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  • A Scottish Highland Hideaway by Julie Shackman

    A Scottish Highland Hideaway by Julie Shackman

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ‘Julie Shackman knows how to bring the feel-good factor to fiction’ Woman’s WeeklyA brand new autumnal story of love, believing in yourself and starting over set in the Scottish HighlandsFor Bailey McArthur, her family and job mean everything...
  • A Danger Destroyed by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    A Danger Destroyed by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Ye screw with this lass, ye get put on yer ass.It is the Time of the Colliding Realms—the Keening—the Culling.Everything that happened over the past eighteen months has led to this moment. The good and the bad. The triumphs and the tragedies. Now my family by blood, by choice, and by circumstance face the battle to balance our world’s alignment.United as Team Light...
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    magic  fae  witches  m-f  urban fantasy  fantasy  paranormal  vampires
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  • Freaky Mage by Amanda M. Lee

    Freaky Mage by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The members of Mystic Caravan have Georgia on their minds as they land in Savannah … and immediately find trouble.In a city full of ghosts, Poet Parker expects a few magical things to happen, but when an evil cult sacrifices a young woman on the beach next to their camp, things take a turn nobody was expecting. Thankfully, she’s not alone for this fight...
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    magic  witches  fae  m-f  paranormal  mystery  urban fantasy  fantasy
  • The Frozen Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Frozen Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    My magic runs ice cold.I am Judgement.I’ve gone from human to witch…to now Coven member. It’s amazing, awesome, and entirely overwhelming. I’m scared out of my mind right now. I shouldn’t be, I know that. I finally have real magic. I have elemental magic. I have ice at my fingertips and its the deadliest weapon I’ve ever seen.But now I can’t run from Joseph...
  • Two Witches and a Whiskey by Annette Marie

    Two Witches and a Whiskey by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 91 ratings
    Three months ago, I landed a job as a bartender. But not at a bar—at a guild. Yeah, the magic kind.I'm not a badass mage like my three smokin' hot best friends. I'm not a sorcerer or an alchemist, or even a wussy witch. I'm just a human, slinging drinks like a pro and keeping my non-magical nose out of mythic business. Seriously, I know my limits...
  • Magical Midlife Madness by K.F. Breene

    Magical Midlife Madness by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 91 ratings
    "Happily Ever After" wasn't supposed to come with a do-over option. But when my husband of twenty years packs up and heads for greener pastures and my son leaves for college, that's exactly what my life becomes. Do-over.This time, though, I plan to do things differently. Age is just a number, after all, and at forty I'm ready to carve my own path...
  • How to Live an Undead Lie by Hailey Edwards

    How to Live an Undead Lie by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    When a fledgling vampire arrives at Woolworth House searching for his maker, Grier is forced to relive her time in Atramentous. Most of those years are as dark and empty in her memory as she was in her cell. She can't remember her progeny, or the night she resuscitated him, but she can protect him from the Society. As long as she's willing to barter with her grandfather to do it...
  • The Aether Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Aether Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    My magic, my rules.I’m the Aether Witch.And I’m done playing this game. We’re running blind toward a target we can’t see. Everything I love is on the line. My magic. My family. My Coven. Tennessee. I’ll lose it all at the strike of midnight on Samhain if I don’t put the pieces of this puzzle together.Salem’s Prophecy says the fate of the world lies on mine and my twin’s hands...
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    witches  magic  fae  new adult  m-f  fantasy  paranormal  urban fantasy
  • The Eternal Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Eternal Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    All is fair in war and magic.I’m the Aether Witch. I have power no other witch has had in thousands of years.But even I can’t do this job alone. Salem’s Prophecy says the fate of the world lies on mine and my twin’s hands. Despite our Coven-mates thriving power and Heavenly intentions...In the end, the decision is ours. And ours alone...
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    witches  magic  fae  new adult  m-f  fantasy  paranormal  urban fantasy
  • Midlife Soul Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Midlife Soul Hunter by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 31 ratings
    You’d think I’d already been in hell, married to my ex. But just this one time, you’d be wrong.Surprise, surprise, the Dark Council has been plotting to force my hand. They know that I love Crash. Yes, I said the L word.And they know I’d do anything to bring him back from hell—even though it means it puts both our souls into great danger. And puts my knees into running mode. (Cue the Advil...
  • Caffeinated Calamity by Amanda M. Lee

    Caffeinated Calamity by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The only witch in the world? It might feel like it to Stormy Morgan but she knows better.Twenty minutes away, in a town called Hemlock Cove, witches have taken over. Sure, the bulk of the town is made up of frauds looking to shore up their tourism industry, but there are real witches, too. There’s a family, last name of Winchester, and they’re notorious...
  • Witch, Interrupted by Amanda M. Lee

    Witch, Interrupted by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Things have been quiet in Hemlock Cove. That means the Winchesters are due to find trouble.This time, the trouble comes in the form of a dead radio doctor who calls himself Dr. Lovelorn and fixes relationships in distress. Unfortunately for the Winchesters, if he can’t help his normal patients, he’s going to help them… whether they want it or not...
  • Follow the Crumbs by Amanda M. Lee

    Follow the Crumbs by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    There’s a prominent threat on the block… and he might just be sharing Stormy Morgan’s roof.She’s a new witch but she has a big problem… and it talks. Her new roommate Krankle may look cute but he’s a huge pain in her posterior. He’s also hiding something. Before she can focus on that, however, the unthinkable happens.On the highway leading out of town, three vehicles are involved in an accident...
  • Something to Witch About by Amanda M. Lee

    Something to Witch About by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Life's a witch...and then you die. It's the dying part vexing Bay Winchester these days. She may be a long-suffering daughter, thankless newspaper editor, and keyed-up girlfriend, but she's barely holding off a royal freakout. Landon's family is visiting the inn -- and they're not exactly open minded...
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    witches  magic  m-f  paranormal  mystery  fantasy  urban fantasy  humor
  • Freaky Ways by Amanda M. Lee

    Freaky Ways by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The honeymoon is over for Poet and Kade. After a blissful week off from the day-to-day grind of the circus—where the only problem they had to deal with was the weird snake that appeared on the front porch of their cabin—the newlyweds are back with their friends in Phoenix.And nothing will ever be the same again...
  • Freaky Games by Amanda M. Lee

    Freaky Games by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Look out Sin City, here comes the Mystic Caravan Circus. The city that never sleeps has something lurking in the darkness and Poet Parker can’t decide if it’s friend or foe. The rich history of the area comes into play when research uncovers a mine disaster more than a hundred years in the past … and a tragic outcome that still haunts the locale to this day...
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    magic  witches  fae  m-f  paranormal  mystery  fantasy  urban fantasy
  • The Broken Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Broken Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Desperate times, desperate magic. I finally have the Book of Shadows. The pages call to me, begging me to devour their hidden power. There are more than just spells inside, and there are things only the High Priestess can see. And Now I know everything I wasn’t supposed to.My Coven likes to keep secrets...well they’re about to get a taste of their own medicine...
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    witches  magic  fae  new adult  m-f  fantasy  paranormal  urban fantasy
  • The Rebel Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Rebel Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    I’m finally in control of my magic…and it’s much stronger than my Coven realizes.That’s not the only secret I’m keeping. I made a deal with a fairy: her secrets for some of mine. Except I have no idea how to deliver on my oath and crossing the Fae is suicidal. Tennessee knows I’m up to something, but not even my soulmate can help me now, especially when being together is against the law...
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    witches  magic  fae  new adult  m-f  fantasy  paranormal  urban fantasy
  • Tiger's Eye by Barbra Annino

    Tiger's Eye by Barbra Annino

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Stacy Justice is looking forward to a lazy summer of hot dogs and beer; swims in the lake with her Great Dane, Thor; and hanging with her rekindled old flame, Chance. But when she gets a creepy anonymous call hinting that her father’s “accidental” death fourteen years ago was actually a murder, she’s too unsettled to relax...
  • Demon Magic and a Martini by Annette Marie

    Demon Magic and a Martini by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 91 ratings
    When I first landed a bartending job at the local guild, I didn't know a thing about magic. These days, I'm practically an expert on the different magical classes, but there's one nobody ever talks about: Demonica. Turns out they have a good reason for that...
  • Druid Vices and a Vodka by Annette Marie

    Druid Vices and a Vodka by Annette Marie

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 76 ratings
    I've said it before, but sometimes I'm a bad person. I cheated on my twelfth grade math final, I've run countless yellow lights, and I gossip about how hot my kickass best friends are. (Good thing my job as a guild bartender doesn't require moral perfection.)But there's bad, and then there's bad. And I'm not sure which applies to a certain dark druid/wanted criminal/reluctant friend of mine...
  • Gemstones, Elves, and Other Insidious Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Gemstones, Elves, and Other Insidious Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I’d been compromised, then turned against those I loved. But no one controlled me. No one took anything I didn’t willingly offer. Not for long, anyway. If the elves wanted a war, I’d bring it. The instruments of assassination would come out to play. The dragon slayer would wreak bloody, sticky vengeance. And then I was getting freaking married — no elves invited...
  • The Brave Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    The Brave Witch by Chandelle LaVaun

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Be careful what you wish for…because magic comes with a price.I’m a witch. All of my dreams finally came true. But now, so are my nightmares.There’s a new monster in town and no one knows how to kill it or where it came from. It lurks in the shadows, preying on our every move. For some reason, it seems to be targeting me.I desperately need Tennessee’s help. Only he is strong enough to train me...
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    witches  magic  fae  new adult  m-f  fantasy  paranormal  urban fantasy
  • A Faerie's Revenge by Rachel Morgan, Arielle DeLisle

    A Faerie's Revenge by Rachel Morgan, Arielle DeLisle

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 25 ratings
    Still reeling from a shocking revelation, guardian trainee Calla Larkenwood finds the threads of her world unraveling further when she’s accused of a horrifying crime she didn’t commit: A deadly magical disease has entered the Guild, threatening to wipe out every guardian—and someone is intent on framing Calla for it...
  • Hemlocked and Loaded by Annabel Chase

    Hemlocked and Loaded by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. Emma Hart has a lot on her paranormal plate--a wedding to plan, a trespasser to defend, and a longstanding curse to break. When a pixie dies under mysterious circumstances, her endless list of Things To Do grows even longer...
  • Last Wish by Helen Harper

    Last Wish by Helen Harper

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    It's not easy pretending to be dead - especially when it feels as if you have the weight of the world on your shoulders. Between an unfulfilled prophecy, the demon-occupied Lowlands, the continuing power of murderous Aifric Moncrieffe - not to mention her constant yearnings for Byron - Integrity Adair has a lot to worry about...
  • Freaky Seas by Amanda M. Lee

    Freaky Seas by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Mystic Caravan Circus is heading to Charleston and – per usual – trouble is not far behind.For Poet Parker, who is grappling with saying goodbye to her assistant, she’s looking forward to quiet nights on the beach and quality time with her boyfriend. All that changes when the sea starts giving up its dead … and they appear to be hungry.Under normal circumstances, zombies wouldn’t be a big deal...
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    magic  witches  fae  m-f  paranormal  mystery  urban fantasy  fantasy
  • Celtic Magic by Linsey Hall

    Celtic Magic by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    I am the DruidFinally, I know what I am. The Druid of the Dragon Gods. The knowledge comes at a price, however. Two new golden tattoos have appeared on my arms, and they’re blocking my magic. Magic that I need to survive. When two ancient druids show up at the Protectorate needing my help, it's obvious there’s something big at play...
  • Wrath by Kristie Cook

    Wrath by Kristie Cook

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Will a mother’s wrath make her cross the line? I didn’t want to cry. For once in my life, tears evaded me. Perhaps because I refused to grieve this loss, because it wasn’t a loss in my eyes, in my heart. It was a call for war, yes. But not a loss. I wouldn’t allow it. Besides, I was too mad to cry, even in my exhaustion, and anger would get me much further...
  • Dealing in Magic by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle

    Dealing in Magic by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Magic. Is. Real. Leira and Correk have been to hell and back together. How much more can they handle?Enough to save the world, with a little help from everyone’s favorite foul-mouthed troll. Dealing Magic hits the ground running with Leira and Correk scrambling to get out ahead of the corporations and their plots to exploit magic...
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