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  • The Assassins of Thasalon by Lois McMaster Bujold

    The Assassins of Thasalon by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    An unholy attack upon his brother-in-law General Arisaydia pitches sorcerer Learned Penric and his Temple demon Desdemona headlong into the snake-pit of Cedonian imperial politics. But they will not travel alone. The mission from his god brings Penric some of his strangest new allies yet, and the return of some of his most valued old ones...
  • Charms & Witchdemeanors by Amanda M. Lee

    Charms & Witchdemeanors by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Tillie Winchester’s past is about to come back to haunt her, and what she sees as fun and games someone else sees as a recipe for murder. When a local woman is poisoned at Hemlock Cove’s senior center, Aunt Tillie is the prime suspect. Bay, Thistle and Clove don’t believe their great-aunt is guilty – although Thistle is fine if the police want to haul her away for a long weekend...
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  • Flowering Inferno by Annabel Chase

    Flowering Inferno by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Did someone manifest murder or was it simply a tragic glamping accident?Spring has arrived in the charming riverside town of Newberry, along with the thorn in Mia’s side—her formidable mother is in town to attend a manifestation retreat at a nearby glamping site...
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    mystery  witches  suspense  paranormal  fantasy
  • Don't Give a Witch by Amy Boyles

    Don't Give a Witch by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Dylan Apel is at it again… When the Magical Abilities contest is announced, Dylan couldn't give a flip about entering. But when she discovers the prize is the coveted Never Forget, a spell that makes you immune to mind erasing, she's all in. That is, until the potion is stolen. Now, she's on lock down in Castle Witch with a thief on the loose...
  • The Secrets We Bury by Elle Gray

    The Secrets We Bury by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Judgement is inescapable.Only a fool would try to evade it.Chesapeake Valley is a charming town hiding many secrets.Sheriff Eve Wicker has spent years trying to unearth one of its dark mysteries.The truth behind her mother’s death.After moving back to her hometown, she found herself ensnared in a web of conspiracies,from serial killers to child trafficking networks...
  • Moonshine & Mayhem by Kathleen Brooks

    Moonshine & Mayhem by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Zoey Mathers was a witch. Not on purpose. It had happened accidently. But as Zoey was finding out, maybe this had been her fate all along. Luckily the potential witch hunter, Slade, had turned out to be on her side and had found a place in her heart. With the War of the Witches heating up, it’s not just Zoey’s life on the line, but all the witches fighting for good...
  • 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...
  • The Healer's Secret by Helen Pryke

    The Healer's Secret by Helen Pryke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Book #1 in the Healer series.From medieval times to present day, the Healer saga spans generations of the Innocenti family, telling the stories of the women healers whose lives are entwined with legends, curses, and tragedy.Jennifer’s life isn’t going as she planned. Fired from her job and on the brink of divorce, her only salvation lies at the bottom of a wine bottle...
  • Bewitched by Amanda M. Lee

    Bewitched by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Did you ever wonder how Sam Cornell and Clove Winchester hooked up? Here’s your chance to find out. Travel back in time (a few months, anyway) and witness the weird magic of the Winchester world from Sam’s perspective as he works on refurbishing the Dandridge lighthouse – and fights his feelings for a certain witchy wonder. Sam and Clove have chemistry, but suspicion is working against them...
  • Moonshine & Malice by Kathleen Brooks

    Moonshine & Malice by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What was an accidental witch to do when fate sends a sexy witch on a motorcycle, only to find out he might be there to kill her? Zoey Mathers was adjusting to life as a witch— a real finger wiggling, magic casting, talk to spirits witch who was thrown into the middle of a war between good and evil...
  • Taming of the Tabby by Kathi Daley

    Taming of the Tabby by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A murder, a wedding, and a teenager in danger, all collide in this fast paced mystery set on magical Madrona Island. Cait is in a terrible accident resulting in a temporary loss of memory. She can remember the events leading up to the accident but cannot remember what occurred or how she came to be on a remote part of the island in the middle of the night...
  • Landon Calling  (Wicked Witches of the Midwest Short) by Amanda M. Lee

    Landon Calling (Wicked Witches of the Midwest Short) by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Landon Michaels is one busy FBI agent. In addition to a special law enforcement gathering where he has an authoritarian presence, he’s in the midst of moving in with his girlfriend, Bay Winchester. It just so happens that the gathering – a conference where local police officers and agents can learn about new technology – is being hosted in his soon-to-be hometown of Hemlock Cove...
  • Secrets in Savannah: A Chef Dani Rosetti Cozy Mystery by Dianne Harman

    Secrets in Savannah: A Chef Dani Rosetti Cozy Mystery by Dianne Harman

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What could be better than being hired to cater a champagne celebration in Savannah, Georgia in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Daughters of the Confederacy? Well, maybe it’s not such a good thing if your life is threatened...
  • The Cat of Christmas Present by Kathi Daley

    The Cat of Christmas Present by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With less than two weeks until Christmas Cait stumbles across a man who had been washed up onto the beach. The man is very much alive, but after suffering a blow to the head, he cannot seem to remember who he is or how he came to be on the island...
  • Blackstone Ranger Charmer by Alicia Montgomery

    Blackstone Ranger Charmer by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A lion shifter waiting for the inevitable.Lion shifter Gabriel Russel knew what the future held for him. As the only male in his family, he was expected to marry a lioness worthy of his name and create a lasting alliance to expand their Pride’s influence and power. However, when fate brings him his beautiful mate, he knew there was no way he was going to bend to his pride’s will...
  • A Tale of Two Tabbies by Kathi Daley

    A Tale of Two Tabbies by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Whales and Tails is a cozy mystery series set on Madrona Island, a fictional island within the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington State. As a fourth generation islander Caitlin Hart is struggling to make her way as the economy and culture of the island evolves toward a tourism based industry...
  • Wicked Days by Lily Harper Hart

    Wicked Days by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Have a witch of a good time … Ivy Morgan is happy with who she is, and what she can do. She certainly doesn’t need to second guess her life, or her witchy ways ... that is until Shadow Lake’s newest police detective enters her life. Jack Harker is haunted by a past he refuses to talk about, and he’s not looking forward to a future with anyone – especially a sassy witch with boundary issues...
  • Wicked Places by Lily Harper Hart

    Wicked Places by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Detective Jack Harker is going on vacation, and he wants his witchy new girlfriend Ivy Morgan to go with him. He just hasn’t asked her yet. When he finally gets up the courage, Ivy agrees to a weeklong camping trip with Jack’s former police academy friends and their wives...
  • Romancing The Paranormal: All New Tales by Stephanie Rowe, Robyn Peterman

    Romancing The Paranormal: All New Tales by Stephanie Rowe, Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    13 BRAND NEW paranormal stories from your favorite USA Today, New York Times, and Amazon Bestselling authors. Here’s a list of all 13 paranormal anthology authors! 1. Stephanie Rowe 2. Robyn Peterman 3. Victoria Danann 4. Kym Grosso 5. Dakota Cassidy 6. Claudy Conn 7. Teresa Gabelman 8. Melanie James 9. Gena D. Lutz 10. D’Elen McClain 11. Julia Mills 12. Brandy L. Rivers 13...
  • Haunted Cookies: A Paranormal Cozy Mystery by Cindy Stark

    Haunted Cookies: A Paranormal Cozy Mystery by Cindy Stark

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For Evie St. Claire, life in Honeysuckle Springs isn’t anything like she’d imagined. Sure, the old house is charming, and the smalltown lakeside community is picture perfect. But her kitty roommate Birdie is unpredictable, snarky, and demanding. When a ransom note shows up at Evie’s backdoor, she must come clean about her aunt’s stolen ashes...
  • Cookie Calamity by Cindy Stark

    Cookie Calamity by Cindy Stark

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Evie St. Claire learns she’s the heir to a long-lost aunt’s entire estate, she momentarily believes she’s been rescued from her doldrum life. That is until the attorney delivering the news warns that it’s a ramshackle house, basically worthless, and worse, she’ll need to travel to the small lakeside town to take ownership and claim her great aunt’s remains...
  • A Witch of a Time by Amanda M. Lee

    A Witch of a Time by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Winchester witches are all about love and family – and, well, snark and sarcasm – and no one knows that better than the family members themselves, plus the people who love them. Follow Clove, Thistle, Landon, Winnie and Aunt Tillie as they share their lives – and innermost thoughts – through a series of short novellas that take you from the present, to the past, and then back again...
  • The Haunted Lighthouse by J A Whiting

    The Haunted Lighthouse by J A Whiting

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book 6 in the Lin Coffin series. Although the main mystery is solved in each story, the books should be read in order for the most enjoyment as story threads run from book to book. East End Lighthouse on Nantucket island is undergoing renovations and Lin Coffin's boyfriend has been hired to work on the project...
  • Total Eclipse of The Hunt by Mandy M. Roth

    Total Eclipse of The Hunt by Mandy M. Roth

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Everlasting, Maine, where there's no such thing as normal. As a centaur, Deputy Jake Majoy (Deputy March), is immortal and has seen and done a lot in his five hundred years. Enough to know that Everlasting feels like home. It’s been perfect for him to fade away and blend in, as the town is anything but normal—and they protect their own...
  • Frankencat by Kathi Daley

    Frankencat by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Do you love Cozy Mysteries?Do you love Halloween?In this fun and heartfelt cozy mystery by USA Today bestselling author Kathi Daley, Cait and Tara are holding a book club meeting at Coffee Cat Books the week before Halloween when a storm rolls in. The storm intensifies during the course of the discussion thrusting the store into darkness...
  • Farewell to Felines by Kathi Daley

    Farewell to Felines by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Madrona Island: Where Mystery Meets Magic The Hollow is a magical place where the cats of Madrona Island have lived since before the island was developed. When Cait's witch friend Tansy alerts her to the fact that the cats are leaving the hollow for no apparent reason, Cait sets out to investigate...
  • A Whisker in Time by Kathi Daley

    A Whisker in Time by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It is Halloween on Madrona Island and the entire gang is knee deep in the annual festivities. When a body is found in the storage room of the bar Danny and Aiden recently purchased, Danny is considered to be a prime suspect in the woman's death. When it looks as if Danny had both motive and opportunity, things go from Halloween eerie to down right terrifying...
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    suspense  mystery  witches  paranormal  fantasy
  • The Catsgiving Feast by Kathi Daley

    The Catsgiving Feast by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A murder, a wedding, and a holiday feast converge in this warm and memorable Thanksgiving Mystery...
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    suspense  mystery  witches  paranormal  fantasy
  • The Haunted Past by J.A. Whiting

    The Haunted Past by J.A. Whiting

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    his is book 11 in the Lin Coffin series by USA Today Bestselling Author J A Whiting. It is spring on Nantucket and time for the Daffodil Festival. When Lin and her family and friends are enjoying a picnic by the ocean in Siasconset , Robert Snow asks a favor of her...
  • Original Secrets by Shawn McGuire

    Original Secrets by Shawn McGuire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Northwoods village of Whispering Pines used to be a safe haven for outsiders, but after three deaths in two months, it’s become a hotbed of murder. Exhausted from being the only law enforcement official on duty, while also trying to open a bed-and-breakfast, Jayne O’Shea welcomes the escape she finds in her grandmother’s journals...
  • The Pine Hill Inn by J A WHITING

    The Pine Hill Inn by J A WHITING

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book 1 in the Ella Daniels Mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J. A. Whiting. Ella Daniels, a professor of American history at Green Hill University, comes from a family with many talents, and seeing ghosts is one of them. The family matriarch, Aunt Jin, has agreed to allow a journalist to do a story on their business, Green Hill Investigations...
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    witches  suspense  mystery  magic  fantasy  paranormal
  • The Haunted Wedding by J A WHITING

    The Haunted Wedding by J A WHITING

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book 12 in the Lin Coffin cozy mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J.A. Whiting. The double wedding of Lin Coffin, her cousin, Viv, and their fiancés is fast approaching. One afternoon, the two young women decide to take a walk around the fairgrounds and sports fields of the Tom Nevers area of Nantucket, when they notice a commotion down by a storage shed...
  • A Murder on Poet's Hill by J.A. Whiting

    A Murder on Poet's Hill by J.A. Whiting

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book 2 in the Ella Daniels Mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J. A. Whiting. Ella Daniels, a professor of American history at Green Hill University, comes from a family with many talents, and seeing ghosts is one of them. When Ella's brother, Ben, becomes worried about one of his friends, he and Ella go to check on the man and discover a terrible scene...
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    suspense  mystery  witches  paranormal  fantasy
  • The Cat of Christmas Future by Kathi Daley

    The Cat of Christmas Future by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As with The Cat of Christmas Past and The Cat of Christmas Present, while this holiday cozy features a mystery, it does not feature a murder. It is Christmas on Madrona Island and the spirit of Christmas is out in full force. A cat who looks a lot like a cat from Cait's past comes to visit just as Cait and Cody are getting ready for a full lineup of holiday events...
  • Kept Secrets by Shawn McGuire

    Kept Secrets by Shawn McGuire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 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...
  • Do You Really Want to Haunt Me by Mandy M. Roth

    Do You Really Want to Haunt Me by Mandy M. Roth

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Hedgewitch Cove, Louisiana, where there's no such thing as normal. Shark-shifter and natural-born hunter, New York (York) Peugeot, has been living under a curse placed upon him by his well-meaning grandmother. She only wanted to help her grandchildren find their mates, not drop a spell of chaos upon their heads...
  • Rival Secrets: A Whispering Pines Mystery, Book 5 by Shawn McGuire

    Rival Secrets: A Whispering Pines Mystery, Book 5 by Shawn McGuire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What if your nemesis challenged you on your home turf? The sense of community. The quaint surroundings. The deadly rivalries. Welcome to Whispering Pines. As the weather turns crisp, Jayne O’Shea and the other villagers prepare for the last big tourist draw of the season: the autumn equinox festival...
  • The Hanging Tree by Irina Shapiro

    The Hanging Tree by Irina Shapiro

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In 1640, Alys Bailey was accused of witchcraft and sentenced to hang. Today, Alys is said to haunt Lockwood Hall, the Tudor manor house where she died. When Nicole Rayburn travels to Lockwood Hall and begins to research Alys’s story for a new book, she discovers startling irregularities in Alys’s case. Nicole’s suspicions mount as every answer leads to more questions...
  • Whispering Pines Mysteries Box Set: Books 1-3 by Shawn McGuire

    Whispering Pines Mysteries Box Set: Books 1-3 by Shawn McGuire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This boxed set contains the first three books in the Whispering Pines mystery series. Family Secrets: A Whispering Pines Mystery Sixteen years after a family feud drove her from the cozy Northwoods village of Whispering Pines, Wisconsin, former detective Jayne O’Shea returns to prepare her grandparents’ lake house for sale...
  • GRAVEYARD GIRL: part 2 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    GRAVEYARD GIRL: part 2 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An Amazon exclusive! In the romantic mystery GRAVEYARD GIRL, a city girl hiding out from a scandal agrees to house-sit an old home in a rural area where she thinks no one will know her to finish a project she hopes will repair her reputation...
  • GRAVEYARD GIRL: part 3 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    GRAVEYARD GIRL: part 3 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An Amazon exclusive! In the romantic mystery GRAVEYARD GIRL, a city girl hiding out from a scandal agrees to house-sit an old home in a rural area where she thinks no one will know her to finish a project she hopes will repair her reputation...
  • GRAVEYARD GIRL: part 5 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    GRAVEYARD GIRL: part 5 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An Amazon exclusive! In the romantic mystery GRAVEYARD GIRL, a city girl hiding out from a scandal agrees to house-sit an old home in a rural area where she thinks no one will know her to finish a project she hopes will repair her reputation...
  • Her Wedding Knight by Hermione Moon

    Her Wedding Knight by Hermione Moon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tonight’s the knight...At last, it’s kitchen witch Gwen Young’s wedding day to the gorgeous Arthur. They’re having a double wedding with their best friends at Wessex Castle, a beautiful stately home. Everything goes swimmingly, until they discover that the castle is built on top of an Anglo-Saxon ship burial, and its owner bears an ancient grudge against them both..
  • Deadly Deception: Necromancer Tales Book II by M.J. May

    Deadly Deception: Necromancer Tales Book II by M.J. May

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Necromancer Erasmus Boone’s life is better than he ever imagined. Bucking the typical necromancer storyline, Erasmus has managed to carve out a life filled with love and purpose. With Halloween fast approaching, Erasmus is ready to enjoy his favorite time of year. Unfortunately, Detective Franklin O’Hare’s Midwestern past has other ideas...
  • Zane by Milly Taiden

    Zane by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Former Navy SEAL Delilah Jones loves her job in the shifter protection agency. She’s a tiger shifter, and a professional who always maintains a cool distance from the people she protects. That is, until she meets Zane and realizes the geeky human is her fated mate. His adorableness is making her tigress desperate to keep him as her own. Man, this job is harder than she thought...
  • A Knight on the Town by Hermione Moon, Serenity Woods

    A Knight on the Town by Hermione Moon, Serenity Woods

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A good knight out is always welcome…When kitchen witch Gwen Young releases King Arthur from the suit of armour in her café, it’s just the beginning of a new adventure, as he accompanies her out on the town, discovering his new world and helping her solve another murder.~If you enjoy books by authors such as Amanda M...
  • Wicked Dreams by Lily Harper Hart

    Wicked Dreams by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Detective Jack Harker is living in his dreams – only they’re really nightmares. Ivy Morgan wants to help, especially since she’s become a frequent visitor in his subconscious – only she doesn’t know how. When a battered teenage girl shows up in Ivy’s greenhouse, the duo must put aside their misgivings and constant miscommunication so they can try and help...
  • Wicked Times by Lily Harper Hart

    Wicked Times by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Detective Jack Harker and Shadow Lake’s resident witch Ivy Morgan are finally on the right romantic track – and they’re officially going on their first date. While eating dinner in a neighboring town, a police officer is shot and killed on the street – and when the ballistics come back, Jack realizes his tortured past is still part of his tumultuous present...
  • The Legend of Tabby Hollow by Kathi Daley

    The Legend of Tabby Hollow by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    When a body is found in the Hollow, Cait and Cody join forces to track down a killer only to; find that the body in the hollow is only the first of many victims. A Whales and Tails cozy mystery series is set on Madrona Island, a fictional island within the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington State...
  • The Cat of Christmas Past by Kathi Daley

    The Cat of Christmas Past by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    It's Christmas on Madrona Island and Cait and friends have plans to embrace the magic of the season. The only dark spot on their celebration is the fact that a miserly old landlord is set on evicting an apartment building full of tenants just days before Christmas...
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