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Long, Hot, Witchy Summer by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsLife couldn’t be going much better for Hadley Hunter. She’s living the dream on Moonstone Bay with her boyfriend Galen Blackwood, plotting her next move as a witch for hire, and basically basking in happiness.That all changes when a summer afternoon on the beach turns into a nightmare, an odd creature from the depths of the ocean surfacing and attacking Hadley on the beach... -
![Great Hexpectations by Amanda M. Lee]()
Great Hexpectations by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHadley Hunter thought she was getting a grip on the paranormal world she never knew existed until recently. She was wrong. In the shadow of a massive shifter retreat, she finds she knew absolutely nothing.Her live-in love Galen Blackwood has his hands full with the conference... -
![Freaky Fangs by Amanda M. Lee]()
Freaky Fangs by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsMystic Caravan Circus is in flux. Things are shifting in the organization, new faces are joining the fray, and manager Poet Parker isn’t certain how to deal with it. Unfortunately for her, she doesn’t have time to figure it out.Kentucky is on the horizon, and a roadside accident that claims a family has caught Poet’s attention... -
![Only the Lost by Amanda M. Lee]()
Only the Lost by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIzzy Sage is settling into her new job, enjoying her new romance, and only has one thing on her mind: Choosing a new assistant to help her at Belle Isle’s death gate. All of that changes when the gate malfunctions. Instead of dragging someone over, though, it sends five people back.Years ago, a group of trainees disappeared while on a tour of the facility... -
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![Birds of a Fury by Annabel Chase]()
Birds of a Fury by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAgent Eden Fury is currently building a bridge over troubled waters and she's not sure if she has the tools to finish the job.The truth about her personal life is out and Eden wants nothing more than to put the genie back in the bottle. Unfortunately that won’t happen without the type of magic she refuses to touch... -
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To Spell with It by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsHadley Hunter thinks she’s seen everything – okay, maybe not everything but a lot of things – but she’s never seen a cupid convention.When her good friend Booker’s fellow cupids descend on Moonstone Bay, she thinks it’s going to be fun and games. Instead, it’s mayhem and mystery when a rash of suicides and attempted suicides hit random island residents... -
![Grim Vows by Amanda M. Lee]()
Grim Vows by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWeddings are supposed to be all about white veils, flowers and happily ever after. For Aisling Grimlock, she wants the ending … but the journey isn’t quite finished. Ever since her mother returned from the dead almost a year prior, Aisling has been riddled with doubts... -
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No Crones About It by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsScout Randall is settling in with the northern Lower Michigan branch of Spell’s Angels. She’s feeling bold, brash … and just a little bit flirty thanks to her burgeoning relationship with Gunner Stratton, a shifter whose father happens to serve as the chief of police in Hawthorne Hollow. Things are going well … until they’re not...Categorized as:
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Flip the Witch Switch by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsBay Winchester and Landon Michaels are looking for a romantic outing, revisiting the past now that they know they met as children. That trip leads them to the camp they visited back in the day … and to a new adventure.It’s a happy excursion down memory lane until they happen upon the old pool and discover a hand poking out of an ancient cover... -
![Freaky Witches (Mystic Caravan, #7) by Amanda M. Lee]()
Freaky Witches (Mystic Caravan, #7) by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsMystic Caravan Circus is heading for the Midwest … and their first stop is Michigan. Hemlock Cove to be exact. Poet Parker is looking forward to what she believes will be a quiet time. Hemlock Cove isn’t big, after all, and Mystic Caravan is essentially serving as the centerpiece for a paranormal festival in a town where everyone pretends to be witches... -
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Hex Type Thing by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsHadley 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... -
![The Witch is Back by Amanda M. Lee]()
The Witch is Back by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBay Winchester is living the high life. She’s engaged, owns her own business, and is undergoing a magical transformation, complete with growing powers at every turn. All that changes when a local teenager goes missing at a festival and nobody knows who took her.The girl’s friends saw the abduction but the description they provide doesn’t match anybody in town... -
![Freaky Rites by Amanda M. Lee]()
Freaky Rites by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsNorthern California beckons the Mystic Caravan crew and they’re looking forward to some down time after their previous stop. Emotions are running high and the workers are desperate to return to their normal lives. Poet Parker and Kade Denton, for instance, have a new camper to move into and they’re both excited at the prospect of an adventure that has nothing to do with monsters... -
![The Incubus Impasse by Amanda M. Lee]()
The Incubus Impasse by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsCharlie Rhodes is at a crossroads in her life. Her big secret is out – at least with the most important person in her life Jack Hanson – and now they have to deal with a whole new reality.Things are going relatively well when the Legacy Foundation is sent on a mission to Charleston. It seems women are dying under strange circumstances: open windows, no immediate sign of violence, locked doors... -
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![Beguiled by Darynda Jones]()
Beguiled by Darynda Jones
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNewly 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... -
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Southern Magic Wedding by Amy Boyles
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt’s Pepper's and Axel’s wedding day. Finally, the big day has arrived and the entire town is ready to celebrate. And Pepper is ready, too. She can’t wait to start her new life. The only problem is that suddenly Axel has ex-girlfriends oozing out of the woodwork. Worse, when a spell is cast on Axel the day before the wedding, his future with Pepper becomes murky. Pepper is shattered... -
![Southern Wands by Amy Boyles]()
Southern Wands by Amy Boyles
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLife just won’t settle down for Pepper Dunn. The Head Witch Order has arrived with one mission—secure Pepper’s powers for themselves at any cost.The entire Craple household is on deck to save Pepper. Grandma Betty has formed her own resistance, and even though they’re groaning about it, Amelia and Cordelia jump in to assist her... -
![The Vampire and the Case of the Perilous Poltergeist by Heather G. Harris, Jilleen Dolbeare]()
The Vampire and the Case of the Perilous Poltergeist by Heather G. Harris, Jilleen Dolbeare
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis academy’s secrets could get you killed – if the poltergeist doesn’t get you first… I thought going back to school would be fun. After all, we’re adults now – no angst-ridden teen dramas here – and we’re all law-enforcement recruits training to become State Troopers. Surely we’ll work together like professionals, right? Wrong.One of my fellow recruits has it in for me...Categorized as:
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![The Chupacabra Catastrophe by Amanda M. Lee]()
The Chupacabra Catastrophe by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsCharlie Rhodes has a new life and it’s not exactly what she thought it would be.She’s psychic, telekinetic and eager to learn from her knowledgeable co-workers at The Legacy Foundation. She’s also nervous, frightened and on edge … mostly because she’s exactly the sort of oddity the group is looking to study and she’s desperate to keep her secret from the very people who are searching for her... -
![Witch Confidential by Lily Harper Hart]()
Witch Confidential by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe Big Easy is about to be buried in big trouble.Again.For Ofelia Archer, that means she’s knee-deep in an investigation … even though she’s not quite sure how she got there.Zach Sully thinks he’s in for an easy night at Ofelia’s speakeasy – maybe a little flirting as a lead-up to a date included – when a scream in a neighboring abandoned building draws his attention... -
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Witch Is the New Black by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsOfelia Archer has faced demons, evil witches, and freaky zombies, but nothing could prepare her for the horror of meeting her boyfriend’s mother, Madeline Sully. She thinks she’s ready and able, but she’s really not.For his part, Zacharias “Zach” Sully isn’t any more thrilled by his mother’s visit than his girlfriend. He’s simply better at dealing with Madeline’s brand of madness... -
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Phantom Quartz by Barbra Annino
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’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... -
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Wicked Brew: A Wicked Witches of the Midwest Short by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThistle Winchester is at her witchy wit’s end. Great-Aunt Tillie is selling wine at the curb of The Overlook – like it’s a lemonade stand – and her mother and aunts are about to burn someone at the stake. Unfortunately, it’s up to her and cousin Bay to put out the fire. When the two cousins take a stand, they’re interrupted by the arrival of an injured and dazed little girl... -
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Spelldriver by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWith 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... -
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![Southern Potions by Amy Boyles]()
Southern Potions by Amy Boyles
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne member of Pepper's family has been turned into a toad. Can she save them? It’s New Year’s and Pepper Dunn is ready to celebrate. She’s been hard at work creating a potion for the annual Potion-Making Contest. All she must do is present her creation. Pepper’s plans go awry when a sorceress claims she can turn a witch into a toad—all she needs is a volunteer...Categorized as:
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Freaky Deaky Tiki by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsHadley Hunter is learning about life, love … and being a witch. She has a hot and hunky boyfriend, new friends, and family she didn’t know existed until recently. Her plate is full. Life gets even busier when a Detroit grim reaper named Aisling Grimlock hits Moonstone Bay for her honeymoon. Aisling is loud, brash … and pregnant... -
![Whisk and Reward by Nancy Warren]()
Whisk and Reward by Nancy Warren
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMurder, 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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Bedtime Fury by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWelcome to Chipping Cheddar, where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight There's been a discovery of demons.Again.The appearance of a strange plant on the Taskers' farm sends Neville and I straight to the Federal Bureau of Magic database, where we discover that deadly demons are snatching bodies all over town... -
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Curse a Brew Streak by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsOfelia Archer is living the dream … or as close as seemingly possible.She owns her own business, her father seems to be on an even keel, and her new relationship with Detective Zacharias Sully is cruising right along. Everything changes in an instant, though, when screams from the street lead to zombies running amok through the French Quarter... -
![Amethyst Witch by Barbra Annino]()
Amethyst Witch by Barbra Annino
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMeet 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... -
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Eternal Covenant by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIs happily ever after finally here?The wedding is coming! The wedding is coming!Zoe Lake and Aric Winters are ready to say “I do.” They’ve fought sphinxes, witches, and monster hunters – and all they want now is peace.Unfortunately, that’s not so easy to find. When the wedding planners – and warring mothers – descend on their happy home, Aric and Zoe are plunged into a world they never expected...Categorized as:
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Southern Omens by Amy Boyles
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPepper in her first trimester...and what a trimester it is!All of Magnolia Cove is buzzing when soothsayers arrive to offer blessings to Pepper's and Axel's unborn child. But when one of the soothsayers foresees death, the celebration quickly turns sour.Don't worry because there is a solution... -
![Bonbons and Broomsticks by H.Y. Hanna]()
Bonbons and Broomsticks by H.Y. Hanna
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCaitlyn 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... -
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Karma Camellia by Nancy Warren
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMurder lurks behind the prettiest blooms...The past doesn’t always stay in the past. Deeds can come back to haunt us. That’s what happens to florist Peony Bellefleur’s protégé and young witch, Char, when her old boyfriend turns up out of the blue saying he wants another chance. Turns out he’s really on the run from crime...Categorized as:
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![Southern Fortunes by Amy Boyles]()
Southern Fortunes by Amy Boyles
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Pepper teaches a class at the Southern School of Magic, she expects a run of the mill experience. But when a gaggle of mean teachers invades her classroom, Pepper is on high alert.These women are nasty and they make no bones about disliking Pepper... -
![Freaky Games by Amanda M. Lee]()
Freaky Games by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsLook out Sin City, here comes the Mystic Caravan Circus. The city that never sleeps has something lurking in the darkness and Poet Parker can’t decide if it’s friend or foe. The rich history of the area comes into play when research uncovers a mine disaster more than a hundred years in the past … and a tragic outcome that still haunts the locale to this day... -
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Witchin' USA by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsHadley Hunter has lived a normal life, in a normal suburb, with a normal job and a normal father. All that changes when a grandmother she didn’t even know existed dies and leaves her a fabulous lighthouse on Moonstone Bay Island. Hadley, ready for an adventure, decides to check things out and finds herself plunged into a world she never envisioned... -
![Betrayed: Book Two - The Road to Redemption by Nicky Charles]()
Betrayed: Book Two - The Road to Redemption by Nicky Charles
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHow do you love again when your heart is dead? How do you know when it’s time to let go?Damien’s kicked about the country these past three years. No pack. No purpose. No reason to keep on living. When an old friend, Kane Sinclair, asks for his help, he agrees and heads to Chicago. After all, what does he have to lose?Sam’s grown up on the streets... -
![Ribbing and Runes by Nancy Warren]()
Ribbing and Runes by Nancy Warren
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCan 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... -
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Mosaics and Magic by Nancy Warren
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBeware 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... -
![Witch Out of Water by Amanda M. Lee]()
Witch Out of Water by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsHadley Hunter is the new witch in a town overflowing with paranormal beings. She’s ready to settle, but odd things keeping cropping up and knocking her off her game. In addition to dating Moonstone Bay’s sheriff Galen Blackwood, Hadley has her hands full when she helps discover a body at a local festival and uncovers a decades’ old feud between two warring families... -
![Amethyst Witch by Barbra Annino]()
Amethyst Witch by Barbra Annino
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsStacy 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... -
![Cold as a Witch's Tequila Sunrise by Lily Harper Hart]()
Cold as a Witch's Tequila Sunrise by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe big day has arrived. Hali Waverly is finally getting the surgery she so desperately needs. Her boyfriend Gray Hunter is determined to be by her side for it. She thinks she’s ready for it. Is she, though?The surgery itself goes off without a hitch. Hali’s recovery is another story. Ceding control of her beloved tiki bar to her brother and her boyfriend’s brother only amps up her anxiety...Categorized as:
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![Against the Witchy Tide by Lily Harper Hart]()
Against the Witchy Tide by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHali Waverly is gearing up for a big change. The hip surgery she’s been dreading is only two weeks out, and that means it’s time to get things in order before she’s down for the count to recuperate. She has a plan….and then the unthinkable happens.When leaving the doctor after scheduling surgery, a bank robbery suspect crosses Hali’s path...Categorized as:
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![Witches of the Deep by Lily Harper Hart]()
Witches of the Deep by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHali Waverly thought she’d seen the worst the world had to offer. Then her boyfriend Gray Hunter’s parents arrived on her beach. Now the horror truly begins.Hali has a big problem…and that’s not including the skeletons that are taking over the beach thanks to an errant spell.Nobody knows who cast the spell, or more importantly why, but Hali is determined to find out... -
![Airships, Crypts & Chocolate Chips by Erin Johnson]()
Airships, Crypts & Chocolate Chips by Erin Johnson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA bewitched prison. A brother with a deadly request. Can a magical baker launch a jailbreak and still keep her prince in the process?Imogen’s magical bakery is thriving and she loves the company of the Water Kingdom’s dashing prince. But she’s not so enamored with the time she’s forced to spend with his awful Royal Family... -
![Lucky Witches by A.A. Albright]()
Lucky Witches by A.A. Albright
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJust because Detective Quinn is on holiday does not mean that the rest of Riddler’s Edge gets to take a break. And it definitely doesn’t mean that Aisling misses him. But even if she did miss him – ever so slightly, mind you – she has far more urgent things to worry about... -
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Pickups and Pirates by Bella Falls
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA little sweet tea and a whole lot of spells won’t always put out the fire… After a hurricane attacks the Crystal Coast, Ruby Mae Jewell and her friends and family will have to deal with more than just the wreckage of harsh weather. When the ancient shipwreck of the notorious pirate Captain “Bonny Anne” Bonnet is discovered off the shore, there’s a race to claim the uncovered treasure... -
![Splintered Haven by Jilleen Dolbeare]()
Splintered Haven by Jilleen Dolbeare
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrigid's battle with the witches is over. Her new supernatural bed and breakfast is open. Content to live the life of a low key small business owner, she settles into her new role. Only things are afoot. With the witches gone, a power vacuum calls to those who want new territory... -
![Sorcery & Stories by Elle Adams]()
Sorcery & Stories by Elle Adams
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's the holiday season in the town of Ivory Beach, and Rory Hawthorn and her new magical family are preparing for the festivities. But when a group of strange werewolves materialises in the library, it kicks off a series of bizarre events which appear to be lifted directly from her aunt's bestselling novels...
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