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  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Finding Answers by Kathi Daley

    Finding Answers by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He watched the boy skipping rocks across the clear, still, water. From the cover of dense forest he listened to the childish squeals of delight as the flat hard surface of the stone met the firm unyielding force of the lake. Each hop resulted in an ever widening web of rings, each ring, larger, yet less intense than that which came before. Life, he mused, was like those rings...
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    animals  cozy  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  dogs
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
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    animals  cozy  culinary  ghosts  paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook
  • 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...
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    cozy  culinary  ghosts  paranormal  suspense  whodunit  adult  book
  • Resurrection in Mudbug by Jana Deleon, Johanna Parker

    Resurrection in Mudbug by Jana Deleon, Johanna Parker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today best-selling author, Jana DeLeon, Resurrection in Mudbug, aka The Return of Helena Henry!Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the bayou…Jadyn St. James is excited to start her job as game warden in Mudbug, Louisiana, and hopes it is the beginning of a new and improved life...
  • The Halloween Haunting by Cate Lawley

    The Halloween Haunting by Cate Lawley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It's bingo night at the retirement center!It sounds tame enough to Mallory, except the residents of this particular community include a grandmotherly hacker, a retired witch, and, once upon a time, Mallory's Great-Auntie Lula. Visiting her dead relative's former abode brings back memories for Mallory, but it also rather unexpectedly brings back Great-Auntie Lula...
  • Magic & Mishaps by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Mishaps by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken.Ember Rose is working hard to smooth the path for her relationship with the stoic vampire Alec Hale. She hits a massive bump, however, when a body is discovered drained of blood and Alec is one of the key suspects. Sheriff Nash insists that his interest in Alec isn't personal, but Ember isn't convinced...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Sweet Dreams by Beth Dolgner

    Sweet Dreams by Beth Dolgner

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    DIG INTO A SHALLOW GRAVE AND A NEW PARANORMAL COZY MYSTERY SERIES.Emily Buchanan has always dealt with ghosts at Eternal Rest Bed and Breakfast—after all, it is next to the town’s historic cemetery. When paranormal activity begins to escalate, though, she knows that someone—or something—is desperately trying to communicate...
  • 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...
  • Time to Kiln by Nova Nelson

    Time to Kiln by Nova Nelson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dahlia Wildes often feels like a ghost, but seeing them is a new development. After being transported to a strange town with magical beings, she struggles to understand what’s going on and why everyone keeps telling her she’s a witch...
  • Darkness Exposed by Terri Reid

    Darkness Exposed by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Jeannine appeared in the room across from Mary. Her face was streaked with tears and she was visibly trembling. “Mary, I remembered,” she cried. “I remembered and it was awful.”The time has finally come for Mary to investigate Jeannine’s murder...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  suspense  whodunit  adult  book  contemporary
  • Broken Promises by Terri Reid

    Broken Promises by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Clarissa yawned and rubbed her eyes. “Will I ever meet an angel, Daddy?” she asked, as she snuggled into her pillow.He leaned over and kissed her on her forehead. “I’m sure you will, sweetheart,” he said. “You just have to watch for them.”She nodded sleepily. “Night Daddy, I love you.”“I love you too,” he whispered, to the already sleeping child...
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    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  suspense  whodunit  adult  angels  audiobook
  • Natural Reaction by Terri Reid

    Natural Reaction by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The last few students climbed through windows, black smoke billowing out of them. The teacher turned to his student. “I’ll let you down first.”“But Coach, whose going to help you?”“Hey, you’re my best fielder, I expect to jump right into your arms,” he said. “Just promise not to whip me over to Smith for a double play.”The young man, his face streaked with soot, grinned at his coach...
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    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  suspense  whodunit  adult  book  contemporary
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  cozy  animals  whodunit  ghosts  suspense  mystery  fiction
  • 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...
  • Bloodbaths and Banana Cake by Addison Moore

    Bloodbaths and Banana Cake by Addison Moore

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My name is Lottie Lemon and I see dead pets. On occasion I see a once-upon a human too but mostly it’s just cute little furry beasts who have come back from the other side to warn me of their previous owners impending doom...
  • New York Cheesecake Chaos by Addison Moore

    New York Cheesecake Chaos by Addison Moore

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 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, who have come back from the other side to warn me of their previous owners impending doom.My ex has landed in Honey Hollow all the way from New York where I last saw his sorry mug...
  • Out Witch the Old by Elle Adams

    Out Witch the Old by Elle Adams

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life for Blair Wilkes has never been better. She's been reunited with her estranged father, while the fairies who originally founded Fairy Falls have begun to return to their former home.When a human girl disappears and the fairies become the main suspects, however, Blair finds herself under pressure to prove their innocence...
  • Love at First Spell by Samantha Silver

    Love at First Spell by Samantha Silver

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to magical Fairy Falls, where love is in the air and killers are on the loose.Mina Tiller, a high-powered advertising executive whose only goal is to get that corner office, never thought living life in the fast lane would mean actually getting hit by a car...
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    animals  cozy  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mystery
  • 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  ghosts  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • 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...
  • Cat Shout for Joy by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

    Cat Shout for Joy by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Awaiting the birth of his first kittens, feline P. I. Joe Grey, his companion Dulcie, and their furry sleuthing pals must unmask a killer preying on some of the most vulnerable citizens in the charming California coastal community of Molena Point.For Joe Grey and Dulcie, life is a bittersweet mix of endings and beginnings...
  • 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...
  • Soul Food Spirits by Amy Boyles

    Soul Food Spirits by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It should’ve been so easy… Blissful Breneaux has spent her career catching troublesome ghosts for a covert government agency. But all that changes the day she is fired. She has one shot to redeem herself— track down the biggest, baddest spirit the agency has ever known and haul him in. Too bad that ghost resides in the one place Blissful despises—Haunted Hollow, Alabama...
  • 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...
  • Chai, Chai Again by Eryn Scott

    Chai, Chai Again by Eryn Scott

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Pebble Cove is known for giving tourists the cold shoulder, but a frozen body is something new. The people of Pebble Cove are thrown into a forced hibernation when the worst snowstorm in a decade hits the Oregon Coast. They expect to find damages once the snow thaws, but a frozen body down by the pier comes as a terrible surprise...
  • 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...
  • The Witching Flour by Samantha Silver

    The Witching Flour by Samantha Silver

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Welcome to Spellford Cove, where the baking is sweet and the witches are wild.Robin Carter's life is less than stellar. All she has going for her are a minimum-wage job she hates, an uncanny ability to attract the biggest losers on her dating app, and a raccoon sitting in her kitchen sink eating her chips...
    Categorized as:
    animals  cozy  culinary  ghosts  paranormal  21st-century  adult  book
  • Wrong Side of the Claw by Leighann Dobbs

    Wrong Side of the Claw by Leighann Dobbs

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bookstore owner Willa Chance has no idea that things in Mystic Notch are about to take a turn for the worseWhen a string of robberies escalates to murder, Willa is baffled by the behavior of her sister, the county sheriff. Normally the gung-ho law woman would be all over the case, but she seems more interested in doing her nails and picking out jazz music instead...
    Categorized as:
    animals  cozy  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc
  • Kept Secrets by Shawn McGuire

    Kept Secrets by Shawn McGuire

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tucked next to a pristine lake, the part-Medieval Europe, part-Renaissance Faire hamlet of Whispering Pines, Wisconsin is a utopia . . . except for the recent murders.One month after arriving in the Northwoods, former detective Jayne O’Shea has settled comfortably into small-town life and is making good progress with her task of getting her grandparents’ house ready for sale...
  • Crumbs and Misdemeanors by Nancy Warren

    Crumbs and Misdemeanors by Nancy Warren

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bread is supposed to be the staff of life—not a murder weapon.Every baker has their weak spot. For Poppy it’s bread. So, when The Great British Baking Contest hits bread week, she’s as fragile as an overbaked croissant. Just when she needs to keep all her focus on flour, water, yeast and salt, another ingredient enters the mix. Death...
  • 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..
  • Ghostly Guidance by Sherry A. Burton

    Ghostly Guidance by Sherry A. Burton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Jerry McNeal didn’t ask to be born with the gift of premonition. Nor did he ask to be haunted by the ghost of a K-9 police dog that doesn’t even appear to like him. And yet, in the second book in The Jerry McNeal Series, Jerry finds himself saddled with both...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Donut Disaster by Addison Moore

    Donut Disaster 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. My name is Lottie Lemon and I see dead people...
  • Sugar Cookie Slaughter by Addison Moore

    Sugar Cookie Slaughter 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. My name is Lottie Lemon, and I see dead people...
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    animals  cozy  culinary  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary
  • 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...
  • Eggnog Trifle Trouble by Addison Moore

    Eggnog Trifle Trouble by Addison Moore

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It's Christmastime in Honey Hollow!Lottie Lemon has a brand new bakery to tend to, a budding romance with perhaps one too many suitors, and she has the supernatural ability to see the dead—which are always harbingers for ominous things to come...
  • Chocolate Chip Cookie Conundrum by Addison Moore

    Chocolate Chip Cookie Conundrum 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, so dive on in!.***Includes RECIPE***My name is Lottie Lemon, and I see dead people...
  • Cursed by Elise Noble

    Cursed by Elise Noble

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rania Algafari never asked to be different, and when she escaped the war in Syria and moved to the UK, her only goal was to live her life in peace. Get up, go to work, avoid talking to the dead—that sort of thing...
  • Deadly Vows by Kate Allenton

    Deadly Vows by Kate Allenton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Psychic Cree Blue is working on a cold case where the motives and suspects multiply like the spices in her cooking. When Davina Richards went missing the day before her wedding, people assumed she was a runaway bride. Only Cree knows differently. This bride skipped being a missing person and landed smack-dab in the dead zone...
  • Snickerdoodle Secrets by Addison Moore

    Snickerdoodle Secrets 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. My name is Lottie Lemon, and I see dead people...
  • 'Twas the Knight Before Christmas by Hermione Moon, Serenity Woods

    'Twas the Knight Before Christmas by Hermione Moon, Serenity Woods

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Not a creature is stirring, not even a dog!After a quiet six months, Gwen, Arthur, and Merlin are in the middle of preparing for their first Yule and Christmas together when an old friend appears to announce she needs their help...
  • 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...
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