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  • Hex Education by Lily Harper Hart

    Hex Education by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Mardi Gras is in full swing, which means the French Quarter is bustling with activity and overflowing with people. Ofelia Archer has her hands full and doesn’t need anything extra on her plate. Then the unthinkable happens. When two people seek her out, tell her trouble is coming for her, and then kill themselves, she’s thrown...
  • The Joy of Hex by Amanda M. Lee

    The Joy of Hex by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Hadley Hunter is living the good life until a group of authors shows up on Moonstone Bay, and one of them clearly has murder on their mind. Jasmine Riley was the lone female writer in a male-dominated genre, and she was on top of her game. When she winds up dead in the ditch on the highway outside of the city, suspicion turns to her competition...
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  • Bitten Vampire by Brogan Thomas

    Bitten Vampire by Brogan Thomas

    Rated: 0.00 of 5 stars
    · 0 ratings
    Shattered by fate, transformed by blood. Can a feisty, middle-aged psychic survive her new life as a vampire—without losing herself? Winifred “Fred” Crowsdale thought life couldn’t get worse after a decade-long relationship ended in humiliating betrayal. Then, her rambunctious husky chewed through a door, prompting her furious landlord to kick them out—and ban them from every rental in town...
  • Witching on the Job by Amanda M. Lee

    Witching on the Job by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Hadley Hunter came to Moonstone Bay to find herself. That included finding her passion in life. She just didn’t think it would involve becoming mayor. She has no qualifications, other than being a powerful witch. Half the town is rooting against her. The other half is just sitting back to see what happens. Only a handful of people are rooting for her, but they’re the only ones who matter...
  • Scarred Resolve by K.N. Banet

    Scarred Resolve by K.N. Banet

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    I thought I would have time to heal from the loss of Fenris and everything that happened in Germany. The world had different plans. After a mysterious phone call and a secret meeting, I need to get the help of my family to deal with what comes next. With two dead humans already, the unknown werecat that killed them must be tracked down and put down. There’s no coming back from the Last Change...
  • Magic & Madness by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Madness by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. New Jersey transplant Ember Rose finds herself in the thick of the action when a traveling carnival comes to Starry Hollow. Taking Florian’s advice to be more sociable, she ends up as a member of the Power Puffs—a team of middle school moms who’ve never met a baking competition they haven’t entered...
  • Leopard's Hunt by Christine Feehan

    Leopard's Hunt by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    In this pulse-pounding novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Leopard series, animal instinct unites two elite shifters whose heads are at war with their hearts. Gorya Amurov might be known as his family's peacekeeper, but the leopard inside him wants nothing more than to claw to the surface and unleash hell...
  • Magic & Mayhem by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Mayhem by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. Ember Rose is back for another Starry Hollow mystery. The former New Jersey resident and descendant of the One True Witch expects to see magical works of art on Balefire Beach for the first annual sand sculpture competition--what she doesn't expect to see is a dead body...
  • Bewitched  by Darynda Jones

    Bewitched by Darynda Jones

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 38 ratings
    Forty-something Defiance Dayne only recently discovered she comes from a long line of powerful witches. Added to that was the teensy, infinitesimal fact that she is what’s called a charmling. One of three on the entire planet. And there are other witches who will stop at nothing to steal her immense power, which would basically involve her unfortunate and untimely death...
  • Lord of Death by Charlene Hartnady

    Lord of Death by Charlene Hartnady

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Book 9 in this exciting new world. If you like dragons and egotistical, super-sexy demigods, then this is the series for you. I am Death, and this is my story…. No cheating! Contains hot alpha males and therefore strong sexual themes/language.
  • Southern Magic Wedding by Amy Boyles

    Southern Magic Wedding by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It’s Pepper's and Axel’s wedding day. Finally, the big day has arrived and the entire town is ready to celebrate. And Pepper is ready, too. She can’t wait to start her new life. The only problem is that suddenly Axel has ex-girlfriends oozing out of the woodwork. Worse, when a spell is cast on Axel the day before the wedding, his future with Pepper becomes murky. Pepper is shattered...
  • Crown of Magic by T.J. Green

    Crown of Magic by T.J. Green

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Passions run deep at Beltane - too deep. With the Beltane Festival approaching, the preparations in White Haven are in full swing, but when emotions soar out of control, the witches suspect more than just high spirits...
  • My Magical Life to Live by Brenda Trim

    My Magical Life to Live by Brenda Trim

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    There's no magic in any realm that can fix this mess. I've just got to dig in and get to work. One day I'm fighting beside my best friends in the Fae realm, and the next I can't light a candle without burning down my house. I always thought witches weren't supposed to have hot flashes unless we were cursed. But then the day came when I discovered that I'm cursed...
  • What Dies Beneath by Lily Harper Hart

    What Dies Beneath by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hali Waverly is in a good place in her life. She’s feeling better after surgery. Her boyfriend Gray Hunter is moving his office closer to her tiki bar so they can work on their paranormal cases together. Everything is coming up rum-flavored. Unfortunately for Hali, things are about to blow up again...
  • Hearts at War by K.N. Banet

    Hearts at War by K.N. Banet

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Jabari lost the love of his life centuries ago. He knew he would never find someone who could equal what he had with her. Then he met Aisha, a feisty rogue werecat, and she had pulled at his dead heart in ways he never dreamed. Not willing to take that risk again, he walked away from her and their shared feelings. Sixteen years later, Jabari has been asked to help Aisha with a mysterious problem...
  • The Suck Stops Here by Kristen Painter

    The Suck Stops Here by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Vampire governor of New Jersey, Belladonna Barrone has just gotten an epic offer from an unexpected visitor, but it’s not something she’s ready to respond to without serious thought. Besides, she already has a lot on her plate. The recent death of a high-ranking vampire means she and her crew of staff and friends are headed off to the funeral in the middle of the country...
  • Witch under Fire by Kim Richardson

    Witch under Fire by Kim Richardson

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Being the Merlin of Gallows Gate was supposed to get easier. It hasn’t. My magic has changed, again, and nobody can tell me if that’s a good thing or the kind of thing that gets you quietly erased by the Merlin Group. They’ve put me “under review,” which is bureaucratic language for: We think you’re a walking magical catastrophe. To be fair… they’re not wrong...
  • Taken by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Taken by Magic by Jasmine Walt

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Join Sunaya one last time for this final installment in the Baine Chronicles series. .. Even as Sunaya's fairy-tale romance with her handsome, powerful Chief Mage is celebrated in the media, all Sunaya wants is to get past the endless duties and social engagements of her new role, and spend a bit of private time with Iannis...
  • The Wolfing Hour by C.P. Rider

    The Wolfing Hour by C.P. Rider

    Rated: 0.00 of 5 stars
    · 0 ratings
    “Ah, Ronan. This witch is about to make your life a whole lot more complicated. ”. Just when Betty Lennox thought she had a handle on her life—reconnected with her earth magic, brought the saguaros back from the dead, sexy alpha wolf sharing her bed—everything goes sideways. Turns out she’s not just an earth witch...
  • Missy Goes to Hong Kong by P.G. Allison

    Missy Goes to Hong Kong by P.G. Allison

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    While busy at West Point, Missy continues helping her government friends deal with terrorists, mob wars and evil witches from overseas. But, with all that going on, maybe she's picked the wrong time to take over the New England werewolf pack. Of course, whenever anyone takes advantage of women, Missy will always step up. One thing will lead to another...
  • Odds and Ends by Gwen DeMarco, Janine Granda

    Odds and Ends by Gwen DeMarco, Janine Granda

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The thrilling conclusion to the Sophie and the Odd Ones series…. A cryptic message from the Great Mother sends Sophie on a mission to uncover her own dark past. This quest will lead her on a journey to the Queen Maeve’s former stronghold on Earth. Sophie soon discovers the shocking truth about her erased history and the destiny that awaits her...
  • Bountiful Magic by Iris Beaglehole

    Bountiful Magic by Iris Beaglehole

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The autumn equinox is drawing near and the mystical town of Myrtlewood is plunged into a spellbinding adventure. Rosemary's chocolate shop is thriving with the help of Papa Jack, but it isn't long before town is under attack by mysterious swampy monsters, and the local election reveals a dark side to the normally peaceful village...
  • Southern Omens by Amy Boyles

    Southern Omens by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Pepper in her first trimester. .. and what a trimester it is! All of Magnolia Cove is buzzing when soothsayers arrive to offer blessings to Pepper's and Axel's unborn child. But when one of the soothsayers foresees death, the celebration quickly turns sour. Don't worry because there is a solution...
  • Phoenix’s Refrain by Ella Summers

    Phoenix’s Refrain by Ella Summers

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    There are forces greater than gods or demons at work here. Leda Pandora, the Angel of Chaos, isn’t like other angels. She fights dirty, in ways totally unbecoming of a soldier in the Legion of Angels. She cracks jokes at the other angels, even when she should really keep her mouth shut. And she stubbornly insists on doing the right thing, even if it’s totally against the rules...
  • Crime of Magic by Linsey Hall

    Crime of Magic by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    To solve this crime, I'll have to risk it all. Training at the Undercover Protectorate’s Academy is kicking my butt. My sister aced it in a few months—but I’m lagging behind like a three-legged poodle at a greyhound race. I don’t want to have to leave my new home in this amazing castle, so I’ve got to get a grip on my magic. Soon...
  • Bonds and Broken Dreams by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Bonds and Broken Dreams by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    We had chosen our place, etching our lives into a new land. Then we had defended that land when called upon to do so. And we’d won. We’d maintained our freedom. But magic attracts magic. As they say. So when the sorcerers showed up, holding my recent past hostage — along with a future I had dreamed I might build — it was just as expected...
  • Witch's Fate by Linsey Hall

    Witch's Fate by Linsey Hall

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She’s vowed to forget him forever. Powerful witch Sofia Viera has loved warlock-werewolf half-blood Malcolm Brent for centuries, ever since they trained to become warlocks together. When Malcolm chose power over her and cast her aside, she vowed to forget him. For four hundred years, it worked. Until he forces her to return to him…. He’ll stop at nothing to have her back...
  • Shades of Witches by Kim Richardson

    Shades of Witches by Kim Richardson

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Don't miss the next book in the Witches of New York series! Shades of Witches is perfect for fans of urban fantasy, mystery, slow-burn romance, and humor. Get ready for this heart-pounding and laugh-out-loud magical adventure! Full blurb coming soon!
  • Any Witch Wolf by C.P. Rider

    Any Witch Wolf by C.P. Rider

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “Promise you won’t do anything to put yourself in danger. ”. “That’s not a promise I’m comfortable making. My partners are a delinquent gnome and a willing-accomplice magical cat. Plus, my best friend just bought a case of spelled wine from the witches in Sundance. ”. Betty Lennox is an elemental witch in a desert town that gives Hades a run for its money in summer...
  • Stonewing Guardian by Zoe Chant

    Stonewing Guardian by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He’s her second chance. She’s his last hope. After a devastating accident, archaeologist Thea shut herself away from the world. But now, there’s an incredibly hot guy in her office, with an offer that might just be enough to drag her back into the field. He’s either crazy… or an entire secret race of magical shapeshifters desperately needs her help. Time is running out for gargoyle shifter Mace...
  • Breaking Bat by Erin Johnson

    Breaking Bat by Erin Johnson

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A curse stole one witch’s powers, but gave her the ability to speak with animals. Now she helps a hunky police officer and his sassy, lie-detecting canine solve paranormal mysteries...
  • Any Witch Way by Lindsay Buroker

    Any Witch Way by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 18 ratings
    Thanks to her grandmother’s legacy, Morgen Keller has spent the summer learning about her witch heritage. She’s also spent the summer falling for the sexy werewolf next door. As an unemployed divorcée, she never expected to find love again, but the gruff Amar has been her protector since she arrived in Bellrock. He’s fierce, loyal, strong, and he hardly ever rolls his eyes at her vegetarian ways...
  • Midlife Magic by Victoria Danann

    Midlife Magic by Victoria Danann

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 25 ratings
    For all no-mercy heroines over forty! From the five time winner of Best Paranormal Romance Series (Knights of Black Swan), a hot and humorous new series by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, Victoria Danann. The day after my forty-seventh birthday, my husband announced he was trading me in - his words, not mine...
  • The Warlock King by Heather Killough-Walden

    The Warlock King by Heather Killough-Walden

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Jason Alberich wears the crown of the sovereign of the warlocks, a dark breed that uses darker magic. He wears it well, skillfully wielding a power that would corrupt others. Yet he has paid the price for his control, bearing the scars of a time when his power had control over him. He is haunted by the regrets of a shady past and now lives each day and night with an isolated soul...
  • Heart of Fire by Lisa Edmonds

    Heart of Fire by Lisa Edmonds

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Join Alice. Private Investigator of the Supernatural. It has been a rough month for mage private investigator Alice Worth. Alice hasn’t had a decent night’s sleep in weeks, her relationship with werewolf Sean Maclin is on the rocks, a federal agent hounds her every step, and a powerful vampire whose ulterior motives have ulterior motives watches her every move...
  • Oaths of Blood by S.M. Reine

    Oaths of Blood by S.M. Reine

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Werewolves are immune to every illness and can heal any wound. It should be impossible for one to become possessed by a demon. But that's exactly what Seth Wilder is facing: a werewolf gone insane from possession. He has no choice but to deliver her to the only exorcist in America, Elise Kavanagh, who also happens to be a powerful demon known as the Godslayer...
  • Demon Blood by Jen L. Grey

    Demon Blood by Jen L. Grey

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The shadow taunts me even in death. Everything has changed, and the reflection in the mirror is almost unrecognizable. My soul mate, Alex, and our friends help to ground me. However, what I've become is still unknown, and the abilities I have aren't anything we're familiar with...
  • Ruled by Steel by S.M. Reine

    Ruled by Steel by S.M. Reine

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Only a demon can save the souls trapped in Hell. Elise Kavanagh failed to prevent the Breaking, and now Hell is spilling onto Earth. Now she's delved deep into the City of Dis in an attempt to stop the infernal armies--but even the legendary Godslayer is unprepared to face Dis's fiercest demons, not to mention the responsibility of liberating the humans they've enslaved...
  • Highway to Hellebore by Nancy Warren

    Highway to Hellebore by Nancy Warren

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Beware of men in fast cars…. When a fancy sports car whizzes down the high street of Willow Waters in the Cotswolds, florist and witch Peony Bellefleur senses it could bring trouble. She is right. Bad boy Dennis Ratslaff left Willow Waters many years ago, and the community breathed a sigh of relief...
  • Stoneskin Dragon by Zoe Chant

    Stoneskin Dragon by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    He has days to live. Dragon shifter Reive is dying. After a fight with a gargoyle to save his clan, his poisoned body is painfully turning to stone. His only hope: an ancient book that promises a cure. And the librarian who can help him find it. She's a monster. All her life Jess has feared and hated her gargoyle shifter form. She would give anything to be fully human. Now she might have a way...
  • Mouse of Cards by Erin Johnson

    Mouse of Cards by Erin Johnson

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A cursed sleuth. A gallery of secrets. Will this cryptic case be her last? Pet psychic Jolene is still plagued by a hex that keeps her powers on a leash. So when her detective crush asks for help solving a strange murder at the Museum of Magical Artifacts, she hopes to find clues to break her own sorcerous chains...
  • Bayou Kings by Luanne Bennett

    Bayou Kings by Luanne Bennett

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Is Katie Bishop living with a warlock? Savannah is about to become a former city on the map if Katie can’t figure out how to get rid of the warlocks who just blew into town. Equally disturbing are their deep ties to Jackson’s father, the man who brought them. Randall Hunter is hell-bent on bringing Jackson into the family business...
  • The Only Witch In the Sea by Lily Harper Hart

    The Only Witch In the Sea by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Shifter politics have never been Gray Hunter’s thing. Now he has no choice but to embrace them because representatives of almost every shifter pack in the state of Florida—that’s wolves, alligators, snakes, and sharks for the curious—are gathering in the Everglades to talk about the future of pack politics. Gray only wants to form a council for his former pack, then walk away...
  • Shaman Rises by C.E. Murphy

    Shaman Rises by C.E. Murphy

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Joanne Walker has two choices:. Defeat the enemy…or lose her soul trying. For over a year, Joanne has been fighting the Master—the world's most abiding evil entity. She's sacrificed family, friendships, even watched potential futures fade away…and now the Master is bringing the final battle to Joanne's beloved Seattle...
  • A Familiar Hex by Rosemary A. Johns

    A Familiar Hex by Rosemary A. Johns

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Welcome to Oxford’s Magic Kitten Shelter for Familiars! My name’s Astra, and since arriving in the quaint magical village of Witch Hollow in Oxford with my demon kitten familiar, Satan, I’ve faced murders, curses, and even cold coffee. But today is my scariest challenge yet: a visit from my fierce grandma...
  • A Grimoire Grump by Kat Healy

    A Grimoire Grump by Kat Healy

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They’ve found me. The hearth and its color-changing flames have made that abundantly clear, but apparently the “they” could be anyone: whoever just got nailed by Flora’s protection wards, the human strangers in town with their fae-like markings, the rival coven, or even my own family...
  • Caged Magic by Jennifer Lyon

    Caged Magic by Jennifer Lyon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Risa Faden is a witch whose ultrapowerful shield magic is slowly breaking her mind. But when her beloved goddaughter is snatched by a demon, she’ll risk anything to rescue the baby—including lying to the handsome, intriguing stranger who has the power to help her keep her sanity, save the child…and steal her heart...
  • Spellcasters by Kelley Armstrong

    Spellcasters by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Witches, Cabels, and Supernaturals. .. oh my! Paranormal superstar and internationally bestselling author Kelley Armstrong's second Otherworld omnibus includes Dime Store Magic and Industrial Magic , along with two short stories, Wedding Bell Hell & Case of the Half-Demon Spy...
  • The Forgettable Miss French by Kristen Painter

    The Forgettable Miss French by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Shadowvale isn’t your typical small town America. The sun never shines, the gates decide who enters, magic abounds, and every resident bears some kind of curse. Werewolf Virginia "Ginny" French's curse means no one can remember her. Not even for as long as it takes to ring up her groceries or make her favorite iced coffee...
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