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Ghostly Serenade by Colleen Helme
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn unsolved murder, a mob boss out for revenge, and a message from a ghost? Just another day in the life of Shelby Nichols. Shelby's family trip to meet the New York Manettos is not turning out to be the enjoyable break she'd hoped for...Categorized as:
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![Devil in a Black Suit: A Shelby Nichols Adventure by Colleen Helme]()
Devil in a Black Suit: A Shelby Nichols Adventure by Colleen Helme
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsUSA TODAY and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author Colleen Helme offers a clever mix of mystery, laugh-out-loud humor, and page-turning adventure in the highly acclaimed Shelby Nichols Adventure Series. More than sparks fly when a hit-man and a spy join forces. Ramos's job as the right-hand man to a mobster used to be easy until Shelby Nichols, a mind-reading soccer mom, joined the organization... -
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![Caveman Alien’s Touch: A Science Fiction Romance by Calista Skye]()
Caveman Alien’s Touch: A Science Fiction Romance by Calista Skye
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBronwen He’s the scariest caveman alien on prehistoric, dinosaur-infested planet Xren.Huge and extremely muscled, striped in sky blue and with eyes as piercing as the sun, Noker takes my breath away. Not only does he have a voice like a rock crusher, he also keeps saving my life from the deadly wildlife on this unhinged planet... -
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Coached Red-Handed by Victoria Laurie
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLife coach Cat Cooper and her best friend Gilley can’t wait to take a long vacation from low-key East Hampton. There’s just one more item left on their planning stopping a killer . . .With Gilley heartbroken over the collapse of his marriage, Cat has the perfect remedy—a long getaway to Italy...Categorized as:
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![Magic in the Stars: Unexpected Magic Book #1 by Patricia Rice]()
Magic in the Stars: Unexpected Magic Book #1 by Patricia Rice
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs an astrologer, Lady Azenor Dougall sadly realizes her stars are a danger to her beloved siblings and has banished herself from her Scots home. As the Malcolm family librarian, she dutifully creates zodiac charts for her often eccentric and mysterious relations—until the day she realizes a dire conjunction of planets spells a fatal threat in a distant branch of the family... -
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Spirited Away by Angela Campbell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWho knew pet-sitting could be so dangerous…or so sexy?! Socially awkward Emma “Spider” Fisher prefers her laptop to people, so she’s more than happy to oblige her boss when he asks her to pet- and housesit while he honeymoons in London... -
![Secret Agent Gargoyle: A Cozy Monster Romance by Ava Ross]()
Secret Agent Gargoyle: A Cozy Monster Romance by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDo I dare trust my heart to Secret Agent Gargoyle? When my specialty beer kegs turn up missing days before a big brew-off event, I hire Monsters, PI to track down my beer. Who’s assigned to my case? Tuvid Elresh, the gargoyle who wrongfully accused me of gnome-theft a few short weeks ago.Tuvid’s seven feet of bulging gargoyle muscles with a killer—fang-filled—smile... -
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The House Witch 3 by Delemhach
House witch Finlay Ashowan is pulled out of the kitchen—and into the fire—as war, family, and love collide in the third book of this fantasy romance series.Having somehow convinced Lady Annika Jenoure to marry him, all Finlay Ashowan wants to do is settle down, cook some good meals, and enjoy a quiet life in Daxaria. But fate has different plans... -
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Saving Time by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsLife is good for Team Weird, now heroes and fully fledged Time Police officers. Luke can't wait to bear arms. Jane has a date. And Matthew still hasn't had his hair cut.But Time waits for no one and neither do criminal masterminds. A major threat to the Timeline is looming, one far deadlier than mere idiots who want to change history...Categorized as:
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![An Argumentation of Historians by Jodi Taylor]()
An Argumentation of Historians by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsBehind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary’s Institute of Historical Research, a different kind of academic work is taking place. Just don’t call it “time travel”―these historians “investigate major historical events in contemporary time.” And they aren’t your harmless eccentrics either; a more accurate description, as they ricochet around history, might be unintentional disaster-magnets... -
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About Time by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsPatience is not a virtue known to the Time Police. And Commander Hay is facing the longest day of her life...After their heroic efforts to safeguard the Acropolis and prevent the Paris Time-Stop, the Time Police have gone from zero to hero. Then one fateful mission to apprehend a minor criminal selling dodgy historical artefacts blows up in all their faces.An officer is attacked within TPHQ... -
![What Could Possibly Go Wrong? by Jodi Taylor]()
What Could Possibly Go Wrong? by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsJoin Max in the sixth instalment in the off-the-wall bestselling Chronicles of St Mary’s series by Jodi Taylor... -
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Charms & Witchdemeanors by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsTillie 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... -
![Lies, Damned Lies, and History by Jodi Taylor]()
Lies, Damned Lies, and History by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 29 ratings'I've done some stupid things in my time. I've been reckless. I've broken a few rules. But never before have I ruined so many lives or left such a trail of destruction behind me.' As Max would be the first to admit, she's never been one for rules. They tend to happen to other people. But this time she's gone too far and everyone is paying the price...Categorized as:
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Devious Minds by Colleen Helme, Wendy Tremont King
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsListening Length: 9 hours and 6 minutesIt’s been almost a year since a near-fatal gunshot wound left Shelby Nichols with the ability to read minds. In that time she’s faced one problem after another. She’s been shot at, framed for murder, and targeted by a serial killer, just to name a few... -
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Fate Interrupted by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsShe had her life all planned out; fate had other ideas.How did an accomplished Southern businesswoman, wife, and mother end up living on California’s Central Coast, working for a stubborn wine-maker, newly divorced, and wrestling with sudden psychic powers?Megan Carpenter asks herself that same question nearly every day... -
![Castaways and Longer Days by Trixie Silvertale]()
Castaways and Longer Days by Trixie Silvertale
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA dangerous tornado. A clever crime. Can this psychic sleuth sift through the rubble to find a murder?Mitzy Moon longs to embrace the warmth of summer at a community-wide celebration. Enjoying a midsummer sailboat regatta, strawberry cake, and bonfires on the beach sounds divine... -
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An Ex to Grind in Deadwood by Ann Charles, C.S. Kunkle
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSomething has gone foul in the Black Hills … something gravely unnatural. Leave it to Violet Parker to stumble into the middle of it. A creepy phone call. A dead body. Two meddling detectives. A glut of trouble-making ex-partners. Can things get any worse? Violet swears to keep her nose out of police business this time... -
![Dames and Deadly Games by Trixie Silvertale]()
Dames and Deadly Games by Trixie Silvertale
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA murder mystery game. A terminal twist. Can this psychic sleuth swap coal for clues?Mitzy Moon hopes to earn some girlfriend points on a scenic weekend getaway. Steaming off on a historic train with her handsome beau seems like the perfect way to outrun fate... -
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Meanwhile, Back in Deadwood by Ann Charles, C.S. Kunkle
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsMeanwhile, Back in Deadwood … the mystery and mayhem continue. Between the butchered body parts, creepy killers, dogged detectives, ghoulish ghosts, and ever-present TV cameras, Violet Parker’s purple boots are itching to skedaddle. But there is no escaping another murder investigation or her new deadly reputation. Not even if both risk the lives of those she loves most... -
![A Trail Through Time by Jodi Taylor]()
A Trail Through Time by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsSt Mary’s is back and is facing a battle to survive in this, the fourth instalment of the Chronicles. Max and Leon are re-united and looking forward to a peaceful lifetime together. But, sadly, they don’t even make it to lunchtime...Categorized as:
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![Chaos in Mudbug by Jana Deleon]()
Chaos in Mudbug by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe sixth book in the New York Times bestselling Ghost-in-Law series. Jadyn St. James hopes that the two-week quiet period in Mudbug means things in the small bayou town are back to normal…whatever that is. But when a fisherman finds a sunken shrimp boat, and the boat captain is missing, Jadyn wonders if the damage to the boat was caused by a storm, or if something far more nefarious happened... -
![Hearts and Dark Arts by Trixie Silvertale]()
Hearts and Dark Arts by Trixie Silvertale
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen a disappearing dog leads to a decades-old feud, will this psychic sleuth settle the score?Mitzy Moon is bending over backward to be a good big sister. Spending a day at the pet invention convention seems harmless enough... -
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Thirty-Three and a Half Shenanigans by Denise Grover Swank
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsBook Six in the USA Today Bestselling Mystery series! Rose is called into action when Neely Kate’s cousin goes missing and the police refuse to take it seriously. But while the authorities—Rose’s ex-boyfriend, included—are certain the missing woman has run away, mounting evidence points to foul play... -
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![Wakes and High Stakes by Trixie Silvertale]()
Wakes and High Stakes by Trixie Silvertale
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA flamboyant funeral. A dashing gigolo. Can this psychic sleuth beat the odds on murder?Mitzy Moon is never one to celebrate death. But a compelling invitation to a 1920s themed memorial service, aboard a riverboat casino, entices her to take a gamble. And the only thing hotter than the tables is the newly wealthy widower—until he disappears... -
![Devil Days in Deadwood by Ann Charles, C.S. Kunkle]()
Devil Days in Deadwood by Ann Charles, C.S. Kunkle
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsViolet Parker knows better than to play with devils. They always cheat, especially when lives are at stake. Deadwood’s charming, troublemaking, and soul-sucking devils are no different, and they’re biting at her heels.But the clock is ticking and Violet has no choice—she must risk her life to save her treasured Aunt Zoe... -
![Ships and Stings and Wedding Rings by Jodi Taylor]()
Ships and Stings and Wedding Rings by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIt’s Christmas again at St Mary's and time for Max’s obligatory illegal jump. On this occasion, however, they’re right up against it. A loaded gun has been left behind in Ancient Egypt and it’s up to them to retrieve it before anyone accidentally blows their own head off, thus affecting the timeline for centuries to come...Categorized as:
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![Rattling the Heat in Deadwood by Ann Charles, C.S. Kunkle]()
Rattling the Heat in Deadwood by Ann Charles, C.S. Kunkle
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA scrappy, hot-blooded woman can only take so much! Violet Parker is on fire… or rather under fire yet again. New evidence has fanned the embers of a cold murder case, and her alibi is smoldering at the corners. While battling a dogged detective determined to pin the murder on her, Violet scrambles to find the real killer...Categorized as:
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![A Wild Fright in Deadwood by Ann Charles]()
A Wild Fright in Deadwood by Ann Charles
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHell hath no fury like a woman scorned ... especially a dead one holding a grudge. Back on Deadwood's list of Usual Suspects, Violet Parker is hip deep in wild frights and fired-up females. After juggling bitter threats, haunted buildings, and vengeful ghosts, the last thing she needs is a pair of bullheaded detectives trying to pin another murder on her tail... -
![Ghost Mortem by Jane Hinchey]()
Ghost Mortem by Jane Hinchey
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWhoever said that ghosts exist must be out of their mind.Oh, wait. That was me. I said that. If you’d told me yesterday that ghosts were real I would have smiled, nodded, and called a shrink to fix your deluded little mind. Now it’s my turn to question my sanity when the ghost of my best friend turns up in my apartment...
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