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  • The Haunted Homecoming  (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries #10) by Angie Fox

    The Haunted Homecoming (Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries #10) by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Apple cider, bonfires, football, and—ghosts. It’s homecoming weekend in Sugarland, Tennessee and ghost hunter Verity Long is tickled to see so many souls—living and dead—back in town to celebrate. But not all reunions are happy ones, and when Verity stumbles upon a dead body by the football field, it appears someone has already evened the score...
  • 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...
  • Southern Bred and Dead by Angie Fox

    Southern Bred and Dead by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A haunted church. A ghastly death. Can Verity clear up the case before she’s buried way over her head?Verity Long would really like a day off. Between uncovering the culprit who capped her gangster ghost housemate and dodging the bomb her boyfriend just dropped on their relationship, her spiritual calling has gotten complicated...
  • You Only Witch Once by Amanda M. Lee

    You Only Witch Once by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s the summer of 2002, and Winnie Winchester is a normal mother. She has the same highs, the same lows, and the same fears as any other mother of a fourteen-year-old girl. Of course, since she’s a witch – and her daughter can talk to ghosts – those fears are amplified to an unnatural degree...
  • Three Tequilas by Tricia O'Malley

    Three Tequilas by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Librarian Note: This is an alternate cover edition of ASIN: B01CC5FKTG. The original cover edition is here.It’s hard to resist a good old-fashioned treasure hunt. And far be it from Althea Rose to do so. Even if her boyfriend, Cash, is less than thrilled about it...
  • Witch My Grits by Amy Boyles

    Witch My Grits by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Will Dylan marry Roman? Southern witch Dylan Apel’s to-do list is stacked high—decide whether or not to marry her boyfriend, try to stay sane amidst her crazy family’s antics, and make a quickie dress for a shotgun wedding. The easiest of those is making the dress—or at least it’s supposed to be. But when one of the bridesmaids confesses that she’s a witch, Dylan is immediately suspicious...
  • Stolen Dreams by Terri Reid

    Stolen Dreams by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “But Sol, it ain’t haunted like you thought,” Marty argued cautiously. It wasn’t a good idea to get Sol too angry. “We’ve tried everything, séances, Ouija boards, mediums—everything. This place is just an old, empty house. A creepy, old house.”Sol shook his head, disregarding Marty’s words, and started up the tall staircase to the second floor. “It just has to seem like a haunted house,” he said...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  female-mc  adult  book  crime  fiction  ghosts  mystery
  • The Mint Julep Murders by Angie Fox

    The Mint Julep Murders by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    For 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...
  • River's Edge by Terri Blackstock

    River's Edge by Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The man Lisa Jackson loved most may have betrayed her. Another used deception to manipulate her. But did one of them kill her? Ben Jackson is sure to defeat Jonathan Cleary in Cape Refuge s mayoral race, until his wife turns up missing the day before a major debate. Suspecting foul play, Police Chief Cade launches an island-wide search...
  • A Midsummer Night's Murder by Colleen Helme

    A Midsummer Night's Murder by Colleen Helme

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Shelby Nichols Novella For a mind-reader like Shelby Nichols, finding a murderer should be a piece of cake. But add an overzealous prosecuting attorney with a grudge against her, and the wrong person could end up in jail...
  • A Humbug Holiday by London Lovett

    A Humbug Holiday by London Lovett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's holiday time in Firefly Junction but not everything is sweet sugarplums and glittery tinsel.Sunni Taylor has been too busy to get into the holiday spirit, even with her mom coming to town for a visit. Her festive spirit gets a spark when Detective Brady Jackson asks her to attend the town's production of A Christmas Carol...
  • Coal Miner's Slaughter by Elise Sax

    Coal Miner's Slaughter by Elise Sax

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Death is following Matilda, and it’s not going unnoticed in the small town of Goodnight, New Mexico. When she finds Inga Mueller, a local jewelry maker, drowned in a bucket of a resin, Matilda’s reputation is sealed as the harbinger of death. As she begins to investigate Inga’s murder, she discovers Inga’s darker, secret life with ties to Goodnight’s prominent residents...
  • 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 ratings
    Michelle 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...
  • Broken Promises  (Past Imperfect Mystery Book 1) by Anne Willow

    Broken Promises (Past Imperfect Mystery Book 1) by Anne Willow

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Julia needed a new start. The unexpected death of her favorite aunt sends Julia to the artist town of Grand Marais. There she starts to weave tattered threads into a new tapestry while rediscovering her love of sketching and running the antique shop, Past Imperfect. Everything is just starting to go right when a mysterious package arrives bearing an antique letter opener arrives...
  • Cake Pop Casualties by Addison Moore

    Cake Pop Casualties by Addison Moore

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A baker who sees the dead. One too many suitors. And a killer. Living in Honey Hollow can be murder. *A laugh out loud standalone cozy mystery by New York Times Bestseller Addison Moore* All books in the series can be read individually but are best enjoyed in order.***Includes RECIPE*** My name is Lottie Lemon, and I see dead people...
    Categorized as:
    amateur-sleuth  cozy  adult  animals  book  fiction  ghosts  mystery
  • Peach Cobbler Confessions by Addison Moore

    Peach Cobbler Confessions by Addison Moore

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My name is Lottie Lemon, and I see dead people. Okay, so I rarely see dead people, mostly I see furry creatures of the dearly departed variety, aka dead pets, who have come back from the other side to warn me of their previous owner’s impending doom...
    Categorized as:
    amateur-sleuth  cozy  adult  animals  book  fiction  ghosts  mystery
  • Dead Wrong  (A Cree Blue Psychic Eye Mystery) by Kate Allenton

    Dead Wrong (A Cree Blue Psychic Eye Mystery) by Kate Allenton

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Psychic Cree Blue’s identity is a secret, and her help in solving cold cases is strictly off the record. She isn’t known for her finesse, but she’s good at what she does. Her intuition and insight have never steered her wrong...
  • Dead Even by Patti Larsen

    Dead Even by Patti Larsen

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Retired Guild Artemis Inquisitor Georgia Drake has left the paranormal world behind after the death of her partner in the line of duty. Along with her job investigating crime and murder. With her Hades Guardian mastiff, Benjamin, and raven pair for company, she moves her entire life across the continent to escape not only the loss but her oppressive and powerful family...
  • Apple of My Eye by Alyssa Day

    Apple of My Eye by Alyssa Day

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A detective who turns into a tiger. A pawn shop owner who can see how you'll die. The criminals never had a chance. If you enjoyed Sookie Stackhouse and True Blood, you’ll love Tess Callahan and the Tiger’s Eye mysteries. Tess and sexy shapeshifter Jack solve mysteries with supernatural flair, and the laughs fly as fast as the clues...
  • The Scottish Connection by Carrie Bedford

    The Scottish Connection by Carrie Bedford

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    NO MATTER WHERE SHE GOES, SHE SEES THE UNINVITED HOUSEGUEST--ALSO KNOWN AS THE AURA OF DEATH... London architect Kate Benedict is off to a glamorous weekend party in Scotland at the formerly grand castle belonging to the uncle of her boyfriend Josh...
  • Grave Delight by Lily Harper Hart

    Grave Delight by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When you find the light, you finally get to embrace delight.Nick Winters and Maddie Graves are officially a couple – and more importantly, they’re officially happy. They’re finally on the road to forever.When a body washes up on the Lake Michigan shoreline, though, the couple finds themselves embroiled in another mystery – and the stakes are high...
  • Ghost of a Chance by Angie Fox, Tavia Gilbert

    Ghost of a Chance by Angie Fox, Tavia Gilbert

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Tis the season...for ghosts. Verity Long has come to terms with the fact that she can see spirits, and talk to them, and...she's actually making cookies for one of them. But she's drawing the line at any more ghost hunting or mystery solving. Until a dear friend needs help locating a missing antique at the party of the year...
  • A Margin for Murder by Lauren Elliott

    A Margin for Murder by Lauren Elliott

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In the riveting new mystery from the USA Today bestselling author, a murder and a missing first edition of Robert Louis Stevenson’s A Child’s Garden of Verses send rare bookstore owner Addie Greyborne on an investigation to challenge even the most distinguished of bibliophiles… Addie leaves her Greyborne Harbor bookstore, Beyond the Page Books and Curios, in the capable hands of her assistant...
  • Chicken Scratch by Becki Willis

    Chicken Scratch by Becki Willis

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Named 2016 Best Mystery Series by Texas Association of Authors. When Madison Reynolds finds herself widowed and penniless before forty, she does the only thing she knows to do – she packs up her teenage twins and moves back home with her eighty-year-old grandmother...
  • Mischief in Mudbug by Jana Deleon, Johanna Parker

    Mischief in Mudbug by Jana Deleon, Johanna Parker

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Reading time 8 hours, 38 minutes.Description: Sabine LaVeche needs to locate a blood relative fast--her life depends on it. The late Helena Henry shows up offering to help, and Sabine knows she's really in trouble when it's the best idea she's heard in a while. Then PI Beau Villeneuve takes on Sabine's case. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2009. This recording is available courtesy of Audible, Inc...
  • A Farewell To Charms by Demitria Lunetta, Marley Lynn

    A Farewell To Charms by Demitria Lunetta, Marley Lynn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sex sells...for everyone except the person cleaning up after it!I'm Paige Harper, and I've got problems paying the bills. My cleaning service for paranormal messes has only one major client. Charms is half gambling den, half brothel, and 100 percent of my income. Unfortunately, on the same week I'm due to get paid - Charms gets robbed...
    Categorized as:
    amateur-sleuth  cozy  female-mc  adult  book  fae  fiction  humor
  • Witch It Real Good by Dakota Cassidy

    Witch It Real Good by Dakota Cassidy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Stevie here, and I’m happy to report we’ve settled into our new lives and found a modicum of peace since our last death-defying incident. Mostly… My International Man of Mystery continues to lay low here in Ebenezer Falls until we can sort out his earthbound credentials, but we have a routine and as the holiday season begins, we’re ready to do a little celebrating...
  • Veiled Threats by Kate Allenton

    Veiled Threats by Kate Allenton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Amber Cantrell has had her fair share of good times along with the bad. Watching her best friend find happily ever after has left her feeling the void in her own life. With a change of career, she's ready to find the right man to make the rest of her dreams come true. Self-proclaimed permanent bachelor and security specialist, Aiden Monroe has a way with women...
  • The Remains of the Fae by Marley Lynn, Demitria Lunetta

    The Remains of the Fae by Marley Lynn, Demitria Lunetta

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I finally came face to face with the serial killer who's been stalking me...and it didn't end well.I'm Paige Harper and I'm now afraid to leave my own house. But a girl can only hide from reality for so long. So when my ex-husband needs my help finalizing our divorce so he can get remarried—it just feels like another bump in the pot-hole road that is my life. There’s a minor wrinkle, though...
  • The Chocolate Magic Café by Olivia Swift

    The Chocolate Magic Café by Olivia Swift

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Create your own magical moment! Grab a coffee and maybe some chocolate while you dive into this cozy mystery! Magda Caraganic already is a successful chocolatier. When she inherits an old stable from her aunt, she decides to convert it into a chocolate shop and café. The best contractor to help with the conversion is the man she has argued with since she was fifteen...
  • Damsel in a Dress by Kirsten Weiss

    Damsel in a Dress by Kirsten Weiss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bridesmaid duties can be deadly…Maddie Kosloski has more than wedding cake on her plate. She’s managing her paranormal museum, helping her best friend Adele with wedding plans, and trying to prove that Adele’s vintage wedding dress is most definitely not haunted.But when a bridesmaid turns up murdered, Maddie has to solve the crime to save the wedding...
  • See Something by Carol J. Perry

    See Something by Carol J. Perry

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Salem's WICH-TV program director Lee Barrett is about to discover no good deed goes unpunished...Lee has been promoted from field reporter to program director. Keeping track of all the shows and managing the local TV personalities--including a cowboy, a clown, and a performing dog--has her head spinning...
    Categorized as:
    amateur-sleuth  cozy  female-mc  adult  animals  audiobook  book  cats
  • A Haunting Dream by Joyce Lavene, Jim Lavene

    A Haunting Dream by Joyce Lavene, Jim Lavene

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The mayor of Duck, North Carolina, Dae O'Donnell, is a woman with a gift for finding lost things. Sometimes it leads her to lost keys or earrings--and sometimes it leads her to murder... When her boyfriend Kevin's ex-fiancee Ann arrives in Duck looking for a second chance, Dae suddenly finds herself facing certain heartache...
  • 'Til Death by Carol J. Perry

    'Til Death by Carol J. Perry

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The staff at Salem, Massachusetts’s local station, WICH-TV, is looking forward to the wedding of their program director, Lee Barrett. But when Lee heads off on her Maine honeymoon, she’ll be haunted by the ghosts of her own past . . . Lee and Detective Sergeant Pete Mondello are finally tying the knot—and Lee is tying up loose ends before the big day...
    Categorized as:
    amateur-sleuth  cozy  female-mc  adult  animals  audiobook  book  cats
  • Memories and Matchsticks by N. Gemini Sasson

    Memories and Matchsticks by N. Gemini Sasson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There's an arsonist on the loose in rural Wilton, Indiana -- and he'll do whatever it takes to keep from being found out. Even murder. Out of work, accident prone, and dateless, Sam McNamee packs up her belongings and her daughter to move to the Florida Keys, where she can pen love stories as S.A. Mack to ease the lingering pain of her husband's death...
  • A Tiger's Tale by Laura Morrigan

    A Tiger's Tale by Laura Morrigan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When a normally mellow tiger at a rescue facility trees a terrified vet, animal behaviorist Grace Wilde needs to use her psychic ability to get to the root of the problem… A tiger can’t change his stripes—but if his behavior changes suddenly, there’s a reason. So when even-tempered Boris the Siberian tiger goes into attack mode, Grace knows there’s more to the story...
  • Wed, Read & Dead by V.M. Burns

    Wed, Read & Dead by V.M. Burns

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bookstore owner Samantha Washington sells and solves mysteries in North Harbor, Michigan--including the murder of her mother's wedding planner... Sam's mother can't wait to wed her wealthy beau, Harold Robertson. The big mystery is how they're going to pull off a lavish wedding in three weeks. Harold's snobby sister-in-law proposes a solution: engage flamboyant wedding planner Lydia Lighthouse...
  • Dead Calm by Annelise Ryan

    Dead Calm by Annelise Ryan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The honeymoon will have to wait for newlyweds Mattie Winston and Steve Hurley . . . As deputy medical examiner and homicide detective respectively, the couple are dispatched to a grisly crime scene at the Grizzly Motel, a seedy joint for illicit liaisons on the outskirts of Sorenson, Wisconsin...
  • Coached in the Act by Victoria Laurie

    Coached in the Act by Victoria Laurie

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As East Hampton's go-to life coach, Cat Cooper and her BFF, Gilley, delve into the exclusive personal lives of the rich and infamous. But with local gossip growing vicious, knowing too much information can be a death sentence....Wild rumors are swirling in the Hamptons over Twelve Angry Men, a ruthlessly revealing one-woman show written and performed by Yelena Galanis...
  • Mistletoe Murder by Mona Marple

    Mistletoe Murder by Mona Marple

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When a local millionaire eccentric dies, the whole of Candy Cane Hollow are crying into their mince pies. But when the Will is read, it turns out that the whole estate has been left not to the man's family, but to an elf who claims she didn't know him at all. With that shock discovery, it's time to see how money really does change people... and not everyone will survive the fall out...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  female-mc  romance  mystery  fiction  horror  crime  paranormal
  • Finding Harmony by Pamela Fagan Hutchins

    Finding Harmony by Pamela Fagan Hutchins

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This is an alternate cover edition for B00HUI4YCA Finding Harmony takes you on a high stakes race through the islands, with mystery, suspense, romance, a little voodoo, and laughs...
  • A Harvest of Bones by Yasmine Galenorn

    A Harvest of Bones by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Strange supernatural events have been happening to medium Emerald O?Brien. So now it?s up to her and her friends to delve into the past to reveal secrets of the dead, lay them to rest, and ring in the autumn with a harvest of bones...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  female-mc  north-america  usa  adult  animals  book  cats
  • In Shelter Cove by Barbara Freethy

    In Shelter Cove by Barbara Freethy

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A long-ago shipwreck off the California coast led the survivors to the haven they named Angel’s Bay. Their shared adversity brought fellowship and  joy . . . but also unsuspected secrets. Acclaimed  author Barbara Freethy returns to the town  where angels still keep watch, with a compelling  story of a young widow trying to find the truth  and bring closure for her son and herself...
  • The Ghoul Next Door by Victoria Laurie

    The Ghoul Next Door by Victoria Laurie

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    On a well-deserved hiatus from the ghoulish grind of their TV show, Ghoul Getters, psychic medium M. J. Holliday, her boyfriend, Heath, and her best friend, Gilley, are back home in Boston. But there’s no rest for the weary ghost busters. M. J.’s ex comes to her for help—his fiancée’s brother Luke seems haunted by a sinister spirit...
  • A Panicked Premonition by Victoria Laurie

    A Panicked Premonition by Victoria Laurie

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling Psychic Eye Mystery series continues with P.I. Abby Cooper facing the ultimate locked room murder... Professional psychic and FBI consultant Abby Cooper has used her inner visions to get her out of many a scrape and solve many a crime but she s about to face a murder scene that will put all her powers to the test...
  • One Potion in the Grave by Heather Blake

    One Potion in the Grave by Heather Blake

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Carly Bell Hartwell’s love potions are always in demand in Hitching Post, Alabama, the wedding capital of the South.When Katie Sue Perrywinkle walks into the Little Shop of Potions, Carly is surprised and delighted to see her old childhood friend. Katie Sue fled her hometown and a troubled family over a decade ago. But she’s not back for a social visit...
  • Faux Paw by Sofie Kelly, Cassandra Campbell

    Faux Paw by Sofie Kelly, Cassandra Campbell

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Normally, the arrival of an art exhibition at the Mayville Heights library would be cause for celebration. But thanks to the overbearing curator and high-tech security system that comes with it, Kathleen's life has been completely disrupted...
    Categorized as:
    amateur-sleuth  cozy  female-mc  adult  animals  audiobook  book  cats
  • The Cats Came Back by Sofie Kelly

    The Cats Came Back by Sofie Kelly

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Small-town librarian Kathleen Paulson often seems to gets mixed up in murder, but luckily, her very special cats always find a way to help her close a case ...The charming Minnesota town of Mayville Heights is hosting a music festival, and the whole place is bustling with musicians and tourists...
    Categorized as:
    amateur-sleuth  cozy  female-mc  adult  animals  audiobook  book  cats
  • Fatal Fascinator by Jenn McKinlay

    Fatal Fascinator by Jenn McKinlay

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Hip hip beret! Hatmakers Scarlett Parker and Vivian Tremont return and must collar a killer when a castle wedding goes awry in New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay’s new Hat Shop Mystery.It’s wedding season and Viv’s longtime frenemy Piper May is getting married. She convinces Viv and Scarlett to take on the job of designing the headpieces for her “wedding of the year...
  • Cat Trick by Sofie Kelly

    Cat Trick by Sofie Kelly

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Kathleen Paulson enjoys her life as a small-town librarian with two extraordinary cats, Owen and Hercules, who provide companionship during the quiet times and have a remarkable talent for sleuthing when murder disturbs the peace....The local businesses of Mayville Heights hope to convince Chicago-based company Legacy Tours to sell a vacation package for their town...
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