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  • Portraits of the Forsaken by E.E. Holmes

    Portraits of the Forsaken by E.E. Holmes

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Deep in the heart of old London town, spirits are drawn to the tempting lure of a lie...As Jess Ballard is struggling to adjust to her new life in London without Finn Carey to watch over her, she has thrown herself into her role as a Tracker, using her gift to communicate with and help as many spirits as she can...
  • Great Hexpectations by Amanda M. Lee

    Great Hexpectations by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Hadley Hunter thought she was getting a grip on the paranormal world she never knew existed until recently. She was wrong. In the shadow of a massive shifter retreat, she finds she knew absolutely nothing.Her live-in love Galen Blackwood has his hands full with the conference...
  • Fate Actually by Elizabeth Hunter

    Fate Actually by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    It’s paranormal women’s fiction for lovers of magic, mayhem, and a solid afternoon nap (when they can squeeze one in.)Toni Dusi grew up knowing everyone’s business and everyone knowing hers, because in Moonstone Cove, you can’t pass a restaurant, farm, or winery that doesn’t have at least one Dusi involved. Despite that, Toni has managed to carve out a private niche for herself...
  • Witching on the Job by Amanda M. Lee

    Witching on the Job by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hadley Hunter came to Moonstone Bay to find herself. That included finding her passion in life. She just didn’t think it would involve becoming mayor.She has no qualifications, other than being a powerful witch.Half the town is rooting against her.The other half is just sitting back to see what happens.Only a handful of people are rooting for her, but they’re the only ones who matter...
  • To Spell with It by Amanda M. Lee

    To Spell with It by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Hadley Hunter thinks she’s seen everything – okay, maybe not everything but a lot of things – but she’s never seen a cupid convention.When her good friend Booker’s fellow cupids descend on Moonstone Bay, she thinks it’s going to be fun and games. Instead, it’s mayhem and mystery when a rash of suicides and attempted suicides hit random island residents...
  • Marked for Murder by Colleen Helme

    Marked for Murder by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Trouble 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...
  • Fate Interrupted by Elizabeth Hunter

    Fate Interrupted by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    She had her life all planned out; fate had other ideas.How did an accomplished Southern businesswoman, wife, and mother end up living on California’s Central Coast, working for a stubborn wine-maker, newly divorced, and wrestling with sudden psychic powers?Megan Carpenter asks herself that same question nearly every day...
  • Fate Interrupted by Elizabeth Hunter

    Fate Interrupted by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    She had her life all planned out; fate had other ideas.How did an accomplished Southern businesswoman, wife, and mother end up living on California’s Central Coast, working for a stubborn wine-maker, newly divorced, and wrestling with sudden psychic powers?Megan Carpenter asks herself that same question nearly every day...
  • Laced In Lies by Colleen Helme

    Laced In Lies by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Meet 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 ratings
    Running “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...
  • Hidden Deception by Colleen Helme

    Hidden Deception by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Book 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...
  • Devious Minds by Colleen Helme, Wendy Tremont King

    Devious Minds by Colleen Helme, Wendy Tremont King

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It’s been almost a year since a near-fatal gunshot wound left Shelby Nichols with the ability to read minds. In that time she’s faced one problem after another. She’s been shot at, framed for murder, and targeted by a serial killer, just to name a few. Now she’s trying to help her lawyer husband win a murder trial that will enable him to become a partner in his law firm...
  • Toxicity by Robert J. Crane

    Toxicity by Robert J. Crane

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Romeo and Juliet, meet Bonnie and Clyde. June Randall and Elliot “Ell” Lefavre are young bandits on the run, using their powers to commit a string of robberies along the Florida coast when they run up against the long arm of the law in the form of FBI Special Agent Scott Byerly...
  • Phantom Quartz by Barbra Annino

    Phantom Quartz by Barbra Annino

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

    Pecan Pies and Dead Guys by Angie Fox

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

    Trapped By Revenge by Colleen Helme, Wendy Tremont King

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    With summer, over Shelby is looking forward to having some time to herself while the kids are back in school. A phone call from Uncle Joey ruins her plans, but she manages to take it in stride. After lunch with her friend, she promises to meet with the private investigator who was spying on Uncle Joey, but this simple task turns into a disaster. Not only does she find the P.I...
  • 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 ratings
    Escape 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.
  • Secret Hollows by Terri Reid

    Secret Hollows by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The 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...
  • Psychic Dreams by Elizabeth Hunter

    Psychic Dreams by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    She’s feeling the heat. Or it might be a hot flash. Sometimes it’s really hard to tell.It’s been four years since Monica lost the love of her life to a sudden and devastating heart attack. She’s held her family together and picked herself up with the love and help of her two best friends. Now Monica has a new business, a new wardrobe, and a new vision for the future.As in actual psychic visions...
  • Tormented by Robert J. Crane

    Tormented by Robert J. Crane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Sienna Nealon is a woman with powers far beyond those of a normal human. As head of the unit in charge of policing others with abilities like hers, she has fought more battles than even she can count. But after a case gone bad, Sienna ends up suspended from her job, cooling her heels on Bayscape Island, a picturesque town in southern Lake Superior, seeking a peace that she finds illusive...
  • Amethyst Witch by Barbra Annino

    Amethyst Witch by Barbra Annino

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

    Deadly Escape by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book 11 in the Shelby Nichols Adventure Series How many times can a person escape death? Shelby Nichols may be one lucky gal, but this time, her luck is about to run out.Working for a mob-boss has danger written all over it, but when an escaped convict with a lust for revenge goes after him, it’s up to Shelby and her mind-reading skills to keep Uncle Joey alive...
  • Trouble Play by Elizabeth Hunter

    Trouble Play by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This desert oasis has gone to the dogs, and Vista de Lirio is about to get bloody.(Not the dogs though. The dogs are fine.)Comedian Evy Lane thought she’d done it all, but taking on the role of mistress of ceremonies for the Desert Fancy Dog Show may be her most challenging gig yet...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  paranormal  psychics  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  crime
  • Crossing Danger by Colleen Helme

    Crossing Danger by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Shelby Nichols isn’t your average soccer-mom turned private investigator. She’s more on the quirky side with a little wild thrown in. That’s because a near-fatal gunshot wound to the head left her with the ability to read minds. This lands her in all kinds of trouble, and this time is no exception. Helping a reporter, Billie Jo, get the low-down on a case is just the tip of the iceberg...
  • Dog Gone Ghost by Angie Fox, Tavia Gilbert

    Dog Gone Ghost by Angie Fox, Tavia Gilbert

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

    Sweet Tea and Spirits by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Southern 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...
  • Murky Seas by Lily Harper Hart

    Murky Seas by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rowan Gray has a new job, home and potential boyfriend. Things should be going swimmingly, especially given the fact that she now calls a cruise ship home. All of that changes when a group of feisty women from a cosmetics company take over the Bounding Storm for a week of sun, fun and murder. For Quinn Davenport, things aren’t at all what he expected...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  paranormal  psychics  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  crime
  • 44 Gilmore Street by Shani Struthers

    44 Gilmore Street by Shani Struthers

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “We all have to face our demons at some point.” Psychic Surveys – specialists in domestic spiritual clearance – have never been busier. Although exhausted, Ruby is pleased. Her track record as well as her down-to-earth, no-nonsense approach inspires faith in the haunted, who willingly call on her high street consultancy when the supernatural takes hold. But that’s all about to change...
  • With Scream and Sugar by Erin Johnson

    With Scream and Sugar by Erin Johnson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to the coziest, vampire-owned tea room in Bath! It’s steeped in magic and mystery.You’d expect serving afternoon tea to a high-society ladies club to go smoothly, right?Newbie witch and marketing whiz Minnie Wells thought so...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  female-mc  paranormal  psychics  suspense  adult  audiobook  book
  • Cry Wolf by Leighann Dobbs, Traci Douglass

    Cry Wolf by Leighann Dobbs, Traci Douglass

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A mysterious death brings Deputy DeeDee Clawson to the scene of a movie being filmed at an old mansion in Silver Hollow. Tucker Rockwood, the star of the movie, is found dead, a stake through his heart. Lots of people might have wanted to kill Tucker, but when DeeDee’s investigation points in the direction of the movie’s producer, Caine Hunter, she thinks she has her man...
  • Murder on the Sugarland Express by Angie Fox

    Murder on the Sugarland Express by Angie Fox

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

    Lie or Die by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Shelby has her hands full managing her new agency, but she's determined to make it work. Her first case to track down stolen money leads her into the lingerie business where nothing is as it appears. She also finds plenty to keep her busy with the police department and Detective Harris. But all that pales in comparison to what she must do to help Uncle Joey, the local mob boss...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • War of the Noses by Renee George

    War of the Noses by Renee George

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My 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 ratings
    Welcome 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 ratings
    The 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...
  • Awakening the Witch by Christina Garner

    Awakening the Witch by Christina Garner

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A paranormal women's fiction novel with Gen X attitude and a heart of gold.Welcome to Hollywood Lakes, where the water is warm, the coffee is hot, and magic begins at midlife.Shay Atwater is a talent manager in Hollywood with a knack for making dreams come true. But somehow, she's never quite found her own...
  • Ghosts & Gateaux by Sara Bourgeois

    Ghosts & Gateaux by Sara Bourgeois

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    New 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...
  • Grave Shelter by Kate Allenton

    Grave Shelter by Kate Allenton

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Some secrets are worth dying to protect.Twenty years ago, a woman with a secret vanished only to turn up murdered a year later on the same shoreline where she’d disappeared.And now it’s happening again.Psychic Ryley St. James has found a killer’s dumping ground. Six dead bodies took their secrets to a watery grave. And now Ryley’s name has been added to the killer’s hit list...
  • A Madness Most Discreet by Nichole Van

    A Madness Most Discreet by Nichole Van

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    TENNYSON D'ANGELO . . .Darkness lives within each of us. Shadows. We are each capable of great goodness and unbelievable evil. It is the duality of being human. I want to live in the light. I don’t enjoy the shadows. But I’m not sure I’ve been given a choice in the matter. The shadows own me. They dance at my edges and tangle in my light. They torment my days and make my nights an anguished hell...
  • Get Up and Ghost by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Get Up and Ghost by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THE DEAD IN CASTLEBERRY, GEORGIA HAVE A LOT TO SAY—AND CHANTILLY ADAIR CAN HEAR THEM. Divorced mom Chantilly Adair hightailed it out of Birmingham, Alabama leaving her ex-husband and over twenty years of memories behind to start fresh in her hometown...
    Categorized as:
    amateur-sleuth  cozy  female-mc  paranormal  adult  animals  book  cats
  • 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...
  • A Clean Sweep by Sara Bourgeois

    A Clean Sweep by Sara Bourgeois

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The witches of Coventry are all on edge when the crew of a famous ghost hunting show arrives in town. Coventry has been good at hiding its secrets from the world for hundreds of years, but in the deep dark corners of the web, whispers of a town full of witches and ghosts circulate among those who are true believers of the paranormal...
  • Rise to Me by Shani Struthers

    Rise to Me by Shani Struthers

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “This isn’t a ghost we’re dealing with. If only it were that simple…” Eighteen years ago, when psychic Ruby Davis was a child, her mother – also a psychic – suffered a nervous breakdown. Ruby was never told why. “It won’t help you to know,” the only answer ever given...
  • Making a Medium by Erin Huss

    Making a Medium by Erin Huss

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My 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...
  • Orphan Witch by Judith Berens, Martha Carr

    Orphan Witch by Judith Berens, Martha Carr

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes the real monsters are those within your own family. Sometimes it takes an outsider like Raine to come to your rescue. Raine Campbell has survived her first semester at the School of Necessary Magic, but only just. Time to throw herself into her studies and get a better grasp on magic. No more close calls with spells..
  • A Score to Kettle by Eryn Scott

    A Score to Kettle by Eryn Scott

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A 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...
  • 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...
  • The Last Curtain Call by Juliet Blackwell, Xe Sands

    The Last Curtain Call by Juliet Blackwell, Xe Sands

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A new ghoulish mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of A Ghostly Light featuring Mel Turner, a ghost-whispering contractor.Mel Turner can’t resist the chance to bring the Crockett Theatre, a decrepit San Francisco Art Deco movie palace, back to life...
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