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  • Three Sisters Island collection by Nora Roberts

    Three Sisters Island collection by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Dance Upon the Air: When Nell Channing arrives on charming Three Sisters Island, she believes that she's finally found refuge from her abusive husband - and from the terrifying life she fled so desperately eight months ago . . . But even in this quiet, peaceful place, Nell never feels entirely at ease...
  • Sweets and Sycamores by Arianne Nicks

    Sweets and Sycamores by Arianne Nicks

    Rated: 0.00 of 5 stars
    · 0 ratings
    Allie Wells is a walking fire hazard. Having manifested her power twenty years later than her peer Witches, Allie struggles to master the wild flames burning inside her. When this lack of control threatens to set the coven’s manor on fire, Allie is sent away to learn how to use her power and has until Halloween to do so, or she risks being kicked out of the coven...
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  • The Death Dealer by T.M. Cromer

    The Death Dealer by T.M. Cromer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book 2 in the Sentinels of Magic series. Trevor Blane is getting his story! If you enjoyed The Thorne Witches and continued with The Unlucky Charms books, you’ll probably be wanting more Trevor Blane. Well, his & Soleil's story is coming in early spring. Stay tuned for a the blurb!
  • The Donovan Legacy by Nora Roberts

    The Donovan Legacy by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 34 ratings
    In two tales of the Donovan family, Anastasia Donovan is afraid to reveal her true self to her intriguing new neighbor, Boone Sawyer, while Rowan Murray is fascinated by her enigmatic neighbor, Liam Donovan. - She has published 101 New York Times bestsellers as of 2003, 29 of them reaching #1...
  • The Magic Circle by Nora Roberts

    The Magic Circle by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Discover the magical secrets of the Donovan family in these two reader-favorite tales! Captivated. When filmmaker Nash Kirkland reaches out to real-life witch Morgana Donovan to use her as a research subject for his next film, Morgana humors the skeptical writer. She allows him to make foolish assumptions about magic, but quickly grows tired of his close-minded ideas on the modern witch...
  • The Evanescence by Jessica Sorensen

    The Evanescence by Jessica Sorensen

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Book two in the Fallen Souls Series. My name is Gemma Lucas and everything in my life is falling apart. Lost Souls are roaming the world, possessing people and the fey have made it their mission to torture the innocent. Death and suffering is becoming a way of life and no matter what I do, things keep tearing Alex and me apart...
  • Magical Musing by D.K. Bolton

    Magical Musing by D.K. Bolton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Maeve has a choice to make, but her heart makes it easy. .. When shadowy forces threaten Maeve’s newfound friends and the town’s magical balance, she must embrace her inner witch and stubborn bulldog, Frank, at her side. But it’s not just shadowy forces that Maeve has to contend with—there’s also her family’s deeply buried secrets...
  • Released Souls by Karice Bolton

    Released Souls by Karice Bolton

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Triss and Logan’s love is becoming stronger by the day as they harness the powers between them, but will that make them blind to the evil they’re facing? After uncovering startling information about her family, Triss is determined to right the wrongs of her ancestors...
  • In the Coils of the Snake by Clare B. Dunkle

    In the Coils of the Snake by Clare B. Dunkle

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 34 ratings
    Clare Dunkle's acclaimed fantasy trilogy-- now available in paperback. For thousands of years, young women have been vanishing from Hallow Hill, never to be seen again. Now Kate and Emily have moved there with no idea of the land's dreadful heritage--until Marak decides to tell them himself...
  • Forever and Beyond by Jayde Scott

    Forever and Beyond by Jayde Scott

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Hidden from mortal eyes and divided into three factions are the creatures of darkness that coexist with mortals. In the witches’ town Morganefaire, an ancient legend tells the story of a mirror that was once shattered into four fragments, each able to entrap a powerful soul...
  • The Way Back Home by Elle Gray

    The Way Back Home by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The end is here, and judgement has come. FBI agent Cora Pratt came to Storyville searching for the crazed Postcard Killer. A killer that has taunted her all over the USA. When she arrived in this quiet town, nothing could have prepared her for the supernatural mysteries that would unfold. Orphaned as a young child, Cora did not know about her family’s background...
  • Finding Valor by Charlotte Abel

    Finding Valor by Charlotte Abel

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book 3 of The Channie Series. Josh awakes with no recollection of the previous six months of his life, including his relationship with Channie. Not only is it hard for him to believe that he's married and his wife was kidnapped, but accepting that he is a mage and prophecies of the Book of the Dead are almost impossible...
  • One Witch's Trash Panda Is Another Witch's Treasure by Annabel Chase

    One Witch's Trash Panda Is Another Witch's Treasure by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Magic, mystery, and rabies take center stage in this short story that details how Ember Rose met her familiar. ** Please note: This short story previously appeared in the anthology entitled Seven Pets For Seven Witches. The anthology is no longer available. **...
  • At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities by Heather Webber

    At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities by Heather Webber

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    A mysterious letter. An offer taken. And the chance to move forward. When Ava Harrison receives a letter containing an unusual job listing one month after the sudden death of her ex-boyfriend, she thinks she’s being haunted. The listing—a job as a live-in caretaker for a peculiar old man and his cranky cat in Driftwood, Alabama—is the perfect chance to start a new life. A normal life...
  • The Strawberry Thief by Joanne Harris

    The Strawberry Thief by Joanne Harris

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    The compelling new novel from the author of the bestselling Chocolat. Vianne Rocher has settled down. Lansquenet-sous-Tannes, the place that once rejected her, has finally become her home. With Rosette, her 'special' child, she runs her chocolate shop in the square, talks to her friends on the river, is part of the community. Even Reynaud, the priest, has become a friend...
  • Gingerdead House by Nancy Warren

    Gingerdead House by Nancy Warren

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Christmas Charity Contest leads to Murder! Amateur baker Poppy Wilkinson agrees to be a celebrity contestant in a charity gingerbread house competition in Bath, England. She can support a good cause while promoting the long running TV reality show in which she’s a contestant—The Great British Baking Contest...
  • Enchanted by Nora Roberts

    Enchanted by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 34 ratings
    Lovely, guileless Rowan Murray felt drawn to brooding Liam Donovan with a power she'd never imagined possible. And his breathtaking kisses convinced her he felt the same. But she soon realized her darkly enigmatic neighbor was as elusive as the mysterious wolf she'd seen lurking about her cabin. Liam was tormented by indecision. He understood he had no right to love Rowan, knowing what lay ahead...
  • Tulle Death Do Us Part by Annette Blair

    Tulle Death Do Us Part by Annette Blair

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    National bestselling author Annette Blair’s “fast-paced, fascinating” (Fresh Fiction) Vintage Magic series continues as clothing boutique owner Madeira Cutler takes on a murder from the past that won’t stay dead. .. Maddie’s love of classic fashion has made her Vintage Magic boutique a success—even if the visions she experiences when touching certain items often lead her into trouble...
  • Frost by Kathryn James

    Frost by Kathryn James

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Last time Nell went into the mist she rescued her sister. This time she’ll have to go farther than the Elven forest, farther than the frozen wastes beyond and onto a lake of primal ice so treacherous she’ll be lucky to return at all. It’s the New Year, Woodbridge School is closed and the country is snowed in...
  • Close Kin by Clare B. Dunkle

    Close Kin by Clare B. Dunkle

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 33 ratings
    For years, Emily has been living happily in the underground goblin kingdom. Now she is old enough to marry, but when her childhood friend, Seylin, proposes, she doesn't take him seriously. Devastated, Seylin leaves the kingdom, intent on finding his own people: the elves. Too late, Emily realizes what Seylin means to her and sets out in search of him...
  • Kiss the Crystal Sun by Penelope King

    Kiss the Crystal Sun by Penelope King

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book #2 in the magical Spellbound series. With Nicholas gone and Justin fighting for his soul, Calista attempts to get back to a normal life. But when Ana reveals a shocking secret about the family's past, and Callie discovers the most important truths in her life are lies, she is faced with a devastating choice. .. One that will change everything.
  • The Tarot Cafe, #3 by Sang-Sun Park

    The Tarot Cafe, #3 by Sang-Sun Park

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A sultan who has fallen in love with a young slave. .. A poor student who drives away a lake fairy over doubt and jealousy. .. A dragon that seeks to avenge the death of a dear friend. .. These are just a few of the supernatural beings that Pamela, owner of The Tarot Café, welcomes through the doors of her mysterious establishment...
  • Dreamspinner by Lynn Kurland

    Dreamspinner by Lynn Kurland

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Lynn Kurland’s enthralling Nine Kingdoms saga brings together a weaver’s apprentice and the son of a mage, both fighting to save the Nine Kingdoms from peril. Aisling of Bruadair has lived a provincial life, heedless of the evil creeping over her land...
  • Body at the Bakery by Stella Berry

    Body at the Bakery by Stella Berry

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Cornish Cream Tea with a dollop of death on the side. When a body is found in her sister's bakery, Morgana rushes to Ellie’s aid. She’s supposed to have ‘abilities’ to see more than most, but she’s suppressed them for years. However, if she wants to help Ellie, then it’s time to dust off her pointy hat and get back on that metaphorical broomstick...
  • The Tarot Cafe, #4 by Sang-Sun Park

    The Tarot Cafe, #4 by Sang-Sun Park

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The spirit of Shandy visits Pamela's dreams in the hopes of reconciling with his sister, Fay, before he leaves the Earth forever. With a tragic past of betrayal, cruelty and eventual friendship, Shandy will do whatever it takes to make peace with the sister, who's the cause of his unexpected death...
  • Prince of Swords by Linda Winstead Jones

    Prince of Swords by Linda Winstead Jones

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    In the last installment of the Children of the Sun trilogy, a shackled virgin must choose between the monster she knows and a sexy stranger who could spell doom-or help her fulfill the Prophecy of the Firstborn.
  • Spellweaver by Lynn Kurland

    Spellweaver by Lynn Kurland

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling author returns to the Nine Kingdoms for another spellbinding story of magical romance. Ruith had long managed to ignore the magic in his veins, until aiding Sarah with her ill-fated quest forced him into places where his heritage was impossible to deny...
  • The Crossing of Ingo by Helen Dunmore

    The Crossing of Ingo by Helen Dunmore

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Helen Dunmore The Ingo Chronicles Series Collection 5 Books Set, (Stormswept, The Crossing of Ingo, The Deep, The Tide Knot and Ingo).
  • The Promise by Apryl Baker

    The Promise by Apryl Baker

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Armed with kick-ass shoes, can CJ stop a maniacal coven leader, save the town, and still get Mr. Melt In Your Mouth Gorgeous while surviving the darkness coming for her? The smoke from the fire burned her eyes, its heat caressed her skin and the taste of fear choked her. She was going to burn just as her ancestor did all those centuries ago in New Salem Village...
  • Cloaked in Malice by Annette Blair

    Cloaked in Malice by Annette Blair

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    There’s nothing Maddie loves more than fabulous vintage clothes, but the visions she gets while touching them are starting to wear her down. Even so, when a beautifully dressed girl comes to Vintage Magic in search of her past, Maddie isn’t about to turn her away, especially since she bears a striking resemblance to her good friend Dolly Sweet...
  • Pies and Potions by Rose Pressey

    Pies and Potions by Rose Pressey

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Elly's back and dishing up more magic! Elly Blair is finally getting the hang of her magic skills. That is, until the National Organization for Magic introduces her to a new type of magic: potions. Each year before the fall equinox, a special potion must be given to the residents of Mystic Hollow, Kentucky. But when the spell goes awry, Elly fears she's to blame...
  • Charms and Chocolate Chips by Bailey Cates

    Charms and Chocolate Chips by Bailey Cates

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Between brewing magically spiced treats at Honeybee Bakery and volunteering with a local conservation group, Katie Lightfoot barely has time to see her firefighter boyfriend, Declan McCarthy, much less delve further into her destiny as a witch. But avoiding her fate won't be as easy as whipping up a new recipe-especially when Katie finds herself once again mixed up in murder...
  • Be Careful What You Witch For by Dawn Eastman

    Be Careful What You Witch For by Dawn Eastman

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Leaving a traumatic police career behind, Clyde Fortune has returned to her seemingly quiet hometown of Crystal Haven, Michigan. In spite of the psychic powers of its residents, there’s no telling what trouble is brewing in this burg…. The highlight of this year's fall festival in Crystal Haven is a bonfire with a witch’s cauldron resting over it...
  • The Goblin Wood by Hilari Bell

    The Goblin Wood by Hilari Bell

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    It began with the chiming of the tiny copper bell on the mantel, warning them someone was passing the ward stone her mother had placed on the path to their house . .. One terrible day, Makenna, a young hedgewitch, witnesses her mother's murder at the hands of their own neighbors. Striken with grief and rage, Makenna flees the village that has been her home...
  • Stone of Destiny by Laura Howard

    Stone of Destiny by Laura Howard

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Allison thought it was crazy enough when she found out her father, Liam, wasn't entirely human. But now she has to join his magical allies to unravel his former mistress's plans. Aoife wants to keep Allison's parents apart forever. Despite Allison's efforts to keep Ethan, the only guy she's ever cared about, out of this supernatural mess, fate keeps throwing him back into the mix...
  • The Sight by Jude Watson, Judy Blundell

    The Sight by Jude Watson, Judy Blundell

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A pair of supernatural mysteries from National Book Award winner Judy Blundell. Gracie has premonitions. They've haunted her since before her mother's death, and she can't get rid of them. She doesn't know how to deal with them and she doesn't want to--they've never led to anything good. She never knows whether she's seeing the past, the present, or the future--it just comes to her...
  • The Catalain Book of Secrets (The Catalain Book of Secrets) by Jessica Lourey, Tony Van Den Einde

    The Catalain Book of Secrets (The Catalain Book of Secrets) by Jessica Lourey, Tony Van Den Einde

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Faith Falls is a snug little Minnesota town constructed over a mystery, a place where the most impressive building is a gorgeous Queen Anne with turrets, cantilevered gables, and a wraparound porch. In a concealed room beneath the twisting stairs of the Queen Anne lies the Catalain Book of Secrets, the repository of the wisdom the Catalain women have gathered since the beginning of time...
  • Traitor by Megan Curd

    Traitor by Megan Curd

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ashlyn never believed in fairy tales until she was in one. They say ignorance is bliss, but not when you're on a centuries old hit list. .. and there's a traitor in your midst. Ashlyn must decide what's most important: trusting the allies she has, or siding with those she thought were enemies...
  • The Girl with No Shadow by Joanne Harris

    The Girl with No Shadow by Joanne Harris

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    The wind has always dictated Vianne Rocher's every move, buffeting her from the French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes to the crowded streets of Paris. Cloaked in a new identity, that of widow Yanne Charbonneau, she opens a chocolaterie on a small Montmartre street, determined to still the wind at last and keep her daughters, Anouk and baby Rosette, safe...
  • Stranger at the Wedding by Barbara Hambly

    Stranger at the Wedding by Barbara Hambly

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 16 ratings
    Kyra was preparing for her final wizard test before the Council. But suddenly, something was twisting her magic, weaving sinister portents of doom into even the simplest of her spells. Then she knew for certain that her young sister Alix was soon to marry--and soon to die. And so she journeyed back to the family who had disowned her...
  • Tangled Souls by Jana Oliver

    Tangled Souls by Jana Oliver

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Wiccan Gavenia Kingsgrave’s psychic gift, the ability to talk to the dead, comes with strings attached. As a Shepherd, she escorts them into the hereafter, but not all the souls want to cross over, and some can be downright vicious. When her latest case involves a heart-breaking hit-and-run victim, Gavenia is stressed to the max...
  • Summon by Penelope Fletcher

    Summon by Penelope Fletcher

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Breandan is a godling doing godless things. For the one he loves, he is prepared to destroy the balance of nature. His beloved Rae has passed into the Otherworld, and he's determined to bring her back, no matter the consequence. Blood sacrifice is not the only cost for summoning a divine spirit to mortal form...
  • Cattitude by Edie Ramer

    Cattitude by Edie Ramer

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It's all in the Cattitude. .. After Belle the cat switches bodies with a psychic on the run from a murderer, she wants her perfect cat body back instead of this furless human one. But she doesn't count on falling in love with her former owner. Or that a CEO and a beauty queen want to use up her nine lives. Now is her chance to prove anything a human can do, a cat can do better...
  • Hawthorne by Sarah Ballance

    Hawthorne by Sarah Ballance

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After a terrifying encounter with the unexplained, it takes ten years and the news of her grandmother’s passing for Emma Grace Hawthorne to return to her childhood home. She seeks peace in saying a proper goodbye, but what she finds is an old love, a sordid family history, and a wrong only she can right. Living in the shadow of Hawthorne Manor, Noah Garrett has never forgotten about Emma Grace...
  • The Flower Reader by Elizabeth Loupas

    The Flower Reader by Elizabeth Loupas

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Rinette Leslie of Granmuir has the ancient gift of divining the future in flowers, but her gift cannot prepare her for the turmoil that comes when the dying queen regent entrusts her with a casket full of Scotland's darkest secrets. On the very day she means to deliver it to newly crowned Mary, Queen of Scots, Rinette's husband is brutally assassinated...
  • Spells & Stitches: The Sugar Maple Chronicles - Book 4 by Barbara Bretton

    Spells & Stitches: The Sugar Maple Chronicles - Book 4 by Barbara Bretton

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Welcome back to Sugar Maple. Sugar Maple may look like your postcard-perfect Vermont town but that’s where the similarity ends. Our librarian is a beautiful Norwegian troll. The funeral parlor is run by a family of vampires. The Sugar Maple Inn is owned by Fae while the werewolves keep our hardware store well-stocked...
  • Never Been Witched by Annette Blair

    Never Been Witched by Annette Blair

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    The Cartwright triplets—Harmony, Destiny, and Storm—are psychic sirens who use their magic for good and their good looks for seduction. But for Destiny, catching the attention of a paranormal debunker isn’t going to be easy.
  • Witchy Coffee by Erin Ritch

    Witchy Coffee by Erin Ritch

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A fanciful coffee shop run by magical women. A barista that’s still trying to figure herself out. And a small town named Windia where the residents are into everyone’s business...
  • Guardian by Abra Ebner

    Guardian by Abra Ebner

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    In Book Two, Guardian, Estella finds herself lost, but not alone as her new friend and Guardian Sam helps to nurse her back to reality after the horrifying events of last winter. Just as Elle gives into the inevitable, the White Cat returns, revealing a past secret no one knew and unlocking a key that could help Estella get it all back...
  • The Probable Future by Alice Hoffman

    The Probable Future by Alice Hoffman

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Women of the Sparrow family have unusual gifts. Elinor can detect falsehood. Her daughter, Jenny, can see people's dreams when they sleep. Granddaughter Stella has a mental window to the future - a future that she might not want to see...
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