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Irish Born by Nora Roberts
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsThree sisters are bound by the timeless beauty of Ireland in #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts’ Irish Born trilogy... -
Gingerbread and Ghosts by Agatha Frost
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsChristmas falls on Peridale, but that does not mean café-owner and part-time sleuth, Julia South, can sit back and enjoy the festivities. When the opening night of the annual Christmas play ends with Julia's elderly gran, Dot, fatally shooting a man in front of the whole village, Julia's world is turned upside down... -
The Ghost and the Church Lady by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWhen autumn arrives in Frederickport, it brings surprises--some welcomed. Meanwhile, the residents of Beach Drive learn there are some things more frightening than ghosts... -
At the Corner of King Street by Mary Ellen Taylor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn this poignant story about the complex connections between family, one woman must decide what she wants her life to look like—and who she wants by her side.After a tumultuous childhood she couldn’t control, Addie Morgan is finally living her own life. She’s left her old pressures behind for a job in a country vineyard, and she finds more than just work with the vineyard’s owner, Scott... -
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A Light in the Forest by Melissa Payne
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsFrom Melissa Payne, bestselling author of The Night of Many Endings, comes an emotional and suspenseful novel about the weight of secrets and the healing power of friends and family.Vega Jones escapes an abusive relationship with nothing but her two-month-old baby and the van she grew up in. Her destination is a small Ohio town her late vagabond mother left years ago... -
The Ghost and the Birthday Boy by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsLily and Ian’s families come to Frederickport to celebrate Connor’s first Birthday.Bringing the in-laws together is not always easy, especially when uninvited guests from the spirit realm show up... -
South of the Buttonwood Tree by Heather Webber
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsBlue Bishop has a knack for finding lost things. While growing up in charming small-town Buttonwood, Alabama, she's happened across lost wallets, jewelry, pets, her wandering neighbor, and sometimes, trouble. No one is more surprised than Blue, however, when she comes across an abandoned newborn baby in the woods, just south of a very special buttonwood tree... -
Shattering Dawn by Jayne Ann Krentz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAn unsettling investigation teaches two deeply suspicious people how to trust in the next thrilling novel of the Lost Night Files trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz.Amelia Rivers, a member of the Lost Night Files podcast team, hires private investigator Gideon Sweetwater to catch the stalker who has been watching her... -
The Ghost and the New Neighbor by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLots of activity on Beach Drive, with wedding plans and preparing for the stork’s arrival. But it’s the new neighbor moving into Pearl’s house who has the neighborhood in a deadly uproar.Book 31 of the Haunting Danielle series, a Paranormal Cozy Mystery... -
Sweet Expectations by Mary Ellen Taylor
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of The Brighter the Light comes a heartwarming story of past and present, where one woman finds a connection to history that could give her a whole new beginning.Daisy McCrae is picking up the pieces of her life in the hope of making something better...Categorized as:
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The Ghost and the Mountain Man by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLife is about to change for Brian Henderson, now that he knows the secrets of Beach Drive.Unbeknownst to Brian and the others, they have brought something else home with them after their misadventure in the forest. The spirit of a mountain man has followed them to Frederickport with a secret of his own... -
Darcy Sweet Mystery Box Set One by K.J. Emrick
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe first six mysteries in the popular Darcy Sweet Cozy Mystery series: Death Comes to Town, Mists of the Past, From the Ashes, The Ghost of Christmas, The Stolen Valentine and Hiding From Death. Introducing Darcy Sweet... She isn't what you would call a girly girl... -
The Darkest Hour by Melissa Storm
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSofia is on a noble mission… too bad it requires breaking the law to complete it.Sofia Stepanov believes in right and wrong, but she doesn't necessarily believe in following the rules. When she finds a wolf hybrid being illegally kept and abused by its captors, she vows to come back and free him herself... -
Nancy Cornish PI by Amanda James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhere extraordinary things happen…you’ll find Nancy CornishNancy Cornish has recently left her job at The Whistling Kettle Café in Padstow to start her own PI business. Nancy, seemingly an ordinary member of her community, has an extraordinary gift. She is able to make psychic connections with those who have passed, and objects belonging to those still living... -
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The Secret of the Chateau by Carrie Bedford
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA JUG OF WINE, A LOAF OF BREAD—AND DEATH.SHE KNOWS IT’S COMING; SHE HAS TO STOP IT!London architect Kate Benedict has barely shucked off her coat before she spots her host's aura, a swirling pattern above his head that Kate has come to recognize as a prediction of death within a few days.And she’s barely realized he’s in danger when he drops to the floor, shot by an unseen assailant... -
Heat Wave Homicide: Paranormal Cozy Mystery by London Lovett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA terrible heat wave has fallen over Firefly Junction and tempers are flaring. With triple digit temperatures and humidity thick enough you can cut it with a knife, a chili cook-off is the last place journalist Sunni Taylor wants to be but Prudence Mortimer, the owner of the Junction Times wants her to cover the event... -
A Crafty Killing by London Lovett
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSunni Taylor is looking forward to an easy and sweetheart filled month of February. After a few blissful months as lead reporter for the Junction Times, an unexpected shake-up at the newspaper leaves her reeling and frustrated. She finds herself once again having to cover mundane stories, like the Firefly Junction Craft Fair... -
Havoc at Wildwood Manor by London Lovett
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhat starts out as a long weekend off for Sunni Taylor quickly devolves into something more sinister. When Lana needs help with a family reunion at Wildwood Manor, Sunni lends a hand. Before the event gets underway, Camille Luxley, an unexpected guest, shows up to throw a wrench into Florence Davenport's precisely planned weekend... -
Kingdom of Shadows by Barbara Erskine
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn a childless and unhappy marriage, Clare Royland is rich and beautiful - but lonely. And fueling her feelings of isolation is a strange, growing fascination with an ancestress from the distant past. Troubled by haunting inexplicable dreams that terrify - but also powerfully compel - her, Clare is forced to look back through the centuries for answers. In 1306, Scotland is at war... -
The Sherwood Ring by Elizabeth Marie Pope, Evaline Ness
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsNewly orphaned Peggy Grahame is caught off-guard when she first arrives at her family’s ancestral estate. Her eccentric uncle Enos drives away her only new acquaintance, Pat, a handsome British scholar, then leaves Peggy to fend for herself. But she is not alone. The house is full of mysteriesand ghosts... -
Harper Connelly Mysteries Quartet by Charlaine Harris
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHarper Connelly Mysteries Quartet Another acclaimed paranormal mystery series by the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse novels that inspired HBO's True Blood. These four novels introduce a "winning heroine"* who uses psychic skills to help law enforcement provide justice for the dead. "A series that just might surpass all [Harris's] others in popularity... -
Heart of the Sea by Nora Roberts
The breathtaking conclusion to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with Jewels of the Sun and Tears of the Moon... Darcy Gallagher has always believed in the pull of fate, the magic of legend... and the importance of money. She longs to find a rich man who will sweep her away - into a world filled with glamour and adventure, and the exotic life that is her destiny.. -
A Ghostly Reunion by Tonya Kappes
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsEmma Lee Raines sees dead peopleProprietor of the Eternal Slumber Funeral Home, Emma Lee can see, hear, and talk to ghosts of murdered folks. And when her high school nemesis is found dead, Jade Lee Peel is the same old mean girl—trying to come between Emma Lee and her hot boyfriend, Sheriff Jack Henry Ross, all over again... -
Murder at the Pumpkin Patch by London Lovett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSunni Taylor's sisters, through their power of sisterly persuasion, have convinced her to host a Halloween costume party at Cider Ridge Inn. She's a little reluctant about the whole event and rightly worried about the actual ghost, who will, no doubt, be in attendance, but she decides to just relax and enjoy it... -
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Fatal Feud by London Lovett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhile Sunni Taylor is embroiled in her own personal turmoil with Detective Brady Jackson, she's handed a new assignment to cover a longstanding feud between two families, the Plunketts and Carmichaels... -
Death at the Museum by London Lovett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSunni Taylor has once again settled into her journalist position under a new boss and a new lead reporter. The fact that the new lead reporter, Dave Crockett, just happens to be her sister's boyfriend makes things a little more complicated, but Sunni is determined to be content. She now has more time to spend planning for the opening of the Cider Ridge Inn... -
Trick or Trouble by London Lovett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSunni Taylor is moving forward on the remodel of the Cider Ridge Inn. She is anxious to start her bed and breakfast business. Unfortunately, the inn is not cooperating. It seems she is hit with one catastrophe after another. This time it's the plumbing... -
The Reason Is You by Sharla Lovelace
“A hauntingly beautiful story from a writer with a fresh new voice.” —New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas In the small Texas town where she grew up, Dani Shane learned early on that being different was all it took to raise eyebrows and stir up gossip, and even leaving town for two decades didn’t stop the talk... -
Gently Used, Still Works by J.B. Lynn
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAre the Concordia sisters about to get burned? Running One Woman’s Junk consignment shop, with its constant stream of quirky characters stopping in, is a lot for Winnie and her sisters Bea and Amanda to contend with. So is dealing with each other... -
Ghostwriter by Lissa Bryan
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAfter being laid off from the newspaper where she worked as a journalist, and losing her boyfriend in rapid succession, Sara Howell is looking to downsize before her dwindling savings run out... -
The Bookstore Sisters by Alice Hoffman
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 55 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman comes a heartfelt short story about family, independence, and finding your place in the world.Isabel Gibson has all but perfected the art of forgetting. She’s a New Yorker now, with nothing left to tie her to Brinkley’s Island, Maine... -
Simon Says….Walk by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDetective Kate Morgan isn’t impressed with her latest case. A terrorized woman walks into the police station, with a message for Kate. Actually a message that drags Simon into the middle of it—no, make that front and center. A challenge has been issued, one that Kate is determined to solve, hopefully keeping Simon on the sidelines... -
Terror at Thornbridge Hotel: Paranormal Cozy Mystery by London Lovett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNormally, Sunni would balk at a mundane news story like the 250th anniversary of a hotel, but she’s excited to cover the event. Firefly Junction’s Thornbridge Hotel is not just any historical old relic. It is home to Thomas McRooney, a ghost who knew Edward Beckett when he was a tall, handsome Englishman riding around town on his steed... -
Ghost of a Chance by Cate Dean
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe first book of a fun new cozy mystery series ~ with a touch of supernatural.Welcome to Holmestead, England ~ where an American ex-pat, an archaeologist, and murder turn this small, picture postcard village upside down.Maggie Mulgrew runs The Ash Leaf, an antique shop in the quaint village of Holmestead, England ~ which has nothing to do with Sherlock, thank you very much... -
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Luminosity by Abigail Boyd
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIncludes books 2, 3, and 4 of the Gravity series. In Uncertainty, Ariel finds out more information about her grandmother's visions and family secrets. An unexpected reunion turns her life upside down, and she doesn't know who to trust. In Luminosity, Ariel is haunted by reoccuring nightmares that bring her back to the spooky Dexter orphanage in search of something she once lost. -
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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If Looks Could Kill by Heather Graham Pozzessere, Heather Graham
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsMadison Adair didn’t witness her famous mother’s brutal murder. But she saw it. Saw the gloved hand...felt the knife strike...knew her mother’s terror. That was a lifetime ago. But the nightmares have returned; only, this time they’re of a faceless serial killer stalking women in south Florida. A killer she can’t see but who knows she is watching... -
Read and Buried by Eva Gates
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLibrarian Lucy Richardson unearths a mysterious map dating back to the Civil War. But if she can't crack its code, she may end up read and buried. The Bodie Island Lighthouse Library Classic Novel Book Club is reading Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne while workers dig into the earth to repair the Lighthouse Library's foundations... -
At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities by Heather Webber
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA 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... -
Compel by Rachel Van Dyken, Patti Stanger
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken and bestselling author Patti Stanger comes a gripping love story of cursed soulmates who are forced to relive tragedy over and over again until their curse is broken…Compelled to seduce, designed to kill... -
A Ghostly Demise by Tonya Kappes
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe prodigal father returns—but this ghost is no holy spirit When she runs into her friend's deadbeat dad at the local deli, undertaker Emma Lee Raines can't wait to tell Mary Anna Hardy that he's back in Sleepy Hollow, Kentucky, after five long years. Cephus Hardy may have been the town drunk, but he didn't disappear on an epic bender like everyone He was murdered... -
The Bookstore Keepers by Alice Hoffman
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe Gibson sisters weren’t expecting to speak to each other ever again after Isabel ran off to New York and left Sophie alone. But here they are, years later, running the family bookstore together on Brinkley’s Island, Maine. Isabel also thought she’d left Johnny Lenox behind, but whether or not she knew it, Johnny was always going to be there for her... -
Founders' Day Fiasco: Paranormal Cozy Mystery by London Lovett
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFirefly Junction is in the middle of a huge Founders’ Day celebration and Sunni Taylor has been assigned to cover the colorful music and float-filled parade. When the organizer of the parade winds up dead, Sunni’s mundane assignment takes a new twist. Now, she finds herself in the middle of a murder that is complicated by the fact that the victim had more than a few enemies... -
The Key to Erebus by Emma V. Leech
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe truth can kill you… Taken as a small child, from a life where faeries, sirens and mythical creatures are real and treacherous, Jéhenne Corbeaux is totally unprepared when she returns to France to stay with her eccentric Grandmother... -
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Deadline by Judy McDonough
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCaroline's life is on track. She's about to get her nursing degree and she's engaged to rich, handsome Trevor. But, before they get married, Trevor wants Caroline to spend the summer in Louisiana, getting to know her father, who's never been in her life. She reluctantly agrees and heads south, deep into bayou country where she meets Cade... -
Shake Off The Ghosts by Miranda Newfield
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWANTED: Housesitter for Cavendish House, an expansive medieval manor in the Highlands of Scotland. Must love country living and have maintenance skills. Decent pay for right applicant. Sounds spectacular, doesn't it? Sadly, what the ad should've said was - WANTED: Idiot willing to live in abject misery for two months in the middle of nowhere Scotland... -
Sinister Summer by Colleen Gleason
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA sexy professor. A logical lawyer.A determined ghost.And a very real killer...Welcome to Wicks Hollow: a cozy town near Lake Michigan filled with quaint houses, eccentric residents, and more than its share of ghosts, murders, and romance.Diana Iverson needs a break—from her stressful job, from her philandering boyfriend, and from the rest of her fast-paced life... -
Quilted Secrets: Wine Country Quilt Series Book 3 of 5 by Ann Hazelwood
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMany people carry the burden of at least one secret, and Lily is no exception. She tries to keep it to herself, even as she encounters many hush-hush tales heard in her quilt class, throughout the community, and from friends and family members. Some secrets, like those of the doctor who once lived in Lily’s house, may never be know...Categorized as:
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Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsHeather Webber's Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe is a captivating blend of magical realism, heartwarming romance, and small-town Southern charm.Nestled in the mountain shadows of Alabama lies the little town of Wicklow. It is here that Anna Kate has returned to bury her beloved Granny Zee, owner of the Blackbird Cafe... -
Storm and Stone by Joss Stirling
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsBehind the ivy-clad walls of an exclusive boarding school, lurks a sinister web of corruption, scandal, and conspiracy. American student Raven Stone has noticed something is horribly wrong. First there were the unexplained disappearances. Then there were the teachers' lies. And now the death threats ..
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