see how the best gardens grew, maybe nab a few tips for my own garden. I did not expect the competition to be to the death. Literally.I’m Peony Bellefleur and I own Bewitching Blooms...
  • A Ghost and a Hard Place by Elle Adams

    A Ghost and a Hard Place by Elle Adams

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Hawkwood Hollow, where the dead outnumber the living.Maura is settling into her new life. She's working at the local inn, helping Carey hunt for ghosts in her free time, and she even has a date with the local detective.But she's always feared her past would catch up to her, and it turns out she has a good reason to worry when a new Reaper shows up in town...
  • Ghost and Found by Elle Adams

    Ghost and Found by Elle Adams

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When the body of a local shifter shows up with no ghost to be found, Maura finds herself drawn into another mystery...
  • Hemlocked and Loaded by Annabel Chase

    Hemlocked and Loaded by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Welcome 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...
  • Three Alarm Fury by Annabel Chase

    Three Alarm Fury by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Welcome to Chipping Cheddar, where supernaturals are hidden in plain sightI've finally taken a big step in my personal life when my professional life heats up with a spate of behavioral issues that seem unrelated. When some of the issues become life-threatening, I know that time is running out, but I'm no closer to identifying the root cause...
  • Murder on the Sugarland Express by Angie Fox

    Murder on the Sugarland Express by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Ghost hunter Verity Long is overdue for a little R&R (rest and romance) with her boyfriend, Ellis, and a vintage train trip through the Tennessee mountains seems like just the ticket. The Sugarland Express carries history and nostalgia in every compartment, and Verity is determined to enjoy it—without ghostly interference...
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