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  • Midlife Ghost Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Midlife Ghost Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    If you thought being over forty meant the end of adventures, then you're in for a shock as Bree, and her ragtag bunch take you on a side-splitting rollercoaster ride!Stuck with Alan's ghost following her around, Bree is in hot water now with no easy way out as she's been framed for his murder and plunked in the local pokey...
  • Vengeful Magic by T.J. Green

    Vengeful Magic by T.J. Green

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When lost treasure is discovered, supernatural creatures unleash violence across Cornwall.Midsummer is approaching and Avery, Alex, and the White Haven witches, are making plans to celebrate Litha, but everything stops when paranormal activities cause havoc.Smuggler's gold is found that dates back centuries, and a strange chain of events is set in motion; Newton needs magical help...
  • Witch, Interrupted by Amanda M. Lee

    Witch, Interrupted by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Things have been quiet in Hemlock Cove. That means the Winchesters are due to find trouble. This time, the trouble comes in the form of a dead radio doctor who calls himself Dr. Lovelorn and fixes relationships in distress. Unfortunately for the Winchesters, if he can’t help his normal patients, he’s going to help them … whether they want it or not...
  • 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...
  • Caffeinated Calamity by Amanda M. Lee

    Caffeinated Calamity by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The only witch in the world? It might feel like it to Stormy Morgan but she knows better.Twenty minutes away, in a town called Hemlock Cove, witches have taken over. Sure, the bulk of the town is made up of frauds looking to shore up their tourism industry, but there are real witches, too. There’s a family, last name of Winchester, and they’re notorious...
  • The Trouble With Witches by Amanda M. Lee

    The Trouble With Witches by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Winchester witches are in a tizzy. Sam Cornell’s parents are coming to town and Clove is beside herself. Meeting her boyfriend’s parents is a big deal. It doesn’t help that her cousins can’t stop making fun of her, which is the Winchester way, of course. In addition to the Cornells' imminent visit, the Winchesters are also dealing with Sam’s new tanker...
  • Witching For Moxie by Deanna Chase

    Witching For Moxie by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Iris Hartman thought she’d finally gotten everything she’d ever wanted. She had her dream job of mayor of Premonition Pointe and was married to a handsome, charismatic man who adored her. But after finding out her husband was involved with a local drug dealer, she suddenly found herself single and forced to step down as mayor. Now she’s starting over...
  • 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...
  • Witches Under Way by Debora Geary

    Witches Under Way by Debora Geary

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Lizard and Elsie are under way, but the WitchLight journey isn't an easy one. There are bumps and obstacles inside their own hearts. There are meddling witches, helpful knitters, and a fearsome duo with water pistols.And there is the greatest challenge of all... the one they will pick for each other...
  • Witching for Clarity by Deanna Chase

    Witching for Clarity by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Clarity “Gigi” Martin moved to Premonition Pointe for a fresh start. And that’s exactly what she got when she found a house that was connected to her ancestors and a group of witches who welcomed her into their fold. It’s not easy starting over at forty, but she’s determined to do it on her own terms with her past left firmly behind her… until Sebastian Knight walks back into her life...
  • Alan's Utterly Accidental Dream-Cute by A.J. Sherwood

    Alan's Utterly Accidental Dream-Cute by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What happens when a Havili researcher meets a psychic dreamwalker? A dreamy meet-cute, that’s what. (In more ways than one...
    Categorized as:
    humor  magic  paranormal  poc-mc  adult  black-mc  book  contemporary
  • 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...
  • Sinfully Delicious by Amanda M. Lee

    Sinfully Delicious by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Stormy Morgan left her hometown of Shadow Hills, Michigan, with one goal: to write the great American novel and strike it rich. She sold her novel not long after college, did relatively well, and then fell off a cliff into obscurity. Now, without a book contract, she’s back at her family restaurant in a one-stoplight town … and she’s convinced things couldn’t possibly get worse...
  • Bewitched by Amanda M. Lee

    Bewitched by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Did you ever wonder how Sam Cornell and Clove Winchester hooked up? Here’s your chance to find out.Travel back in time (a few months, anyway) and witness the weird magic of the Winchester world from Sam’s perspective as he works on refurbishing the Dandridge lighthouse – and fights his feelings for a certain witchy wonder.Sam and Clove have chemistry, but suspicion is working against them...
  • A Mage's Guide to Wicky by A.J. Sherwood

    A Mage's Guide to Wicky by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Wicky’s never been magically stalked before.He kinda likes it, to be honest.For some reason, it’s upsetting everyone else though...
  • Make A Witch by Amanda M. Lee

    Make A Witch by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Bay Winchester and Landon Michaels are looking forward to a quiet holiday. It seems someone else has other ideas.Hemlock Cove is buzzing with activity – and very little of it has to do with Thanksgiving. The town is christening a new wishing well – dedicated by Mrs. Little herself – and Landon and Bay are eager to attend the unveiling...
  • On a Witch and a Prayer by Amanda M. Lee

    On a Witch and a Prayer by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    FBI Agent Landon Michaels is looking forward to a weekend of fun and ease with his witchy love, Bay Winchester. Unfortunately for him, relaxation isn’t in the cards. When his boss hands him a cold case from Hemlock Cove before he leaves for an extended weekend, Landon is annoyed. When Thistle Winchester gets a vision from the file, bother turns to intrigue...
  • 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...
  • Dead Man Walking by Pandora Pine

    Dead Man Walking by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cold Case Detective, Ronan O’Mara is stunned to see the breaking news that a well-known mobster he helped to put behind bars, Vito “The Dragon” Dragonni, has been released from prison after his life sentence is overturned on a technicality. When prominent members involved in the original case against The Dragon start turning up dead, Ronan starts to wonder if he’s next...
  • Only the Lonely by Amanda M. Lee

    Only the Lonely by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Isabella “Izzy” Sage spent her formative years on Belle Isle in Detroit, playing next to the gate that separates the living from the dead as her parents drew a paycheck from the grim reaper council. Then the impossible happened, tragedy struck, and Izzy found herself an orphan...
  • Hypnos by R.J. Blain

    Hypnos by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Following the devastation of World War III, nuclear radiation has spawned magic, ranging from nuisance koppa oni plaguing the Golden Gate to masters of the elements. It falls to the FBI's supernatural quads and their supervisors to protect those who can't protect themselves...
  • Wrath and Bones by A.J. Aalto

    Wrath and Bones by A.J. Aalto

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Marnie Baranuik is confident that her new psychic detective agency will be a great success, and she has eight million business cards to prove it. But before the paint even dries on her open for business sign, she’s summoned to face the Demon King Asmodeus in His own playground, the revenant court, home of the undead nobility, to participate in a conclave of the most powerful immortals on Earth...
  • 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...
  • Last Impressions by A.J. Aalto

    Last Impressions by A.J. Aalto

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When an FBI Internal Affairs investigation lands the Preternatural Crimes Unit in a bureaucratic spank-fest, it feels like the perfect time for Marnie Baranuik to skip town and lend her expertise to a bear-sized Canadian cop who doesn’t want her help with his case, his love life, or his car stereo...
  • Witching For Joy by Deanna Chase

    Witching For Joy by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 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! Joy Lansing is at a crossroads. Her kids have all flown the nest and just when she thought she was going to spend her golden years with her husband of thirty years, she finds herself single again and looking to rebuilt a life she no longer recognizes...
  • Obsidian Curse by Barbra Annino

    Obsidian Curse by Barbra Annino

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Reporter Stacy Justice has finally stopped resisting who she really is—a powerfully gifted witch. And now that the Council has appointed her Seeker of Justice, she feels stronger and more attuned to her magic than ever before.But Samhain—the night when the veil between the worlds thins—is approaching and something strange is brewing. First, a fairy with a sweet tooth appears in town unexpectedly...
  • Wicked Times by Lily Harper Hart

    Wicked Times by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Detective Jack Harker and Shadow Lake’s resident witch Ivy Morgan are finally on the right romantic track – and they’re officially going on their first date. While eating dinner in a neighboring town, a police officer is shot and killed on the street – and when the ballistics come back, Jack realizes his tortured past is still part of his tumultuous present...
  • Careful What You Witch For: A Wicked Witches of the Midwest Short by Amanda M. Lee

    Careful What You Witch For: A Wicked Witches of the Midwest Short by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Being the youngest Winchester witch is … tough. For Clove Winchester, that has never more apparent than now. Sure, she’s got a new romance brewing with Sam Cornell – but her cousins Bay and Thistle are fighting her every step of the way on that front. When her father approaches her with an opportunity to serve as an in-house psychic for the opening of his new inn, Clove jumps at the chance...
  • Way of the Wolf by Lindsay Buroker

    Way of the Wolf by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    You can only escape your destiny for so long…It’s been more than twenty years since tragedy prompted Luna Valens to walk away from her pack.Scarred by her past, she’s done her best to lead a normal human life. Thanks to a potion that suppresses her magic, nobody around her has a clue that she’s a werewolf...
  • Tall Tales & Witchy Fails by Lily Harper Hart

    Tall Tales & Witchy Fails by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Splat.That’s the sound Hali Waverly made when she hit the pavement after a drunken billionaire ran her over with his golf cart.Cha-ching.That’s the sound her bank account made when his handlers got him under control and swooped in to buy Hali off. The offer? Ownership of a tiki bar on the property of a busy resort and lodging in one of the villas on St. Pete Beach...
  • Landon Calling by Amanda M. Lee

    Landon Calling by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Landon Michaels is one busy FBI agent. In addition to a special law enforcement gathering where he has an authoritarian presence, he’s in the midst of moving in with his girlfriend, Bay Winchester. It just so happens that the gathering – a conference where local police officers and agents can learn about new technology – is being hosted in his soon-to-be hometown of Hemlock Cove...
  • Wicked Winter by Lily Harper Hart

    Wicked Winter by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Happiness, joy and a proposal? Merry Christmas from Shadow Lake. Jack Harker is a nervous wreck. He has big Christmas plans for his girlfriend Ivy Morgan, and they involve a ring and house renovations all at one time. First, he has to make sure they both make it through a tense holiday season, though. For Ivy, things are less clear...
  • Wicked Season by Lily Harper Hart

    Wicked Season by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Ivy Morgan is convinced life couldn’t get better. She’s happy, in love and since fall is her favorite season she’s having a great time with the shifting weather. All of that changes when her boyfriend’s mother and sister show up out of the blue and cast her life into disarray. Jack Harker has never been happier, and even though he loves his mother and sister he’s not thrilled with their arrival...
  • Autumn Magic by T.M. Cromer

    Autumn Magic by T.M. Cromer

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Autumn Thorne believed she discovered the perfect love. Yet the moment she revealed she was a witch, her relationship went to hell in a handbasket. Nearly a decade later, in an ironic twist of fate, the man who shunned her shows up on her doorstep and asks for her help to develop his own latent powers...
  • The Bad Boys of Assjacket by Robyn Peterman

    The Bad Boys of Assjacket by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A dare is a dare. No self-respecting, slightly chubby, good-lookin’, crime lovin’ cat would ever pass up a dare. So I didn’t. Now, me and my boys are in hot water trying to figure out how to live on the right side of the law for a whole freakin’ week! This is complicated by a couple of hairy issues…— The half-headed bear in town had his privates pilfered...
  • Eye of the Storm by Alyssa Day

    Eye of the Storm by Alyssa Day

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A monster hurricane, a long-lost father, the Irish mob, and a rogue vampire are all trying their darndest to smash Dead End, Florida into pieces -- and then another dead body shows up...
  • Wicked Fog by Lily Harper Hart

    Wicked Fog by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Fall is here and Ivy Morgan is excited. Halloween is her favorite time of year and all she wants is to share her good mood – and three little words – with her boyfriend Jack Harker. That all changes when Jack and Ivy discover a body in a corn maze and Ivy is overcome by a dark foreboding that renders her unconscious. After sitting vigil, Jack is relieved when Ivy opens her eyes...
  • Panic Broom by Sara Bourgeois

    Panic Broom by Sara Bourgeois

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Zombies.. really? Things go from amazing to appalling for Brighton in the course of one evening. First, there’s a marriage proposal. Then, there’s a creepy thing at the edge of the woods. That’s all followed up by a dead witch who was dabbling in necromancy. More than dabbling, actually. That crazy witch was rolling around in it like a pig in mud...
  • Tropical Bartender Bear by Zoe Chant

    Tropical Bartender Bear by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A curvy black woman in disguise + a hot bartender bear shifter + a male beauty pageant at a shifters-only resort = a romantic adventure that bares it all! When you’re in trouble with the mob, there’s only one thing to do: Assume your twin sister’s identity, escape to a tropical island resort, and lay low while enjoying a generous slice of beefcake courtesy of the World Mr. Shifter pageant...
    Categorized as:
    family  humor  paranormal  poc-mc  adult  book  contemporary  crime
  • Here Comes The Witch by Ani Gonzalez

    Here Comes The Witch by Ani Gonzalez

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jewelry designer Kat Ramos has come to Banshee Creek to break the famous Hagen House curse and, in order to do that, she must marry Liam Hagen. A vengeful ghost with a deadly history isn’t part of the deal, and neither is love...
  • Not His Werewolf by Annie Nicholas

    Not His Werewolf by Annie Nicholas

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After being disowned and labelled human because she can’t shift, Betty Newman rescues unwanted dogs to fulfill her need for pack. Being rejected by her birth pack was enough pain for a lifetime and she’ll do anything to avoid subjecting herself to their prejudices. Things change when Ken Birch wakes in her kennel still in wolf form and declares she’s his soul mate...
  • Black Arts, Tarts & Gypsy Carts by Erin Johnson, Hannah Somerville

    Black Arts, Tarts & Gypsy Carts by Erin Johnson, Hannah Somerville

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    With the Summer Sea Carnival visiting the enchanted island of Bijou Mer, Imogen jumps at the chance to help run the royal bakery booth. It’ll get her out of the palace and allow her to continue avoiding her feelings for a certain engaged prince...
  • My Kind of Town by Shelly Laurenston

    My Kind of Town by Shelly Laurenston

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Emma Luchessi may be a witch from Long Island but she is used to her life being quiet. Some may even say boring. She doesn’t mind boring. Boring is safe. Calm. Peaceful. Like beige. One doesn’t get into trouble with beige. But a wrong turn off a southern highway is about to turn Emma’s beige life into everything but boring...
  • The Vampire's Valentine Surprise: A Nocturne Falls short by Kristen Painter

    The Vampire's Valentine Surprise: A Nocturne Falls short by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town know better. Living in Nocturne Falls means being yourself. Fangs, fur, and all...
  • Grave War by Kalayna Price

    Grave War by Kalayna Price

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Grave witch Alex Craft is getting pulled back into deadly fae politics in the thrilling new novel in the USA Today bestselling series. Grave witch Alex Craft has forged an uneasy truce with the world of Faerie, but she’s still been trying to maintain at least some semblance of a normal life in the human world...
  • Blood Prophecy by Alyxandra Harvey

    Blood Prophecy by Alyxandra Harvey

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Solange Drake has been officially crowned Queen of the Vampires, fulfilling the centuries old prophecy that foretold the rise to power of a daughter born to an ancient vampire line. Except Solange's thoughts and actions are no longer her own-she's been slowly being possessed by the spirit of Viola, the first daughter born into the Drake line, since her bloodchange...
  • Charmed by Nora Roberts

    Charmed by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A young woman hides her talents—and herself—from the world until a man who’s already lost enough for a lifetime reminds her that any broken heart can be healed with hope and love in Charmed, a Donovan Legacy novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts.Anastasia Donovan is an empath of powerful sensitivity, feeling the pain and despair of everyone she encounters...
  • Joyful Leigh by Melanie James

    Joyful Leigh by Melanie James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ‘Tis the season for magical mayhem. Leigh vows upon her magic desk and witch’s broom that Thankshanukkamas will be filled with childlike joy for her, her family, and her friends—even if it kills them. And it may just come to that! With a new publishing contract in hand, the disasterpieces fly from Leigh’s desk...
  • Pranic, Pregnant, and Petrified (The Montgomery Chronicles) by Karen Ranney

    Pranic, Pregnant, and Petrified (The Montgomery Chronicles) by Karen Ranney

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the third book of the Montgomery Chronicles trilogy, the witches have almost gotten to the point of claiming Marcie Montgomery, at least since the Witch Test. If Janet Travis has anything to do with it, however, Marcie would be banished to the next universe before being publicly acknowledged as a Super Duper Witch...
  • Dragons & Mayhem by Poppy Wolfe, Blair Babylon

    Dragons & Mayhem by Poppy Wolfe, Blair Babylon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dragons have fated mates, but Arawn Tiamat fell in love with a woman who isn’t his.Arawn, Duke Tiamat, absolutely, positively, definitely isn’t falling into a mating fever, and that’s the problem. A year ago, Arawn met the most bewitching woman, Willow Sage, and they hit it off. Within six months, they’d moved in together.And six months after that, Arawn still was showing no signs of mating fever...
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