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  • 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...
  • Hex Type Thing by Amanda M. Lee

    Hex Type Thing by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Hadley Hunter is feeling on top of the world. She’s embracing her new home on Moonstone Bay and coming into her own as a witch. Her boyfriend Galen Blackwood, who happens to be sheriff, is even involving her in his investigations. Unfortunately, the peace on Moonstone Bay is about to be threatened...
  • 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...
  • Burning Secrets by Shawn McGuire

    Burning Secrets by Shawn McGuire

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Things are heating up in Whispering Pines, and it’s not just the weather. Sheriff Jayne O’Shea is on edge. Hopeful applicants have taken over the commons area, all of them begging to become residents. Villagers who left long ago have returned, causing an uproar among the locals. The slow burn feud between the sister witches has reached the boiling point...
  • Mermaid Mimosa by Gina LaManna

    Mermaid Mimosa by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When the king of the mermaids is poisoned, Lily is called to help with a problem she’s never faced before—one beneath the surface of the water. As she sets about creating a potion to save his life, however, she realizes this is only one part of a much, much larger problem...
  • A Haunting Midlife by Lia Davis, L.A. Boruff

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

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ava Harper may be a raiser of the dead and a not-so-famous author, but she isn’t vampire hunter. Not even close.With the decision made to stay in Shipton Harbor, she returns to the home she shared with her deceased husband in Pennsylvania to put it on the market. But saying goodbye to the memories of the home they raised their son in is a lot harder than it had sounded in her head...
  • 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...
  • Sweet Murder by Tegan Maher

    Sweet Murder by Tegan Maher

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    What's a witch to do when the meanest man in the county drops dead in his coleslaw during her shift at the local barbecue joint? Noelle does what any good Southern girl would do: she flicks a wrist to clean up the mess, then thanks the stars for doing the world a favor. But that's just the beginning...
  • All Spell Breaks Loose by Annabel Chase

    All Spell Breaks Loose by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. The big day is quickly approaching for Emma Hart. The best laid plans go awry, however, when a potion causes her to lose important memories. Without Emma's crucial memories, the coven worries that their hard work to undo the curse on Spellbound will remain at a standstill...
  • Spelldriver by Gina LaManna

    Spelldriver by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    With a wedding on the horizon and her father tucked safely away in prison, the future is looking bright for Lily Locke. Unfortunately, life on The Isle is never calm for long… and when a Ranger is killed brutally in plain sight, Lily and her fiancé—the renowned Ranger X—find themselves hunting a murderer more ruthless than any they’ve ever encountered before...
  • Whisk and Reward by Nancy Warren

    Whisk and Reward by Nancy Warren

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Murder, deceit and baking... It’s the big finale of the Great British Baking Contest. Who will win? Who will fall flatter than an eggless soufflé? And will amateur baker and witch Poppy survive to find out?Dark forces are at work in the picture-perfect village of Broomewode in Somerset...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Magic Julep by Gina LaManna

    Magic Julep by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Lily Locke receives a royal decree summoning her to the Kingdom of Crystalvia, she can hardly turn down the request. However, the invitation doesn’t come without a catch. When the queen begs Lily to crack a curse that has held their village captive for three years, Lily promises to do everything she can to free them. If she doesn’t, the kingdom will eventually languish… and disappear forever...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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 Girlfriend for Mr. Snoozerton by Lia Davis, L.A. Boruff

    A Girlfriend for Mr. Snoozerton by Lia Davis, L.A. Boruff

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ava doesn't mind raising the dead. It's all a part of being a necromancer. And people keep telling he she's one of the strongest ones to ever live, but she doesn't believe it.Except she can also heal people, living or dead, which is unheard of.And now, her cat, Mr. Snoozerton, has brought home a girlfriend. A dead girlfriend...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Ribbing and Runes by Nancy Warren

    Ribbing and Runes by Nancy Warren

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Can a secret runic message lead to murder?There's a lot happening in Cardinal Woolsey's knitting shop in Oxford. Witches, vampires, a knowing cat, romance and murder. Join Lucy and her undead knitting club as they solve another crime.There's no violence, sex or bad language, just quirky characters, humor—and murder...
  • Mosaics and Magic by Nancy Warren

    Mosaics and Magic by Nancy Warren

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Beware the crystal ball...When Lucy and Rafe are given a crystal ball as a wedding present, she’s shocked when it foretells doom. For the newlyweds, this was supposed to be a time of joy and celebration. But when a terrible accident befalls one of their wedding guests, Lucy and Rafe must postpone their honeymoon. And as the evidence begins to unravel, it becomes clear this was no accident...
  • 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...
  • Lucky Charm by Annabel Chase

    Lucky Charm by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. New witch Emma Hart is at her wit’s end and, this time, it’s not the result of her vampire ghost roommate, her snarky owl, or her feelings for a certain fallen angel. Key members of Spellbound society are acting like children and it’s wreaking havoc on the town’s regulation-happy infrastructure...
  • Silent Secrets by Shawn McGuire

    Silent Secrets by Shawn McGuire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Heal yourself or save the people you’re sworn to protect?In Whispering Pines, even the quiet time of year can be deadly.As fall heads toward winter, the village of Whispering Pines settles in for the quiet time of year. Jayne O’Shea isn’t so sure about this...
  • Veiled Secrets: A Whispering Pines Mystery, Book 6 by Shawn McGuire

    Veiled Secrets: A Whispering Pines Mystery, Book 6 by Shawn McGuire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "There are twists and turns that will keep you reading well into the night." Amazon reviewer Help a family member or save a stranger?   In Whispering Pines, Halloween horrors involve more than goblins and ghouls.   With only a smattering of tourists visiting the village for the Samhain feast, Jayne is excited … no. She's looking forward to … no...
  • Monster in the Mirror by Kristen Painter

    Monster in the Mirror by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Shadowvale isn’t your typical small town America. The sun never shines, the gates decide who enters, magic abounds, and every resident bears some kind of curse.For Isadora Graham, Shadowvale seems like a dream come true. A safe haven where she can hide from the darkness that lives within her, and hopefully, keep everyone else from finding out about it too...
  • Four-Leaf Clover by Amanda M. Lee

    Four-Leaf Clover by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Clove Winchester is feeling lucky at life, and that’s before a mysterious stranger drops into her magic store and gifts her with a special coin. Suddenly things can’t go wrong for Clove, and she’s the center of attention in the Winchesters’ world – especially because Aunt Tillie wants that coin...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • A Ghost and a Hard Place by Elle Adams

    A Ghost and a Hard Place by Elle Adams

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Hawkwood Hollow, where the dead outnumber the living.Maura is settling into her new life. She's working at the local inn, helping Carey hunt for ghosts in her free time, and she even has a date with the local detective.But she's always feared her past would catch up to her, and it turns out she has a good reason to worry when a new Reaper shows up in town...
  • Ghost and Found by Elle Adams

    Ghost and Found by Elle Adams

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When the body of a local shifter shows up with no ghost to be found, Maura finds herself drawn into another mystery...
  • Cornbread & Crossroads by Bella Falls

    Cornbread & Crossroads by Bella Falls

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Magic and mystery are only part of the Southern Charms of Honeysuckle Hollow…After everyone returns from Charleston, Honeysuckle Hollow has been growing by leaps and bounds with new residents seeking magical sanctuary. All the residents of the Southern supernatural small town try their best to be welcoming...
  • Let Sleeping Ghosts Lie by Elle Adams

    Let Sleeping Ghosts Lie by Elle Adams

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Hawkwood Hollow, where the dead outnumber the living.When a local witch shows up in an apparent drowning, everyone thinks it's a tragic accident. New witch in town Maura would, too, except her Reaper senses are telling her there's something not quite right about the woman's death.When the victim's ghost vanishes, she knows her instincts were right...
  • A Touch of Magic by Annabel Chase

    A Touch of Magic by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. Changes are afoot for Emma Hart now that her secret is out and her love life has taken a dramatic turn. Will life suddenly be a bed of roses for the plucky heroine or will she get pricked by the thorns? A Touch of Magic is the seventh book in the Spellbound paranormal cozy mystery series...
  • 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...
  • The Ghost and the Birthday Boy by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    The Ghost and the Birthday Boy by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lily and Ian’s families come to Frederickport to celebrate Connor’s first Birthday. Bringing the in-laws together is not always easy, especially when uninvited guests from the spirit realm show up...
  • Deadly Diamonds by Barbra Annino

    Deadly Diamonds by Barbra Annino

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This is a Stacy Justice Magical Mysteries 20,000 word NOVELLA. The story first appeared in the anthology, Kiss and Spell.It’s Valentine’s Day in Amethyst, Illinois and things heat up when the Geraghty Girls cast a love spell that goes horribly wrong...
  • Collards & Cauldrons by Bella Falls

    Collards & Cauldrons by Bella Falls

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Magic and mystery are only part of the Southern Charms of Honeysuckle Hollow… Charli Goodwin’s leaving Honeysuckle Hollow again…but only temporarily. Led by her grandmother, she and other ladies from their small Southern supernatural town are headed to Charleston for a special witch convention...
  • Doom and Broom by Annabel Chase

    Doom and Broom by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. Emma Hart hasn’t had a moment’s peace since her arrival in Spellbound. Her fear of heights hits an all-time high when she’s tasked with mastering a broomstick. It doesn’t help that Lady Weatherby seems determined to make basic witch training feel more like the magical ninja warrior championships...
  • Herringbones and Hexes by Nancy Warren

    Herringbones and Hexes by Nancy Warren

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    What the hex is going on?Life at Cardinal Woolsey’s knitting and yarn shop is about as smooth as shop owner Lucy’s knitting. In other words, lumpy, tangled and prone to disaster. Much like her spell-casting. But things get worse when her cousin and shop assistant Violet shows alarming symptoms of a hex...
  • Final Catcall by Sofie Kelly

    Final Catcall by Sofie Kelly

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Small-town librarian Kathleen Paulson gets plenty of entertainment from her extraordinary cats, Owen and Hercules. But when a theater troupe stumbles into more tragedy than it bargained for, it's up to Kathleen to play detective...
  • 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...
  • Grace Under Fury by Annabel Chase

    Grace Under Fury by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Welcome to Chipping Cheddar, where supernaturals are hidden in plain sightResidents are sneezing and coughing all over town and it seems like a brutal allergy season is upon us--until someone dies. When Dr...
  • 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...
  • 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...
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