Books like 'Something Wicked'

Readers who enjoyed Something Wicked by A.L. Kessler also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.

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  • Freaky Festivals by Amanda M. Lee

    Freaky Festivals by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 14 ratings
    Mystic Caravan is hitting San Francisco. Unfortunately, a magical force in the city is hitting back. On their first night in town, they discover somebody has unleashed skeletons on the city…and there’s an army of them. The good news is that as far as foes go, they’re not very impressive. Poet Parker’s team can take them out with relative ease...
  • At Charm's Length by Amanda M. Lee

    At Charm's Length by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Hadley Hunter’s world is about to get bigger…and maybe not in a good way. When bodies wash up on the Moonstone Bay beach, it’s obvious there’s trouble afoot. Where, though? When her future mother-in-law identifies one of the bodies as belonging to Julian Nichols’ bodyguard, Hadley knows they’re in trouble. Julian Nichols is Miami’s biggest and baddest shifter…and he’s out there, somewhere...
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  • Wham, Bam, In a Jam by Amanda M. Lee

    Wham, Bam, In a Jam by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    What was supposed to be a day of morel hunting turns into work for Stormy Morgan and her fiancé, Hunter Ryan, when they accidentally stumble across a body. The victim was a few years behind them in school and almost never left her home. A severe case of anxiety locked Kayley Shelton away for years, forcing her to give up her dream and leave college before graduation...
  • Hex to Nothing by Lily Harper Hart

    Hex to Nothing by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Ofelia 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...
  • 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...
  • Den of Thieves by Shannon Mayer

    Den of Thieves by Shannon Mayer

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    In a world where supernaturals and humans are separated by walls, there is magic to be magicked and quests that still need questing. Yes, quest as a verb. I, Zamira “Reckless” Wilson, thought I had done my part. With a little help from those I love, we stopped the bad guys from mucking up our side of the wall. We won the battle and were left standing on this side of the dirt...
  • 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...
  • Witch Like No One Is Watching by Amanda M. Lee

    Witch Like No One Is Watching by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Spring in northern Lower Michigan means morel hunting for the Winchester family … even when Bay Winchester doesn’t want to participate. What Aunt Tillie says goes, though, so the whole family heads out for a day of sun and collecting. What they find is a bit more concerning than mushrooms. A ghostly figure draws Bay’s attention to a young girl running through the woods...
  • All Witches on Deck by Amanda M. Lee

    All Witches on Deck by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Hadley Hunter never saw herself as mayor of Moonstone Bay. Now she has the job, and it seems to be a whole lot of squabbling neighbors and missing foul-mouthed birds instead of the action and adventure she was expecting. All of that changes when a local worker for one of the hotels calls in to report seeing a child wandering in the road in the middle of nowhere...
  • Better Luck Hex Time by Amanda M. Lee

    Better Luck Hex Time by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 22 ratings
    Moonstone Bay is in a tizzy. Not only has a new village been discovered—it was hidden by magic for hundreds of years—but family members long thought dead are back and infiltrating lives that had changed in their absence. It is not all smooth sailing. Hadley Hunter is trying to keep things under wraps but she’s as excited to explore the village as anybody. There’s just one little problem...
  • Tender Coven Care by Lily Harper Hart

    Tender Coven Care by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hali Waverly is in a tailspin. Learning her grandmother wasn’t who she always believed—a good witch with pure motives—has thrown her entire world in tumult. She has no idea how to make things better. Gray Hunter wants nothing more than to propose to his girlfriend. He keeps telling himself that as soon as things calm down, he’ll pop the question...
  • Freaky Wedding by Amanda M. Lee

    Freaky Wedding by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 18 ratings
    Poet's big day is finally here. She just needs to figure out what evil has taken over Galveston before she can get the wedding she's always dreamed of having. Batten down the hatches. It's going to be a wild ride.
  • 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...
  • The Rougarou Rigmarole by Amanda M. Lee

    The Rougarou Rigmarole by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Charlie Rhodes joined the Legacy Foundation because she was looking for information on who she was. More important, she wanted to know why she could do the things she could do. What she found out changed the course of her life. Now the big fight is almost upon her...
  • Merry Hexmas by Lily Harper Hart

    Merry Hexmas by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Christmas has come to the Quarter, and that means big things for Ofelia Archer. Her father is getting out of the hospital for a holiday visit, she’s about to meet two future sisters-in-law for the first time, and this is her first Christmas with her fiancé. She should be on top of the world. There’s just one little problem...
  • The Agony & the Hex-stasy by Lily Harper Hart

    The Agony & the Hex-stasy by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Carnival is just around the corner, so New Orleans is enjoying the last gasps of the off-season. It should be a quiet time in the French Quarter, but nothing is ever truly quiet on Bourbon Street. When a man and woman walking home from dinner are attacked by a monster, Zach Sully and Ofelia Archer are called to the scene. The man is dead, killed in an instant, and the woman is shaken...
  • Chilled to the Bone by Amanda M. Lee

    Chilled to the Bone by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Stormy Morgan is flying high. She’s engaged. She’s used to her new routine. She’s even learning about being a witch. All of that changes when a local podcaster’s house goes up in flames and a body is found inside. Carl Winslow was not a nice man. He spent his time stalking local family vloggers so he could cast aspersions on their life choices...
  • Crone Sweet Crone by Amanda M. Lee

    Crone Sweet Crone by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    If it’s not demon birds and spiders it’s something else haunting Hawthorne Hollow these days. Scout Randall, Michigan’s favorite pixie apex, is ready for a break. Then the unthinkable happens. It starts small during a job in the woods. The attacking force reminds Scout of something she can’t quite put her finger on. When she does identify where she knows the creatures from, she’s thrown...
  • Two Birds, One Crone by Amanda M. Lee

    Two Birds, One Crone by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Scout Randall thought she had things well in hand. Then a loa landed in her lap and life exploded. Baron Samedi does what he wants, when he wants. Right now he wants to learn as much as he can about the new pixie apex…and the lamia apex who is gunning for her. He doesn’t care who he annoys as he gathers his information...
  • Once Bitten, Twice Dead by Amanda M. Lee

    Once Bitten, Twice Dead by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Ten years ago, teenagers Shauna and Eli Eaton disappeared. They were never found. That’s about to change. On her way home from Hemlock Cove, Stormy Morgan finds two teenagers in the middle of the road. They can’t possibly be the same teenagers, though. Can they? Turns out they are, but they haven’t aged a day. Nobody understands how the teenagers are back...
  • Moonstruck by Dannika Dark

    Moonstruck by Dannika Dark

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 28 ratings
    Evil forces are at play in this spellbinding continuation of the USA Today bestselling Crossbreed series. Transporting goods is part of the job, but when Keystone accepts the daunting task of moving precious cargo, the team splits up. Raven has orders to follow, but Christian’s seductive ways draw out her violent soul...
  • Life's a Witch by Amanda M. Lee

    Life's a Witch by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Life's a witch . .. and then you die. Bay Winchester is living the witch part – literally. She’s hoping to avoid the dying part. The Winchester world is full of trouble when great-aunt Willa and cousin Rosemary come to town. It’s clear they’re up to something, but no one can figure out what. Aunt Tillie is loading for bear...
  • Last Witch Attempt by Amanda M. Lee

    Last Witch Attempt by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Bay Winchester thinks the only thing on her to-do list is a memory spell to make Aunt Tillie’s archnemesis forget all the bad things that have happened to her in recent months. When the spell almost backfires thanks to an error on Aunt Tillie’s part, things almost spiral out of control and she’s annoyed...
  • Cold as a Witch's Tequila Sunrise by Lily Harper Hart

    Cold as a Witch's Tequila Sunrise by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The big day has arrived. Hali Waverly is finally getting the surgery she so desperately needs. Her boyfriend Gray Hunter is determined to be by her side for it. She thinks she’s ready for it. Is she, though? The surgery itself goes off without a hitch. Hali’s recovery is another story. Ceding control of her beloved tiki bar to her brother and her boyfriend’s brother only amps up her anxiety...
  • Sinister Snack Attack by Amanda M. Lee

    Sinister Snack Attack by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Stormy Morgan should be on top of the world. She’s engaged, about to move into her dreamhouse, and her magic is stabilizing. In fact, she’s becoming one heckuva witch. Too bad trouble keeps finding her. This time it comes in the form of a gang of kids who appear to be stealing cars from various townsfolk. It’s become a big enough issue that everybody in town is becoming unnerved, paranoid even...
  • Magic & Mystery by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Mystery by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. Ember Rose, descendant of the One True Witch and New Jersey transplant, is settling into her new life in Starry Hollow, along with her precocious daughter. It doesn't take long before Ember finds herself smack dab in the middle of another mystery...
  • Bitter Bones by Lauretta Hignett

    Bitter Bones by Lauretta Hignett

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The finale is here. .. The Beast is bringing the battle to the mortal realm, and Prue's finally ready to face him. Or is she? Maybe. Life is complicated, but that's what makes it beautiful. The war is brewing, the rogues are desperate, and a human enemy lurks in the darkness, threatening to derail Prue's hero era before it even begins. And Isobel. .. Well...
  • Witches Get Stitches by Lily Harper Hart

    Witches Get Stitches by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Hali Waverly is in a holding pattern following hip surgery. She’s getting better, but she still has to be careful…especially living so close to the beach. Still, she thinks it’s safe enough to go out for dinner with her boyfriend Gray Hunter…right up until they’re swarmed by escaped prisoners...
  • Taming of the Brew by Lily Harper Hart

    Taming of the Brew by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Life in the French Quarter is quiet…which is exactly how Ofeila Archer likes it. She’s making plans for Christmas, trying not to fixate on the fact that her mother is picking up trash as part of her community service, and otherwise just lazing about. Then life takes a turn, as it so often does in New Orleans, and her mother calls with a problem. It seems she’s found a body...
  • Wicked Brew by Amanda M. Lee

    Wicked Brew by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Thistle Winchester is at her witchy wit’s end. Great-Aunt Tillie is selling wine at the curb of The Overlook – like it’s a lemonade stand – and her mother and aunts are about to burn someone at the stake. Unfortunately, it’s up to her and cousin Bay to put out the fire. When the two cousins take a stand, they’re interrupted by the arrival of an injured and dazed little girl...
  • What Dies Beneath by Lily Harper Hart

    What Dies Beneath by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 13 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...
  • 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...
  • Devil's Dream: Shade of Devil Book 1 by Shayne Silvers

    Devil's Dream: Shade of Devil Book 1 by Shayne Silvers

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The greatest trick the First Vampire ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist. Before the now-infamous Count Dracula ever tasted his first drop of blood, Sorin Ambrogio owned the night. .. and now he's back...
  • 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...
  • I See Us by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    I See Us by Meghan Ciana Doidge

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    An alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here. Here be an oracle. Despair all ye who seek her. Magic will have its cake and eat it too. Okay, well. So I was mixing metaphors. I was new to the gig. But as far as I could tell, there were three kinds of people. Those who wanted confirmation that they’d chosen the correct path. Those who wanted to deny there was any sort of destiny at all...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Chameleon's Death Dance by B.R. Kingsolver

    Chameleon's Death Dance by B.R. Kingsolver

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Even a chameleon can be a target. Libby makes her money as a thief and an assassin, but a girl has to have a cover. To her surprise, her business installing security systems in 23rd century Toronto is taking off, as is her romance with Wil—North America’s top cop. Then an insurance company hires her to recover a fortune in stolen art and jewelry...
  • Formidable Magic by Iris Beaglehole

    Formidable Magic by Iris Beaglehole

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    As the leaves fall and the fog thickens, the town of Myrtlewood prepares for the annual Samhain festival. But this year, something is different. The chill in the air is not just from the frost, but from a deeper magic, an ancient magic that has lain dormant for years. Rosemary Thorn and her daughter Athena both sense that something is amiss...
  • War Games by K.N. Banet

    War Games by K.N. Banet

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Get your affairs in order. War doesn’t wait for anyone to be ready. With the terrible recent events weighing on my mind, I know the only way I can go is forward. My family, our allies, and I know for certain that there is a sect of witches that want to control the moon cursed for their own nefarious purposes. We don’t know how many of them there are, and we don’t know their names...
  • 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...
  • The Crone of Solstice Flames by Iris Beaglehole

    The Crone of Solstice Flames by Iris Beaglehole

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Delia's discovery of her magic and its link with the legendary Myrtlewood Crones has thrown her already tumultuous life into further disarray. After unlocking the first stage of their ancient powers, she and the other crones—Ingrid, Marjie, and Agatha—find themselves enshrouded in the elusive shield of invisibility...
  • 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 Wolf vs Santa by Lauretta Hignett

    The Wolf vs Santa by Lauretta Hignett

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 10 ratings
    A Little Christmas Mystery. This year, Santa’s on the naughty list. It’s two days before Christmas, and the kids of the Hidden City have suddenly gone on a crime spree after writing their letters to Santa. Has the jolly red guy turned evil? Or is it… the other guy? Join Daphne, our wolfy sleuth, and Dwayne, the Lord of Chaos, as they solve the mystery of the Hidden City Evil Santa...
  • 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...
  • Celestial Magic by Iris Beaglehole

    Celestial Magic by Iris Beaglehole

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Rosemary and Athena’s lives are thrown as the big Summer Solstice festival brings a series of mysterious events. Rosemary’s chocolate shop plans are being waylaid by strange disappearances and uninvited visitors. Meanwhile, Athena is sure the astrological lessons at Myrtlewood Academy hold the key to unlocking the town’s latest mystery, even if her mother doesn't want to hear about it...
  • 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...
  • Dirt Witch by Luanne Bennett

    Dirt Witch by Luanne Bennett

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Loyalty can hold us together… or it can blind us completely. Decades after her “departure” from this world, Althea Noble Bouleau has returned to reclaim the throne of Blackthorn Grove. But she’s not the same witch who left years ago, and her obsession with Emmaline could mean the end of Savannah’s most powerful coven...
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