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  • 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...
  • Lowcountry Boughs of Holly by Susan M. Boyer

    Lowcountry Boughs of Holly by Susan M. Boyer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It’s the most wonderful time of the year, but Private Investigator Liz Talbot is struggling to feel festive. She hasn’t seen her best friend, Colleen, in weeks and fears she may never see her again in this life. Meanwhile Nate, Liz’s husband and partner, is spending money like he prints it in the attic on a mysterious family Christmas celebration...
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    cozy  crime  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Homecoming by the Sea by Kathi Daley

    Homecoming by the Sea by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Homecomings can be murder. When Amanda Parker returns to the small seaside town where she lived for two years while in witness protection she finds that she left a piece of herself behind. Literally. A ghost image of her alias, Alyson Prescott, has been living in her house for the past decade waiting rather impatiently for her return...
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    amateur-sleuth  animals  cozy  adult  book  cats  contemporary  dogs
  • Bonbons and Broomsticks by H.Y. Hanna

    Bonbons and Broomsticks by H.Y. Hanna

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Caitlyn is settling into life as a novice witch in an English village chocolate shop - although she's finding the hardest magic to master is making caramel sauce without burning it! When two men are murdered, and a ghostly black hound is seen haunting the countryside, the village gossips are sure dark witchcraft is to blame. Caitlyn decides to do a little magical sleuthing of her own...
  • Wings and Broken Things by Trixie Silvertale

    Wings and Broken Things by Trixie Silvertale

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A crime with no eyewitnesses. A determined psychic sleuth. Will her search for clues take her where angels fear to tread?
Mitzy Moon is eager to test her expanding abilities. Although she’d love to look into the hit-and-run that struck down her favorite veterinarian, leads are slim to none...
  • A Ghoulish Midlife by Lia Davis, L.A. Boruff

    A Ghoulish Midlife by Lia Davis, L.A. Boruff

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Moving home isn’t in the game plan.Ava Harper had aspirations for her forties. None included using her Necromancy powers to solve murders.As much as she doesn’t want to move back to Maine, she can’t spend another day in the empty, depressing house with the memory of her dead husband. It’s time for a new plan. Time to start over and learn to live again...
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    animals  cozy  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  cats  contemporary
  • Hexing with a Chance of Tornadoes by Mandy M. Roth

    Hexing with a Chance of Tornadoes by Mandy M. Roth

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I've been told I'm a force to be reckoned with. That I blow onto the scene like a tornado.At age forty I've stopped caring if that's a compliment or a dig. Now I just wear it like a badge of honor. So when life threw me a curveball and I ended up going from a cushy job in New York City to the tiny Southern town of Grimm Cove I thought I was ready for anything.Ha! Not quite...
  • 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...
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    amateur-sleuth  animals  cozy  crime  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book
  • Rambling Spirit by Sherry A. Burton

    Rambling Spirit by Sherry A. Burton

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Pennsylvania State Trooper Jerry McNeal thought resigning from the State Police Post would free him and Gunter - his ghostly K-9 partner - to channel their intuition for the greater good.What he didn’t count on was just how many people would show up on his psychic radar at every turn...
  • The Skeleton in the Closet by Angie Fox

    The Skeleton in the Closet by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    **USA Today Bestselling series!**From New York Times bestseller Angie Fox, the second book in the Southern Ghost Hunter mysteriesA haunted library is no place for a girl who can see ghosts, but when Verity Long stumbles on a dead body in the middle of the main reading room, she has to believe someone…even a dead someone…must have witnessed the crime...
  • Witch Way to Death & Destruction by Jane Hinchey

    Witch Way to Death & Destruction by Jane Hinchey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Druid, a Sorceress, and a Demon Hunter walk into a bar ... sounds like the start of a joke, right? Only it's no joke. Whitefall Cove is over-run with otherworld creatures and this trio is our only hope. With townsfolk possessed and goblins running amok, the last thing we need is a murder, but someone is out for blood, and I fear it's mine...
  • 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...
  • Ax To Grind by Tonya Kappes

    Ax To Grind by Tonya Kappes

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Southerners keep their secrets swept under the rug, but what happens when that rug goes up for sale? Bestselling author Berlye Stone, the most famous citizen to ever come out of Cottonwood, Kentucky, has died and put all her worldly possessions up for auction, but not without leaving one more manuscript behind. A hidden tell-all about Cottonwood that’s got more gossip than a ladies’ luncheon...
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    animals  cozy  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Sweet Tea & Spells by Bella Falls

    Sweet Tea & Spells by Bella Falls

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Magic and mystery are only part of the Southern Charms of Honeysuckle Hollow...Lots of changes in town and in her life, including her ex-fiancé's upcoming wedding to her cousin, have Charli Goodwin trying to be on her best behavior...
  • Witch Way to Murder & Mayhem by Jane Hinchey

    Witch Way to Murder & Mayhem by Jane Hinchey

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    To call Gran eccentric is somewhat of an understatement. She has questionable fashion sense, cough, can anyone say bedazzled Ugg boots and a tutu? But my Gran? She is awesome. So when she suggested I buy The Dusty Attic Bookstore I was all in, after all, what could go wrong?Try finding my high school nemesis dead on the floor of my newly acquired store for starters...
  • Total Eclipse of the Hunt by Mandy M. Roth

    Total Eclipse of the Hunt by Mandy M. Roth

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Everlasting, Maine, where there's no such thing as normal.As a centaur, Deputy Jake Majoy (Deputy March), is immortal and has seen and done a lot in his five hundred years. Enough to know that Everlasting feels like home. It’s been perfect for him to fade away and blend in, as the town is anything but normal—and they protect their own...
  • Blood, Sweets and Tears by H.Y. Hanna

    Blood, Sweets and Tears by H.Y. Hanna

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Magical chocolates, missing jewels and murder...When novice witch Caitlyn Le Fey heads to the outdoor cinema festival at a beautiful Cotswolds manor, the last thing she expects is for the evening to end in murder. But when a dead man is found with fang marks in his neck and her old vampire uncle, Viktor, is arrested, Caitlyn must use all her newfound magic powers to clear his name...
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    animals  cozy  crime  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  culinary
  • Tattoos and Clues by Trixie Silvertale

    Tattoos and Clues by Trixie Silvertale

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A beachside stroll. A deadly discovery. Will this psychic sleuth swim or sink?Mitzy wishes she could turn a blind third-eye to her hit-or-miss powers. Instead, while taking her fiendish feline for a walk, they make a stomach-churning find on shore. Despite her loss of appetite, she can't help but get a closer look at the unique ink etched into the corpse..
  • The Witch and the Dead by Heather Blake

    The Witch and the Dead by Heather Blake

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When Darcy moved to Salem, Massachusetts, she never expected her life to change as drastically as it did. But within a short time, the Enchanted Village has become her home, its mystical residents have become her family, and As You Wish, the personal concierge business formerly run by her Aunt Ve, has become her calling...
  • Deader Homes and Gardens by Angie Fox

    Deader Homes and Gardens by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Southern belle Verity Long is back in business--as a ghost hunter. Now all she has to do is visit the town's creepiest mansion and exorcise a family of vengeful spirits. Piece of cake. After all, ghosts love her and need her...that is until she meets the ghosts of Rock Fall mansion...
  • Witch Doggone Killer? by Paula Lester

    Witch Doggone Killer? by Paula Lester

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You know you’re in for a doozy of a work day when your first appointment is dead when you get to the exam room.Willow Morgan lives a quiet life in Superior Bay. Winter lasts for up to nine months there, and the biggest event of the year is the summer dog show. People come from all over to attend. It brings money and prestige to town...
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    animals  cozy  crime  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Fortune Favors The Witch by Ani Gonzalez

    Fortune Favors The Witch by Ani Gonzalez

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fortune teller Luanne LaRue is trying to build a new life in the haunted town of Banshee Creek and the last thing she wants is a conflict with super-sexy Sheriff Sean Stickley. But when a mysterious fraud spreads through town (along with a dead body) she has no choice. She has to find the culprit and clear her name fast before her new life (and new love) is destroyed...
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    cozy  female-mc  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  horror  humor
  • Everybody Wants to Rune the World by Mandy M. Roth, B.J. Harrison

    Everybody Wants to Rune the World by Mandy M. Roth, B.J. Harrison

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Hedgewitch Cove, Louisiana, where there's no such thing as normal.Sigmund Bails ran from his past straight to a supernatural Louisiana town after coming into his shifting abilities later than most, to dire consequences. With help from the colorful locals, the were-kraken has been working hard to gain some semblance of control...
  • A Purrfect Alibi by Leighann Dobbs

    A Purrfect Alibi by Leighann Dobbs

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fortune tellers and mediums have descended on the Oyster Cove Guesthouse, determined to solve the mystery of local seafarer Jedediah Biddeford’s murder 300 years ago... especially if it leads them to the treasure he buried on the guesthouse grounds...
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    amateur-sleuth  animals  cozy  crime  female-mc  adult  book  cats
  • Rattlesnake Road by Amanda McKinney

    Rattlesnake Road by Amanda McKinney

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everyone hits rock bottom, only the brave escape.Welcome to 1314 Rattlesnake Road.A quaint two-bedroom log cabin nestled deep in the woods of the small, southern town of Berry Springs—the perfect hideaway to escape your past.Tucked inside thick, mahogany walls lay mysterious letters, forgotten and untouched for decades...
  • An Everlasting Christmas by Mandy M. Roth, B.J. Harrison

    An Everlasting Christmas by Mandy M. Roth, B.J. Harrison

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Happily Everlasting Series Novella Welcome to Everlasting, Maine, where there's no such thing as normal.Wil Messing may own a thriving antique shop in the tiny seaside town of Everlasting, Maine, but the man and the shop are far more than they appear to be. Born into a long line of supernatural hunters, this alpha male has had to make tough decisions all of his life...
  • Rituals by Kelley Armstrong

    Rituals by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The fifth book and the exciting conclusion to bestselling author Kelley Armstrong's "impossible-to-put-down" Cainsville series, in which she mixes hard-hitting crime writing with phenomenal world-building to create a brand of fiction all her own.Olivia Jones must make a choice. Caught between two rival supernatural forces, Liv was granted a brief period in which to make her decision...
  • A Night's Tail by Sofie Kelly, Cassandra Campbell

    A Night's Tail by Sofie Kelly, Cassandra Campbell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the charming town of Mayville Heights, librarian Kathleen Paulson and her two cats pounce on clues to catch a killer, in the eleventh installment of this New York Times bestselling series. Spring is coming to Mayville Heights, and Kathleen's brother, Ethan, has arrived in town with his band, The Flaming Gerbils...
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    amateur-sleuth  animals  cozy  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  cats
  • Fries and Alibis by Trixie Silvertale

    Fries and Alibis by Trixie Silvertale

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A gift that’s too good to be true. A murder she didn’t commit. A barista in a latte trouble…Mitzy Moon believes she’s an orphan, so she’s dumbstruck when a special delivery to her low-rent apartment reveals a family. But her shock turns to awe when she discovers her grandmother left her a fortune and a bookshop of rare tomes brimming with magic...
  • Fried Chicken & Fangs by Bella Falls

    Fried Chicken & Fangs by Bella Falls

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Magic & Mystery are only part of the Southern Charms of Honeysuckle Hollow… An upcoming election and some new visitors to Honeysuckle shake up the magical small Southern town. When a beloved family member of one of the candidates disappears, it’s up to Charli Goodwin and her special talents to get on the case...
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    animals  cozy  crime  female-mc  21st-century  adult  audiobook  book
  • Witch Chocolate Fudge by H.Y. Hanna

    Witch Chocolate Fudge by H.Y. Hanna

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A witch, a kitty and a wickedly delicious mystery... Since arriving in the tiny Cotswolds village of Tillyhenge, Caitlyn is discovering that there are lots of perks to being a witch (although sadly, magic still can't make your thighs thinner or stop you acting like an idiot every time you meet handsome "lord of the manor", James Fitzroy)...
  • Gone With the Witch by Heather Blake

    Gone With the Witch by Heather Blake

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Darcy Merriweather is put to the test after a murder takes first prize at a pet show.... Darcy and her dog Missy are determined to put their best foot forward at the Enchanted Village’s annual Pawsitively Enchanted pet contest. She’s happy to lend a hand when the show’s organizer hires Darcy to keep an eye on things among growing suspicions that someone is sabotaging the event...
  • 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...
  • Copycat Killing: A Magical Cats Mystery by Sofie Kelly, Cassandra Campbell

    Copycat Killing: A Magical Cats Mystery by Sofie Kelly, Cassandra Campbell

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Everyone thinks their cats are special—but Owen and Hercules have powers that go far beyond an adorable look or an irresistible purr. Along with their owner, librarian Kathleen Paulson, they have an uncanny instinct for solving crimes...It’s been raining cats and dogs in Mayville Heights. The small town’s been deluged, and now the local artists’ co-op is on the verge of flooding...
  • How to Walk like a Man by Eli Easton

    How to Walk like a Man by Eli Easton

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Deputy Roman Charsguard survived Afghanistan where he lost his best friend—his K-9 handler James. Roman was a military dog until two years ago when he developed the ability to shift into a human. It’s not easy to learn how to be a man. He found a place to live in Mad Creek, a haven for the secret world of dog shifters. Finding a reason to live has been harder...
  • The Goodbye Witch by Heather Blake

    The Goodbye Witch by Heather Blake

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    As Enchanted Village’s resident Wishcrafter, Darcy Merriweather has the power to make other people’s wishes come true, but what she really wishes is that she had the power to uncloak the invisible man who’s stalking her best friend.... Darcy’s closest friend and fellow witch, Starla Sullivan, hoped she’d never see her ex-husband, Kyle, again...
  • Some Like It Witchy by Heather Blake

    Some Like It Witchy by Heather Blake

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Wishcrafter Darcy Merriweather can charm desires into reality, but as the national bestselling Wishcraft mysteries continue, she won’t be able to magically avoid trouble when death holds an open house…. The Enchanted Village is abuzz when the old Tavistock house finally goes up for sale...
  • Cross Your Heart by Michele Bardsley

    Cross Your Heart by Michele Bardsley

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Even vampires can be afraid of ghosts... After the death of her husband-and her dreams of motherhood-Elizabeth Bretton returned to the family estate in Broken Heart, Oklahoma. Little did she know she would also give up her life as the Silverstone heiress...
  • Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

    Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 74 ratings
    In the latest thriller from New York Times bestseller Riley Sager, a woman returns to the house made famous by her father’s bestselling horror memoir. Is the place really haunted by evil forces, as her father claimed? Or are there more earthbound—and dangerous—secrets hidden within its walls?What was it like? Living in that house.Maggie Holt is used to such questions...
  • Secrets, Lies and Fireflies by Angie Fox

    Secrets, Lies and Fireflies by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Verity’s grandmother returns to help Verity and Frankie solve a mystery that reveals a shocking family secret, as well as the heartwarming history of Verity’s home...
  • Death at the Drive-In by Angie Fox

    Death at the Drive-In by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Verity's quest to save her friend takes her to a long-abandoned part of Sugarland where rockabilly ghosts rule...
  • Suddenly Psychic by Elizabeth Hunter

    Suddenly Psychic by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Every woman goes through changes in their forties. Just not… these changes.Robin Brannon was a normal wife, mom, and antique shop owner until a brush with death turned her day-to-day life upside down. Now she and her two best friends are seeing things that belong in a fantasy novel. Ghosts. Visions. Omens of doom. Nothing that belongs in the peaceful mountain town they call home...
  • Southern Spirits by Angie Fox, Tavia Gilbert

    Southern Spirits by Angie Fox, Tavia Gilbert

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From New York Times best-selling author Angie Fox, the first book in the new Southern Ghost Hunter mysteries.One simple mistake, for a girl who is about to lose her family home, releases the ghost of a long-dead gangster and opens Verity Long's eyes to a whole new world...
  • Alone in the Wild by Kelley Armstrong

    Alone in the Wild by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    In #1 New York Times bestseller Kelley Armstrong's latest thriller, the hidden town of Rockton is about to face a challenge none of them saw coming: a baby.Every season in Rockton seems to bring a new challenge. At least that's what Detective Casey Duncan has felt since she decided to call this place home...
  • Nice Girls Don't Live Forever by Molly Harper

    Nice Girls Don't Live Forever by Molly Harper

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Nothing sucks the romance out of world travel like a boyfriend who may or may not have broken up with you in a hotel room in Brussels. Jane Jameson’s sexy sire, Gabriel, has always been unpredictable...
  • Arcanum by Ashlyn Drewek

    Arcanum by Ashlyn Drewek

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    From the moment his new neighbor moves in, K9 officer Chris Brandt senses there’s something not quite right about the guy. His instincts are confirmed when he discovers the mysterious Greyson Darkholme is the prime suspect in a murder investigation—a murder that wiped out his entire family...
    Categorized as:
    crime  animals  cozy  romance  magic  fantasy  mlm  paranormal
  • Written on the Wind by Cate Dean

    Written on the Wind by Cate Dean

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book 2 of The Maggie Mulgrew Mysteries.Welcome back to Holmestead, England ~ where a mysterious book, a cryptic note, and murder shake up this picture postcard village.When Maggie Mulgrew finds an old book in the box she buys from a local charity sale, she has no idea that her discovery is about to set off a chain of events.Events that will end in murder...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  female-mc  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction  ghosts
  • Unbreakable Bonds by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Unbreakable Bonds by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Be careful what you wish for because karma has a way of biting you in the butt." That's what Angela Panther's mother always said. And boy was she was right. When Angela first discovered her gift to gab with ghosts, she fought it tooth and nail. But the second she decided it wasn't so bad, tragedy hit and the universe decided to teach her a lesson...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  female-mc  book  contemporary  family  fiction  ghosts  horror
  • Down by Kirsten Weiss

    Down by Kirsten Weiss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The answers lie below… A shamanic witch and a poet, Lenore Bonheim hides in the world of books to escape reality, which for her includes seeing ghosts and forecasting death. But when her employer and friend dies under suspicious circumstances, she must use all her skills – magical and mundane – to find the killer and save her two sisters and her town...
  • Eat, Drink, and Be Scary by Olivia Jaymes

    Eat, Drink, and Be Scary by Olivia Jaymes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to Ravenmist! A tiny Midwestern town with charming covered bridges, quirky residents, delightful antique shops, and more than their share of haunted activity. It’s time for the annual Fall Festival, and that means the quaint Ravenmist Inn—owned by Theodosia “Tedi” Hamilton—is filled to the brim with out of town guests...
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