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  • Eight Ways to Tequila by Tricia O'Malley

    Eight Ways to Tequila by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    For one jewelry-obsessed witch, a star sapphire necklace is worth dying for....NY Times & USA Today bestselling author, Tricia O'Malley, takes you back to the funky town of Tequila Key where magick and mystery mix like a delicious margarita.When a jewelry heist goes down right in front of Miss Elva’s eyes, she recruits Althea and Luna to help recover the missing piece...
  • Thirty-Five and a Half Conspiracies by Denise Grover Swank

    Thirty-Five and a Half Conspiracies by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Book eight in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Rose Gardner Mystery series. Rose Gardner has survived plenty of close scrapes in the past, but her latest bit of trouble has landed her in the Fenton County holding cell on trumped up charges. The most powerful man in southern Arkansas, J.R...
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  • New Ghosts, Old Tricks by Lily Harper Hart

    New Ghosts, Old Tricks by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Harper Harlow-Monroe has everything she’s ever wanted. She has a husband she loves, a best friend who is only irritating fifty percent of the time, and a daughter who refuses to be “normal.” So, basically, she has it all.Then the unthinkable happens. During an afternoon picnic with her husband and daughter, Harper’s yard is flooded with ghosts … right as five bodies float by on the river...
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    witches  mystery  fantasy  magic  paranormal  humor
  • Tequila Four: An Althea Rose Mystery by Tricia O'Malley

    Tequila Four: An Althea Rose Mystery by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    It isn’t every day that a billionaire pharmacy CEO sails his yacht down to Tequila Key to see how the common folk live. Or in Chadwick Harrington’s case, to hide out from the media circus threatening to ruin his not-so-illustrious career after he privatized a patented cure for Alzheimer’s. No wonder he’s called “The Most-Hated Man in America...
  • Ripple of Secrets by Denise Grover Swank

    Ripple of Secrets by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    After her Assistant DA boyfriend’s near brush with death, Rose Gardner hopes to make it through the holiday season with a minimal amount of drama. But she can’t forget the promise she made to the king of the Fenton County underworld in exchange for Mason’s life...
  • Lies and Pumpkin Pies by Trixie Silvertale

    Lies and Pumpkin Pies by Trixie Silvertale

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    When a broomball rivalry turns deadly, can this psychic sleuth save the man she loves?Mitzy Moon doesn’t do sports, but girlfriends are supposed to try new things. And watching her handsome sheriff’s team strut their stuff across the ice has its perks. But the thrill fades faster than cheap lipstick when the opponent’s captain is found murdered, and her boyfriend is the prime suspect...
  • Flowering Inferno by Annabel Chase

    Flowering Inferno by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Did someone manifest murder or was it simply a tragic glamping accident?Spring has arrived in the charming riverside town of Newberry, along with the thorn in Mia’s side—her formidable mother is in town to attend a manifestation retreat at a nearby glamping site...
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    mystery  witches  paranormal  suspense  fantasy
  • Up Shute Creek by Denise Grover Swank

    Up Shute Creek by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Rose Gardner feels like she’s up a creek without a paddle. Her sister is dying, her secret boyfriend, James Malcolm, is struggling to protect the county underworld from an upstart drug dealer, and her ex has moved back to town with a bee in his bonnet and a mission to root out corruption in the county...
  • The Ghost Who Ate Grits by Amy Boyles

    The Ghost Who Ate Grits by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Blissful Breneaux’s life in Haunted Hollow is finally settling down. Her ghost hunting business is exploding in all the right directions and her love life with the handsome Roan Storm is heating up. But all that goes awry when she is called in to investigate a haunted house on the outskirts of town...
  • Hold Your Witches by Amy Boyles

    Hold Your Witches by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Dylan and Roman are back! When Dylan’s brand new detective business gets its first customer, she should be elated. Problem is, that customer is her grandmother. Milly Jones claims Polly Parrot is missing. She needs Dylan and Roman to find the magical bird before Polly is forced to divulge Milly’s deepest, darkest secrets...
  • Tequila Shots & Valentine Knots by Tricia O'Malley

    Tequila Shots & Valentine Knots by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Valentine’s Day has arrived in Tequila Key and Miss Elva, the resident Voodoo Priestess, has been asked to concoct a love potion for a couple that needs some extra spice in their marriage. When her pirate ghost, Rafe, sees the potion and thinks it is for Miss Elva – all hell breaks loose. Get swept along on a fun Valentine's Day story in quaint Tequila Key...
  • Thirty-Two and a Half Complications by Denise Grover Swank

    Thirty-Two and a Half Complications by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    The fifth book in the USA Today Bestselling Rose Gardner Mystery series. There’s no denying trouble finds Rose Gardner like a divining rod finds water, especially when Rose lands in the middle of a bank robbery...
  • Don't Give a Witch by Amy Boyles

    Don't Give a Witch by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Dylan Apel is at it again… When the Magical Abilities contest is announced, Dylan couldn't give a flip about entering. But when she discovers the prize is the coveted Never Forget, a spell that makes you immune to mind erasing, she's all in. That is, until the potion is stolen. Now, she's on lock down in Castle Witch with a thief on the loose...
  • Shades of Stars by Gina LaManna

    Shades of Stars by Gina LaManna

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    One awkward billionaire. One failed psychic. A tale as old as time... Lola Pink is in all shades of trouble. Her shop is still under construction, she’s sort-of-fired from her job, and her hottest date this week is with a microwave burrito. However, when Dane Clark finds himself at the center of a murder investigation, Lola slips on her gorgeous vintage sunglasses and takes the case...
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    mystery  witches  humor  paranormal  fantasy  length-short
  • Cherry Dead by Annabel Chase

    Cherry Dead by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Newberry is thrilled to host the highly anticipated convention for the cult hit TV show, Detective Dracula. Local businesses are booming as fans descend upon the quaint town to witness the reunion of the beloved cast.The excitement quickly dies when the star of the show chokes to death on the cherry of his signature cocktail...
  • Backwoods Banshee by Amy Boyles

    Backwoods Banshee by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    It's a special night in Haunted Hollow, Alabama. The second most haunted town in the country will witness the yearly appearance of the spirit called the Backwoods Banshee. Blissful and her gang of ghost wranglers, Ruth and Alice, are ready for the sighting. But when a rival band of geriatric hunters bet the Southern Ghost Wranglers that they won't see the banshee first, the deal is on...
  • Missing in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

    Missing in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jana DeLeon, a new release in the Ghost-in-Law series. After an eventful first week on the job, Game Warden Jadyn St. James is happy the small bayou town of Mudbug, Louisiana, seems to have fallen back into its normal routine. But when FBI agent Raissa Bordeaux is kidnapped, Jadyn is certain the short-lived peace has come to an abrupt end...
  • Shiplap and Spell Hunting by Amy Boyles

    Shiplap and Spell Hunting by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Clementine's adventures continue in Shiplap and Spell hunting!When a mysterious portal opens up in Norma Ray's barn, giving people everything they wish for, Clem and Rufus are on edge, doing everything they can to close it as quickly as possible. But that's easier said than done. When the whole town discovers the portal's abilities, everyone is wishing for their heart's desire...
  • To Haunt a Witch: The Jinx Hamilton Series - Book 8 by Juliette Harper

    To Haunt a Witch: The Jinx Hamilton Series - Book 8 by Juliette Harper

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Still recovering from their adventure into the Middle Realm, Jinx, Tori, and the gang have settled down to enjoy some "normal" time in Briar Hollow. Then Cezar Ionescu walks in the front door asking for a favor. An abandoned house owned by the local Strigoi clan is attracting the attention of the Haunted Briar Hollow web series...
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    mystery  witches  paranormal  humor  fantasy  length-short
  • Tattoos and Clues by Trixie Silvertale

    Tattoos and Clues by Trixie Silvertale

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    A beachside stroll. A deadly discovery. Will this psychic sleuth swim or sink?Mitzy wishes she could turn a blind third-eye to her hit-or-miss powers. Instead, while taking her fiendish feline for a walk, they make a stomach-churning find on shore. Despite her loss of appetite, she can't help but get a closer look at the unique ink etched into the corpse..
  • The Amulet of Caorunn by Juliette Harper

    The Amulet of Caorunn by Juliette Harper

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Creavit wizard Irenaeus Chesterfield is back, with a bigger, badder plan to go after Jinx and company. In the weeks leading up to Christmas, Jinx starts having dream visions about the mysterious Amulet of Caorunn. Trying to get more details, she and Tori try a dicey double enchantment with shocking results...
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    mystery  witches  paranormal  humor  fantasy  length-long
  • The Mint Julep Murders by Angie Fox

    The Mint Julep Murders by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    For Southern girl Verity Long, friendship means sitting down to stories and sweet tea on the front porch. For her gangster ghost housemate, it means dragging Verity out to a remote haunted asylum during a raging thunderstorm to do a favor for a long-dead mob boss. But Verity is always ready to help out a friend, even one as eternally eccentric as Frankie...
  • Deadly Spells and a Southern Belle by Amy Boyles

    Deadly Spells and a Southern Belle by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 18 ratings
    Escape to Witch's Forge, a magical town tucked deep in the heart of Tennessee's Smoky Mountains.Only Witch's Forge isn't a supernatural paradise-here spells backfire, kudzu bites and magic is broken. That is, until Charming Calhoun arrives. Charming has everything a Southern Belle could ask for-a thriving matchmaking business and great employees...
  • Delayed Departures by Terri Reid

    Delayed Departures by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mary O'Reilly has absolutely no plans to meet with anyone on Black Friday as she sets up her office for the annual Christmas Walk that is to be held the following weekend in downtown Freeport. So, nearly eight months pregnant, she dresses for comfort-sweats, thick socks and a flannel shirt...
  • Witch on First by Juliette Harper

    Witch on First by Juliette Harper

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jinx Hamilton walks out the front door of her store in Briar Hollow on a Sunday morning only to find her werecat neighbor and boyfriend, Chase McGregor, staring at a dead man. Under the best of circumstances, a corpse complicates things, but Jinx has other problems...
  • Y'all Witches by Amy Boyles

    Y'all Witches by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Who knew honeymoons could be deadly? When Dylan and Roman set sail for their honeymoon they expect couples massages and candlelit dinners. But that dream is shattered when Grandma Hazel stows away on their cruise. It seems trouble follows Grandma wherever she goes...
  • Witch on Second by Juliette Harper

    Witch on Second by Juliette Harper

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    With Halloween just a week away, Jinx and Tori have their hands full helping to organize Briar Hollow’s first ever paranormal festival. Beau and the ghosts at the cemetery are eager to help make the event a success, but tensions remain high after the recent killings. Without a mentor to lean on, Jinx must become a stronger, more independent leader...
  • Moonshine & Mayhem by Kathleen Brooks

    Moonshine & Mayhem by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Zoey 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...
  • Cops and Clobbers in Deadwood by Ann Charles, Charles Kunkle

    Cops and Clobbers in Deadwood by Ann Charles, Charles Kunkle

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Violet Parker has big troubles these days—the ticking kind. To duck the Grim Reaper, she needs to get her hands on eighty-plus rare, mystical clocks locked up tight by a thick-headed detective.The solution? Hijack the truckload of ticking time bombs out from under Johnny Law’s nose.But no caper ever goes according to plan...
  • Mistletoe and Spirits by Amy Boyles

    Mistletoe and Spirits by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Blissful is locked in a house full of spirits two days before Christmas? Will she escape in time to enjoy Christmas with Roan?Blissful Breneaux is expecting a quiet, uneventful Christmas with her fiancé Roan, but all that changes when a ghost from her past needs her help locating someone—Blissful's father, Vince Breneaux, who happens to be dead...
  • Old Acquaintance - A Mary O'Reilly Paranormal Mystery by Terri Reid

    Old Acquaintance - A Mary O'Reilly Paranormal Mystery by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The spirit from the asylum has followed Mary O’Reilly home for the holidays. But there are no chestnuts roasting on the open fires he’s creating...
  • The Diva Spices It Up by Krista Davis

    The Diva Spices It Up by Krista Davis

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    She's a young Martha Stewart...in Old Town Virginia! New York Times bestselling author Krista Davis delights with the 13th in her enormously popular and completely charming Domestic Diva Mystery series. When a celebrity ghostwriter dies on the job, it's up to Sophie Winston, Old Town, Virginia's favorite entertaining expert and sporadic sleuth, to whip up an impromptu investigation..
  • To Teach a Witch: The Jinx Hamilton Series - Book 11 by Juliette Harper

    To Teach a Witch: The Jinx Hamilton Series - Book 11 by Juliette Harper

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A pen scratches in the night. A rat faces his past. A wizard pays for his crimes. The opening of the magical sanctuary of Tír na nÓg has rocked the foundations of Fae society. Isherwood sits in the Tower of Londinium awaiting trial, while Jinx and the special ops team circle the globe dealing with nonconformi incidents...
  • Fried Green Witch by Amy Boyles

    Fried Green Witch by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can 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...
  • The Medium Place by Erin Huss

    The Medium Place by Erin Huss

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My name is Zoe Lane, and I see dead people.Sure, being a medium isn’t easy. Things like dating, working, and even sleeping are all hard to do when there’s a ghost hovering nearby, demanding your attention. But it’s not all bad, and I’d like to think I’m getting pretty good at it…most days.Except for today, when twenty-one-year-old Penelope Muffin appeared...
  • Blood Game by Iris Johansen

    Blood Game by Iris Johansen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    First comes darkness, then comes fear - Eve Duncan is back! Blockbuster New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen’s latest thriller brings Eve closer to discovering her daughter’s killer…and into a web of danger from which she may not be able to escape… Eve Duncan returns in a thriller that pits her against the most evil mind she has ever encountered: a ruthless killer who taunts her...
  • Haunted Tales by Terri Reid

    Haunted Tales by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The death of a beloved fourth-grade teacher has haunted Andrew Tyler his entire life. Was it really an accidental death or was she murdered? And if it was only an accident, why did her ghost haunt the hallways of the old, abandoned school in Polo, Illinois? Andrew calls on Mary O’Reilly to solve the mystery and catch a killer who is still on the loose in the small town...
  • Moonshine & Malice by Kathleen Brooks

    Moonshine & Malice by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What 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...
  • Ghosts are People Too by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Ghosts are People Too by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When her best friend Gen comes from Birmingham for an extended visit, psychic medium Chantilly Adair can’t wait to show her Castleberry, Georgia. Excited to introduce her to what makes her hometown so unique, Chantilly plans to throw a party the size of Atlanta’s Mercedes Stadium...
  • Taming of the Tabby by Kathi Daley

    Taming of the Tabby by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A murder, a wedding, and a teenager in danger, all collide in this fast paced mystery set on magical Madrona Island. Cait is in a terrible accident resulting in a temporary loss of memory. She can remember the events leading up to the accident but cannot remember what occurred or how she came to be on a remote part of the island in the middle of the night...
  • Fatal Fortune by Leighann Dobbs

    Fatal Fortune by Leighann Dobbs

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A cryptic note leads the Blackmoore sisters to a haunted island in the Atlantic Ocean. Many have looked for the treasures reported to be buried there by pirates decades ago, but precious few treasures have been found. And certainly not the powerful energy-infused jewel the Blackmoores are looking for...
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    mystery  witches  paranormal  magic  fantasy  length-short
  • Not Quite Gone by Lyla Payne

    Not Quite Gone by Lyla Payne

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life in Heron Creek is looking up for Graciela Harper, despite the fact that every ghost within a fifty mile radius seems intent on sticking to her like glue - and not the weak Elmer's kind, either But with a sexy boyfriend, her old friends back in her life, and a great job prospect at one of the oldest plantations in the country, it's hard to complain..
  • The Blackwood Files : File Two: Private Wars by Terri Reid

    The Blackwood Files : File Two: Private Wars by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Even though her father’s murderer had been found and killed, Bruce Blackwood’s spirit would still not rest. Now his focus was on his daughter, Brooke, and the danger she would be in if she ever recovered the childhood memory of his death...
  • Pecan Pies and Dead Guys by Angie Fox

    Pecan Pies and Dead Guys by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes Verity Long would like to forget that she lives with the ghost of a 1920s gangster. But the reluctant housemates must once again work together when a dead detective blackmails Frankie into helping him solve a Great Gatsby-era cold case. Before she can say “bathtub gin,” Verity is dragged straight into a raging, otherworldly house party. Worse, every guest is hiding something...
  • Finding Motive by Kathi Daley

    Finding Motive by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dreams are real. At least they are for Harmony Carson. When the murders carried out during her nightmares begin to manifest themselves in the real world Houston sets everything aside to help Harmony track the killer they are certain has formed a psychic connection with Harmony during her sleep hours.Rescue Alaska is a warm yet fast moving mystery series with a light paranormal twist...
  • Only the Start by Amanda M. Lee

    Only the Start by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When she came to Detroit, Isabella “Izzy” Sage was looking for answers about the death of her parents, who were killed while doing the very job she’s about to take on: Managing the death gate, a border between the living and the dead, located on Belle Isle...
    Categorized as:
    witches  mystery  paranormal  fantasy
  • Cult of Fiction by Erin R. Flynn

    Cult of Fiction by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Soraya Devil has been focused on healing since she was attacked—herself, her relationships, and even her dedication to saving the world. She still doesn’t know if the world deserves to be saved given how cruel people can be, but the innocents keep her fighting...
  • Darcy Sweet Mystery Box Set Two by K.J. Emrick

    Darcy Sweet Mystery Box Set Two by K.J. Emrick

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Get books seven to ten in the Darcy Sweet Mystery series altogether in a Box Set.A Murder of CrowsFamily SecretsThe Language of DeathThe Greatest Gift.Get books seven to ten in the series for a very low price...
  • Lock, Stock, and Feral by Addison Moore, Bellamy Bloom

    Lock, Stock, and Feral by Addison Moore, Bellamy Bloom

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My name is Bizzy Baker, and I can read minds—not every mind, not every time but most of the time and believe me when I say it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. A book club called the Grim Readers has descended on the inn and things take a turn for the deadly when life begins to imitate art. The weather isn’t the only thing heating up in Cider Cove—tempers are flaring too...
  • The Hitwoman's Downward Dog by J.B. Lynn

    The Hitwoman's Downward Dog by J.B. Lynn

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    So many men….so little help. Maladroit hitwoman Maggie Lee has never been one to ask for help. But now she’s found out that her niece, Katie, will soon be discharged from the hospital - making Maggie her guardian not just in name - and her semi-psychic friend Armani Vasquez has been kidnapped. Suddenly Maggie could really use some help...
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