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  • Immortal — The Imogen Gray Series: Complete Box Set by Lauretta Hignett

    Immortal — The Imogen Gray Series: Complete Box Set by Lauretta Hignett

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Immortality sucks. Just ask Imogen Gray – over two-hundred thousand years old and teetering on the edge of total insanity. All throughout history, she’s been hunted by an ancient creature who finds her and rips her to pieces every time she dares to access her deepest powers. But Imogen always regenerates. Slowly. Painfully . She’s on a mission to find answers. She’s almost found them...
  • Sweet Thanksgiving by J.A. Whiting

    Sweet Thanksgiving by J.A. Whiting

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book 21 in the Sweet Cove paranormal cozy mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J.A. Whiting.A cozy mystery with recipes.It is November in the seaside town of Sweet Cove, Massachusetts and Ellie and Jack 's wedding is fast approaching. But first, there's a mystery to solve.A well-known author and celebrity chef is in town for book signings when something unexpected happens...
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  • Witches Behaving Badly by Kim Richardson

    Witches Behaving Badly by Kim Richardson

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Witches, wereapes, and pregnancy cravings… What could possibly go wrong?Just when I think I’m getting the hang of this whole “married to a wereape” thing, life throws me a curveball in the form of pregnancy. And let me tell you, pregnancy and magic do not mix well. My cravings are bizarre, my magic is on the fritz, and I’m pretty sure I accidentally hexed the toaster. Twice...
  • The Ghost and the Christmas Spirit by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J McIntyre

    The Ghost and the Christmas Spirit by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J McIntyre

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    It’s once again Christmastime at Marlow House and the mediums of Beach Drive have all decided to stay in Frederickport for the holiday. Surprises await for them when the true Spirit of Christmas comes for a visit...
  • The Ghost Who Stayed Home by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    The Ghost Who Stayed Home by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Left alone at Marlow House with Sadie and Max, Walt expects Danielle and Lily to return by the end of the week. When they don’t, he begins to wonder what happened to them. The ghost of Marlow House doesn’t scare six-year-old Evan MacDonald. When the child sneaks into the house in the middle of the night, seeking Walt’s help, the resident spirit learns something has happened to Danielle and Lily...
  • The Ghost and Little Marie by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    The Ghost and Little Marie by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The family of Adam Nichols show up in Frederickport when Marie ends up in a nursing home with a broken hip. Yet unlike Adam, who is trying to get his grandmother home, the new arrivals are more concerned with selling off her assets and keeping her in the questionable facility...
  • The Ghost Who Was Says I Do by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    The Ghost Who Was Says I Do by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Valentine’s Day Wedding at Marlow House? Love is in the air—along with secrets—some are deadlier than others...
  • A Storm of Light and Darkness by Marion Blackwood

    A Storm of Light and Darkness by Marion Blackwood

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What would you do to protect everyone you love?Anything. Everything. Whatever it takes.The final battle is here. With the star elves marching on Pernula, the Oncoming Storm and her friends must gather their allies and make one last stand. But it won't be easy. Their enemies have legions of soldiers, chemical weapons, and a powerful magic spell on their side. Not to mention a dragon...
  • The Ghost from the Sea by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    The Ghost from the Sea by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When a shipwreck washes up on a beach across from Marlow House, Frederickport residents wonder what happened to the ship’s crew. Danielle discovers the ship brought a stowaway—a spirit with ties to Frederickport that go back to the 1920s—when Walt, Marlow House’s resident ghost, was still alive...
  • The Ghost of Christmas Secrets by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    The Ghost of Christmas Secrets by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    It’s hard to know who to trust when you’re worth billions. Christmas brings uninvited family members to Marlow House, vying for Chris Glandon’s favor. One of them may have already killed for it...
  • Sweet Time in Seconds by J A Whiting

    Sweet Time in Seconds by J A Whiting

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    This is book 11 in the Sweet Cove Cozy Mystery series from USA TODAY Bestselling Author J A Whiting. When Courtney and Angie Roseland wait in the dentist's office early one morning, they begin to experience feelings of alarm. When the married dentists don't show up for work, the sisters' sensations of worry increase...
  • Enchanted Magic by T.M. Cromer

    Enchanted Magic by T.M. Cromer

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A beautiful woman...Mackenzie Thorne appears to have it all: beauty, fame, fortune, and a magical family that always has her back. As one of the powerful Thornes, she's revered in the witch community. So what's missing? Love. For that one thing eluding her, she would gladly trade all she has.A lonely man..
  • The Haunted Valentine by J A Whiting

    The Haunted Valentine by J A Whiting

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book 7 in the Lin Coffin Mystery series from USA TODAY Bestselling Author J A Whiting. Although the main mystery is solved in each story, the books should be read in order for the most enjoyment as story threads run from book to book. Lin and her cousin, Viv, stop into a gift shop in Nantucket town and while browsing, Lin sees an antique Sailor's Valentine...
  • When Fortune Knocks by J.A. Whiting

    When Fortune Knocks by J.A. Whiting

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This book 7 in the Claire Rollins Mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J A Whiting. On a warm April evening in Boston, Claire Rollins and her boyfriend, Detective Ian Fuller, are walking the Corgis when they a hear a woman’s scream. When they enter the historic Granary burial ground, Claire and Ian discover a dead woman on the ground at the back of the cemetery...
  • The Fortune Teller by J.A. Whiting

    The Fortune Teller by J.A. Whiting

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book 9 in the Claire Rollins mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J.A. Whiting. It is September and Claire, Nicole, and Robby have just begun shooting the new cooking show for their local television station. Each episode showcases a location around Massachusetts and highlights a recipe related to the location...
  • The Ghost and the Halloween Haunt by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J McIntyre

    The Ghost and the Halloween Haunt by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J McIntyre

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Turning the one-time seaside B & B into a Halloween haunted house for a local fundraiser seems like a good idea. After all, Eva and Marie’s ghosts are willing to help. However, the two spirit friends of Marlow House are not the only ghosts to stop by...
  • Moonlight Hexes by M.J. Caan

    Moonlight Hexes by M.J. Caan

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Paranormal Women's Fiction...
  • The Ghost and the Silver Scream by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    The Ghost and the Silver Scream by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Hollywood descends on Marlow House in preproduction for the movie adaptation of Walt’s bestselling novel, Moon Runners. Hoping for inspiration, they found death instead. There's a murderer loose, and as the body count increases, secrets are revealed—and it starts to get a little crowded with all these new ghosts hanging around...
  • Hex and Chocolate by M.J. Caan

    Hex and Chocolate by M.J. Caan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A Paranormal Women's Fiction...
  • The Ghost of Halloween Past by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    The Ghost of Halloween Past by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Spending Halloween in a haunted house is nothing out of the ordinary for Danielle and Lily. After all, Marlow House Bed & Breakfast has its own full-time ghost. But there is another haunted house in Frederickport, Oregon. Yet, its ghost only shows up on Halloween...
  • The Haunted Past by J.A. Whiting

    The Haunted Past by J.A. Whiting

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    his is book 11 in the Lin Coffin series by USA Today Bestselling Author J A Whiting. It is spring on Nantucket and time for the Daffodil Festival. When Lin and her family and friends are enjoying a picnic by the ocean in Siasconset , Robert Snow asks a favor of her...
  • SWEET ADDITIONS by J A WHITING

    SWEET ADDITIONS by J A WHITING

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book 17 in the Sweet Cove Mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J. A. Whiting. It is deep winter in Sweet Cove and Angie and Jenna Roseland are expecting their babies in a few weeks, but before the new additions arrive, Chief Martin needs their help. A well-regarded non-profit in the nearby town of Silver Cove has been broken into and the security tapes show something unusual...
  • The Pine Hill Inn by J A WHITING

    The Pine Hill Inn by J A WHITING

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book 1 in the Ella Daniels Mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J. A. Whiting. Ella Daniels, a professor of American history at Green Hill University, comes from a family with many talents, and seeing ghosts is one of them. The family matriarch, Aunt Jin, has agreed to allow a journalist to do a story on their business, Green Hill Investigations...
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    magic  suspense  witches  mystery  fantasy  paranormal
  • The Haunted Wedding by J A WHITING

    The Haunted Wedding by J A WHITING

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book 12 in the Lin Coffin cozy mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J.A. Whiting. The double wedding of Lin Coffin, her cousin, Viv, and their fiancés is fast approaching. One afternoon, the two young women decide to take a walk around the fairgrounds and sports fields of the Tom Nevers area of Nantucket, when they notice a commotion down by a storage shed...
  • HOSTAGE TO FORTUNE by J.A. Whiting

    HOSTAGE TO FORTUNE by J.A. Whiting

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book 8 in the Claire Rollins mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J.A. Whiting. Thirty years ago, on a cold winter night, a young mother disappeared without a trace. Her husband admitted they’d had a fight, but he told police that his wife left the house on her own...
  • Witch Way to Salem by Louisa West

    Witch Way to Salem by Louisa West

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Last Halloween she was as busy as a bat out of hell, but this year is about to drain the life out of her... literally.Rosemary Bell should be on top of the world. Her Mosswood family has expanded by one step-son, her new business venture is up and running, and she’s just received a proposal… until the Council of Witches has something to say about it...
  • Blood Genesis by Tessa Dawn

    Blood Genesis by Tessa Dawn

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Before there was a modern-day town called Dark Moon Vale, there was an ancient kingdom nestled in the Transylvanian Alps. Before there was a primordial species called the Vampyr, there was a celestial race begotten of gods and men. Before light battled shadow, the sacrifice became mandatory, or the first Blood Moon adorned the celestial sky... There was the Curse. A punishment...
  • Payback in Paxton Park by J A Whiting

    Payback in Paxton Park by J A Whiting

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book 4 in the Paxton Park Mystery series by USA Today Bestselling Author J A Whiting. Finishing a ski run on the slopes of the mountain resort town of Paxton Park, Shelly Taylor and her friend, Juliet, hear a scream near the maintenance building and see the office manager rush outside. A gruesome scene sets a police investigation in motion and drags Shelly and her friend into it...
  • A Problem in Paxton Park by J A Whiting

    A Problem in Paxton Park by J A Whiting

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book 5 in the Paxton Park Mystery series by USA Today Bestselling Author J A Whiting. Early on a May morning, Shelly Taylor and her friend, Juliet, are completing their three-mile run over the mountain paths when they leave the trail and enter a large park near the center of town...
  • Bite Me, Santa by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Bite Me, Santa by Chandelle LaVaun, Megan Montero

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A very vampy Christmas...This is it. The moment I’ve been waiting for. Christmas on Megelle Island is the biggest event of the year, and somehow I've been hired to plan it all: parties, activities, festivals, and the Christmas Eve ball at the palace...
  • Among Gods and Monsters by S.D. Simper

    Among Gods and Monsters by S.D. Simper

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    "Look at you, as sweet as springtime, your heart and soul both. Would you destroy all of that to bring about your lost love's return?" The dead lay gone but not forgotten. War has sparked in the demonic realm of Sha’Demoni, ignited by the wrath of a vengeful goddess seeking recompense for her daughter’s death – and she deems Flowridia responsible...
    Categorized as:
    magic  horror  fantasy  f-f  paranormal  queer  length-medium
  • Face the Fire by Michele Sims

    Face the Fire by Michele Sims

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The City of Angels is set ablaze when fantasy and reality collide on a journey filled with fiery passions, love, and betrayal.From multi-award-winning author Michele Sims, Face the Fire is the 5th book in the Moore Family Saga. A standalone, genre bending, romantic suspense novel with paranormal and magical realism elements...
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    magic  suspense  paranormal  fantasy  length-medium
  • Under the Willows by Pamela McCord

    Under the Willows by Pamela McCord

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    After her husband is killed by a drunk driver, Kelly Harris and her son TJ move into a sprawling Victorian house in Ohio that her husband inherited from his grandmother. Dealing with her overwhelming grief is a struggle as she adjusts to life in a small town. And, just as she’s beginning to feel more comfortable, life takes another unexpected turn...
  • SPIRITS OF THE BAYOU by Morgan Hannah MacDonald

    SPIRITS OF THE BAYOU by Morgan Hannah MacDonald

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    EVIL HAS A FACE Someone is taking the children of New Orleans. No bodies have been found. No ransom demands made. Poor or Rich. Black or White. Boy or Girl. The kidnapper does not play favorites. PRAY In this prequel to Spirits Among Us, nineteen year-old Jon-Luc Boudreaux is trying to manage his gift. He’s a psychic medium. In other words, he sees the dead...
  • A Puzzle in Paxton Park by J A Whiting

    A Puzzle in Paxton Park by J A Whiting

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book 3 in the Paxton Park Mystery series by USA Today Bestselling Author J A Whiting. It is autumn in the mountain resort town of Paxton Park and Shelly Taylor and her friend, Juliet, are on their way to the center of town to see a horror movie. While they wait to cross the street, a car careens around the corner and crashes into a building...
  • The Death Card by Dianne Harman

    The Death Card by Dianne Harman

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Seth Williams, the bumbling and incompetent police chief of Red Cedar, calls Liz Lucas and asks her to help him solve the murder of his deputy, Leroy. He’s worried he might be a suspect because Leroy was going to run against him in the upcoming police chief election...
  • Legacy of Blood by Heather Graham

    Legacy of Blood by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the streets of Paris, someone wants to paint the town red…When Special Agent Jeannette LaFarge is called in to investigate a vineyard in the Reims region of France, the last thing she expects to find is multiple bodies with every vein bled dry. It’s yet another case tailor-made for Blackbird...
  • The Alpha’s Baby Girl by Alexa Griffin

    The Alpha’s Baby Girl by Alexa Griffin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m forced to marry the Alpha. The next thing I know I’m pregnant with his baby girl…According to some outdated pack tradition I have to marry my brother’s best friend. He’s the ruling Alpha of his pack and this small town, and a lot older than me. I try to fight it, but my determination is wearing thin…and my belly is growing fast...
  • Pregnant Kidnapped Mate by Ruby Knoxx

    Pregnant Kidnapped Mate by Ruby Knoxx

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My black ops ex kidnapped me and knocked me up…I’m the outsider, the bullied one, used to abuse.Until my ex comes by, gets all primal, and locks me up in his private prison.When he shows me he’s a wolf, I run like hell. But he drags me back and puts his pup in my belly…I know what it’s like to be subjected to mockery and bullying. I’m the weird psychic no one accepts...
  • Dreaming of a Witch Christmas by Louisa West

    Dreaming of a Witch Christmas by Louisa West

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s all set to chill out and enjoy some festive fun, but instead she’s busting out her resting Grinch face.Rosemary Bell is looking forward to some quality family time. With a holiday visit to her Irish in-laws planned and the evil wizard Morgana locked up tight by the Council of Witches, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas...
    Categorized as:
    magic  horror  witches  paranormal  christmas  fantasy
  • Scar Tissue by M.C. Domovitch

    Scar Tissue by M.C. Domovitch

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    When successful model Ciara Kelly wakes up in hospital, remembering nothing of the weeks she has been missing, her only clues are the ugly words carved into her skin. According to the police she was a victim of the Cutter, a serial killer who has already murdered three women...
  • Panic in Paxton Park by J.A. Whiting

    Panic in Paxton Park by J.A. Whiting

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is book 2 in the Paxton Park Mystery series by USA Today Bestselling Author J A Whiting. Shelly Taylor is settling into her new job as a baker in the mountain resort town of Paxton Park. When she and her friend, Juliet, are out shopping, they hear people in the market discussing the disappearance of a teenager from town...
  • Grim Tidings by Theophilus Monroe

    Grim Tidings by Theophilus Monroe

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Taking on death on its own turf…Annabelle Mulledy survived Kalfu’s attack—one friend saved, another lost in Guinee. But now the vampires are on the rise. Most of them, she can handle without much trouble. But when an ancient, more powerful vampire confronts her—one who is uncomfortably familiar to her—and his apprentice joins her at the Voodoo Academy, she finds she has little choice...
  • Remembrance by T.K. Eldridge

    Remembrance by T.K. Eldridge

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I was three when I watched my mother die.Now I'm back in Muckle Cove digging into her murder.They say coming home is never easy, but what I'm finding goes so much deeper than anyone could have imagined.Ancient magic, modern politics, and my mother's ghost all point to some truth in the past that could change my present forever.If it doesn't kill me first..
  • The House in the Water by Victoria Darke

    The House in the Water by Victoria Darke

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A secluded house. A lost notebook. A wartime secret.1942: Young Irish nurse Ellen arrives at May Day House, tasked with helping the men there rehabilitate. But there’s something strange about the house, surrounded by water, on its own island in the Thames. And then there are the traumatised by their experiences of war, and subject to troubling methods in a desperate race to get them back to duty...
  • Tale of the Necromancer by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Tale of the Necromancer by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 18 ratings
    Now she knows her past. But is it one worth living with?As Marguerite finally learns the terrible truth behind what she is—and why Gideon Raithe needs her—the memories of her past come flooding back. As she travels through all her previous lives, she learns she has been running from a decision the entire time. And now, she has nowhere left to hide...
  • The Devil's Bible by Dana Chamblee Carpenter

    The Devil's Bible by Dana Chamblee Carpenter

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    She’s spent the last seven hundred years hiding in plain sight. But Mouse's past is about to catch up with her.The Devil’s Bible. Once considered an eighth wonder of the world, the ancient book is shrouded in mystery. No one knows who wrote it or where it was written. Even dry-boned scholars whisper about the secrets hidden in the book: How it calls to the power-hungry. How it drives people mad...
  • Hideaway by Fern Michaels

    Hideaway by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Part One of the New Three-Part Godmothers Serial!The best of friends, Toots, Ida, Mavis, and Sophie have been there for each other through thick and thin. Now Sophie needs the rest of the Godmothers to help her through something they’ve never faced before . . .As Sophie De Luca has learned, many things really are better the second time around...
  • Night Will Find You by Julia Heaberlin

    Night Will Find You by Julia Heaberlin

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    A scientist with a special gift riles a wasp's nest of conspiracy theories while investigating a cold case in this riveting novel from the acclaimed and bestselling author of Black-Eyed Susans and We Are All the Same in the Dark.When she was ten, Vivvy Bouchet saved a boy’s life by making an impossible prediction...
  • Afflicted by R.D. Baker

    Afflicted by R.D. Baker

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    THIS MONSTER IS OUT FOR BLOOD - AND SHE'S READY TO BE CONSUMEDJULIETMaybe the mega-virus that threw the world into an apocalypse and turned the vampires into zombies did mess up my brain. Because the new officer at my compound—where I am kept to be used as a blood supply for the vampires—is strangely irresistible.Which is ridiculous, because all vampires are dangerous, and cold, and vicious...
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