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Wild Scottish Rose by Tricia O'Malley
Is a rose without its thorns any less beautiful? Shona Scott would much rather putter in her garden than deal with brides that get hysterical over floral arrangements. Fed up, she quits the wedding business and renovates a small cottage on her property for holiday rentals. Without the weddings crowding her calendar, Shona will finally get some time to explore a newfound talent... -
Chaos in Mudbug by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe sixth book in the New York Times bestselling Ghost-in-Law series. Jadyn St. James hopes that the two-week quiet period in Mudbug means things in the small bayou town are back to normal…whatever that is. But when a fisherman finds a sunken shrimp boat, and the boat captain is missing, Jadyn wonders if the damage to the boat was caused by a storm, or if something far more nefarious happened... -
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Resurrection in Mudbug by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsFrom New York Times and USA Today bestselling 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... -
Good Moon Rising by Tricia O'Malley
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEven mermaids fall sometimes…The ladies of The Laughing Mermaid guesthouse are renowned for both their beauty and their enchanting ways. Jolie, one of the owners, has only dated casually for years, as she is searching for the one man who has been foretold to be her future. When he arrives, Jolie is shocked to find him impervious to her charms... -
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Mischief in Mudbug by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsSabine LeVeche, orphaned at an early age, is in the middle of a medical crisis and needs to find a blood relative STAT. Luckily, she's got a sexy PI and one sassy but determined ghost on her side. Not so luckily, there's a murderer gunning for her just in case her illness doesn't kill her first. -
Too Good to Be True by Tricia O'Malley
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen the oracle predicted that Mirra would need to be rescued…Mirra is shocked to find the premonition unfold literally. When Silas Somerborne races to save the day, and rescues Mirra from certain death, she knows immediately that he’s the one she’s been waiting for. And yet, no matter how hard she tries, Silas pushes Mirra away... -
Wild Scottish Love by Tricia O'Malley
Wicked banter, kitchen witches, and hot men in kilts make this friends-to-lovers modern day Scottish fairytale a romping good time. I draw the line at serving people grasshoppers for dinner. As luck would have it, on the same day I quit my job as head chef at Suzette’s, a fine-dining restaurant in Boston, I was offered an opportunity to open a restaurant at a castle in Scotland...Categorized as:
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6 Killer Bodies by Stephanie Bond
Carlotta Wren's world is crumbling beneath her well-shod feet. One of her closest friends has been arrested as the Charmed Killer, but Carlotta refuses to believe it. And to prove her friend's innocence, Carlotta goes against her boyfriend Peter's wishes and resumes her after-hours body-moving duties. And then…. Peter pressures her for an answer to his proposal…... -
Tattoos and Clues by Trixie Silvertale
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA 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. . -
Whiskey & Witches by T.M. Cromer
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen the golden Son sacrifices for the shunned One, only then can the curse be undone. .. Carrick O'Malley lost his wife in a tragic accident and is dealing with his heartbroken, mute son... -
Witching For Hope by Deanna Chase
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHope Anderson loves her life. She has a great business that’s thriving, the best friends a girl could ever have, and a coven she can count on. Oh, and she’s been single for over fifteen years and likes it that way… until the love of her life, Lucas King, walks back into town and throws everything she thought she knew about herself into chaos... -
Showdown in Mudbug by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsWho killed Helena Henry? The shorter list may be who didn’t want her dead. Psychic Raissa Bordeaux thought she’d left her former life behind, but when a child is kidnapped, she risks her secret identity by offering the police help with the case. New Orleans Detective Zach Blanchard doesn’t believe in psychic hooey and is certain Raissa didn’t get her facts about the case from a crystal ball... -
Witching For Clarity: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Novel by Deanna Chase
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsClarity “Gigi” Martin moved to Premonition Pointe for a fresh start. And that’s exactly what she got when she found a house that was connected to her ancestors and a group of witches who welcomed her into their fold. It’s not easy starting over at forty, but she’s determined to do it on her own terms with her past left firmly behind her… until Sebastian Knight walks back into her life... -
The Hitwoman and the Sacrificial Lamb by J.B. Lynn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSome jobs are more challenging than others. Take for example, Maggie’s latest assignment: assassinating a heartless, indiscriminate sniper. He deserves to die, but making that happen is tricky, especially considering that a certain red-headed police detective has been assigned to protect him. And that’s not the only job Maggie has... -
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The Hitwoman and the Mother Load by J.B. Lynn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsYou think you've got problems? Don't talk to Maggie Lee about problems. Her mother's escaped from the loony bin, and rumor has it she's robbing people for ice cream money. A mob boss is insisting she liberate his daughter from a mental hospital that Maggie's pretty sure she belongs in. And people keep trying to kill her... -
Witching You Mistletoe and Mayhem by Jenna Collett
Two magical rivals. One marriage of inconvenience. And an enchanted key that could erase everything. Valerie Spellman believes in holiday miracles—twinkle lights, true love, and the occasional glitter bomb to get the job done. But all the festive magic ends at the feet of Grant Delaney... -
Whack The Mole by Maggie March
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLucy is a human lie detector. Her rescue dog Paco is a ghost whisperer. Together, they solve crime in this laugh-out-loud cozy mystery series! Joey "The Weasel" Frizzone has been deep undercover with one of the country's largest organized crime families and the time has come for him to testify against them... -
Breaking Medium by Erin Huss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy name is Zoe Lane, and I see dead people. For the first time in my adult life, I am in a big city. Los Angeles! It’s everything and nothing like I imagined. There aren’t celebrities on every corner, and the walk of fame smells like urine, but the weather is perfection, the palm trees are plentiful, the beaches are spectacular, and there are a whole lot of dead people... -
The Hitwoman and the Chubby Cherub by J.B. Lynn
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsLove and Murder are in the air. In years past, Maggie Lee has not been a fan of Valentine’s Day, but this year, the holiday has warped into its own special hell... -
The Librarian's Vampire Assistant: 2 by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFrom New York Times Bestseller Mimi Jean Pamfiloff comes a humorous, standalone mystery, The Librarian’s Vampire Assistant, Book 2. (Yep! It’s a standalone. The boring title is just to mess with you! ). HOW MUCH LONGER CAN HE KEEP HIS SECRET AND HIS FAVORITE HUMAN SAFE? Michael Vanderhorst has always been a lone wolf. Or lone vampire? Whatever... -
One More Wish by Lindsey Lanza
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAlways be careful what you wish for. Maya Bloom has a secret. For as long as she can remember, all her wishes have come true. One quick plea to the universe, and whatever she wants is hers. The they always backfire. Which is why Maya is done wishing. Well, until her wedding day when she’s in desperate need of the truth...Categorized as:
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A Panicked Premonition by Victoria Laurie
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe New York Times bestselling Psychic Eye Mystery series continues with P. I. Abby Cooper facing the ultimate locked room murder. .. Professional psychic and FBI consultant Abby Cooper has used her inner visions to get her out of many a scrape and solve many a crime but she s about to face a murder scene that will put all her powers to the test... -
Witch It Real Good by Dakota Cassidy
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsStevie here, and I’m happy to report we’ve settled into our new lives and found a modicum of peace since our last death-defying incident. Mostly…. My International Man of Mystery continues to lay low here in Ebenezer Falls until we can sort out his earthbound credentials, but we have a routine and as the holiday season begins, we’re ready to do a little celebrating... -
A Grave Prediction by Victoria Laurie
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIn Victoria Laurie's latest Psychic Eye Mystery, Abby Cooper learns that following the money often leads to murder. .. . When Abby is sent to Los Angeles to help train FBI officers to use their intuition, she encounters a case that only she can solve: a series of bank robberies in which the thieves made off with loads of cash but left no clues... -
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Terrier Transgressions by Molly Fitz
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI’m finally coming to terms with the fact I can speak to animals, even though the only one who ever talks back is the crabby tabby I’ve taken to calling Octo-Cat. What I haven’t quite worked out is how to hide my secret…. Now one of the associates at my law firm has discovered this strange new talent of mine and insists I use it to help defend his client against a double murder charge... -
Coached to Death by Victoria Laurie
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWhen Catherine Cooper settles in the Hamptons on the heels of a nasty split from her long-time husband, the luxurious coastal community seems like the perfect place to get back on track in style. But as Cat soon discovers, starting fresh on the East End can be deadly . . -
Playing the Field by Elise Sax
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsGladie is back with the fourth installment of the hilarious Matchmaker series. Involved on one level or another—hot sex, almost committed, and crying in her pillow—with three men, Gladie distracts herself by giving up on matchmaking and starting a new career. But when Gladie stumbles on body parts of dead baseball players all over town, she’s dragged into solving yet another murder mystery... -
Stranded with an Alien Vampire by Michele Mills
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsStaying in a charming cabin in the Montana wilderness, during off season, sounds like a lovely vacay because I’m cheap. But it turns out someone else has rented this small cabin at the same time as me (ugh) and I quickly learn three things about this ferocious guy I’m double-booked. He’s handsome as hell in an edgy ‘dressed always in black leather’ kind of way. He’s not of this planet... -
Rumble on the Bayou by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsDeputy Dorie Berenger knew the day would go from bad to worse when she found a stoned alligator in the town drunk’s swimming pool. Then DEA agent Richard Starke shows up in Gator Bait, Louisiana, giving out orders and insults faster than you can cast a fishing line... -
Damsel in a Dress by Kirsten Weiss
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBridesmaid duties can be deadly…. Maddie Kosloski has more than wedding cake on her plate. She’s managing her paranormal museum, helping her best friend Adele with wedding plans, and trying to prove that Adele’s vintage wedding dress is most definitely not haunted. But when a bridesmaid turns up murdered, Maddie has to solve the crime to save the wedding... -
Brooms Away by D.A. Kelly
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFun, wacky with spit-your-drink laugh-out-loud moments, Brooms Away will have you up way past your bedtime. An enchanted world. A missing sister. And suspects with dangerous supernatural abilities around every corner. When Arabella Black is swept away to a fantastic and faraway land by her cat, who she thought was an everyday Maine coon, she discovers everything she knew about her life was a lie...Categorized as:
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Hunting Her by Kelly Lucille
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLogan McCord is a highly trained and battle honed warrior. On a mission to rescue one of his pack, he runs into the one thing his training didn't prepare him for. .. his mate. And she's got some training of her own. Xena Yazzie has a job to complete, and finding her mate in the middle of it is problematic at best, even if he is a hot cowboy who wears combat gear like a wet dream...Categorized as:
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High Intensity by Dara Joy
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWHAT IS HIGH INTENSITY? Silken Caresses. Steak bomb sandwiches. A hot press of lips. A haunted chef. Seductive touches in the dark. Spirits who gobble the haute cuisine. A master strategist. A miscreant ghost. And a very, very fat cat... -
Witches Get Stitches by Dakota Cassidy
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen last we met, good people, the biggest wish I’ve ever made came to fruition. It didn’t happen without some help—okay, a lot of help. Either way, let’s just say the deed was done. My outrageously handsome, smart, sometimes persnickety (read mostly persnickety) Spy Guy, Winterbottom, is finally here on earth with me, recuperating from his afterlife jaunt. And I couldn’t be happier…... -
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Bones To Pick by Carolyn Haines
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWhen a local girl is found dead in a cotton field and her lover stands accused of the crime, southern belle and fearless P. I. Sarah Booth Delaney is hired by the suspect's brother to expose the real killer, a dangerous assignment that pits her against the rich and powerful.Categorized as:
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Death of a Wandering Wolf by Julia Buckley
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHana Keller is enjoying a day off from serving up tea and delicious pastries at her family's Hungarian Tea House when her downtime turns deadly. .. . The only thing Hana loves more than a good cuppa is finding a delicate porcelain treasure to add to her collection. She's usually on the hunt for teacups but when she spots a rare wolf figurine at a local yard sale, she knows it's her lucky day...Categorized as:
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Rock-a-Bye Bones by Carolyn Haines
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsSarah Booth Delaney and her friends are still recovering from the attack on Scott Hampton's blues club in Zinnia, Missippia, and Sarah Booth herself is still overcoming her grief at ending things with her fiancé. One bitterly cold night at her family's ancestral home in Zinnia, Sarah Booth hears what sounds like a kitten as she passes the front door...Categorized as:
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Haunted by Love by Keri Lane
Fate and circumstance won’t stop bringing me, Phee Carter-Wright, a paranormal influencer, and Darwin Chen, a paranormal debunker, together. Everywhere I turn, there’s Darwin with that half-quirk smile and a million sarcastic snipes at my job. It’s absolutely infuriating. What’s even more infuriating, though, is the fact that we can’t keep our hands off each other...Categorized as:
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Trouble in Mudbug by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsScientist Maryse Robicheaux thought that a lot of her problems had gone away with her mother-in-law’s death. The woman was rude, pushy, manipulative and used her considerable wealth to run herd over the entire town of Mudbug, Louisiana. Unfortunately, death doesn’t slow down Helena one bit... -
Witch Way Did He Go? by Dakota Cassidy
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIt’s me again, Stevie Cartwright. Powerless ex-witch, pseudo medium, and amateur sleuth, reporting to you live from the case of the missing ex-British spy turned ghost/quite possibly one of the most important people to ever become a part of my life. You read that right... -
Sticks and Bones by Carolyn Haines
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsPrivate investigator Sarah Booth Delaney and her friends are celebrating New Year's Eve at the party of the year, a smashing Winter Garden party at the Prince Albert Hotel. It's a dazzling success. .. until Frangelica "Sister" McFee walks through the door... -
Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 83 ratingsWhere there’s smoke there’s fire, and no one knows this better than New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum. Dead bodies are showing up in shallow graves on the empty construction lot of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds. No one is sure who the killer is, or why the victims have been offed, but what is clear is that Stephanie’s name is on the killer’s list... -
Witch Perfect by Dakota Cassidy
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHi, all! I’m back…er, I mean, we’re back and boy do we have a tale to tell! Now that Win is up and about, he’s been a very busy bee. He’s jumped in with both feet, getting involved in our community and living his best life now that he’s unencumbered by his spy past. He even joined the Ebenezer Falls garden club and made all the female member’s toes curl with his British charm... -
Time of My Life by Mary Frame
Every day is the worst day of Jane Stewart’s life. No really, that’s not a dramatization or overreaction, she’s reliving the same, terrible day over and over (and over and over) again. She’s late to the same meeting. Endures the same soul crushing lectures from her bosses, who ultimately fire her anyway. And—the cherry on top—she gets to experience getting dumped on repeat... -
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Hypnosis Is for Hacks by Tamara Berry
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe latest novel in Tamara Berry's charmingly quirky series weaves a hint of magic and romance into a smartly written, witty, and unpredictable cozy mystery, as an American faux-medium with latent supernatural gifts starts over in a quaint English village--and finds a new career, new love, and lots of intrigue... -
The Monster's Obsession by Kelsey Gamble
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWho could ever love a monster? My first mistake is barging into the house my estranged brother shares with Frankie, his mysterious roommate. Nothing about my brother’s life as a scientist or his house on the hill is what I expect. Because Frankie isn’t just my brother’s best friend. He’s his creation. As tension in their small town rises, I start planning my escape... -
Kitty Confidential by Molly Fitz
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsI was just your normal twenty-something with seven associate degrees and no idea what I wanted to do with my life. That is, until I died… Well, almost. As if a near-death experience at the hands of an old coffeemaker wasn’t embarrassing enough, I woke up to find I could talk to animals. Or rather one animal in particular... -
Misfortune and Mr. Right (Only Magic in the Building) by Savannah Scott
When your nemesis is your next-door neighbor, falling for him is not part of the plan … but fate may have other ideas. Olivia Pennington has spent her whole life competing with Logan Alexander—and losing. From spelling bees to science fairs, he’s always been one step ahead, snagging the trophies, titles, accolades, and now … he’s after the promotion she desperately wanted... -
Don't Flirt With Demons by Grace McGinty
We've all been through that one shitty break-up. The one that breaks your heart, turning you into a sobbing, soggy mess. Where you drink so much you accidentally summon a demon. No? Just Elsie? When Elsie decides to get over a bad break-up with a small fire pit and a large bottle of vodka, the last thing she expects is to summon the sexy as hell demon, Ukobach. He of the Impressive D... -
The Alpha And The Baker by Roxie Ray
A grumpy-sweet alpha. A broke but brilliant baker. One emergency cake order that might just be fate. When Castiel’s pack reunion turns into a frosting-fueled disaster, the last thing he expects is to find salvation in the form of a tiny bakery—and the fiery, flour-dusted woman who runs it...Categorized as:
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