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Three Sisters Island collection by Nora Roberts
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsDance 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... -
Chilled to the Crone by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsScout Randall has a big new enemy that just happens to be wearing a familiar face.Full description coming soon... -
Liam by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsShe’s looking for a fresh start…she finds him.Nylah Walker knows what it’s like to be protected. You don’t grow up with five brothers without having someone close by, watching your back at all times. She craves independence, and Cradle Mountain is her fresh start. Her new beginning...Categorized as:
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The Last Of The Moon Girls by Barbara Davis
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 50 ratingsLizzy 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... -
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Heart of Glass by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Donna Grant returns to the beautiful and mysterious Isle of Skye with a captivating tale of magic, mystery, and unexpected passion.A desire that won't be denied.Ferne Crawford is a Seer with unique abilities that set her apart from other Druids. She once ignored her magic with tragic results...Categorized as:
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Moonshine & Malice by Kathleen Brooks
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhat 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...Categorized as:
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Moonshine & Mayhem by Kathleen Brooks
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsZoey 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...Categorized as:
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The Death Dealer by T.M. Cromer
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook 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... -
Life Ghost On by Jane Hinchey
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWho knew a Bridal Expo could be so thrilling? Especially when you’re the bride-to-be with a meddling family and a flamboyant wedding planner named Seb. I thought everything was sorted for my upcoming nuptials with Kade Galloway, but Seb insisted on attending the expo.As soon as we entered Firefly Bay’s town hall, the noise was deafening, and the atmosphere was chaotic... -
Visions of Scarlett by Jessie Ellis
SCARLETT ~ Haunted by a dark past, 23-year-old Scarlett has fled to the small town of Clayton for a new start. Fortunately, she lands in the capable, older hands of the local hardware store owner, whose tender care and dominating presence make her feel safe for the first time in her life... -
After All the Wreckage by L.J. Evans
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhat if the future is already written? GageWhen Rory Marlowe Bishop walks out of my past and into my bar, I realize she’s not just a kid anymore. Now she’s hell on wheels and a special kind of temptation. But I can’t afford the distraction, not with the responsibility I’ve inherited...Categorized as:
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Apple Pies and Other Amends by ToEatAPeach
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsFandom: Harry PotterRelationship: Draco Malfoy/Hermione Granger--------------------------------------------------Sometimes you're sad. Sometimes you need dessert. And sometimes, it's a little of both. Runner-Up of the Winter 2017 Dramione Fanfiction Awards, "Best Epic-Sized Fic...Categorized as:
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Love Potion No. 69 by Valerie Pepper
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsChemical attraction is for amateurs. He’s only 27, but Quinton Henry is running out of time. As the reluctant heir to the world’s most renowned perfume manufacturer, he’s under pressure to craft a memorable scent for the company’s fast-approaching 150th anniversary...Categorized as:
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The Magic of Twelve: Scarlet by Pepper North
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsLove and magic. Danger and evil. Which will triumph? Clueless to the true meaning of her life, Scarlet is awe-struck when she is transported to another realm on her 22nd birthday. Safe in the arms of the sorcerer she soon chooses to call Pappa, all of her secret fantasies begin to come true... -
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Witches Get Stitches by Dakota Cassidy
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen last we met, good people, the biggest wish I’ve ever made came to fruition.It didn’t happen without some help—okay, a lot of help. Either way, let’s just say the deed was done.My outrageously handsome, smart, sometimes persnickety (read mostly persnickety) Spy Guy, Winterbottom, is finally here on earth with me, recuperating from his afterlife jaunt... -
Potions, Poisons, and Peril by Shéa MacLeod
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDeepwood, Oregon Cozy. Magical. Deadly.Emory Chastain, owner of Healing Herbs, sells everything from love potions to herbal tea blends. She is also the most powerful witch of the modern era. When a stranger drops dead in her shop, Emory is left with no choice but to investigate... -
Tulle Death Do Us Part by Annette Blair
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNational 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... -
Fruitcake and Familiars by Sierra Cross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsGranny Sage needs a winter miracle. Could Elliot’s big secret save her...or will it only kill his romance with Hazel?Deputy Elliot James is a walking—and flying—contradiction.A loner crow.An outlaw cop.A shifter who shows up to events on time and dressed appropriately, more or less.Hazel’s struggling to come to terms with Elliot’s complex double life... -
Double Take by Catherine Coulter
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsIt's been more than six months since her husband's brutal death, and Julia Ransom is just beginning to breathe again. She loved her husband, renowned psychic August Ransom, but the media frenzy that followed his murder sapped what little strength she had left. Now, after dinner with friends, strolling along San Francisco's Pier 39, she realizes that she's happy... -
Remembrance by T.K. Eldridge
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI was three when I watched my mother die.Now I'm back in Muckle Cove digging into her murder.They say coming home is never easy, but what I'm finding goes so much deeper than anyone could have imagined.Ancient magic, modern politics, and my mother's ghost all point to some truth in the past that could change my present forever.If it doesn't kill me first.. -
Body at the Bakery by Stella Berry
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCornish 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
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe 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... -
The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum by Kirsten Weiss
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsWhen Maddie Kosloski’s career flatlines, she retreats to her wine-country hometown for solace and cheap rent. Railroaded into managing the local paranormal museum, she’s certain the rumors of its haunting are greatly exaggerated. But a new ghost may be on the loose. A fresh corpse in the museum embroils Maddie in murders past and present... -
All Hallows Eve by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSalem was a place near and dear to Jenny Duffy and Samuel Hall—it was where they'd met on a strange and and sinister case. They never dreamed that they'd be called back. That history could repeat itself in a most macabre and terrifying fashion. But, then again, it was Salem at Halloween... -
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The Promise by Apryl Baker
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsArmed 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
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThere’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... -
Murder in Hindsight by Anne Cleeland
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsChief Inspector Acton and Detective Sergeant Kathleen Doyle know firsthand how the administration of justice can often follow a labyrinthine path. As they pursue a self-appointed judge, jury, and executioner, Acton's own questionable methods may prove his undoing. .Categorized as:
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Pies and Potions by Rose Pressey
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsElly'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
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsBetween 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... -
Stitches in Time by Barbara Michaels
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhen an antique bridal quilt appears under mysterious circumstances at the vintage clothing shop where Rachel Grant works, she is fascinated. She has never been able to resist handmade textiles from the past, for she believes that through the ages, women wove protective magic into their fabrics in order to mark the important events of their lives: birth, marriage, and death... -
The Truth About Unicorns by Bonnie Jones Reynolds
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat dark and secret spell beguiled Oriskany Forks?Why did Crazy Lizzy paint her body with strange symbols? Who stole Cass's newborn baby girl? Why did the round house have a windowless second story -- and no way to reach it? Was the circular pit in the woods a meeting place for a witches' coven?Who would believe there could be so much evil in such a pretty little... -
Nelson & MacIlwraith by K. Sterling
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe Moon Murder Mysteries conclude…Nelson & Nox are hunting for the real killer behind the Moon Murder Mysteries, but they’re having to do that while preventing a god from getting what he wants.Curses abound and Nelson is learning more than he ever thought possible about sex magick, but will their love be enough?Nox is a little bit witchcraft. Nelson is a little bit Federal Bureau... -
The Library Game by Gigi Pandian
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn The Library Game, Tempest Raj and Secret Staircase Construction are renovating a classic detective fiction library that just got its first real-life mystery.Tempest Raj couldn’t be happier that the family business, Secret Staircase Construction, is finally getting the recognition it deserves... -
Charmed Spirits by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJordan Cross has returned to Holiday, Montana after eleven long years to clear out her late aunt’s house, put it on the market, and figure out what she wants to do with the rest of her life. Soon, she finds herself facing the town that turned its back on her because she was different. Because being labeled a witch in a small town didn’t earn her many friends...especially when it wasn't a lie... -
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The Catalain Book of Secrets (The Catalain Book of Secrets) by Jessica Lourey, Tony Van Den Einde
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFaith 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... -
The Girl with No Shadow by Joanne Harris
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsThe 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... -
Cattitude by Edie Ramer
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt'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... -
The Curse of Nona May Taylor: A Cozy Fairytale Romance by Jess K. Hardy
Once upon a time, I was Nona May Taylor, a twenty-three-year-old folk singer on a collision course with stardom. Until a jealous witch cursed me into old age so she could steal my career. Now I’m hiding out in my grandpa’s cabin in the Montana wilderness, nursing my aching joints and shaving my old lady beard while the witch climbs the charts as one of the world’s biggest pop stars... -
The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson, Kevin Hawkes
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsAnnika has never had a birthday. Instead she celebrates her Found Day, the day a housemaid and a cook to three eccentric Viennese professors found her and took her home... -
Feather on the Moon by Phyllis A. Whitney
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"A well-told story, one of Ms. Whitney's best." THE CHATTANOOGA TIMES Seven years after her child had been taken from her, Jennifer Blake received an invitation from wealthy Corinthea Arles, who clamed to have found her daughter. From the moment Jennifer arrived at Mrs... -
Spells & Stitches: The Sugar Maple Chronicles - Book 4 by Barbara Bretton
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWelcome 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
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsThe 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... -
All the Breaking Waves by Kerry Lonsdale
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of Everything We Keep comes a gripping tale of long-buried secrets, the strength of forgiveness, and the healing power of returning home for good. After a harrowing accident tore her family apart, Molly Brennan fled from the man she loved and the tragic mistake she made... -
Pleating for Mercy by Melissa Bourbon, Melissa Bourbon Ramirez
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsWhen her great-grandmother passes away, Harlow Jane Cassidy leaves her job as a Manhattan fashion designer and moves back to Bliss, Texas. But when she opens a dressmaking boutique in the turn-of-the-century farmhouse she inherited, Harlow senses an inexplicable "presence"... -
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Devil May Care by Elizabeth Peters
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsEllie is young, rich, engaged and in love. These are the carefree days before marriage and new responsibility, and anything goes -- including house-sitting at eccentric Aunt Kate's palatial estate in Burton, Virginia...Categorized as:
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The Chocolatier's Wife by Cindy Lynn Speer
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTasmin, William's wife to be, was chosen by a spell, as all wives and husbands are chosen. It's a nice, tidy way to find a reasonable mate for almost everyone... -
The Witch's Stone by Dawn Brown
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA devastating tragedy cost history professor Hillary Bennett her job and her marriage. Desperate to rebuild her life, she travels to the quaint Scottish village of Culcraig to research a legend and salvage her career. But when she arrives, she finds her hostess dead and her hopes for the future pinned to the woman's black sheep heir—Caid Douglas... -
Full Bloom by Francesca Serritella
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe power to be seen. The power to be heard. The power to be adored. . . A woman's life is forever changed by a mysterious perfume in this stunning novel about ambition and untapped desire from the New York Times bestselling author of Ghosts of Harvard... -
The Stranger's Obituary by Jessica L. Randall
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWelcome to Auburn, where fresh baked cookies hold the key to your future, and a melody carries the secrets of your past. Mina Fairchild keeps to herself, and that’s the way she likes it. Her secluded life protects the secrets she hides, as well as a certain peculiarity that even people in the colorful town of Auburn, Nebraska find strange... -
Mysterious: This Magic Moment / Search For Love/ The Right Path by Nora Roberts
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThis Magic MomentFor Ryan Swan, who'd learned never to give her trust, master illusionist Pierce Atkins was the last man to whom she should give her heart. Especially since he was planning a death-defying stunt he might not escape from. But in Pierce's enthralling presence, all Ryan's defenses seemed to vanish…like magic.Search for LoveHe harbored dark suspicions about Serenity and her parents...
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