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Marked for Murder by Colleen Helme
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTrouble follows Shelby Nichols Why wouldn't it?She works for a mob boss.And the police.A desperate call from a friend in need turns Shelby’s life upside down. Someone is out to prove that Shelby is a fake, marking her for murder. How far will they go?As the clock ticks down, she realizes no one is safe, and it’s up to her to stop them. Will she succeed? Let’s hope so, because time is running out... -
![Magic & Misdeeds by Annabel Chase]()
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... -
![Laced In Lies by Colleen Helme]()
Laced In Lies by Colleen Helme
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMeet 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... -
![Deep In Death by Colleen Helme]()
Deep In Death by Colleen Helme
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRunning “errands” for her mob-boss employer, Joey “The Knife” Manetto, often ends with Shelby in trouble, making her cautious about continuing her association with him. Instead, she focuses on a new client who hires Shelby to find her missing mother. What seems like a routine case turns into something more sinister and deadly than she ever imagined... -
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![Hidden Deception by Colleen Helme]()
Hidden Deception by Colleen Helme
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBook 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... -
![Phantom Quartz by Barbra Annino]()
Phantom Quartz by Barbra Annino
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’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 ratingsSometimes 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... -
![Magic & Mischief by Annabel Chase]()
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... -
![MESSAGE in the BONES: A small town murder mystery with a psychic twist by Dawn Merriman]()
MESSAGE in the BONES: A small town murder mystery with a psychic twist by Dawn Merriman
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEscape the usual small town murder story with this quirky, page turning mystery. With long-buried bones, psychic visions, a tattoo with messages from above, and a clown-masked murderer chasing through a corn maze, this story will keep you on edge until the very last word. -
![Whisk and Reward by Nancy Warren]()
Whisk and Reward by Nancy Warren
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMurder, 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... -
![Bedtime Fury by Annabel Chase]()
Bedtime Fury by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWelcome 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... -
![Secret Hollows by Terri Reid]()
Secret Hollows by Terri Reid
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe man smiled at Timmy. “That would be nice of you. Why don’t you lead the way?” Timmy moved past the man and started back up the hill. He heard the whoosh of something moving quickly through the air, but it hit him before he had time to react. He felt the impact against his head and his whole body flew sideways through the air... -
![Every Picture Tells a Fury by Annabel Chase]()
Every Picture Tells a Fury by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWelcome 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... -
![Fun and Fury by Annabel Chase]()
Fun and Fury by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWelcome to Chipping Cheddar where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight.Federal Bureau of Magic Agent Eden Fury spends her days catching demons and returning them to Otherworld where they belong. Grandma spends her days catching Little Critters on her favorite game and never the twain shall meet.Until they do... -
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![The Halloween Haunting by Cate Lawley]()
The Halloween Haunting by Cate Lawley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's bingo night at the retirement center!It sounds tame enough to Mallory, except the residents of this particular community include a grandmotherly hacker, a retired witch, and, once upon a time, Mallory's Great-Auntie Lula. Visiting her dead relative's former abode brings back memories for Mallory, but it also rather unexpectedly brings back Great-Auntie Lula... -
![Magic & Mishaps by Annabel Chase]()
Magic & Mishaps by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWelcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken.Ember Rose is working hard to smooth the path for her relationship with the stoic vampire Alec Hale. She hits a massive bump, however, when a body is discovered drained of blood and Alec is one of the key suspects. Sheriff Nash insists that his interest in Alec isn't personal, but Ember isn't convinced... -
![Dog Gone Ghost by Angie Fox, Tavia Gilbert]()
Dog Gone Ghost by Angie Fox, Tavia Gilbert
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWho 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... -
![Playing With Fury by Annabel Chase]()
Playing With Fury by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWelcome to Chipping Cheddar, where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight......Well, maybe not all supernaturals. I tend to avoid using my fury traits, but when I reluctantly use my power of invisibility and then can't undo it, I don't know whether the gods are punishing me--or someone else is. At first my condition isn't so bad... -
![A Ghoulish Midlife by Lia Davis, L.A. Boruff]()
A Ghoulish Midlife by Lia Davis, L.A. Boruff
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMoving home isn’t in the game plan.Ava Harper had aspirations for her forties. None included using her Necromancy powers to solve murders.As much as she doesn’t want to move back to Maine, she can’t spend another day in the empty, depressing house with the memory of her dead husband. It’s time for a new plan. Time to start over and learn to live again... -
![Sweet Tea and Spirits by Angie Fox]()
Sweet Tea and Spirits by Angie Fox
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSouthern girl Verity Long is about as high society as her pet skunk. Which is why she’s surprised as anyone when the new head of the Sugarland social set invites her to join the "it" girls. But this is no social call. Verity’s new client needs her to go in undercover and investigate strange happenings at the group’s historic headquarters... -
![Meanwhile, Back in Deadwood by Ann Charles]()
Meanwhile, Back in Deadwood by Ann Charles
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMeanwhile, Back in Deadwood … the mystery and mayhem continue. Between the butchered body parts, creepy killers, dogged detectives, ghoulish ghosts, and ever-present TV cameras, Violet Parker’s purple boots are itching to skedaddle.But there is no escaping another murder investigation or her new deadly reputation. Not even if both risk the lives of those she loves most... -
![Ribbing and Runes by Nancy Warren]()
Ribbing and Runes by Nancy Warren
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCan 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 ratingsBeware 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 ratingsFor 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... -
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![The Case of the Earth Spell by Amorette Anderson]()
The Case of the Earth Spell by Amorette Anderson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAre you ready to learn some Earth Magic? Penny Banks, amateur sleuth and witch-in-training, is hitting the books. This time, she's studying elemental magic -- Earth Magic in particular. At the same time, a skeleton turns up in her friend's back yard... -
![Amethyst Witch by Barbra Annino]()
Amethyst Witch by Barbra Annino
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsStacy 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... -
![The Skeleton in the Closet by Angie Fox]()
The Skeleton in the Closet by Angie Fox
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratings**USA Today Bestselling series!**From New York Times bestseller Angie Fox, the second book in the Southern Ghost Hunter mysteriesA haunted library is no place for a girl who can see ghosts, but when Verity Long stumbles on a dead body in the middle of the main reading room, she has to believe someone…even a dead someone…must have witnessed the crime... -
![They Hexed the Moon!: Mysteries of Meri (Familiar Kitten Mysteries, #20) by Sara Bourgeois]()
They Hexed the Moon!: Mysteries of Meri (Familiar Kitten Mysteries, #20) by Sara Bourgeois
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Warlocks have really done it this time!Kinsley and Jeremy delve into a bizarre occurrence at Nissa's residence, where undead pets are rising from their graves, and a perplexing vortex threatens to consume everything in its path.Thorn is summoned to examine a disturbance at a decrepit mansion, where he stumbles upon the lifeless body of a paranormal investigator... -
![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 ratingsMichelle 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... -
![A Solstice Celebration by Amanda M. Lee]()
A Solstice Celebration by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIt’s the summer of 2005, and Marnie Winchester is in charge. That’s right, her sister Winnie is out of town for a week and Marnie is officially the boss. It’s everything she’s always wanted. Kind of... -
![Murder on the Sugarland Express by Angie Fox]()
Murder on the Sugarland Express by Angie Fox
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsGhost 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... -
![Ghostly Worries by Lily Harper Hart]()
Ghostly Worries by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhisper Cove is stuck in a heat wave, although it’s nothing compared to the fire stoking between Harper Harlow and Jared Monroe. They’re happy and enjoying themselves … until a face from the past resurfaces.Jason Thurman and Harper had a brief fling in high school, and when he returns to town to open a restaurant he’s hoping they can revisit their relationship as adults... -
![Haunted And Hexed by Misty Bane]()
Haunted And Hexed by Misty Bane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWelcome to Blackwood Bay, where magic and murder have come out to play...If only that had been on the sign when I drove into town. Instead, the picturesque seaside destination had lured me in with its vintage charm and promises of the quaint little bookstore I’d unexpectedly inherited. Then came the handful of instant friends and a hunky local to boot... -
![Crumbs and Misdemeanors by Nancy Warren]()
Crumbs and Misdemeanors by Nancy Warren
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBread is supposed to be the staff of life—not a murder weapon.Every baker has their weak spot. For Poppy it’s bread. So, when The Great British Baking Contest hits bread week, she’s as fragile as an overbaked croissant. Just when she needs to keep all her focus on flour, water, yeast and salt, another ingredient enters the mix. Death... -
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![Herringbones and Hexes by Nancy Warren]()
Herringbones and Hexes by Nancy Warren
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat the hex is going on?Life at Cardinal Woolsey’s knitting and yarn shop is about as smooth as shop owner Lucy’s knitting. In other words, lumpy, tangled and prone to disaster. Much like her spell-casting. But things get worse when her cousin and shop assistant Violet shows alarming symptoms of a hex... -
![Life's A Birch by Annabel Chase]()
Life's A Birch by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLife's a birch and then you die in a canal wearing days-of-the-week underpants.Forty-two-year-old Mia Thorne is settling into her new life in the small riverside town of Newberry, Pennsylvania. Part of her misses the bright lights of the big city, but Mia is determined to make the best of the cottage she inherited and its surroundings gardens, as well as her blossoming love life... -
![Deader Homes and Gardens by Angie Fox]()
Deader Homes and Gardens by Angie Fox
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSouthern belle Verity Long is back in business--as a ghost hunter. Now all she has to do is visit the town's creepiest mansion and exorcise a family of vengeful spirits. Piece of cake. After all, ghosts love her and need her...that is until she meets the ghosts of Rock Fall mansion... -
![The Haunted Heist by Angie Fox]()
The Haunted Heist by Angie Fox
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratings**USA TODAY Bestselling Series!**Just because she can see the dead doesn't mean Verity Long wants to spend her days hunting ghosts. Instead, she's over the moon to land a marketing job at the local bank...until she finds her new boss dead in the vault. Even her ghost friend, Frankie, knows that's no way to start a career... -
![War of the Noses by Renee George]()
War of the Noses by Renee George
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy name is Nora Black. I'm turning fifty-two, but I don't feel a day over thirty-nine. That is, when I can find my glasses, my feet don't hurt, and my scent-induced psychic ability isn't showing me crimes.For my birthday, my best friends Gilly and Pippa signed us up for a weekend at the Central Midwest Spa Convention. Yay... -
![One Corpse Open Slay by Dakota Cassidy]()
One Corpse Open Slay by Dakota Cassidy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome to Marshmallow Hollow, Maine, a holiday mystery, where it's all Christmas all the time and murder is hung by the chimney with care...Halliday Valentine here! It’s a week before Christmas, and my quaint holiday town, Marshmallow Hollow, is chock-a-block with seasonal activities. Some less fun than others…like the ice sculpting competition my bestie, Stiles, has talked me into... -
![Magic, Lead, and Gingerbread by Nicole St. Claire]()
Magic, Lead, and Gingerbread by Nicole St. Claire
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe holidays start with a bang when a cooking show judge is murdered in the Pinecroft Inn kitchen!Christmas comes early when word arrives that the Pinecroft Inn’s annual gingerbread house competition will be featured on the most popular cooking show in the country... -
![Ghosts & Gateaux by Sara Bourgeois]()
Ghosts & Gateaux by Sara Bourgeois
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew expanded edition!When a nasty and unpopular resident of Brookdale is murdered, Fern Moonfall has to set aside personal feelings to find justice for the victim. Unfortunately, her investigation puts her directly in the killer's line of sight.The danger also pushes her closer to Detective Mitch Landry... -
![Petal to the Metal by Annabel Chase]()
Petal to the Metal by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsForty-two-year-old Mia Thorne is not living her best life. After a disastrous career-and-relationship-ending event, she escapes New York City and moves to a sleepy river town in Pennsylvania, courtesy of a dead aunt she never knew. Aunt Hazel was the reclusive family nut, a self-proclaimed psychic... -
![Fury Godmother by Annabel Chase]()
Fury Godmother by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWelcome to Chipping Cheddar, where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight Be careful what you wish for... I've only been back home a few weeks and already strange events are happening all over town. Wishes are coming true to the delight of those affected. Despite the seemingly good fortune, I need to put on my Federal Bureau of Magic badge and get to work... -
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![Queso de los Muertos by Nova Nelson]()
Queso de los Muertos by Nova Nelson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA town cook-off has never been so life-or-death.When it comes to Eastwind's annual cook-off, witch Nora Ashcroft is in it to win it.It's the perfect opportunity to introduce her delectable queso recipe to the magical town of Eastwind, and she'll do whatever it takes to keep Donovan from beating her... -
![Private Eye by Alyssa Day]()
Private Eye by Alyssa Day
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Tess Callahan, new owner of Dead End Pawn, meets her grandmother the banshee, life is about to get complicated. When Tess's partner Jack Shepherd, tiger shapeshifter and P.I., gets involved to help them investigate a banshee-kidnapping spree, life is about to get deadly. Because nothing is ever simple in Dead End, Florida, and sometimes it takes a tiger's eye to see the truth... -
![Making a Medium by Erin Huss]()
Making a Medium by Erin Huss
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy name is Zoe Lane, and I see dead people.Well, I see one dead person. Willie MacIntosh, a ninety-something-year-old multi-millionaire, who looks thirty, has a demanding personality, a strong opinion on my wardrobe and my love life, and he wants to know how he died.The problem is, there were a lot of people who wanted Willie MacIntosh dead, and it's my job to figure out who the killer is... -
![A Score to Kettle by Eryn Scott]()
A Score to Kettle by Eryn Scott
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA ghost mystery for readers who don't usually enjoy the paranormal."The residents of Pebble Cove were wary of the new commune at The Pines even before someone ended up dead.Rosemary is excited to cater her first even at the newly opened commune's full moon festival. When a young woman is found murdered in her yurt, it's clear these rich wannabe hippies aren't as peaceful as they pretend... -
![Never Been Hexed by Christine Zane Thomas]()
Never Been Hexed by Christine Zane Thomas
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsConstance Campbell learned on her fortieth birthday that she comes from a long line of witches.Now, struggling to learn her magic, Constance dives deeper into her family’s sorted past.Constance vows to find the truth behind her mother's disappearance. She’s determined to seek out the Faction, an order of witches and warlocks vying for power in the supernatural world... -
![Dewitched by Dakota Cassidy]()
Dewitched by Dakota Cassidy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"It's nice to meet you, Mr…er, stage, screen, and Japanese film star, but party…and thirty-two years, actually almost thirty-three now. And um, stuff…to do… So, talk later. I mean, you and me. M'kay? Gotta go...
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