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  • As the Cookie Crumbles by Amanda M. Lee

    As the Cookie Crumbles by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Christmas is right around the corner, and Stormy Morgan is ready to celebrate for the first time in years. She’s been dreaming of one thing…Shadow Hills’ infamous Christmas festival.There’s just one little problem.When helping her new friend Easton pick out clothes in the thrift store, Stormy discovers the owner is missing. What’s worse, it looks as if there was a struggle in the back room...
  • Whiskey & Witches by T.M. Cromer

    Whiskey & Witches by T.M. Cromer

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When the golden Son sacrifices for the shunned One, only then can the curse be undone...Carrick O'Malley lost his wife in a tragic accident and is dealing with his heartbroken, mute son...
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  • The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods, Evie Gaughan

    The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods, Evie Gaughan

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The Keeper of Stories meets The Lost Apothecary in this evocative and charming novel full of mystery and secrets. ‘The thing about books,’ she said ‘is that they help you to imagine a life bigger and better than you could ever dream of.’ On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found… For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives...
  • All The Write Moves by Robyn Peterman

    All The Write Moves by Robyn Peterman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Going to Hell has never been on my bucket list… until now.The fact that I can speak that sentence without laughing or losing my mind is absurd. However, my life has veered into a very tricky tale that rivals any of my books.The villain has been banished. I’ve written her right into an infernal doom...
    Categorized as:
    witches  magic  contemporary  paranormal  humor  demons  fantasy
  • Murder by the Cup by Abigail Lynn Thornton

    Murder by the Cup by Abigail Lynn Thornton

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She's always been her family's dirty little secret,but now she's finally free...Wynona Le Doux would never have chosen to be born into the most powerful, ruling witch family in all of Hex Haven. And she certainly wouldn't have chosen to be cursed at birth and grow up without powers. Nor would she have ever wanted to add 'amateur sleuth' to her resume.It seemed fate left her no choice...
  • Carnal Creek Shifters Box Set by Haley Weir

    Carnal Creek Shifters Box Set by Haley Weir

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Born into a cursed bloodline of Viking Lords.. Heirs to the Silverblood Pack have lived a life most would envy. Pleasure. Recklessness. Now, a prophecy of destruction threatens their world. The bloodline must be preserved at ALL costs. The mates to the Silverblood Pack have already been chosen. The pack must preserve themselves, their mates, and their world. It's an impossible task...
  • Crazy for You by Jane Fenton

    Crazy for You by Jane Fenton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kate would feel silly for having a crush on a fictional pirate—if he wasn’t standing right in front of her. After discovering that her long-term boyfriend has been cheating on her, psychologist Dr. Kate Barnes decides she’s still going on their romantic Bahamas getaway—alone...
  • Third Time's a Charm by Marquita Valentine

    Third Time's a Charm by Marquita Valentine

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Note: Alternate/new cover edition for ASIN# B0096TKHAO To the world, Alexander "Sasha" Romanov is a sexy, globe-trotting playboy that parties with the very rich and famous. But behind the façade exists a ruthless man willing and able to destroy anyone and anything standing in the way of his ultimate goal ...until he meets Rose Holland...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  magic  humor  contemporary  paranormal  fantasy  m-f
  • Serious Leigh by Melanie James

    Serious Leigh by Melanie James

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Oy vey! Shit just got serious in Chicago. The Witches Union has discovered that Leigh Epstein has been dabbling in the dark arts, and now they want to become creative editors for Leigh’s paranormal romance, “Four-Bitten Fangtasy”, a book about a shape shifting-werewolf-vampire hybrid named Vlad...
  • The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum by Kirsten Weiss

    The Perfectly Proper Paranormal Museum by Kirsten Weiss

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When Maddie Kosloski’s career flatlines, she retreats to her wine-country hometown for solace and cheap rent. Railroaded into managing the local paranormal museum, she’s certain the rumors of its haunting are greatly exaggerated. But a new ghost may be on the loose. A fresh corpse in the museum embroils Maddie in murders past and present...
  • The Last Challenge by Sharon Karaa

    The Last Challenge by Sharon Karaa

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I thought I was normal, I really did, aside from the fact I had a penchant for naming the many facets of my personality. I was unlucky, I’ll grant you, but other than that, just your average twenty-five year old virgin. Then my long dead ancestor turned up with a four-hundred year appetite, a passion for G-strings, and a scorching hot, male witch in tow...
  • Pressed to Death by Kirsten Weiss

    Pressed to Death by Kirsten Weiss

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Paranormal museum owner Maddie Kosloski has the perfect exhibit for the harvest festival—a haunted grape press. But when she's accused of stealing the press, and her accuser is murdered, all eyes turn to Maddie. Knowing the perils of amateur sleuthing as she does, Maddie is reluctant to get involved...until her mother insists she investigate...
  • Devil's Curse by S.A. Bayne, Stephanie Rowe

    Devil's Curse by S.A. Bayne, Stephanie Rowe

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In this delightful paranormal romance romp by New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Rowe writing as SA Bayne, the fate of the world is at risk when Satan's top soul-snatcher falls for the conflicted assassin sent to kill her boss.Becca is so done being Satan's favorite minion. If she doesn't escape soon, she'll be trapped forever...
    Categorized as:
    witches  magic  demons  humor  fantasy  paranormal  contemporary
  • The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch by Melinda Taub

    The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch by Melinda Taub

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A sparkling, witchy reimagining of Pride and Prejudice, told from the perspective of the troublesome and—according to her—much-maligned youngest Bennet sister, Lydia. In this exuberant reimagining of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Lydia Bennet puts pen to paper to relate the real events and aftermath of the classic story from her own perspective. Some facts are well known: Mrs...
  • Bewitching You by Viola Estrella

    Bewitching You by Viola Estrella

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When steamy romance meets magic and mayhem... A love spell gone wrong. An interfering ghost. A nosy mind-reading grandmother. And a psychic man-hating mother. To say Sofia Good's life is a mess might be the understatement of the century. But when her visions forecast a love worth fighting for, she's willing to do just about anything to meet the man of her dreams...
  • Dead Vampires Don't Date by Meredith Allen Conner

    Dead Vampires Don't Date by Meredith Allen Conner

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Kate Storm is your typical everyday mortal witch. She owns her own matchmaking business, hangs out with her vampire best friend, Morgan and enjoys the company of Big Al, her hit man channeling Chihuahua. Plus there’s a certain demon that she has her eye on. Life is pretty good until her first important non-human client winds up dead and his body is dumped at her back door...
  • Alejandro's Sorceress by Alyssa Day

    Alejandro's Sorceress by Alyssa Day

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    First in a funny, sexy new paranormal romance series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Alyssa Day. He's a warrior, hardened by years of protecting his town from vampire attack. She's a garden witch who sees the world in shades of sunshine and delight. Opposites don't only attract, they go supernova in this sizzling tale of magic and mayhem...
  • Big Little Spells by Hazel Beck

    Big Little Spells by Hazel Beck

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Is her magic a threat to witchkind…or is she simply powerful enough to save the world?Rebekah Wilde was eighteen when she left St. Cyprian, officially stripped of her magic and banished from her home. Ten years later, she’s forced to return to face the Joywood Coven, who preside over not just her hometown but the whole magical world...
    Categorized as:
    witches  magic  fantasy  paranormal  contemporary  humor
  • It Happened One Midnight by Saranna DeWylde

    It Happened One Midnight by Saranna DeWylde

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fans of The Ex Hex and Payback’s a Witch won’t want to miss this delightful and entertaining novel featuring three meddlesome fairy godmothers on a mission to restore their hometown’s deep well of enchantment by conjuring true love…even in the most reluctant couples...
  • The Love Goddess' Cooking School by Melissa Senate

    The Love Goddess' Cooking School by Melissa Senate

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Camilla’s Cucinotta: Italian Cooking Classes. Fresh take-home pastas & sauces daily Benvenuti! (Welcome!) Holly Maguire’s grandmother Camilla was the Love Goddess of Blue Crab Island, Maine—a Milanese fortune-teller who could predict the right man for you, and whose Italian cooking was rumored to save marriages...
    Categorized as:
    witches  magic  contemporary  paranormal  fantasy  humor
  • A Good Day to Pie by Misha Popp

    A Good Day to Pie by Misha Popp

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Everyone loves a good pie. But how about a pie that’s as deadly as it is delectable? Daisy bakes a little murder into every pie she creates, and she and her dog, Zoe, deliver them to the town’s worst cads. Now, Daisy’s entered a televised, elimination-style competition and has a shot at $100k in prize money—but she still has a murder pie to deliver between filming...
  • Hubble Bubble by Jane Lovering

    Hubble Bubble by Jane Lovering

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A spellbinding romantic comedy of love and witchery in Yorkshire by the award-winning author of Living in the Past.   Holly Grey’s career as a location scout keeps her too busy for long-term romance. Just as well. Scouting out a decent man for more than a fling isn’t worth the trouble...
    Categorized as:
    magic  witches  contemporary  paranormal  fantasy  humor
  • Accidental Leigh by Melanie James

    Accidental Leigh by Melanie James

    Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    How does a girl become a witch? By accident, of course! Leigh Epstein is a grief stricken and lonely elementary school teacher that is devastated by the brutal and unexpected death of her true love at the hands of a careless writer. She overcomes her grief by taking matters in her own hands and takes up a little romance writing to resurrect her vampire-werewolf book-boyfriend...
  • The Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn Huynh

    The Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn Huynh

    Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 22 ratings
    Everyone in Orange County’s Little Saigon knew that the Duong sisters were cursed. It started with their ancestor Oanh who dared to leave her marriage for true love—so a fearsome Vietnamese witch cursed Oanh and her descendants so that they would never find love or happiness, and the Duong women would give birth to daughters, never sons...
  • Forecast by Jane Tara

    Forecast by Jane Tara

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 6 ratings
    The Shakespeare women were what the locals of Greenwich Village called “gifted.” Sure, Rowie’s predictions were helpful for forecasting the weather or finding someone’s lost grandkid. But when it came to love, her abilities were more like a curse...
  • Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich

    Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    From #1 blockbuster bestselling author Janet Evanovich comes a Stephanie Plum novel that takes adventure, action, suspense (and maybe even true love?) to new heights.WATCH YOUR BACK . . .LOOK BOTH WAYS . . .BECAUSE LOVE IS IN THE AIR . . .AND THAT MEANS BIG TROUBLE!Mysterious men have a way of showing up in Stephanie Plum's apartment...
  • The Obituary Society by Jessica L. Randall

    The Obituary Society by Jessica L. Randall

    Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When Lila Moore inherits her grandfather's house, she finds herself in a small Midwestern town where margarine is never an acceptable substitution for butter, a coveted family recipe can serve as currency, and the friend who will take your darkest secrets to the grave will still never give you the secret to her prize-winning begonias...
  • A Hint of Magic by Claire Chilton

    A Hint of Magic by Claire Chilton

    Rated: 3.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dora Carridine is fed up with her life as a preacher’s daughter and sets out to explore the darker side of life instead. If she can find some magic in the world, then maybe she will find a place she belongs. When she comes across a coven of witches, she takes on their trials to try and join them...
    Categorized as:
    magic  witches  contemporary  humor  paranormal  demons  fantasy
  • A Special Place for Women by Laura Hankin

    A Special Place for Women by Laura Hankin

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    As seen on Good Morning America and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert“One of the smartest, sharpest, and funniest books I’ve read in years... Some books are meant to be devoured—this one does the devouring...
  • Three Wishes by Stephanie Bond

    Three Wishes by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 3.52 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Be careful what you wish for… Ladden Sanderson is an antiques dealer in Sacramento, California with the ill fortune to have fallen in love with Jasmine Crowne, the governor’s girlfriend. But the most he has to offer the lovely interior designer is an antique rug for her latest job: redecorating her boyfriend’s bedroom in the governor’s mansion...
    Categorized as:
    magic  mystery  humor  paranormal  contemporary  fantasy
  • Fairy Godmothers, Inc.: A Hilarious and Charming Feel-Good Read by Saranna DeWylde

    Fairy Godmothers, Inc.: A Hilarious and Charming Feel-Good Read by Saranna DeWylde

    Rated: 3.39 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A PopSugar Best Romance of DecemberA Bustle Most Anticipated Read for December“The best of the fairy tale world. Readers will fall head over heels for both the quirky town and the achingly sweet second-chance romance...
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