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  • Wild Scottish Rose by Tricia O'Malley

    Wild Scottish Rose by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 30 ratings
    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...
  • A Crone to Pick by Amanda M. Lee

    A Crone to Pick by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Scout Randall knows what she is, more than a witch, more powerful than she ever thought imaginable. She’s only hit the tip of the iceberg on what she can do. Now she has to grapple with another problem.When her former partner Evan was believed dead in a vampire attack, she blamed herself, mourned, and tried to move on. Now he’s back, and he’s more than anybody ever imagined, too...
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  • Sea Storm by Christine Feehan

    Sea Storm by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    In one trade package together for the first time-two stories of the Drake Sisters from the #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon...
  • Three Sisters Island collection by Nora Roberts

    Three Sisters Island collection by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 35 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...
  • The Best is Yet to Come by Jessica Redland

    The Best is Yet to Come by Jessica Redland

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Escape to the Lake District with million-copy bestseller Jessica Redland, for an uplifting story of family, friendship and love.Emma is having a fresh start.After a successful teaching career, an exciting new chapter awaits Emma – helping her fiancé Grayson run one of Beatrix Potter's farms...
  • In Good Time by Tricia O'Malley

    In Good Time by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    It’s time to remove her crown.Aurora was raised to lead, with the expectation that she will one day become ruler of the Mer of Triste Island. There’s just one problem. Nobody’s bothered to ask Aurora if she wants to be queen. Chafing at the confines of her role, Aurora risks everything for a chance at a new life...
  • The Last Of The Moon Girls by Barbara Davis

    The Last Of The Moon Girls by Barbara Davis

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 49 ratings
    Lizzy Moon never wanted Moon Girl Farm. Eight years ago, she left the land that nine generations of gifted healers had tended, determined to distance herself from the whispers about her family’s strange legacy. When her beloved Grandmother Althea dies, Lizzy must face the tragedy still hanging over the farm’s lavender fields: the unsolved murders of two young girls...
  • The Wolf Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Wolf Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Sometimes magic throws a curveball… I thought I had everything figured out. I’d gone to the academy for witches and mastered my magic. I’d opened my own witchy occult store, just as I always wanted. And my family was as close as ever. Everything was going according to plan. Until the wolves showed up and dragged me back to their land. It was all a misunderstanding...
  • Wild Irish Renegade by Tricia O'Malley

    Wild Irish Renegade by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    NY Times & USA Today bestselling author, Tricia O'Malley, takes you back to the rocky shores of Ireland in this enchanting addition to the bestselling Mystic Cove series...
  • A Good Chance by Tricia O'Malley

    A Good Chance by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Will she be swept away? If someone had told Avery that she’d be flying to a tiny island in the Caribbean to film a reality show masquerading as her identical twin sister, she would have thought they were crazy. And yet, she finds herself in a tin can of an airplane, about to land on Siren Island where a film crew waits to document her every move for a new reality love show – Swept Away...
  • Whiskey & Witches by T.M. Cromer

    Whiskey & Witches by T.M. Cromer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When 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...
    Categorized as:
    witches  magic  m-f  paranormal  humor  fantasy  suspense  contemporary
  • Witching For Hope: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Novel by Deanna Chase

    Witching For Hope: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Novel by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Hope 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...
    Categorized as:
    witches  m-f  contemporary  paranormal  humor  fantasy
  • The Donovan Legacy: Charmed & Enchanted by Nora Roberts

    The Donovan Legacy: Charmed & Enchanted 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 Aether by T.M. Cromer

    The Aether by T.M. Cromer

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In a world where magic and the mundane coexist, Damian Dethridge, known as the Aether, possesses the power to manipulate and redistribute magical energies. From a young age, he’s been responsible for maintaining balance among the witch community. However, his extraordinary abilities attract unsavory characters, working to destroy his family from within...
  • Witching For Kismet by Deanna Chase

    Witching For Kismet by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Carly Preston has always lived her life by her own rules. At fifty, she doesn’t have many regrets. In fact, there’s only one… the night she lost her co-star in a freak accident. Despite doing everything she could to save him, she’s always blamed herself...
  • Witch Way Did She Go : A Paranormal Women's Fiction Novel by Jennifer L. Hart

    Witch Way Did She Go : A Paranormal Women's Fiction Novel by Jennifer L. Hart

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wife. Mother. Enchantress. Can a magical talisman cure what ails her?Multiple Sclerosis. Ever since her doctor spoke the words out loud, Maeve has lived in fear of what that means for her life, her family but most of all, her marriage. Terrified that her husband will leave her—or worse, stay with her out of a sense of obligation rather than love—Maeve has put off telling him about her diagnosis...
  • Fortune of the Witch by Deanna Chase

    Fortune of the Witch by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Medium Harlow Thane has given up her life as a celebrity paranormal investigator. After her life was turned upside down by a devious and illusive ghost, all she wants is to settle down in Keating Hollow, running the new pub in town. Unfortunately for her, no matter how much she wants to give up ghost hunting, the ghosts won’t quit her. Neither will her ex Cash Moses...
  • The Donovan Legacy by Nora Roberts

    The Donovan Legacy by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 31 ratings
    Special gifts.....for three magical cousins. New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts delivers a special trade-size collection featuring three of her most beloved stories from the Donovan family series. Three Donovan cousins must learn to accept their mystic legacies while falling under the spell of love...
  • 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...
  • Birthright by Laury Falter

    Birthright by Laury Falter

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Book Two of the Residue Series... Jameson and Jocelyn know their love is forbidden, but that doesn't end their feelings for each other. Because of it they are in incredible danger. Now, with their enemies watching - ones who pose a far greater threat than anyone they've ever encountered - they have no choice but to hide the truth...
  • Witch Way Today by Jennifer L. Hart

    Witch Way Today by Jennifer L. Hart

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Three midlife sister witches are rewriting fate. But no one told them about the backlash.Alys, Maeve, and Siobhan Silver made a promise they have no idea how to keep. Despite their best efforts and understanding of the craft, they are unable to revive a woman trapped by a fae curse. And with the magic council in ruins and the elders in hiding, there’s no one to ask...
  • Witch Way Tomorrow by Jennifer L. Hart

    Witch Way Tomorrow by Jennifer L. Hart

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tomorrow isn’t guaranteed, especially when it comes to magic. Alys, Maeve, and Siobhan Silver are rocking their midlife changes. Alys has started a school for mystical education and ls living it up with her werewolf lover. Maeve is studying to become a supernatural midwife and planning a move. Siobhan has been successfully running a magic artifact rental business and acclimating to motherhood...
  • Wild Irish Eyes by Tricia O'Malley

    Wild Irish Eyes by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Oh, to stop the voices in her head. Other people's voices, that is. As a pub owner with an extra special gift, all Cait Gallagher craves is a moment of silence. That, and to own the building her pub is housed in along with the heart of the building's landlord, Shane MacAuliffe. Though she is irresistibly drawn to Shane, her vulnerabilities cause her to put up a tough exterior...
  • 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...
  • Darkness Seduced by Stephanie Rowe

    Darkness Seduced by Stephanie Rowe

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Immortal warrior Gideon Roarke made an oath five hundred years ago to the woman who died for him. The ancient Calydon is ruthless in his quest to honor that promise, even if it means risking everything by teaming up with the one woman who will either destroy him, or finally bring redemption to his blackened, hardened soul...
    Categorized as:
    witches  magic  m-f  contemporary  demons  angels  fantasy  paranormal
  • Bewitch by Felicity Heaton

    Bewitch by Felicity Heaton

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A vampire with a past stained with blood and a soul tainted with darkness, he is perfect in his self-control, never surrendering to his darkest desires. Now a beautiful witch in the shadowy fae underworld threatens to reawaken long denied hungers and tempts him with carnal pleasure...
    Categorized as:
    magic  witches  m-f  contemporary  vampires  paranormal  fae  demons
  • The Pool of Two Moons by Kate Forsyth

    The Pool of Two Moons by Kate Forsyth

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Taking up where "The Witches of Eileanan" left off, we find Meghan o' the Beasts and her young charge Isabeau, outcasts in a land where magic has been outlawed. But the pair are soon separated, and Isabeau is wounded by witchfinders, and saved by a group of samaritans. Meghan sets out to find Isabeau's warrior-trained twin, Iseult, and a missing prince living under an ancient curse...
  • Broken by Layla Frost

    Broken by Layla Frost

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Layla Frost… You know the deal by now. Fated mates. Nefarious baddies. Grumpy-sunshine. And all the spicy tension. I’d been called a lot of things.Cold.Cynical.Jaded. An antisocial basta—You get the point.I’d say it came with being an overworked doctor, but that wasn’t the case. In my own personal purgatory, I’d lost touch with what I was meant to do—who I was...
    Categorized as:
    magic  m-f  paranormal  fantasy  insta-love  contemporary
  • Witch Born by Amber Argyle

    Witch Born by Amber Argyle

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Brusenna thought it was finished. She defeated the Dark Witch, saving the Haven Witches from imprisonment and death. She found love and a place to belong. She was wrong. Haven is not the sanctuary it appears to be. Even love is in danger of slipping away like water through cupped hands. Some things can't be saved...
  • 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...
  • Witch Fall by Amber Argyle

    Witch Fall by Amber Argyle

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    With the magic of their songs, the Witches control the seasons, the storms, even the sea. Secure in their supremacy, they have forgotten the unmatched destructiveness of mankind. For the world has begun to covet their power, seeing them as weapons to be controlled instead of rulers worthy of obeisance...
  • 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 Mage by Jean Johnson

    The Mage by Jean Johnson

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    This is the final book in the acclaimed series of "cursed brothers, fated mates, prophecies... destiny and magic."(Robin D. Owens) New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz hails Jean Johnson's writing as "fabulously fresh, thoroughly romantic, and wildly entertaining." Now, Johnson returns for the final book in the series of eight brothers destined to fulfill a strange prophecy...
  • 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...
  • Morgan's Fate by Dana Marie Bell

    Morgan's Fate by Dana Marie Bell

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His Fate is finally in front of him…and he’s never letting go. Morgan and Magnus Grimm return from their search for Skuld, Norn of the Future, only to find that she’s been living under their noses this whole time...
  • Captivated by Nora Roberts

    Captivated by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 36 ratings
    These fascinating cousins share a secret that's been handed down through generations—a secret that sets them apart…CaptivatedHis interest in her was purely professional…or so he told himself. Nash Kirkland had sought out Morgana Donovan, self-proclaimed witch, to help him research his latest screenplay...
  • Dreamspinner by Lynn Kurland

    Dreamspinner by Lynn Kurland

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 18 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...
  • Liam's Mate by J.S. Scott

    Liam's Mate by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Liam Hale is a vampire healer with secrets, secrets that he has kept hidden for hundreds of years from his brothers for their own protection. He's resigned to his lot in life, to work only for the benefit of his people...until he meets mage healer Regan Taylor. Regan makes Liam want more, much more than a lonely vampire healer can ever possess...
  • The Tarot Cafe, #3 by Sang-Sun Park

    The Tarot Cafe, #3 by Sang-Sun Park

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 11 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...
  • The Forgotten Fairytales by Angela Parkhurst

    The Forgotten Fairytales by Angela Parkhurst

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Once upon a time, seventeen-year-old Norah Hart believed in the lure of fairytales and happily ever afters. That was before she was forced to live in a fairy tale nightmare. A psychotic, couture-clad, shoe obsessed Princess. A not-so-charming, alcoholic Prince. A hot Big Bad Wolf that she absolutely cannot fall for—no matter how well he kisses...
  • His Witch to Keep by Zoe Forward

    His Witch to Keep by Zoe Forward

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A paranormal category romance from Entangled's Covet imprint... Wanting her was one thing. Keeping her was another... Serenity Danssaert was already in way over her head. Not even her MI6 training or her powers as one of the seven Pleiades witches is going to save her sister. Then Alexi Jovec shows up. A secret operative working for unknown forces, he's impossibly sexy and dangerous..
  • Nathan's Mate by J.S. Scott

    Nathan's Mate by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Jewelry maker Sasha Taylor is from an old and aristocratic line of mages and expected to mate with a mage of the same background to secure a continuing pure line of little magic children. She would probably have complied with the old mage tradition had she not had one tiny problem with the plan...
  • The Witches of Eileanan by Kate Forsyth

    The Witches of Eileanan by Kate Forsyth

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    In the Celtic land of Eileanan, witches and magic have been outlawed, and those caught for practicing witchcraft are put to death! It is a land ruled by an evil Queen, where sea-dwelling Fairgean stir, and children vanish in the night...
  • Spellweaver by Lynn Kurland

    Spellweaver by Lynn Kurland

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 18 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...
  • Keep Me Close by Cynthia Eden

    Keep Me Close by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Flynn Haddox is a dead man. Literally. As a highly trained Navy SEAL, Flynn once worked covert missions for the U.S. government, but then his life was stolen away. Killed and placed in the secretive “Lazarus” program, Flynn was brought back from the dead and turned into a super-soldier...
  • Dawn Unearthed by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Dawn Unearthed by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan begins a new witchy paranormal series where a magical town keeps its secrets, but those in it must find a way to keep themselves safe.The moment Sage Reed makes her way to Ravenwood, she knows the small town lives up to its mystical lore—even if she doesn’t believe that she’s a witch...
  • The Last Witch by Debbie Dee

    The Last Witch by Debbie Dee

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Who do you trust when your power can be used against you? For generations the Incenaga Witches have been forced to use their power to fulfill the wishes of others until they are drained of their magic and left to die...
  • Feudlings in Sight by Wendy Knight

    Feudlings in Sight by Wendy Knight

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Boys of war suck at romance. Charity Delyle has lived in the shadow of her Prodigy cousin and his powerful Guard since the day she was born. And she doesn’t mind—really. Except that being in Hunter’s shadow means that he can’t see her. And she’d like that to change. Hunter has one purpose in life: Protect the Prodigy, or die trying...
  • The Wicked Garden by Lenora Henson

    The Wicked Garden by Lenora Henson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A prophecy brought them together. A curse tore them apart. Gretchel Shea is a beautiful woman with a lovely family, a gorgeous house, and a country-club membership. As far as her neighbors are concerned, she’s living the dream. It’s just that the dream she’s living is not her own, and a nightmare festers beneath all the luxury. Eli Stewart has never gotten over Gretchel...
  • Freak of Nature by Katie Lee O'Guinn

    Freak of Nature by Katie Lee O'Guinn

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sarah Hudson refuses to believe she's a witch regardless of what her aunt says. She prefers to call it psychokinesis. Sarah has been an outcast since her early teens because of her power. Labeling herself a witch would only make her life even more unbearable...
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