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Ghostly Shadows by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHarper Harlow has it all, including a new business, a husband she adores, and a best friend she’s determined not to murder even though he’s determined to be the groomzilla to end all groomzillas. Life is good … until it’s not.Everything is thrown into doubt when her former boyfriend, a grifter on trial for murder, escapes from the county courthouse and starts terrorizing Whisper Cove... -
Misplaced Magic by Jessica Dodge
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWorking as a journalist in the quiet corners of a Maine town, Ionna Bellmore receives an estate letter that unravels her reality. A mysterious grandmother, an inherited estate, and a journey to the enchanting landscapes of northern Wales await her. But what she uncovers there fractures her perception of her family, revealing a darkness lying just below the surface... -
The Encore Lives of Effie Edenson: A Middle Falls Time Travel Story by Shawn Inmon
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEffie Edenson is many things. A best-selling author. A runaway bride. A woman who cannot see the gifts she possesses.Though she is an adult, her mother dominates her life to a point that she feels she will never be able to break free.But Effie lives in Middle Falls, where all things are possible. After an untimely death, Effie wakes up at a critical juncture in her life...Categorized as:
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The Fortune Teller by J.A. Whiting
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is book 9 in the Claire Rollins mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J.A. Whiting. It is September and Claire, Nicole, and Robby have just begun shooting the new cooking show for their local television station. Each episode showcases a location around Massachusetts and highlights a recipe related to the location... -
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Sweet Thanksgiving by J.A. Whiting
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is book 21 in the Sweet Cove paranormal cozy mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J.A. Whiting.A cozy mystery with recipes.It is November in the seaside town of Sweet Cove, Massachusetts and Ellie and Jack 's wedding is fast approaching. But first, there's a mystery to solve.A well-known author and celebrity chef is in town for book signings when something unexpected happens... -
When Fortune Knocks by J.A. Whiting
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis book 7 in the Claire Rollins Mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J A Whiting. On a warm April evening in Boston, Claire Rollins and her boyfriend, Detective Ian Fuller, are walking the Corgis when they a hear a woman’s scream. When they enter the historic Granary burial ground, Claire and Ian discover a dead woman on the ground at the back of the cemetery... -
HOSTAGE TO FORTUNE by J.A. Whiting
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is book 8 in the Claire Rollins mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J.A. Whiting. Thirty years ago, on a cold winter night, a young mother disappeared without a trace. Her husband admitted they’d had a fight, but he told police that his wife left the house on her own... -
The Oversoul Seven Trilogy: The Education of Oversoul Seven, The Further Education of Oversoul Seven, Oversoul Seven and the Museum of Time by Jane Roberts, Robert F. Butts
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJane Roberts has contributed to The Oversoul Seven Trilogy as an author.Roberts was considered one of the most important psychics of the twentieth century...Categorized as:
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The Secrets of Lost Stones by Melissa Payne
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA soul-stirring novel about the bonds between mother and child and the redemption that comes with facing the past and letting it go.Thirty-two-year-old Jess Abbot has lost everything: her job, her apartment, and—most heart-wrenching—her eight-year-old son, Chance, to a tragic accident...Categorized as:
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Son of a Witch by Louisa West
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe knew she’d have to find something old and something new. This wasn’t what she was expecting.Rosemary Bell is going to the chapel and someone’s gonna get married. But when an unexpected visitor begins causing trouble in Mosswood, the something blue on Tammy’s big day could end up being the bride.For better or worse, Fox Cottage has a new resident. And mostly, it’s for worse... -
Unbinding Love by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Atlanta-based psychic medium-turned amateur sleuth Angela Panther teams up with her best friend Mel and celestial super sleuth—and Angela's dead mother—Fran to help Detective Aaron Banner find a lost boy, the trio heads into ghostly territory they’ve never experienced. The mob and magic aren't part of the psychic medium handbook, and the trio's not sure they'll make it out of it alive... -
Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature by Alberto Manguel, Julio Cortázar
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis huge anthology offers a kaleidoscope of brilliant writing from the Magi of the imagination. Alberto Manguel has selected 72 fantastic tales from life on the edge of the twilight zone, with stories from Marguerite Yourcenar, Herman Hesse, Italo Calvino, Vladimir Nabokov, and many, many more...Categorized as:
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A Very Opal Halloween by Belinda White
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Gemstone Coven Halloween Tale I'll probably live to regret it, but I've given Nancy permission to hold a huge Halloween bash here at the farmhouse. If nothing else, maybe it will distract me from what I have planned for after it.A seance. I'm making an ultra-long distance call to my mom. She has something I want, dang it. Something she didn't pass on to me before she left this world... -
The Pink House by Cindy Kirk
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDeep in the forest, on a sun-drenched patch of lush green grass, surrounded by lily-of-the-valley, sits a pink house. With turrets towering like neighboring trees, and a wide welcoming front porch, the old Victorian is impossible to miss. Except that everyone in town has—everyone but Hannah Danbury... -
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During the Dance by Mark Lawrence
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA short story (2000 words)A story of love, loss, and the dance in between. Absolutely not a romance.A short story about a child with a gift for seeing past the world...Categorized as:
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Time Shelter: A Novel by Georgi Gospodinov
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 13 ratings“A trickster at heart, and often very funny” (Garth Greenwell, The New Yorker), award-winning Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov has enthralled readers around the world with his labyrinth-like, Kafkaesque tales of contemporary Europe...Categorized as:
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Messiah's Handbook: Reminders for the Advance Soul by Richard Bach
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHere is never-before-seen wisdom, taken from many of Richard Bach's extraordinary books....profound wisdom. From the author of seventeen books, including Jonathan Livingston Seagull, and Illusions, his books have sold tens of millions of copies no over 40 languages... -
Peril in Paxton Park by J A Whiting
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis is book 1 in the Paxton Park Cozy Mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author, J. A. Whiting. After surviving a terrible car crash in Boston, twenty-eight-year old Shelly Taylor accepts a part-time job as a baker at a mountain resort in western Massachusetts. While on a hike one morning, she and a new friend make a terrible discovery that pulls them into peril and death... -
A Very Declan Christmas by Maggie Stiefvater
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"I’ve done a holiday short for the last few years. Here’s another one from the Raven Cycle universe...Categorized as:
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A Trip to the Stars by Nicholas Christopher
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA young boy and his adopted aunt become separated when the youngster is kidnapped by his wealthy, eccentric great-uncle, but mysterious ties continue to link the two unknowingly over the fifteen-year separation... -
Spring by Ali Smith
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFrom the Man Booker-short-listed author of Autumn and Winter comes the highly anticipated third novel in the acclaimed Seasonal Quartet. On the heels of Autumn and Winter comes Spring, the continuation of Ali Smith's celebrated Seasonal Quartet, a series of stand-alone novels, separate but interconnected (as the seasons are), wide-ranging in timescale and light-footed through histories...Categorized as:
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Murder and Misfortune by J.A. Whiting
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis is book 3 in the Claire Rollins Cozy Mystery series. On a foggy, early summer morning in Boston, Claire Rollins goes for a run along the Charles River. When a woman runner passes her in the mist, a terrible sense of alarm rushes through Claire's body leaving her feeling anxious and uneasy... -
Who's a Good Boy? by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom the authors of the New York Times bestselling novels It Devours! and Welcome to Night Vale and the creators of the #1 international podcast of the same name, comes a collection of episodes from Season Four of their hit podcast, featuring an introduction by the authors, a foreword by Jonny Sun, behind-the-scenes commentary, and original illustrations...Categorized as:
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Familiar Shadows by Taki Drake
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome days are just BAD. A couple of thousand feet in the air, hanging from eagle talons and bleeding out. Just a typical bad day for a rebellious cat. Meet Dascha, a perfect example of contrariness and smarts. This young Russian Blue is not interested in following the family business, at all! But a moment of inattention leads to danger and pain, and she is left with some hard decisions to make... -
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The High Rise Glorious Skittle Skat Roarious Sky Pie Angel Food Cake by Nancy Willard, Richard Jesse Watson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree astounding angels appear in the kitchen hoping for a taste of the magical secret-ingredient angel food cake a young girl makes for her mother’s birthday. “A fresh, amusing piece... -
Three Scenarios In Which Hana Sasaki Grows A Tail by Kelly Luce
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree Scenarios in Which Hana Sasaki Grows a Tail is a debut collection of stories from Kelly Luce. Hana Sasaki will introduce you to many things—among them, an oracular toaster, a woman who grows a tail, and an extraordinary sex-change operation. Set in Japan, these stories tip into the fantastical, plumb the power of memory, and measure the human capacity to love...Categorized as:
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A Girl Called Rumi by Ari Honarvar
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Girl Called Rumi, Ari Honarvar's debut novel, weaves a captivating tale of survival, redemption, and the power of storytelling.Kimia, a successful spiritual advisor whose Iranian childhood continues to haunt her, collides with a mysterious giant bird in her mother's California garage...Categorized as:
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Farvernes uge by Elena Garro
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRunde, orangefarvede torsdage. Den fattige skomager fra Guanajuato, der kan gå på en måde, så ingen ser ham. Tavse, lilla fredage. Kong Filip II, der kigger strengt fra sit portræt på væggen. Myrerne med deres grønne parasoller. Tiden, der har vendt sig om, som når man ser på et postkort og vender det for at se, hvad der står bagpå. Honningfarvede tæpper og hjorte, der spiser cigaretter... -
Set Me Free by Daniela Sacerdoti
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSet Me Free is the new bestseller from Daniela Sacerdoti, following up the huge successes of her first two novels, Watch Over Me and Take Me Home. In London, Margherita’s marriage has slowly been falling apart since her little Lewis’ birth, a surprise baby much wanted by her but not by her husband... -
Flames by Robbie Arnott
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA young man named Levi McAllister decides to build a coffin for his twenty-three-year-old sister, Charlotte—who promptly runs for her life. A water rat swims upriver in quest of the cloud god. A fisherman named Karl hunts for tuna in partnership with a seal. And a father takes form from fire...Categorized as:
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You Had Me At Boo by Marian Tee, Alice Bloome
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI was once a 38-year-old ghost...until the Fates hurled me back to the land of the living, minus my bounty hunter boyfriend from Hell.My name is Saoirse Sullivan. I used to be a successful make-up artist, and I used to date a handsome and successful banker named Jason. But then he cheated on me, a nerve in my brain ruptured, and I went into a coma... -
Smoke City by Keith Rosson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMarvin Deitz has some serious problems. His mob-connected landlord is strong-arming him out of his storefront. His therapist has concerns about his stability. He’s compelled to volunteer at the local Children’s Hospital even though it breaks his heart every week.Oh, and he’s also the guilt-ridden reincarnation of Geoffroy Thérage, the French executioner who lit Joan of Arc’s pyre in 1431... -
Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“You should be here; he’s simply magnificent.” These are the final words a biologist hears before his Margaret Mead-like wife dies at the hands of Godzilla. The words haunt him as he studies the Kaiju (Japan’s giant monsters) on an island reserve, attempting to understand the beauty his wife saw...Categorized as:
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The Girl in the Back Row by Judith Berens, Martha Carr
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHigh school means classes, making friends, hanging out, cutting classes… and keeping your fangs to yourself. Watch out world, this teen’s bite is worse than her bark. Welcome to public school Vampire teen. Keep an eye out for the ones who would rather put you back in a box, but this time forever.Vicki is getting a crash course in teenage life, if she can just keep her true nature hidden...Categorized as:
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Sleight of Hand by Peter S. Beagle
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAbundant with tales of quiet heroism, life-changing decisions, and determined searches for deep answers, this extraordinary collection of contemporary fantasy explores the realms between this world and the next. From the top of the Berlin Wall to the depths of the darkest seas, gods and monsters battle their enemies and innermost fears, yet mere mortals make the truly difficult choices...Categorized as:
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Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday by Italo Calvino
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCompiled by Italo Calvino, one of the essential writers of the twentieth century (and editor of the best-selling Italian Folktales), Fantastic Tales is a rich and wide-ranging collection of twenty-six classic, uncanny tales from the nineteenth century written by an intriguing panoply of European and American authors...Categorized as:
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Fireflies by P.S. Bartlett
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDr. Owen Whelan and his wife Sarah have seven bright and expressive children. However, one of them is very unique; he’s been followed since birth by lost souls. However peculiar Ennis Whelan has been for the first six years of his life, not until the day he found the bird did the degree of his strangeness become so tangible. Ennis claimed it flew away. His sister Teagan was about to bury it... -
Fancies and Goodnights by John Collier, Ray Bradbury
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJohn Collier's edgy, sardonic tales are works of rare wit, curious insight, and scary implication. They stand out as one of the pinnacles in the critically neglected but perennially popular tradition of weird writing that includes E.T.A. Hoffmann and Charles Dickens as well as more recent masters like Jorge Luis Borges and Roald Dahl...Categorized as:
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The Lighthouse by Christopher Parker
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAmy is struggling to put her life back together following the death of her mother. The loss has left her heartbroken, and she doesn’t know if her world will ever be whole again.Meanwhile, in Seabrook, a small town famous for its haunted lighthouse, Ryan Porter lives a simple but busy life, maintaining the ranch which he shares with his father... -
The Greatest Gift by Philip Van Doren Stern
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen he found himself unable to find a publisher for his story, author Philip Van Doren Stern printed up copies of the “The Greatest Gift” and gave them out as Christmas cards in 1943. Eventually, the story came to the attention of director Frank Capra, who explained later, “It was the story I had been looking for all my life! A good man, ambitious...Categorized as:
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The Federal Witch by T.S. Paul
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is the First Box Set of the Series. Imagine a world where Witches, Weres, and Vampires work among us. The Paranormals "came out" to the world during World War one. History as we know it took a left turn as world events changed. World war two never happened as we remember it. The Empire of Japan still exists. As does the British Empire. America is finding itself overwhelmed by magic... -
The Threads of the Heart by Carole Martinez
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThey say Frasquita knows magic, that she is a healer with occult powers, that perhaps she is a sorcerer. She does indeed possess a remarkable gift, one that has been passed down to the women in her family for generations...Categorized as:
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We Never Talk about My Brother by Peter S. Beagle
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsModern parables of love, death, and transformation are peppered with melancholy in this extraordinary collection of contemporary fantasy. Each short story cultivates a whimsical sense of imagination and reveals a mature, darker voice than previously experienced from this legendary author...Categorized as:
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Crow Winter by Karen McBride
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNanabush. A name that has a certain weight on the tongue—a taste. Like lit sage in a windowless room or aluminum foil on a metal filling.Trickster. Storyteller. Shape-shifter. An ancient troublemaker with the power to do great things, only he doesn’t want to put in the work.Since coming home to Spirit Bear Point First Nation, Hazel Ellis has been dreaming of an old crow...Categorized as:
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The Garden of Magic by Sarah Painter
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA magical Pendleford prequel novella from the bestselling author of The Language of Spells, that introduces the world to Iris Harper – the original Harper witch.Iris Harper has lived in Pendleford for decades, the local witch is mistrusted by the townsfolk, but that doesn't stop some coming to her begging for potions, spells and quick-fixes...Categorized as:
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Tex and Molly in the Afterlife by Richard Grant
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMolly's and Tex's abrupt and accidental deaths have granted them a unique opportunity to brazenly reinvent their personal realities--not to mention a chance to commune with various forsaked ancient deities and down-and--out woodland spirits. But a pair of gentle souls once firmly rooted in the Earth cannot so easily vacate this corporeal plane... -
Changers Book Two: Oryon by T. Cooper, Allison Glock-Cooper
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Oryon's humor and insight will keep readers turning pages."-- Kirkus Reviews Praise for Changers Book One: Drew:"This is more than just a 'message' book about how we all need to be more understanding of each other. The imaginative premise is wrapped around a moving story about gender, identity, friendship, bravery, rebellion vs. conformity, and thinking outside the box...Categorized as:
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A Bottle of Storm Clouds: Stories by Eliza Victoria
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAward-winning author Eliza Victoria mixes magic with the mundane in this special concoction of 16 short stories. A girl meets a young man with the legs of a chicken. A boy is employed by a goddess running a pawnshop. A group of teenagers are trapped in an enchanted forest for 900 days. A man finds himself in an MRT station beyond Taft, a station that was not supposed to exist... -
Waiting for Augusta by Jessica Lawson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEleven-year-old Benjamin Putter has a lump in his throat, and he’s certain it’s a golf ball. He knows it sounds crazy, but everything’s been topsy-turvy since his father died last month. And he doesn’t know how to fix it.Then, one day, something starts tugging at Ben, telling him to hurry to Augusta, Georgia—home of the most famous golf course in the world... -
Before and Ever Since by Sharla Lovelace
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFans of Jodi Thomas and Lori Wilde will love this sparkling romance from Sharla Lovelace, the bestselling author of Just One Day and The Reason Is You. Emily Lockwood has her hands full with a stubbornly independent daughter, an ex-husband who sometimes tests her patience, and a mother who often does...
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