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  • Freaky Rites by Amanda M. Lee

    Freaky Rites by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Northern California beckons the Mystic Caravan crew and they’re looking forward to some down time after their previous stop. Emotions are running high and the workers are desperate to return to their normal lives. Poet Parker and Kade Denton, for instance, have a new camper to move into and they’re both excited at the prospect of an adventure that has nothing to do with monsters...
  • Freaky Places by Amanda M. Lee

    Freaky Places by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Mystic Caravan Circus is heading to the West Coast, and while everyone is happy for the change of scenery there's a pall settling over the group. Poet and Kade are in a good place and planning for a change, but it's something Poet can't focus on because she feels as if someone is watching … and whoever it is has evil in his or her heart...
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  • A Fated Bond by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    A Fated Bond by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Magic, dragons, elves, and vampires are my new normal. At any point, I might get attacked by an angry book, be on the shit-list for forgetting to hook up my battle bear’s keg, or get called to investigate a gruesome magical murder.And how cool is that?Well… the investigating part, not so much the murder...
  • 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...
  • Magic & Malice by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Malice by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken.When Ember Rose is tasked with covering the birthday party of a wealthy 200-year-old matriarch for the local paper's society section, she doesn't bank on the guest of honor dying before the cake is served...
  • Dead Heat by Annabel Chase

    Dead Heat by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    It isn’t easy being the liminal deity of a multirealm crossroads, as Lorelei Clay can attest. There are the typical issues, of course, like a wayward god stumbling into Wild Acres, and then there are the more pressing ones…Like an incubus who wakes up with a mysterious mark on his chest and a timer on his life.And the demon with an urgent message for Kane...
  • Magic & Monsters by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Monsters by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken.Starry Hollow is abuzz when the famously reclusive Creature Hunter, Winston York, emerges from retirement after a rare sighting of an endangered magical creature and Ember Rose is assigned to cover the story...
  • Freaky Hearts by Amanda M. Lee

    Freaky Hearts by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Poet Parker his having a rough time of it … and then some. She owes her boss Max Anderson everything for saving her from a life on the streets, but Mystic Caravan’s favorite psychic is struggling because that loyalty caused her to lose a shot at true love...
  • A Culling Tide by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    A Culling Tide by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Ye screw with this lass, ye get put on yer ass.The world is about to tilt on its axis. Good versus Evil. Light versus Dark. There’s a balance to the world's alignment and every thousand years the Earth Realm, the Fae Realm, and the Spirit Realm collide, igniting a period of rebalancing.The Culling...
  • All Spell Breaks Loose by Annabel Chase

    All Spell Breaks Loose by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. The big day is quickly approaching for Emma Hart. The best laid plans go awry, however, when a potion causes her to lose important memories. Without Emma's crucial memories, the coven worries that their hard work to undo the curse on Spellbound will remain at a standstill...
  • A Shaman's Power by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    A Shaman's Power by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    The focus of my life as an urban druid is to stand as a guardian of nature. The focus of my life as Fiona Cumhaill to stand as a guardian of my family.Seriously. Don’t screw with my family.It’s a no-brainer, drop everything, and take up the fight topic for me—If you need me, I will come...
  • Fun and Fury by Annabel Chase

    Fun and Fury by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Welcome to Chipping Cheddar where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight.Federal Bureau of Magic Agent Eden Fury spends her days catching demons and returning them to Otherworld where they belong. Grandma spends her days catching Little Critters on her favorite game and never the twain shall meet.Until they do...
  • Magical Compass by Jaymin Eve

    Magical Compass by Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Tyson Compass, as one of the famed Compass quads, is not a wizard used to living with regrets. Except for one: Grace Carter. Grace is a healer witch he rejected many years ago. After completely disappearing from his life, she has returned, and turned his world upside down. The attraction between them flares strongly, but she has not forgotten or forgiven his callous rebuff when they were teens...
  • Spelldriver by Gina LaManna

    Spelldriver by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    With a wedding on the horizon and her father tucked safely away in prison, the future is looking bright for Lily Locke. Unfortunately, life on The Isle is never calm for long… and when a Ranger is killed brutally in plain sight, Lily and her fiancé—the renowned Ranger X—find themselves hunting a murderer more ruthless than any they’ve ever encountered before...
  • Blaze of Fury by Annabel Chase

    Blaze of Fury by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Welcome to Chipping Cheddar where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight.I’ve had enough.I’ve been at odds with my family for as long as I can remember.And I’ve been at odds with myself.Light and dark. White and black. Good and evil.To hell with the scales of justice, right now I’m willing to use every fury trait at my disposal to right the recent wrong done to my beloved Chief Fox...
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    mystery  magic  demons  vampires  witches  fae  paranormal  fantasy
  • 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...
  • Gray Days by Hailey Edwards

    Gray Days by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Black Hat Bureau, Book 9The Black Hat compound is rubble on the ocean floor, the director hasn’t been seen since the explosion that demolished his life’s work, and old enemies have decided it’s open season on the remaining agents. Oh. And Arden has decided now is a great time for a surprise visit to force a confrontation with Rue...
  • Playing With Fury by Annabel Chase

    Playing With Fury by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Welcome to Chipping Cheddar, where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight......Well, maybe not all supernaturals. I tend to avoid using my fury traits, but when I reluctantly use my power of invisibility and then can't undo it, I don't know whether the gods are punishing me--or someone else is. At first my condition isn't so bad...
    Categorized as:
    magic  mystery  demons  vampires  witches  fae  paranormal  fantasy
  • Fair Market Value by Hailey Edwards

    Fair Market Value by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Forgot to feed your goldfish before your untimely demise? Need to jot down a will? Say a goodbye? See the Grand Canyon? Then come visit us at The Body Shop, where unfinished business is our business.Mary Frances Talbot—Frankie—is a necromancer, probably. Hard to say since she never met her parents. She can see the dead, talk to the dead, and a few other things that aren’t strictly legal...
  • Gray Tidings by Hailey Edwards

    Gray Tidings by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Corpses are vanishing from New Orleans morgues, there’s talk of a sea monster in Lake Pontchartrain, and Hiram Nádasdy is turning the French Quarter upside down in search of a witch with the power to bring the dead back to life.When the director assigns Rue the case, she suspects he’s sending her hunting all right. For her father, not the creature...
    Categorized as:
    magic  fae  witches  demons  mystery  vampires  urban fantasy  fantasy
  • Hell Hath No Fury by Annabel Chase

    Hell Hath No Fury by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Welcome to Chipping Cheddar, where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight.When residents start turning into animals, I know there's more than shifting at work. Unfortunately, the animals aren't speaking up and I don't have a clue where to start...
  • Witch Is Why Two Became One by Adele Abbott

    Witch Is Why Two Became One by Adele Abbott

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    If you can’t beat ’em… Jill realises that the only way to move forward is to re-visit her past. But which one? …steal their custard creams...
  • Amuletto Kiss by Gina LaManna

    Amuletto Kiss by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Hold your loved ones close, islanders… Life for Lily Locke has not been normal ever since she learned of her witchy heritage, but now more than ever, her world is spiraling out of control. When a series of strange events begins to tear her beloved island apart, it’s up to the famed Mixologist to seek out the most powerful wizard in the world and spare him from death...
  • Dragon's Claw by Karen Chance

    Dragon's Claw by Karen Chance

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A new novella in the New York Times bestselling Midnight's Daughter series! Everyone knows that vampires are hard to kill. But when Dory Basarab is called to a crime scene in a smelly basement in Queens, she discovers that that may no longer be the case. Somebody has developed a new weapon, a vamp killer, and left her plenty of clues to follow...
  • Spellcasting with a Chance of Spirits by Mandy M. Roth

    Spellcasting with a Chance of Spirits by Mandy M. Roth

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    I can see and hear the dead. I can also talk to animals. As a natural-born witch and medium, I can do a lot of odd things. In most people's eyes, that makes me a loon. I like to think of it as being unique and eccentric. Plus, now that destiny has brought me back to the town I was born in, I'm not all that different from the supernatural residents of Grimm Cove...
  • Southern Fortunes by Amy Boyles

    Southern Fortunes by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    When Pepper teaches a class at the Southern School of Magic, she expects a run of the mill experience. But when a gaggle of mean teachers invades her classroom, Pepper is on high alert.These women are nasty and they make no bones about disliking Pepper...
  • Forged in Magical Fire by Brenda Trim

    Forged in Magical Fire by Brenda Trim

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Guess who just discovered her Phoenix lineage? I'd rather go back to just being cursed. Hot flashes have nothing on bursting into flames...Imps are taking over Cottlehill Wilds, wreaking havoc at every turn. Chasing them around my store with unreliable magic, while not alerting the mundies, is harder than raising twins...
  • Delectable Magic by Iris Beaglehole

    Delectable Magic by Iris Beaglehole

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Rosemary Thorn is finally about to achieve her dream of opening a chocolate shop in the magical village of Myrtlewood...In the lead-up to the Lughnasa festival, trouble is brewing in Bermuda...Rosemary has her hands full with the launch of her much anticipated magical chocolate shop...
  • Wicked Moon Rising by Gina LaManna

    Wicked Moon Rising by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    When Detective Dani DeMarco is attacked in the middle of the night, she’s more than a little disgruntled. However, she soon discovers that things aren’t as simple as they seem, and that everyone she loves is in great danger.The battle for The Hex Files has officially begun, and Wicked is under attack. Two werewolves are dead. A rogue vampire is on the loose...
  • Darkness & Light by Elle Casey

    Darkness & Light by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The animosity between Darkness & Light continues to grow, as do Jayne's supernatural, elemental abilities in the Green Forest. Long-lost friends arrive, new friends leave, passion burns, and mysteries abound...
  • Like a Fine Magical Wine by Brenda Trim

    Like a Fine Magical Wine by Brenda Trim

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After a harrowing visit to the Underworld, I finally shifted into my Phoenix. Flying doesn't stop Fate from insisting that I fight for my life, though. All of these brushes with death are for the birds. Catching the local murderer red-handed should have put a stop to the constant danger I'm in...
  • Odd Times for Sophie Feegle by Gwen DeMarco

    Odd Times for Sophie Feegle by Gwen DeMarco

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Welcome to the Mythical town of Murias – a quaint little town in Cascadia where fairytale creatures quietly live among humans. When a series of unsolved and bizarre murders occurs, it threatens to expose the Mythicals in town. And the timing couldn’t be worse: Murias’s Hunter's Moon Festival – Cascadia’s largest Mythical event – is less than a week away...
  • Gray Seas by Hailey Edwards

    Gray Seas by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 21 ratings
    After the challenge for the throne of Hael went sideways, Rue expected Stavros to place a bounty on Asa’s head, but she didn’t expect him to pin an even bigger target on her back. Then again, it was her fault he was forced to turn tail and run from the fight during a live broadcast to the entire kingdom. That had to sting his pride...
  • Black Wings, Gray Skies by Hailey Edwards

    Black Wings, Gray Skies by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 36 ratings
    Monsters with a taste for children are nothing new, but fairy tales never mentioned this nightmarish predator. Rue has her hands full tracking the creature hunting the streets of Charleston, but a call from home divides her attention—and her loyalties...
    Categorized as:
    magic  witches  demons  fae  mystery  vampires  urban fantasy  fantasy
  • Champagne, Misfits, and Other Shady Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Champagne, Misfits, and Other Shady Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    I had everything I’d ever wanted — a successful business with a second bakery in the works, a sexy fiance who I adored, and good friends who loved to laugh almost as much as I did.So of course it couldn’t possibly last.Unfortunately, this time the trouble was homegrown in Vancouver, threatening my own backyard and those who were under my protection — whether they wanted to be or not...
  • Wicked Twist of Fate by Gina LaManna

    Wicked Twist of Fate by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Welcome to Wicked, the paranormal sixth borough of New York.The end is near. Detective Danielle DeMarco is challenged with her most intense case yet, and along with it, she inherits a host of personal problems. When a sorcerer is found dead in The Emporium, a spell shop brimming with magical potions, elixirs, and tinctures, Dani and her new tagalong, Primrose, are on the case...
  • Demon Hunt by Annabel Chase, A. Blythe

    Demon Hunt by Annabel Chase, A. Blythe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here.The hunt is on... Former supernatural covert agent Alyse Winters is determined to identify the party responsible for her handler's death. Unfortunately, local problems continue to sidetrack her when humans start committing crimes while under a spell and a link to her past shows up in need of help..
  • Witch Is Why Time Stood Still by Adele Abbott

    Witch Is Why Time Stood Still by Adele Abbott

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    You can’t make an omelet… With great power, comes great responsibility. Or so Jill Gooder is about to find out. …with custard creams...
  • Amber Gambler by Hailey Edwards

    Amber Gambler by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The other family business at The Body Shop is slow after word gets out that Frankie had clients die—cease to exist?—on her watch. Considering they were dead to begin with, she understands why the news shook the spirit community’s faith in her, but it’s a hard hit to her bottom line.When a spirit appears in her office, ready to sign a contract, she’s eager to please...
    Categorized as:
    magic  witches  mystery  vampires  demons  fae  urban fantasy  fantasy
  • Black Truth, White Lies by Hailey Edwards

    Black Truth, White Lies by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    When one of Santa’s reindeer meets a grisly end during the annual A Downtown Dickens Christmas Festival, Rue realizes her enemies are closing in on her location, and Samford will pay the price.But when one creature turns into two, and two into three, and then three into four, Rue knows the problem is bigger than a singular threat to her new hometown...
  • Wicked Ever After by Gina LaManna

    Wicked Ever After by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In this dramatic conclusion to The Hex Files series, Dani DeMarco comes face to face with the person she’s been hunting for months. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and Detective DeMarco has lost almost everything. But only one can win at this deadly game.Dani is determined this will be the wicked end—one way or another...
  • Dead of Night by Annabel Chase

    Dead of Night by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    For Lorelei Clay, no good deed goes unpunished…Reluctant ghost whisperer Lorelei Clay wants a working moat, which is the only reason she agrees to help with yet another supernatural situation. The simple ghostbusting job quickly escalates when Lorelei discovers the involvement of a powerful and ancient collective not known for their social skills...
  • Wicked All the Way by Gina LaManna

    Wicked All the Way by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When Wicked hunkers down for the holidays, a snowstorm isn't the only thing threatening the paranormal Sixth Borough of New York. A student has been killed on the Campus of Magic, and Detective DeMarco is called to the case. But once she begins to unravel the clues surrounding the murder, she realizes the incident is far more complex-and dangerous-than she ever imagined...
  • Elementally Priceless by Shannon Mayer

    Elementally Priceless by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    "My Name is Rylee, and I am a Tracker" This is the story of my first salvage, seeking out a missing child that my mentor has warned me away from. What I find is more than one child: I find my destiny. "They call me the Destroyer." I've been banished to the desert for years after saving a life I should have let the darkness take...
  • The Werewolf Dates The Deputy by Kristen Painter

    The Werewolf Dates The Deputy by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town know better.Living in Nocturne Falls means being yourself. Fangs, fur, and all.Fire chief and werewolf, Titus Merrow, has a pretty good life...
  • Witch out of Time by Elle Adams

    Witch out of Time by Elle Adams

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    As the town of Fairy Falls holds the paranormal world's annual Halloween celebrations, Blair finds herself playing host to the leaders of the region's most prestigious witch covens. Donating her room to a grumpy elderly witch is bad enough, but when a valuable sceptre is stolen from Blair's house, Blair is tasked with finding the thief...
  • Wild Cards and Witches by Annabel Chase

    Wild Cards and Witches by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The truth shall set you free.Yeah, right.I might have broken away from the group now that I know the dirty secrets of Pandora’s Pride, but I am far from free. Those who know the truth still want to control me. They’re not about to let me walk away and live a quiet life in the mountains. There’s too much at stake...
    Categorized as:
    magic  mystery  witches  vampires  fae  demons  urban fantasy  fantasy
  • The Viper’s Nest Roadhouse & Cafe by Seana Kelly

    The Viper’s Nest Roadhouse & Cafe by Seana Kelly

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I’m Sam, the werewolf book nerd owner of The Slaughtered Lamb Bookstore & Bar. Clive, Fergus, and I are moving into our new home, the business is going well, and our folly is taking shape. The problem? Clive’s maker Garyn is coming to San Francisco for a visit, and this reunion has been a thousand years in the making...
    Categorized as:
    vampires  demons  witches  mystery  fae  magic  paranormal  humor
  • Wicked State of Mind by Gina LaManna

    Wicked State of Mind by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    There’s no rest for the Wicked… It’s Detective Dani DeMarco's first week back on the job, and she is not amused. The coffee at the precinct is a disaster, a most annoying colleague is driving her insane, and her on-again, off-again boyfriend is now officially her boss. As if that’s not bad enough, Dani’s faced with a double homicide before the caffeine even hits her system...
  • The Dragon Finds Forever by Kristen Painter

    The Dragon Finds Forever by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town know better. Living in Nocturne Falls means being yourself. Fangs, fur, and all...
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