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  • My Salvation by Alanea Alder

    My Salvation by Alanea Alder

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Priest Vi’Aerdan wants nothing more than for his mate to be safe, but nightmares plague him with images of her being torn to shreds. Despite consulting Meryn, his anxiety persists. He remembers the helplessness associated with his failure to help his unit brothers when they were trapped in the caves of Noctem Falls...
  • Magical Midlife Love by K.F. Breene

    Magical Midlife Love by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    The fourth book in the Wall Street Journal bestselling Leveling Up series.The Ivy House team is shaping up, but there are still holes to be filled, and a magical summons outstanding. Jessie needs a teacher. Someone who can fit in with the whacky Ivy House crew. And that was going just fine...until she gets a request to host a powerful, neighboring mage. A teacher isn't going to be enough...
  • Wisteria Warned by Angela Pepper

    Wisteria Warned by Angela Pepper

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Zara Riddle is another year older, and busier than ever. She's a powerful witch, a skilled librarian, and the World's Best Mom - according to her coffee mug. It's no wonder the town's detective keeps seeking her help. If you want something done, ask a busy person!Zara partners again with Detective Bentley to investigate a call about a missing person...
  • 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...
  • Whiskers on Kittens by R.J. Blain

    Whiskers on Kittens by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The next time a friend dared her to steal something, Kelsie would say no. Should the friend also be a succubus, not only would she say no, she would run for the nearest border faster than a bat fleeing the dark depths of hell.Under normal circumstances, she didn’t even mind serving community service. It added spice to an otherwise boring day and gave her something productive to do...
  • Beguiled by Darynda Jones

    Beguiled by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Newly indoctrinated witch, Defiance Dayne discovers there’s more to life after forty than she'd ever imagined possible. Especially if one is a charmling, one of only three in the world, with enough magics to make her a target for every power-hungry warlock out there. When one of them sends a hunter to town, she knows it’s time to take her talents seriously before the hunter takes her life...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Wisteria Woven by Angela Pepper, Tiffany Williams

    Wisteria Woven by Angela Pepper, Tiffany Williams

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Book 11 in the sensational Wisteria Witches Mysteries series by USA Today Bestselling author Angela Pepper!Zara Riddle was looking forward to her first Halloween as a witch.Then the little girl ghost showed up.Zara puts costume shopping on hold, rolls up her sleeves, and does her usual witcher-i-doo.But nothing works as planned. Mistakes are made. Dinner parties are ruined. (More than usual...
  • Magical Midlife Dating by K.F. Breene

    Magical Midlife Dating by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    The decision has been made. Jessie has taken the magic, and all the weird that goes with it. Including wings.There's only one problem - she can't figure out how to access them.Through a series of terrible decisions, Jessie realizes she must ask for help. Gargoyle help.But she could've never predicted who answers her call - he's an excellent flier, incredibly patient, and a good trainer...
  • 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...
  • Magical Midlife Invasion by K.F. Breene

    Magical Midlife Invasion by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Jessie is well on her way to learning her new life and settling in. The tough alpha, Austin, has joined her team, and she has painstakingly learned to fly. At the moment, life couldn’t get any better.But it can get a whole lot…more irritating.Her parents have decided to visit...
  • You May Be Write by Robyn Peterman

    You May Be Write by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    No one in their right freaking mind ever said midlife was magical. Apparently it is.Or at least mine is…Once upon a time there was a paranormal romance author who caught her husband in a compromising position. One divorce later, she’s free and ready to start her new life at forty-two. Right? Wrong...
  • 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...
  • Murder Most Witchy by Amanda M. Lee

    Murder Most Witchy by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Life in the Winchester household is hardly settled. That’s true for Bay Winchester more than anybody else. Her boyfriend Landon Michaels is away from town on an undercover assignment for the FBI and Bay is struggling not to let worry and unease rule over her life. Halloween is approaching, after all, and Hemlock Cove is bustling with activity...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Murder Mittens by R.J. Blain

    Murder Mittens by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Becoming a bounty hunter and taking on the call sign of Murder Mittens wasn’t Harri’s brightest move, but what’s a lynx to do with millions of debt while working a customer service gig? The scars deforming her face won’t remove themselves, and she’ll bag and tag every criminal in the United States to get rid of them if necessary...
  • Fashionably Fanged by Robyn Peterman, Audrey Lusk

    Fashionably Fanged by Robyn Peterman, Audrey Lusk

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I have to trap the most evil, worst bad dude in existence without actually turning him to ash. So, what's a Vampyre to do?For starters, enter an undead beauty pageant - in Oklahoma, where the hair is jacked and the contestants are busty and brainless.My name is Venus. I'm a 200-year-old killing machine, and I'm trading in my daggers and sword for a sparkly dress and an obscene swimsuit...
  • Magically Delicious by Robyn Peterman

    Magically Delicious by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What does a hungry, pregnant witch do when her whole freaking town goes on a no carb diet? I’ll tell you what. She goes on the sly and conjures up some anchovy-chocolate chunk cookies dipped in hot sauce—that’s what. Of course my cheating gets complicated when all of the magic in the world goes on the fritz...
  • Descendant of Sin by M. Sinclair

    Descendant of Sin by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Did my mages, my demi-gods, and I need to hold a Halloween party? No, of course not. Was I going to anyway? You better freakin’ believe it. I didn’t even feel bad! We needed a break! Even if it was for a day, a healthy work and life balance was essential… even if it was holding a bloody Halloween party and the work was determining who was sucking magic out of people like goddamn juice boxes...
  • 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...
  • Ghostly Despair by Lily Harper Hart

    Ghostly Despair by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Almost six years ago, Harper Harlow’s boyfriend was involved in a car accident and walked away from the scene. Severely injured, law enforcement believed him dead and gave up looking. It seems they were wrong. Quinn Jackson is back … and he’s very much alive. His memory isn’t what it used to be, but he’s quickly putting things together...
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    cozy  humor  law-enforcement  magic  paranormal  adult  book  comedy
  • Life's a Witch by Carrie Pulkinen

    Life's a Witch by Carrie Pulkinen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Crimson Oliver is a bad witch.She's not wicked, but every spell she tries to cast goes awry in one way or another. After her last screw-up, the high priestess has threatened to bind her powers and turn her human for good.Crimson's solution? Challenge the priestess to a battle of magic she can't possibly win.Not without a miracle, anyway.Enter hotter-than-hellfire demon Mike Cortez...
  • A Tale of Two Witches by Robyn Peterman

    A Tale of Two Witches by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Three waxed cats, one Cookie Witch, a brazilian gone bad and the last name, Bermangoggleshitz... not the best ingredients for a successful spell. Or is it? Avoiding the truth has been working out just fine for most of my life. I'm finally happy. I have friends and a kangaroo shifter who adores me...
  • 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:
    cozy  female-mc  humor  magic  paranormal  witches-wizards  adult  book
  • 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...
  • Cornbread & Crossroads by Bella Falls

    Cornbread & Crossroads by Bella Falls

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Magic and mystery are only part of the Southern Charms of Honeysuckle Hollow…After everyone returns from Charleston, Honeysuckle Hollow has been growing by leaps and bounds with new residents seeking magical sanctuary. All the residents of the Southern supernatural small town try their best to be welcoming...
  • A Chip on Her Shoulder by R.J. Blain

    A Chip on Her Shoulder by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    After a deal with loan sharks sours, Darlene’s brother is permanently transformed into a chipmunk. Not one to accept impossibility as a good excuse for failure, she’s determined to rescue her brother and secure revenge against those who’d poisoned him with grade-a transformatives...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  demons  humor  magic  paranormal  shapeshifters  urban  vampires
  • Bitten in the Midlife by Lia Davis, L.A. Boruff

    Bitten in the Midlife by Lia Davis, L.A. Boruff

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jilted at the altar a month before her fortieth birthday. Poor Hailey. Midlife really does have a crisis. Or is it that midlife is the crisis? Either way, it sucks.Hailey Whitfield can’t take anymore run-ins with her ex. It’s time for a big change.She’s never considered moving away, but it’s her best plan yet...
  • Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors by Molly Harper

    Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors by Molly Harper

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Just as Jane Jameson's unlife seems to be stabilizing, fate sinks its fangs firmly into her butt. Despite her near-phobia of wedding planning, her no-frills nighttime nuptials to her sexy boyfriend, Gabriel, are coming along smoothly. That is, until she turns a fatally wounded teenage acquaintance, and the Council pronounces her responsible for the newborn vamp until he can control his thirst...
  • Whatever for Hire by R.J. Blain

    Whatever for Hire by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Warning: This novel contains excessive humor, action, excitement, adventure, magic, romance, and bodies. Proceed with caution. Fetching a cat out of a tree should’ve been a quick, easy fifty bucks in Kanika’s pocket. Instead, following one stray thought, the devil pays her a visit and leaves her with a debt to repay...
  • Witch Glitch by Robyn Peterman

    Witch Glitch by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Witches and glitches and testicle obsessed cats… Oh my. One dilemma down and approximately 74,876,283 to go. I think being the Shifter Whisperer is hard—or Shifter Wanker as I enjoy referring to my new job—but healing wounded Shifters is easy compared to finding and eliminating the lurking freaking evil...
  • Magic Forged by K.M. Shea

    Magic Forged by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    I'm one scrappy wizard. As someone with barely a flicker of magic, I've spent my life being mocked and surviving fights with bullies. But when my parents die in an accident, and I find myself responsible for our whole wizard house and family, I know my usual tactics aren't going to cut it...
  • Grim Offerings by Amanda M. Lee

    Grim Offerings by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Grim and bear it.Being a grim reaper isn’t easy, but answering to family is even worse.Between argumentative souls, overbearing older brothers and everyday nonsense, Aisling Grimlock has her hands full.When a run-of-the-mill job goes awry, Aisling finds herself in a mess. The soul she was supposed to collect is still amongst the living, and the man who wanted to kill him is dead instead...
  • 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...
  • The Write Hook by Robyn Peterman

    The Write Hook by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Midlife is full of surprises. Not all of them are working for me.At forty-two I’ve had my share of ups and downs. Relatively normal, except when the definition of normal changes… drastically...
  • No Were To Run by Robyn Peterman

    No Were To Run by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    My name is Dima and I’m a Dragon. I’m also going to die soon. It's a battle I’ve waged most of my life, but now the odds are looking crappy. Before I go up flames, I have to find a way to save my horde and make sure my secret treasure is safe. There is one way I could stick around a bit longer, but the men I’ve met aren’t exactly lining up to save me...
  • Bad Wolf by Lauren Dawes

    Bad Wolf by Lauren Dawes

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A rookie cop. A team of supernatural detectives. A shifter with some impulse control issues.My name is Cat McKenzie, and I thought wood sprites weren’t a thing.Apparently, they are. Fun fact: they enjoy eating carrion which was how I discovered the body of a hunter in the woods. The local werewolf pack confirms it’s a bad wolf doing the biting...
  • Spirit Witch by Helen Harper

    Spirit Witch by Helen Harper

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    If anyone appreciates what it means to be dead to the world, it's Ivy Wilde. Barely recovered from her brush with necromancy, Ivy is flung once more into a world of intrigue, adventure and potential death and disaster. It's not her fault - it just so turns out that she's now the only person in the entire world who can communicate with the dead. And they're a chatty bunch with a list of demands...
  • The Unyielding by Shelly Laurenston

    The Unyielding by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Stieg Engstrom, Angriest Viking Ever, has got big problems. The human Viking Clans of earth are in danger of being obliterated—along with the rest of the world—and the only one who may be able to save them is a super pain-in-the-ass Crow...
  • Betwixt by Darynda Jones

    Betwixt by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A Paranormal Women's Fiction with a bit of class, and a lot of sass, for anyone who feels like age is just a number! Divorced, desperate, and destitute, former restaurateur Defiance "Dephne" Dayne finds out she has been bequeathed a house by a complete stranger. She is surprised, to say the least, and her curiosity gets the better of her...
  • Madison's Mess by Robyn Peterman

    Madison's Mess by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What could possibly go wrong when a Mermaid and a Werewolf are sent on a dangerous mission by the drunken, diaper-wearing God of the Sea? Better question. What could possibly go right? Madison Unlike my sisters, I haven’t found my HEA. And I’m looking—hard. But finding a man who wants to blowhole dive in Hawaii on the first date is more difficult than you might imagine...
  • Magic in Those Eyes by Jackie May

    Magic in Those Eyes by Jackie May

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    (Careful! While the Shayne Davies series can be read as a stand-alone, this book does reveal certain spoilers from books 1,2, and 3 of the Nora Jacobs series, so be warned! See the recommended reading order below for reading both series together.) After taking down Detroit’s east side demon horde, Shayne Davies is enjoying newfound respect as an FUA field agent...
  • Midlife Bounty Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Midlife Bounty Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    A Paranormal Women's Fiction with a bit of class, and a lot of sass for anyone who feels like age is just a number! One day I’m married, living in Seattle, and magic isn’t real. The next, I’m divorced and living in the guest room of my ex’s hotter- than-sin cousin’s place in Savannah . . . and talking to an animated skeleton named Robert. I have to admit, Robert isn’t my worst date...
  • The Beast in Him by Shelly Laurenston

    The Beast in Him by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Some things are so worth waiting for. Like the moment when Jessica Ward "accidentally" bumps into Bobby Ray Smith and shows him just how far she's come since high school. Back then, Jess's gangly limbs and bruised heart turn to jelly any time Smitty's "all the better to ravish you with" body came near her. So, some things haven't changed. Except now Jess is a success on her own terms...
  • The Undoing by Shelly Laurenston

    The Undoing by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A risk worth taking…   No one would ever accuse Jace Berisha of having an easy life—considering her husband…you know…killed her. But that was then! Now she fights for mighty Viking gods with the spectacular and vicious Crows.   But things are turning very bad, very quickly because a vengeful, ancient goddess has come into the world with just one thing on her mind—ending it...
  • Cheetahs Never Win by R.J. Blain

    Cheetahs Never Win by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Witnessing a double homicide dumps Aaron Clinton into the middle of a gruesome murder investigation. To stop the budding serial killer from striking again, Aaron must join forces with a reformed cop and a colony of cranky cats...
  • Fowl Play by R.J. Blain

    Fowl Play by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    alternate cover edition of ASIN B07F6Y9M9BInstead of a quiet dance retreat where she could escape the insanity of being the daughter of an angel, a succubus, and a lycanthrope, Emma Sansaul plummets into the middle of murder, mayhem, and mischief...
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