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  • 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...
  • Phantom Quartz by Barbra Annino

    Phantom Quartz by Barbra Annino

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Take a reluctant witch. Add a kooky cast of characters. Place in a small town. Sprinkle on a hint of magic and stir in a helping of humor. Garnish with a Great Dane and you have the Stacy Justice mystery series.   It’s nearing Yule in Amethyst, and the witchy reporter, Stacy Justice, is consumed with only one thing—getting through her cousin Cinnamon’s baby shower...
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  • Magic & Misfits by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Misfits by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. Bentley Smith is tired of being the red-headed stepchild in the office of Vox Populi and is determined to prove his mettle by warming up the cold case involving Sheriff Nash’s murdered father. The deeper he digs, however, the more uncomfortable he becomes when the information he unearths implicates one of Starry Hollow’s very own...
  • Final Fury by Annabel Chase

    Final Fury by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Welcome to Chipping Cheddar where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight. I foolishly believed this day would never come, that life in charming Chipping Cheddar would always be pleasant and somewhat predictable—but all good things must come to an end. And it seems the dormant portal is no exception...
  • 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...
  • Magic & Malice by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Malice by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. When Ember Rose is tasked with covering the birthday party of a wealthy 200-year-old matriarch for the local paper's society section, she doesn't bank on the guest of honor dying before the cake is served...
  • 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...
  • Fury and Ice by Annabel Chase

    Fury and Ice by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 26 ratings
    Welcome to Chipping Cheddar where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight. When a woman is murdered behind the library, Chief Fox realizes the victim was more than she seemed and enlists the aid of Chipping Cheddar’s resident Federal Bureau of Magic agent, Eden Fury...
  • Magic & Monsters by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Monsters by Annabel Chase

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

    Magic & Misdeeds by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. When a gaming tournament comes to Starry Hollow, everyone is thrilled with the influx of tourists--until a player ends up dead...
  • Birds of a Fury by Annabel Chase

    Birds of a Fury by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Agent Eden Fury is currently building a bridge over troubled waters and she's not sure if she has the tools to finish the job. The truth about her personal life is out and Eden wants nothing more than to put the genie back in the bottle. Unfortunately that won’t happen without the type of magic she refuses to touch...
  • Wisteria Warned by Angela Pepper

    Wisteria Warned by Angela Pepper

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Zara Riddle is another year older, and busier than ever. She's a powerful witch, a skilled librarian, and the World's Best Mom - according to her coffee mug. It's no wonder the town's detective keeps seeking her help. If you want something done, ask a busy person! Zara partners again with Detective Bentley to investigate a call about a missing person...
  • Southern Wands by Amy Boyles

    Southern Wands by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Life just won’t settle down for Pepper Dunn. The Head Witch Order has arrived with one mission—secure Pepper’s powers for themselves at any cost. The entire Craple household is on deck to save Pepper. Grandma Betty has formed her own resistance, and even though they’re groaning about it, Amelia and Cordelia jump in to assist her...
  • Magic & Mercy by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Mercy by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. Ember Rose has her work cut out for her when a butler is murdered at the annual Estate Manager Conference. The former New Jersey resident and descendant of the One True Witch must keep Aunt Hyacinth from marching on the war path in defense of Simon, her butler and right hand...
  • Every Picture Tells a Fury by Annabel Chase

    Every Picture Tells a Fury by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Welcome to Chipping Cheddar, where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight. When an artist in Chipping Cheddar disappears under mysterious circumstances, Chief Fox enlists my help to solve the case. An inspection of the artist's most recent paintings reveals there's magic at work and I have to get in touch with my inner Rembrandt in order to access it...
  • Magic & Mythos by Annabel Chase

    Magic & Mythos by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Welcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. Big changes are afoot for Ember Rose. The descendant of the One True Witch is grappling with the fallout from a recent decision regarding Sheriff Nash and Alec, while also navigating new witchy waters with her daughter, Marley...
  • Bedtime Fury by Annabel Chase

    Bedtime Fury by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Welcome to Chipping Cheddar, where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight. There's been a discovery of demons. Again. The appearance of a strange plant on the Taskers' farm sends Neville and I straight to the Federal Bureau of Magic database, where we discover that deadly demons are snatching bodies all over town...
  • Blaze of Fury by Annabel Chase

    Blaze of Fury by Annabel Chase

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

    Hemlocked and Loaded by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Welcome to Spellbound, where paranormal is the new normal. Emma Hart has a lot on her paranormal plate--a wedding to plan, a trespasser to defend, and a longstanding curse to break. When a pixie dies under mysterious circumstances, her endless list of Things To Do grows even longer. Will she manage to uncover the truth behind the pixie's death before she becomes the next victim?
  • Playing With Fury by Annabel Chase

    Playing With Fury by Annabel Chase

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

    Gray Witch by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Famous monsters are resurrecting across Mississippi, each one recreating their own gruesome deaths through new victims. Every time Rue pins down one horror legend, another appears with its own bloodthirsty agenda. The summoners raising these vengeful spirits save their best for last, a cruel gift that shatters Rue. But she’s not the only one whose heart gets broken...
  • Southern Magic Christmas by Amy Boyles

    Southern Magic Christmas by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    It’s Christmas in Magnolia Cove and Pepper Dunn is ready. She’s making her list and checking it twice. Giant snowmen? Check. Magical snow? Check. Murder? Check. Wait—what? Axel’s parents are visiting for the holiday and Pepper wants things to go smoothly. But when his mom insults the town Scrooge things turn rocky fast. Worse, when the town Scrooge is murdered, fingers quickly point to Axel’s mom...
  • Southern Dreams by Amy Boyles

    Southern Dreams by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    As Pepper's wedding day quickly approaches, the entire town is excited to celebrate the big event. But when one witch is overlooked as a wedding guest, she takes her anger out on the town--cursing them. Now people's nightmares are coming to life--literally. The consequences are potentially devastating...
  • Witch Is Why Two Became One by Adele Abbott

    Witch Is Why Two Became One by Adele Abbott

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

    Three Alarm Fury by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Welcome to Chipping Cheddar, where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight. I've finally taken a big step in my personal life when my professional life heats up with a spate of behavioral issues that seem unrelated. When some of the issues become life-threatening, I know that time is running out, but I'm no closer to identifying the root cause...
  • Red Rook by Annabel Chase

    Red Rook by Annabel Chase

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    I thought my newfound freedom would allow me to shake off the stink of New York City and start a new life somewhere else, a place where nobody knows me as Death Bringer or Britt the Bloody. A place where I’m not associated with ridiculous prophecies. Looks like fate has other plans. When the city is attacked, I find myself on the wrong side of the border...
  • Southern Fortunes by Amy Boyles

    Southern Fortunes by Amy Boyles

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

    Gray Days by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Black Hat Bureau, Book 9. The Black Hat compound is rubble on the ocean floor, the director hasn’t been seen since the explosion that demolished his life’s work, and old enemies have decided it’s open season on the remaining agents. Oh. And Arden has decided now is a great time for a surprise visit to force a confrontation with Rue...
  • The Big Fang Theory by Erin Johnson

    The Big Fang Theory by Erin Johnson

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Welcome to the Darkmoon Night Market, where the magic and mystery are electric. Cursed witch Jolene’s only remaining power is the ability to speak to animals. When a baker drops dead during a royal competition, she teams up with her cute cop boyfriend and his sassy, lie-sniffing canine to serve up the killer...
  • 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...
  • Southern Karma by Amy Boyles

    Southern Karma by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    It’s Pepper Dunn’s first Halloween in magical Magnolia Cove, Alabama. She can’t wait to experience all her home has to offer—haunted houses, real ghosts, great fried food. And for one night, regular folks are invited to enter this town of witches. But when Rufus Mayes appears, Halloween looks to go haywire. But Rufus vows not to bother Pepper. Instead, he needs her...
  • Darkness & Light by Elle Casey

    Darkness & Light by Elle Casey

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

    Like a Fine Magical Wine by Brenda Trim

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

    Honeysuckle Haunting by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Just when Blissful Breneaux is getting used to her new life in ghost-filled Haunted, Alabama, a stranger enters town with the promise of solving a thirty-year old murder. When that stranger winds up dead, Blissful is thrust in a murder mystery that threatens to destroy the happiness she's created. Her friend Alice becomes suspect number one...
  • Black Wings, Gray Skies by Hailey Edwards

    Black Wings, Gray Skies by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 39 ratings
    Monsters with a taste for children are nothing new, but fairy tales never mentioned this nightmarish predator. Rue has her hands full tracking the creature hunting the streets of Charleston, but a call from home divides her attention—and her loyalties...
  • The Werewolf Dates The Deputy by Kristen Painter

    The Werewolf Dates The Deputy by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Welcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. The tourists think it's all a show: the vampires, the werewolves, the witches, the occasional gargoyle flying through the sky. But the supernaturals populating the town know better. Living in Nocturne Falls means being yourself. Fangs, fur, and all. Fire chief and werewolf, Titus Merrow, has a pretty good life...
  • Demon Hunt by Annabel Chase, A. Blythe

    Demon Hunt by Annabel Chase, A. Blythe

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here. The hunt is on. .. Former supernatural covert agent Alyse Winters is determined to identify the party responsible for her handler's death. Unfortunately, local problems continue to sidetrack her when humans start committing crimes while under a spell and a link to her past shows up in need of help. .
  • Hunter Hunted by Keri Arthur

    Hunter Hunted by Keri Arthur

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 33 ratings
    Christmas is fast approaching, and Lizzie Grace and her witch familiar, Belle Kent, are hoping it’s going to be a quiet one. But those hopes are dashed when, on a quest to find a customer’s errant husband, Lizzie comes across the body of a witch and a dark circle of power neither she nor Ashworth can break. Then werewolves begin to turn up dead—skinned...
  • 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...
  • Wrath and Bones by A.J. Aalto

    Wrath and Bones by A.J. Aalto

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Marnie Baranuik is confident that her new psychic detective agency will be a great success, and she has eight million business cards to prove it. But before the paint even dries on her open for business sign, she’s summoned to face the Demon King Asmodeus in His own playground, the revenant court, home of the undead nobility, to participate in a conclave of the most powerful immortals on Earth...
  • Gray Tidings by Hailey Edwards

    Gray Tidings by Hailey Edwards

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Corpses are vanishing from New Orleans morgues, there’s talk of a sea monster in Lake Pontchartrain, and Hiram Nádasdy is turning the French Quarter upside down in search of a witch with the power to bring the dead back to life. When the director assigns Rue the case, she suspects he’s sending her hunting all right. For her father, not the creature...
  • 13 Secrets by Michelle Harrison

    13 Secrets by Michelle Harrison

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Red is now living at Elvesden Manor under her real name, Rowan, and trying to put the past behind her. But staying on the straight and narrow isn’t as easy as she had hoped . . . Hounded by those who would like her to participate once more in the changeling trade, Rowan is also haunted by dreams of the Hedgewitch’s cottage and the chained-up Eldritch, who swore revenge when she left him there...
  • 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...
  • Disrespected Chief by Erin R. Flynn

    Disrespected Chief by Erin R. Flynn

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Division Chief Seraphine Thomas is tired of the men in her world making her life so much more difficult. From Brian getting promoted and bringing Murray into her life to Murray treating her like he’s her boss and she has to play along to set him up because of what Director Galvin wants. Then there’s Enzo’s plans and new crazy all the way up to the damn president...
  • Witch My Grits by Amy Boyles

    Witch My Grits by Amy Boyles

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Will Dylan marry Roman? Southern witch Dylan Apel’s to-do list is stacked high—decide whether or not to marry her boyfriend, try to stay sane amidst her crazy family’s antics, and make a quickie dress for a shotgun wedding. The easiest of those is making the dress—or at least it’s supposed to be. But when one of the bridesmaids confesses that she’s a witch, Dylan is immediately suspicious...
  • Witch out of Time by Elle Adams

    Witch out of Time by Elle Adams

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