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Dial W For Witch by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe Happy Holidays Players—a renowned acting troupe—is coming to town and Hemlock Cove is bursting with excited residents who want parts in the winter festival. That includes the three Winchester matriarchs, who are vying with one another for top billing.Bay Winchester doesn’t care about the pageant, but she’s more than happy to sit back and watch the shenanigans... -
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A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 71 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison returns to the Hollows with the electrifying follow-up to her acclaimed Pale Demon ! A Perfect Blood Ritually murdered corpses are appearing across Cincinnati, terrifying amalgams of human and other . Pulled in to help investigate by the I.S...Categorized as:
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![My Angel by Alanea Alder]()
My Angel by Alanea Alder
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsVivian Mercy has been running from the past for so long she doesn’t know any other way of life. When a panicked call comes from one of her only friends she finds herself returning to the city of her nightmares where her dedication as a doctor and resolve to help others is put to the test. Etain Vi’Aerlin has been watching over Noctem Falls for centuries...Categorized as:
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![Magical Midlife Madness by K.F. Breene]()
Magical Midlife Madness by K.F. Breene
"Happily Ever After" wasn't supposed to come with a do-over option. But when my husband of twenty years packs up and heads for greener pastures and my son leaves for college, that's exactly what my life becomes. Do-over.This time, though, I plan to do things differently. Age is just a number, after all, and at forty I'm ready to carve my own path... -
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![Tested by Lindsay Buroker]()
Tested by Lindsay Buroker
Matti would prefer never to see her vindictive dwarven aunt ever again. All she wants is to find her missing parents.But her aunt is extorting the elven assassin, Sarrlevi. That would be problematic on its own, but he’s become Matti’s biggest ally and the man—the elf—she’s falling in love with... -
![Imitation and Alchemy by Elizabeth Hunter]()
Imitation and Alchemy by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAll Ben Vecchio wanted was a quiet summer before his last semester of university. Was that too much to ask? All Tenzin wanted was a cache of priceless medieval coins that had been missing for several hundred years. And some company. Phrases like “never again” don’t mean much when you’ve been a vampire for several thousand years... -
![Suck It Up, Buttercup by Kristen Painter]()
Suck It Up, Buttercup by Kristen Painter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsAt 49, Belladonna Barrone’s life has taken some interesting turns. She unwittingly married into the mob but managed to get free when her husband died in a car accident. Most recently she was attacked and turned into a vampire, something else she never intended. As with everything, she’s made the best of her situation... -
![A Little Slice of Death by Amanda M. Lee]()
A Little Slice of Death by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsStormy Morgan thought coming home to Shadow Hills would break her. Instead, she’s found strength, and only part of it is because she’s discovered that she’s a witch. Now, with her great-grandmother coming to town, she’s finally in line for some answers. Now she just has to solve a pesky little murder before she’s free to cast and curse... -
![Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones]()
Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones
If you hang around with dead people, life can get pretty complicated. Take it from Charley Davidson, part-time private investigator and full-time Grim Reaper. Complicated is her middle name. The deceased find her very sparkly. Demons find her irresistible. And one entity in particular wants to seduce her in every way possible...Categorized as:
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![Trolled by Lindsay Buroker]()
Trolled by Lindsay Buroker
Busy looking for her missing mother and dodging enemies that are after her magical hammer, Matti Puletasi doesn’t need any more problems. She definitely doesn’t need the person who hired an assassin to kill her mother to show up—and target her.As if that wasn’t bad enough, the handsome elven ally she’s falling in love with… may be working for the other side...Categorized as:
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![Immortal World by Lauretta Hignett]()
Immortal World by Lauretta Hignett
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsImogen's got some answers about her origins, and a promise from Rafael that he'll help to cure her immortality. But there's a few brand-new problems standing in her way...A vicious pack of disenfranchised Alphas are on their way to Backman's shifter school, coming to try and reclaim what they think is rightfully theirs...Categorized as:
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![Magic & Mischief by Annabel Chase]()
Magic & Mischief by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWelcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. When a handful of Starry Hollow residents experience their worst nightmares in real life, witch-in-training Ember Rose must use her budding journalist skills to figure out the who, what, why, when, where and how before it's too late... -
![Immortal Death by Lauretta Hignett]()
Immortal Death by Lauretta Hignett
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsImogen is on the brink of getting everything she ever wanted: love, safety, answers. Her father. Mortality.And just like that, a stranger comes to town and rips everything apart. Turns out, the darkest thing Imogen's ever had to face isn't a blood witch, or a vampire, or even a demon.It's a mundane, petty human woman.It's just like they say: Be careful what you wish for... -
![Fashionably Dead Down Under by Robyn Peterman]()
Fashionably Dead Down Under by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsWelcome to Hell. Literally. The Hell where the Prince of Darkness is hotter than Hades, Hell Hounds smell like brownies and the Seven Deadly Sins are addicted to Facebook... Not to mention the soundtrack in the Underworld is Journey. For real... -
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![Mile High with a Vampire by Lynsay Sands]()
Mile High with a Vampire by Lynsay Sands
In the latest Argeneau novel from New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands, an immortal and her mortal pilot are on the run from hungry vampires...and discover they’re life mates along the way. Jet Lassiter likes being a pilot for Argeneau Inc. Perks included travelling to exotic locations and meeting interesting people, even if they are the blood-sucking kind... -
![Client from Hell by R.J. Blain]()
Client from Hell by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsStep one: add some gasoline.Step two: light a match.Step three: watch the devil’s house burn.As far as plans go, Sandra Moore rather likes hers. It’s simple. It gets the job done. It reduces the devil’s house to smoldering ruins.Life is good—at least for the year she has left of it, assuming the devil doesn’t kill her first... -
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Plaidypus by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAfter a close encounter of the hotspot kind, Nadine’s paws are full figuring out how to feed her thirsty vampire of a brother, trying to convince the CDC she actually can be a shapeshifter infected with the lycanthropy virus, and dodging the pack of crazy women out for her blood—or her brother’s body.She’s not sure if they want her or her brother, but she doesn’t want to find out... -
![The Skeleton in the Closet by Angie Fox]()
The Skeleton in the Closet by Angie Fox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsFrom New York Times bestseller Angie Fox, the second book in the new Southern Ghost Hunter Mysteries. A haunted library is no place for a girl who can see ghosts, but when Verity Long stumbles on a dead body in the middle of the main reading room, she has to believe someone… even a dead someone… must have witnessed the crime. Her ghostly sidekick Frankie warns her to stay out of it... -
![Formidable Magic by Iris Beaglehole]()
Formidable Magic by Iris Beaglehole
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAs 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... -
![Ribbing and Runes by Nancy Warren]()
Ribbing and Runes by Nancy Warren
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsCan a secret runic message lead to murder?There's a lot happening in Cardinal Woolsey's knitting shop in Oxford. Witches, vampires, a knowing cat, romance and murder. Join Lucy and her undead knitting club as they solve another crime.There's no violence, sex or bad language, just quirky characters, humor—and murder... -
![Bloodrunner Bear by T.S. Joyce]()
Bloodrunner Bear by T.S. Joyce
Alana Warren has her entire life planned out. She’s making big changes and going after the future she wants, but one thing she doesn’t plan on is the tatted up bad-boy bear shifter who saunters into her coffee shop. The constant snarl in his throat says something is wrong with that man, but for some reason, she can’t get him out of her head...Categorized as:
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![Blade of Darkness by Dianne Duvall]()
Blade of Darkness by Dianne Duvall
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsReturn to the “utterly addictive” (RT Book Reviews) world of New York Times bestselling author Dianne Duvall’s Immortal Guardians. Dana Pembroke has been able to glimpse the future of those she touches for as long as she can remember. But she never saw Aidan coming... -
![Collards & Cauldrons by Bella Falls]()
Collards & Cauldrons by Bella Falls
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsMagic and mystery are only part of the Southern Charms of Honeysuckle Hollow… Charli Goodwin’s leaving Honeysuckle Hollow again…but only temporarily. Led by her grandmother, she and other ladies from their small Southern supernatural town are headed to Charleston for a special witch convention... -
![Raven by Teresa Gabelman]()
Raven by Teresa Gabelman
Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLife has never been easy for Raven, and she liked it that way. Keeping things interesting was her motto. Once a Dark Guardian Raven is now a VC Warrior who feels caught between two worlds. Her loyalty to both was sometimes an inner battle within herself.Being a woman in a man’s world she’s had to battle harder, be smarter and never play the woman card she had turned in so many years ago... -
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![A Fashionable Disaster by Robyn Peterman]()
A Fashionable Disaster by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe richbloodsuckersdon’t want to pay taxes. Too bad, so sad. They’re the least of my problems right now. At the wise suggestion of my beloved mate, I indulge in a little retail therapy so I don’t dismember the pissed off crew of greedy Vamps who don’t want to pay their fair share... -
![Sucks To Be Me by Kristen Painter]()
Sucks To Be Me by Kristen Painter
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA Paranormal Women's Fiction for anyone who feels like age is just a number and midlife still has magic! When 49-year-old Belladonna Barrone’s mobbed up husband does her the favor of dying in a car accident, she thinks she’s finally free of the crime family she unwittingly married into. Then the boss tells her that she has to complete her husband’s last job before that freedom is truly hers...Categorized as:
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![Herringbones and Hexes by Nancy Warren]()
Herringbones and Hexes by Nancy Warren
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhat the hex is going on?Life at Cardinal Woolsey’s knitting and yarn shop is about as smooth as shop owner Lucy’s knitting. In other words, lumpy, tangled and prone to disaster. Much like her spell-casting. But things get worse when her cousin and shop assistant Violet shows alarming symptoms of a hex... -
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Hypnos by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFollowing the devastation of World War III, nuclear radiation has spawned magic, ranging from nuisance koppa oni plaguing the Golden Gate to masters of the elements. It falls to the FBI's supernatural quads and their supervisors to protect those who can't protect themselves... -
![The Undoing by Shelly Laurenston]()
The Undoing by Shelly Laurenston
A risk worth taking… No one would ever accuse Jace Berisha of having an easy life—considering her husband…you know…killed her. But that was then! Now she fights for mighty Viking gods with the spectacular and vicious Crows. But things are turning very bad, very quickly because a vengeful, ancient goddess has come into the world with just one thing on her mind—ending it...Categorized as:
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![Love & Heart Braking by Kelly St. Clare]()
Love & Heart Braking by Kelly St. Clare
A moneylending kraken, angry echo imp, and emotionally limited witch have it out for me.I swear. What did I ever do to deserve this crap?Life is more twisted than a forest nymph’s vines, and in an ingenious or moronic move, I’m now working for the Twelve. Until this point they’ve seemed happy to kidnap and drain me, so safe to say this risk is bigger than an earth guardian’s... well, you know...Categorized as:
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![SOS Hotel: Friendly Sanctuary for the Fiendishly Fabulous by Adam Vex, Ariana Nash]()
SOS Hotel: Friendly Sanctuary for the Fiendishly Fabulous by Adam Vex, Ariana Nash
Book 2. Friendly Sanctuary for the Fiendishly Fabulous *Days since last murder: 0It’s been two weeks since the SOS Hotel opened, and everything is going . . .great.Apart from the detective who’s dead set on accusing Zee of murder, the leaking pipes, a psycho sorcerer stalker, a shadowbeast in the attic, and . . . did I mention Lord Reynard has a wife? Yeah, he didn’t mention it either... -
![Death Dates The Oracle by Kristen Painter]()
Death Dates The Oracle by Kristen Painter
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWelcome 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.Eamon Underwood isn’t what you’d call a social butterfly... -
![The Shade of Things by Deborah Wilde]()
The Shade of Things by Deborah Wilde
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMiriam Feldman’s life has become Running Man with a side of Squid Game when she’d much prefer The Great British Bake Off. When Miri partners up with her detective ex-husband on an off-the-books magical missing persons operation, she expects buddy cop adventures galore. Instead, she gets more than she bargained for, starting with a mouthy golem who’s forced onto the team...Categorized as:
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![Born to Bite by Lynsay Sands]()
Born to Bite by Lynsay Sands
Legend has it that Armand Argeneau is a killer in the bedroom . . . But with all three of his late wives meeting unfortunate and untimely ends, is this sexy immortal a lover or a murderer? That's what Eshe d'Aureus intends to find out. As an enforcer, it's her job to bring rogue vampires to justice, even if the rogue in question makes her blood race red hot... -
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![Immortal Angel by Lynsay Sands]()
Immortal Angel by Lynsay Sands
For almost a century, Ildaria Garcia has been on the run, a trouble magnet with a knack for taking down bad guys. Lately, her vigilante tendencies have drawn unwelcome attention to her fellow Immortals. Forced to relocate, Ildaria is supposed to lay low in a new town. Instead, she quickly entangles herself with six and a half feet of muscular, tattooed trouble.Joshua James Simpson Guiscard, aka G... -
![Full Moons, Dunes & Macaroons by Erin Johnson]()
Full Moons, Dunes & Macaroons by Erin Johnson
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn inconvenient marriage. A pantry full of magical secrets. Will a heartbroken witch summon true love or spell disaster? Imogen’s boyfriend is about to marry a princess. The baking witch has repressed her feelings enough to run the reception’s kitchen... -
![Airships, Crypts & Chocolate Chips by Erin Johnson]()
Airships, Crypts & Chocolate Chips by Erin Johnson
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA bewitched prison. A brother with a deadly request. Can a magical baker launch a jailbreak and still keep her prince in the process? Imogen’s magical bakery is thriving and she loves the company of the Water Kingdom’s dashing prince. But she’s not so enamored with the time she’s forced to spend with his awful Royal Family... -
![Shatter the Earth by Karen Chance]()
Shatter the Earth by Karen Chance
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIronically for the time traveling, chief seer of the supernatural world, time has never been on Cassie Palmer’s side. There has always seemed to be too much to learn, too much to master, and never enough hours in a day... -
![Broken Dawn by Dianne Duvall]()
Broken Dawn by Dianne Duvall
Delve into an exciting new stand-alone novel in New York Times bestselling author Dianne Duvall's "fast-paced and humorous" (Publishers Weekly), "utterly addictive" (RT Book Reviews) Immortal Guardians series.Nick Belanger can't stop thinking about the single mother who lives next door. She's smart. She's funny... -
![Twice Bitten by Lynsay Sands]()
Twice Bitten by Lynsay Sands
Thrilling, witty, and oh-so-sexy, Lynsay Sands’ Argeneau novel brings together a beautiful Immortal and the man who is her destiny… For someone who’s been around for over a hundred and forty years, immortal Elspeth Argeneau hasn’t done a whole lot of living. Now that she’s moved away from her controlling mother, she’s tracking down rogue vampires and enjoying some overdue freedom... -
![Bent Out of Shade by Deborah Wilde]()
Bent Out of Shade by Deborah Wilde
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMiriam Feldman’s road to happiness is littered with potholes.Between her search for a vampire’s missing fiancée and getting answers about a creepy amulet tied to my parents’ murders, she's making enemies across the whole supernatural spectrum. Fun! Meanwhile, her daughter is acting out, and teen attitude is sooo delightful when you throw magic into the mix...Categorized as:
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![Southern Myths by Amy Boyles]()
Southern Myths by Amy Boyles
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsJust when Pepper Dunn starts accepting her ability to communicate with animals she’s thrown for a loop—an egg containing a baby dragon winds up on her doorstep. Convinced the creature will grow up to become a destructive force of nature, Pepper gives the dragon to the first person interested in buying—a traveling magician named Mysterio, who claims he can communicate with the dead... -
![Real Vampires Get Lucky by Gerry Bartlett]()
Real Vampires Get Lucky by Gerry Bartlett
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWhen a female loan shark named Lucky is attacked and left for dead, vampire Glory St. Clair turns her into one of the undead to save herbut eternity would have been safer without her. Vamps prefer a low profile, and that's not Lucky's style. She prefers to flaunt her sexy rock-star ex-boyfriend and great shoes... -
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![Witches in the Kitchen by Danielle Garrett]()
Witches in the Kitchen by Danielle Garrett
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA magical inn bursting with paranormal delight. A picture-perfect seaside town filled with humans who don’t know about their witchy neighbors. This cozy fantasy series has mystery, magic, and a splash of romance!Up until a week ago, my only knowledge of magic came from the movies. Unfortunately, it didn’t stay that way... -
![Miss Frost Solves a Cold Case by Kristen Painter]()
Miss Frost Solves a Cold Case by Kristen Painter
Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. Jayne Frost is a lot of things. Winter elf, Jack Frost's daughter, Santa Claus's niece, heir to the Winter Throne and now...private investigator. Sort of. Needing someone he can trust, her father sends her undercover to Nocturne Falls to find out why employees at the Santa's Workshop toy store are going missing... -
![Real Vampires Don't Wear Size Six by Gerry Bartlett]()
Real Vampires Don't Wear Size Six by Gerry Bartlett
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAfter Glory St. Clair kicked out the demon that had set up shop in her body, she had a serious fallout with longtime lover Jeremy Blade. But before Glory can win him back, she has some issues of the hellish variety to deal with. When Lucifer himself offers Glory the ultimate temptation-work for the devil and he'll make her a size six-the curvy vampire's not sure if she can resist... -
![Seashells, Spells & Caramels by Erin Johnson]()
Seashells, Spells & Caramels by Erin Johnson
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsTwenty-nine-year-old Imogen Banks is hashtag struggling.After a disaster ends her career, destroys her home and burns up all the money she’s saved to open her own bakery, she enters a baking contest for an all-or-nothing, last ditch chance at getting her life together... -
![Fair Isle and Fortunes by Nancy Warren]()
Fair Isle and Fortunes by Nancy Warren
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWhat if the fortune teller at the local village fair is a witch? And all her fortunes come true—even when she foresees a death...When Lucy Swift’s cousin Violet decides to take over as the fortune teller at Moreton-under-Wychwood’s annual summer fête, Lucy thinks being her assistant will be a fun way to spend a Saturday... -
![Eye of the Storm by Alyssa Day]()
Eye of the Storm by Alyssa Day
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA monster hurricane, a long-lost father, the Irish mob, and a rogue vampire are all trying their darndest to smash Dead End, Florida into pieces -- and then another dead body shows up...
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