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Witches of the Deep by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsHali Waverly thought she’d seen the worst the world had to offer. Then her boyfriend Gray Hunter’s parents arrived on her beach. Now the horror truly begins.Hali has a big problem…and that’s not including the skeletons that are taking over the beach thanks to an errant spell.Nobody knows who cast the spell, or more importantly why, but Hali is determined to find out... -
Long, Hot, Witchy Summer by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsLife couldn’t be going much better for Hadley Hunter. She’s living the dream on Moonstone Bay with her boyfriend Galen Blackwood, plotting her next move as a witch for hire, and basically basking in happiness.That all changes when a summer afternoon on the beach turns into a nightmare, an odd creature from the depths of the ocean surfacing and attacking Hadley on the beach... -
Grease the Wheel by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsStormy Morgan is a witch with too much attitude, an old love fueling new fires in her soul, and a talking cat who keeps threatening to give her an ulcer. She’s got a full plate. Things get even busier in her life when a body drops outside her boyfriend Hunter Ryan’s house … and the death looks like more than a standard murder... -
Asher by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsAsher Striker is full of dark secrets. His brothers think he’s quiet because he’s moody, but Asher had to learn at a young age that if he doesn’t focus on controlling the power within him, he could destroy everything and everyone around him. All he needs to do is help Gentry and Roman open up Winter’s Edge, and then go back to his solitary life. It would be safest for everyone that way... -
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Game of Thorns: A Village Flower Shop Paranormal Cozy Mystery by Nancy Warren
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRoses are beautiful but beware the thorns…When eight strangers turn up at a beautiful hotel in the Cotswolds in England for a weekend of flower arranging, they’re thinking of making their own arrangements for dinner parties, gifts and even weddings. But even as the rose’s blooms hide its sharp thorns, so the relaxing weekend hides dark forces. Jealousy, fear, and hatred lurk beneath the surface... -
Southern Witching by Amy Boyles
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe happiest day of Dylan's life has finally arrived...her wedding day! All of Silver Springs is ready for a celebration to remember. But things get off to a rocky start when Grandma Hazel calls down a flock of eagles that try to eat the wedding doves. Then Dylan sees Roman before the ceremony. Things couldn't get any worse, could they? Never ask a question you don't want answered... -
Trial by Spell by Kim Richardson
Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsJoin Tessa and her aunts on a thrilling adventure filled with magic, mystery, and unexpected twists. With their unique bond and unbreakable spirit, they prove that even in the face of darkness, light will always prevail.The Davenport witches tackle the challenges of life and love in this bewitching and enchanting series brimming with magic and vivid characters... -
Hex to Nothing by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOfelia Archer thought she’d faced off with every paranormal enemy known to man. She was wrong. She’s about to fight something even bigger than she ever imagined.The weird thing is the packaging is somewhat smaller.When at a Carnival parade, goblins descend and take Ofelia and her fiancé Zach Sully by surprise. The attack is quick and brutal... -
Fried Green Witch by Amy Boyles
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCan Dylan free her family from jail? Southern witch Dylan Apel seems to have her life figured out. Plan wedding to her boyfriend--check. Make dresses--check. Deal with crazy pregnant ladies--not so much. Life's going great until Dylan and her sister Sera become entangled in a baby shower murder... -
Jared by Alisa Woods
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHe was broken by the war. She has a secret that will destroy her family. Ex-Marine sniper Jared River left the war, but the war never really left him. He’s a broken wolf who’s only good for one thing now—killing men. And he’s peering down his scope at Senator Krepky, the anti-shifter politician about to ruin the lives of all the shifters Jared loves...Categorized as:
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A Bolt of Magic by Charlene Hartnady
Find a powerful witch.Escape the fae Court together.Do it before the eclipse tomorrow.It sounds straightforward, but my plan is riddled with more holes than a block of cheese. No self-respecting witch with any kind of clout will spare me a second glance. It doesn’t matter that we’re all captives here, shackled under the cruel rule of the fae... -
Purrfectly Caught: A Maverick Pride Tale by C.D. Gorri
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsKylie is determined to stay alone to keep her new Pride safe, but what’s a Tigress to do when her mate won’t take no for an answer?Kisses By Kylie has taken the world of e-commerce by storm and Kylie has never been so busy. After travelling under a dark cloud from her small South Carolina Pride to Maverick Point, New Jersey, she finally has friends, a home, and a Pride of her own... -
Davina by Tijan
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsI’m held captive. I’m being tortured daily. They want what is inside of me, but the problem is that they don’t realize what they want or how wrong they are. My power is unknown to the world. I am a mythical creature to the supernatural. So what happens when my power is released? When it takes over me? When I become the worst nightmare they never imagined? They're going to find out... -
Fighting For Her Dragon by Julia Mills
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThere Are No Coincidences…. Given a fairy tale life by the clan of dragon shifters that rescued her as a little girl, Emma Sinclair long ago accepted she might never solve the mystery of her heritage. Of course, that was before she could feel the traitor’s pain, before she knew he was slipping away. And before the unthinkable happened… he called to her in the language of his kin... -
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Wildwood in Winter by Bianca D'Arc
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s kissed a lot of frogs in her day, but she has the feeling she’s finally found a prince.A simple first-contact mission goes horribly awry…Arlo was just going up to Idaho for a quick visit to a possible new member of his extended Pack - a part-dryad who might be related to the Pack’s Alpha female. What he finds is a woman who stirs his senses and challenges his perceptions on every level... -
The Pine Hill Inn by J A WHITING
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis 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... -
Spell, Don’t Tell by Amy Boyles
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWhen Paige's sister confesses to stealing money from the mob, Paige wants to return it quick as a wink! But when the handover goes south and the mobster winds up dead, everyone becomes a suspect.But that's not the only problem at hand. Paige must learn the truth behind her ghostly friend Snow's death... -
Barking up the Wrong Tree by Samantha Silver
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAngela Martin was expecting to have a normal, uneventful week in the small town of Willow Bay. The universe, however, had other ideas. When a local gossip is murdered while walking her dog, Angela knows she needs to find Sprinkles, who ran away during the murder. After all, being a witch who can talk to animals, finding Sprinkles might be the only way to find the murderer... -
Phoenixash by KT Strange
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBook 4 in the Rogue Witch Series follows Darcy Llewellyn, fourth year university student, music intern, secret witch, and the werewolves that make up the band Phoenixcry: Finn Gunner, Elias Gunner, Charlie Gage, Wesley “Ace” Rivers, and Cash Legend... -
Lemonade & Love Potions by Bella Falls
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMagic and mystery are only part of the Southern Charms of Honeysuckle Hollow… Charli Goodwin can’t help herself when it comes to helping out her friends, especially a failed cupid trying to earn his way back into the matchmaking ranks... -
Terrible Tidings in Hillbilly Hollow by Blythe Baker
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe dead are back in town...While running the kettle corn stand at Hillbilly Hollow's Winter Carnival, Emma thinks she only has two jobs: raising money for the historical society and keeping off the carnival's creaky old Ferris wheel.But when a cranky bookstore owner is inconsiderate enough to turn up dead in the parking lot of the fair grounds, the event descends into chaos... -
Of Faith & Flame by C.C. Tyler
Faith and falsehood both entwined,Truth will triumph, hope will bind.Once, Evelyn Carson was one half of a prophesied union, destined to defeat the vampyrs. Now, haunted by failure and deserted by her fire magic, she has vowed never to trust her powers again. Hidden in a tiny coastal town, Evelyn is desperate to conceal her weakness from those who would start war if they knew... -
Spell It Out for Me by Sarina Dorie
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou think you know the world of magical boarding schools? Not from a teacher's perspective at a school for at-risk youth. Clarissa Lawrence knew there would be a price to pay for accepting the assistance of a Fae’s magic, though she never thought it would cost her heart. . . . Clarissa has finally let go of the ghosts of boyfriends past and learned to love again... -
Poisoned Prose by Amy Boyles
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBad things are happening...again.Paige Provey has her hands full. Not only is she trying to salvage her career and trying to find the magical book that gave her witchy abilities (it's gone missing), but her estranged sister has appeared on her doorstep. A sister who likes to flirt with Paige's boyfriends... -
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Her Love, Her Dragon: The Saga Begins by Julia Mills
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAbigail Donovan is a woman ahead of her time. She wants to be more than a housewife that embroiders all day, she wants to be out in the world! Finally, the day comes but the world beyond the manor has dangers she never imagined and the biggest one of all is to her heart. Manus O’Brien is a Knight of the Round Table... -
A Fresh Brew: A Dragon Cozy Mystery by Verena DeLuca, N.A.K. Baldron
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to Aconite Café, where dragons, coffee, and snark, are today’s special.Hailey Morton has just become the sole owner of Aconite Café. Upon her aunt’s death, Hailey also inherited her cat.Only Azure is no cat. He is actually a dragon, and Hailey has just inherited the position of Dragon Protector alongside the deed to the café... -
Frederick: Paranormal Council Enforcers Book Fifteen by Taylor Rylan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat happens when your fated One happens to be someone you’re investigating? Frederick Ainsworth’s life is, for lack of a better word, mundane. Needing something to occupy his time, he joins the Council as an enforcer, with the small hope that he’d have a better chance of finding that perfect someone to spend the rest of eternity with too. So far, nothing... -
The Bewitching Queen by Jovee Winters
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRayale is the Pied Piper of legend. She's a mystic. A wise woman, and one badass warrior who needs nothing and no one to make her whole. Or at least that's what she tells herself and sometimes it gets easy to believe the lie until the one person you love more than all the worlds is suddenly in grave danger and you're the only one that can save him... -
His Blazing Witch by Jenny Fox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe is no one. When Mara wakes up, she has no memories of her past or the crime they all accuse her of. With a ravaged body she's unfamiliar with, and no clues about her past self, Mara needs to find answers, fast. Silver City is torn between humans and werewolves, but Mara isn't either of those. Mara is a Fire Witch, fierce, strong, and maybe too dangerous... -
Forced Wolf Bride by Ruby Knoxx
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Alpha took me hostage to force me into marriage. His next step? Get me pregnant.He’s much older than me and the Alpha of the enemy pack.He needs a mate to help his pack re-gain strength. So he kidnapped me to this small town.And even though I despised him, my growing belly speaks its own language.His mansion is an upgrade from the foster homes I bounced around in my youth...Categorized as:
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Witch Way or the Highway by Jennifer L. Hart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA homeless single mother is on a collision course with destiny.Laney is at the end of her rope. Homeless with three young girls in the mountains of North Carolina, all she wants is to keep her family together. But no one will give her and her girls a chance. Not until the mysterious Jess covers for her with the local sheriff.But there's more to Jess than meets the eye... -
Taken by the Blood God by C.C. Wood
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMinerva For the last fifteen years, my focus has been on my orphaned niece, Ally.Now that she’s mated to a gargoyle, I’m not sure how to go back to being alone.Then again, I’m not alone because I have an arrogant god living with me. That’s right. A god lives with me—one that controls fire and blood.Talant is bossy, obstinate, and way too sexy for my peace of mind... -
Three Tainted Teas by Lynn Cahoon
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAspiring witch and culinary entrepreneur Mia Malone must dispel a deadly plot to wreck her clients' wedding in this charming continuation of New York Times bestselling author Lynn Cahoon's Kitchen Witch Mystery series. Business is bubbling at Mia's catering service and cooking school, Mia's Morsels, but toil and trouble are not far behind... -
Darkest Wolf by Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 14 ratings*This book was previously published, the author got her rights back and is republishing the book* Rex Kane has always known he was different than his brothers, down to the fact that when he shifts into his wolf form, his coat is completely black... -
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Warlock Unbound by Dana Marie Bell
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe last Beckett brother is going down. Heart’s Desire Book 4 Daniel Beckett‘s wolf already know who their mate will be: the wilfull, stubborn, beautiful Kerry Andrews. He's only held off on casting the mate spell over fear of the dangers lurking in every warlock-filled shadow. But his brothers are insistent... -
Master of Fate by Linsey Hall
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHE’S LOVED HER FOR CENTURIES Felix, a werewolf half-blood, was torn away from the woman he loved three hundred years ago. He suffered the tortures of the damned to protect her, but failed. Haunted by torture and unable to bear another’s touch, Felix has lived alone, tormented, for centuries... -
Dr. Luna by J.M. Snap
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsLilly Strummer never wanted to find her mate. She had been ostracized by her pack and knew that her mate would likely reject her too. No one would want someone like her. She was different. With no social life she decided to enter college at a young age to study to become a doctor.Then everything changed one day when she heard the word MATE.A secret to bare and some truths yet to be learned... -
Blood Wolf Dawning by Rhyannon Byrd
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf this was what falling for someone did to a person—what craving them felt like—then Sayre Murphy wanted no part of it… Ever. She might be young and inexperienced, but she was a woman. And she had finally had enough! Cian Hennessey might be the most magnificent, infuriating, arrogant male she had ever known...Categorized as:
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Curse of the Alpha: The Complete Bundle by Tasha Black
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsContains all six Episodes of Curse of the Alpha Step into a world of shifters, witches, ghosts and romance... Ainsley Connor has turned her back on her past. Her perfect life as a successful real estate agent in Manhattan makes her memories of growing up as the daughter of a werewolf seem like a dream... -
Any Witch Way But Goode ((Un)Lucky Valley #2) by Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom NY Times & USA TODAY Bestselling Author, Michelle M. Pillow, a Cozy Mystery Paranormal Romantic Comedy.The Garden Gnome Bed and Breakfast might be a new kooky weekend getaway spot, but for Lily Goode it’s the inheritance is the promise of a stable future for her and her siblings. Unfortunately, the house isn’t the only thing she’s inherited... -
Broken Magic by India Kells
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA cursed witch. A vengeful werewolf. A twisted love spell.In this world where legendary creatures roam, and magic is ruled by an unyielding High Council, Valeria Lancaster knows, from her strict upbringing as a witch, the value of order, rank and discipline. So when her powers wreak havoc around her, killing people - even her own mother - she has no other choice but to flee... -
My Sister Took My Fiance and Now I'm Being Courted by a Beastly Prince (Manga) Vol. 2 (妹に婚約者を取られたら、獣な王子に求婚されました~またたびとして溺愛されてます~ (Comic) #2) by Kiduki Hoshikawa, Yū Sakurai
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFAMILY PRIDE AT RISKCordelia and Leonhart work together to reveal Katricia's scheming. With one scandal avoided, Leonhart works to help Cordelia avoid another. The prince talks with Cordelia's father about how Priscilla's continued interference with Cordelia's engagements has left both sisters with a stained reputation... -
Jack O' Lion by Eve Langlais
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA cranky lion gets a second chance at love. Trick or rawr? A young, drunken Jack plays a prank on the town’s witch only to get caught. One curse later and he’s stuck in the house he tricked, literally, unable to leave. Woe is the lion. Decades later, he’s still a prisoner and a cranky one. His attitude isn’t improved when a freak accident forces him to rely on a nurse while he heals... -
The Silver Ones, #1 by Charlotte Mallory
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsOnce ranked #1 in Werewolf on Kindle Vella...When she has to convince the Alpha of Warden to pick heras his mate, she finds herself frustratingly captivated by thedomineering male...whose language she doesn’t even speak--THE SILVERS--Women are unexpectedly waking up with silver hair and blue eyes—humans who harbor innate magic in their veins. It’s a power that shifter wolves are hungry to utilize... -
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The Wizard King by Dana Marie Bell
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe’s the queen of his soul. Heart’s Desire Book 1 Gareth Beckett has to take his place as the king of the wizards in three days. There's only one problem. The woman who stole his heart, the one he wants as his queen, is missing. He casts the Beckett mate spell, hoping with everything in him that it will call Gen home. Gen is a Warlock Own... -
The Alpha Meets The Rogue by xXdemolitionloverXx
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLeila lived with her pack all her life. It was until she was forced into an arranged marriage that she ran away from home. She turned into a rogue and while running away from an Alpha, she ends up kidnapped by another one. The exception for this was one: this Alpha was her mate... -
Wolf's Magic: A Paranormal Romance by Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 12 ratings*This book has been previously published, the author got her rights back, and is publishing the book herself* Wolf’s Magic is the story of Azriel Kane, fifth brother in the royal Westervelt wolf pack. Always different from his siblings, Azriel prefers to spend his time underground in a lab than out fighting battles to save the pack from destruction... -
Love Spell by Kristen Strassel
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA dragon trapped in his human form. A fledgling enchantress with a saucy blog. And a decades-old love spell that might have succeeded after all. Sophie Whynot can't watch another one of her friends get married or have a baby when her own prospects for love are dire. Scratch that, catastrophic. This trip to the Smoky Mountain village to stay with her gran is a much-needed reset... -
Royal Alphas by Avery Free
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey say I’ll be able to sleep when I’m dead. The jokes on them… The alphas expected me to be dead by now. The fact that I’m not? Well, they’re beginning to have questions. Questions I can’t let them discover the answers to. So I need to figure out a way to get them off my case, especially if I want any chance at uncovering the secrets of this school... -
The Purr-fect Crime by Samantha Silver
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMagic is about to meet murder in Willow Bay Angela Martin lives a pretty normal life. As normal as the life of a witch who can talk to animals can be, anyway. Until she shows up to work one day and finds a dead body. Of course, in a small town like Willow Bay this means everyone is obviously on edge...
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