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  • Cast the First Crone by Amanda M. Lee

    Cast the First Crone by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Scout Randall’s life has turned from bad to worse. With her boyfriend’s murderous mother on the loose, that means she’s a target. But where will the attack come from?Scout thought they would have time to figure things out, time to regroup and come up with a plan. She was wrong. The next enemy is on their doorstep...
  • Ghost Mortem by Jane Hinchey

    Ghost Mortem by Jane Hinchey

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Whoever said that ghosts exist must be out of their mind.Oh, wait. That was me. I said that. If you’d told me yesterday that ghosts were real I would have smiled, nodded, and called a shrink to fix your deluded little mind. Now it’s my turn to question my sanity when the ghost of my best friend turns up in my apartment...
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  • Thirty-One and a Half Regrets by Denise Grover Swank

    Thirty-One and a Half Regrets by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    While Rose recovers from a broken heart, she finds herself at odds with her sister—and business partner—Violet. Rose buries herself in her landscaping work, but becomes worried when her employee and friend, Bruce Wayne Decker, goes missing. In the meantime, Fenton County assistant D.A...
  • Gulf Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Gulf Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.In this woman’s action adventure, with an explosive psychic twist, USA Today bestselling author Fiona Quinn takes her reader into a world of international crime, terror, spies, and resistance networks...
  • Fate Interrupted by Elizabeth Hunter

    Fate Interrupted by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She had her life all planned out; fate had other ideas.How did an accomplished Southern businesswoman, wife, and mother end up living on California’s Central Coast, working for a stubborn wine-maker, newly divorced, and wrestling with sudden psychic powers?Megan Carpenter asks herself that same question nearly every day...
  • Thirty and a Half Excuses by Denise Grover Swank

    Thirty and a Half Excuses by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Life in Henryetta, Arkansas is turned upside down with the arrival of a televangelist, but it’s the death of a little old lady on Rose’s street that catches her attention. The Henryetta police deem her death natural causes, but Rose suspects foul play and so does an unlikely supporter–-the president of the Busy Body Club, her eighty-two year old neighbor Mildred...
  • The Lynx Series Boxed Set I #1-4 by Fiona Quinn

    The Lynx Series Boxed Set I #1-4 by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Her education was unusual……and that might just give her a chance.Can Lexi survive an assassin?Lexi didn’t have a normal childhood; she was raised by the intelligence community. They saw her potential and now, with a target on her back, she needs to figure out who’s after her and why. And where did her mentor go?If she was going to get answers……she would need some help...
  • Cuff Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Cuff Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    More of this is true than you would believe.In her most thrilling novel yet, USA Today bestselling author Fiona Quinn exposes the dark forces threatening America. The Hydra, a monstrous group that includes a secret society that will do anything for power, is ready to strike, and only Lexi stands a chance to stop them.It’s a mind-bending plot of control and destruction...
  • Ghost Hunter by Michelle Paver

    Ghost Hunter by Michelle Paver

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Her cry rips the souls from your marrow. With her spear she snares them. She devours them. Eostra truly is an eater of souls. Winter is coming. Souls' Night draws near. Eostra, the Eagle Owl Mage, holds the clans in the grip of terror. Torak must leave the Forest and seek her lair in the Mountain of Ghosts, while Renn faces an agonizing decision...
  • The Steele Wolf by Chanda Hahn

    The Steele Wolf by Chanda Hahn

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    After finally settling into her new life at the Citadel, Thalia is reunited with her father, who is disturbed at the changes within her. Risking banishment, Thalia must work to prove to her clan and herself that she is still capable of leading them. The problem is, her memories haven’t returned, and she cannot shake the feeling that she doesn’t belong...
  • The Attic on Queen Street by Karen White

    The Attic on Queen Street by Karen White

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Return to the house on Tradd Street for one last time as the bestselling series featuring psychic medium Melanie Trenholm comes to a hauntingly spectacular finale.After the devastating events of the past few months, the last thing Melanie Trenholm wants is to think about the future...
  • Hyper Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Hyper Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    If she fails, her whole team could be destroyed.Lexi “Lynx” Sabado is more than ready for her marriage with ex-SEAL Striker Rheas. But getting her happily ever after is fraught with hurdles when her psychic abilities start going haywire, giving her vague warnings of impending danger.As it turns out, identifying threats can be overwhelming when everything and everyone is the potential source...
  • A Day Like This by Kelley McNeil

    A Day Like This by Kelley McNeil

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    What if everything you’ve ever loved, ever known, ever believed to be true…just disappeared?Annie Beyers has everything—a beautiful house, a loving husband, and an adorable daughter. It’s a day like any other when she takes Hannah to the pediatrician…until she wakes hours later from a car accident. When she asks for her daughter, confused doctors tell Annie that Hannah never existed...
  • South of the Buttonwood Tree by Heather Webber

    South of the Buttonwood Tree by Heather Webber

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Blue Bishop has a knack for finding lost things. While growing up in charming small-town Buttonwood, Alabama, she's happened across lost wallets, jewelry, pets, her wandering neighbor, and sometimes, trouble. No one is more surprised than Blue, however, when she comes across an abandoned newborn baby in the woods, just south of a very special buttonwood tree...
  • Blood Pact: Pre order the brand new gritty gangland thriller from Heather Atkinson by Heather Atkinson

    Blood Pact: Pre order the brand new gritty gangland thriller from Heather Atkinson by Heather Atkinson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Pre-order the BRAND NEW gritty gangland thriller from Heather Atkinson!To survive, they’ll need to stick together…After the defeat of the rival Gordon and Thompson families, the Blood Brothers' reputations as feared lieutenants of the McVay clan are firmly established. The Gallowburn has become an untouchable stronghold in their capable hands...
  • The Hitwoman and the Family Jewels by J.B. Lynn

    The Hitwoman and the Family Jewels by J.B. Lynn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    How do you say “no” to a mob boss? When bumbling hitwoman Maggie Lee is asked by her mob boss employer to kill a cop, she wants to say no. When her sexy murder mentor, Patrick Mulligan tells her the cop in question is a guy she once dated, she REALLY wants to refuse...
  • A Light in the Forest by Melissa Payne

    A Light in the Forest by Melissa Payne

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From Melissa Payne, bestselling author of The Night of Many Endings, comes an emotional and suspenseful novel about the weight of secrets and the healing power of friends and family.Vega Jones escapes an abusive relationship with nothing but her two-month-old baby and the van she grew up in. Her destination is a small Ohio town her late vagabond mother left years ago...
  • The Last Of The Moon Girls by Barbara Davis

    The Last Of The Moon Girls by Barbara Davis

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Lizzy Moon never wanted Moon Girl Farm. Eight years ago, she left the land that nine generations of gifted healers had tended, determined to distance herself from the whispers about her family’s strange legacy. When her beloved Grandmother Althea dies, Lizzy must face the tragedy still hanging over the farm’s lavender fields: the unsolved murders of two young girls...
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    mystery  magic  fantasy  contemporary  witches  paranormal
  • Ghost-in-Law Series 1-3 Boxset by Jana Deleon

    Ghost-in-Law Series 1-3 Boxset by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Get the entire Ghost-in-Law mystery/romance series in one boxset. The set includes: Trouble in Mudbug Scientist Maryse Robicheaux thought that a lot of her problems had gone away with her mother-in-law’s death. The woman was rude, pushy, manipulative and used her considerable wealth to run herd over the entire town of Mudbug, Louisiana. Unfortunately, death doesn’t slow down Helena one bit...
  • The Matchmaker's Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman

    The Matchmaker's Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    From Lynda Cohen Loigman, the bestselling author of The Two-Family House and The Wartime Sisters, comes a heartwarming story of two extraordinary women from two different eras who defy expectations to utilize their unique gift of seeing soulmates in the most unexpected places in The Matchmaker's Gift...
  • Deadly Obsession by Jaycee Clark

    Deadly Obsession by Jaycee Clark

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    ”DEADLY OBSESSION is the third story about the Kinncaid family and is a heart-wrenching tale. A well-written, in-depth romantic suspense, Jaycee Clark's DEADLY OBSESSION is one of those stories that will linger in your mind and heart long after the story is over.” --Sinclair Reid, Romance Reviews Today She’s his angel . . . his love . . . his obsession. . .
  • 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass

    11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    GROUNDHOG DAY meets FLIPPED in this tale of a girl stuck in her birthday. It's Amanda's 11th birthday and she is super excited -- after all, 11 is so different from 10. But from the start, everything goes wrong. The worst part of it all is that she and her best friend, Leo, with whom she's shared every birthday, are on the outs and this will be the first birthday they haven't shared together...
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    mystery  magic  contemporary  paranormal  fantasy
  • Chill of Fear by Kay Hooper

    Chill of Fear by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper turns up the heat even as she chills readers to the bone with a new suspense novel that distills the essence of fear itself. In this relentless thriller, two psychics put more than their lives on the line to stop a killer darker and more evil than they could ever imagine. . .
  • The Seductive Impostor by Janet Chapman

    The Seductive Impostor by Janet Chapman

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    The first in a dazzling duo of romances featuring two sisters from the ruggedly beautiful Maine coast...and the men who sweep them away. Rachel Foster wishes Sub Rosa -- the seaside mansion she helped her father build and the scene of a terrible tragedy -- would crumble into the sea...
  • The Night Island by Jayne Ann Krentz

    The Night Island by Jayne Ann Krentz

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The disappearance of a mysterious informant leads two people desperate for answers to an island of deadly deception in this new novel in the Lost Night Files trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz...
  • Further Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman by J.B. Lynn

    Further Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman by J.B. Lynn

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Take three wacky aunts, two talking animals, one nervous bride, and an upcoming hit,and you've got the follow-up to JB Lynn's wickedly funny Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman...
  • KnockOut by Catherine Coulter

    KnockOut by Catherine Coulter

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Seven-year-old Autumn Backman needed a hero. When she saw Special Agent Dillon Savich on TV after he'd brought down bank robbers in a Georgetown bank, she knew she'd found him.She called Savich, but she didn't use the phone...Ethan Merriweather, sheriff of Titusville, Virginia, a small mountain town near the Titus Hitch Wilderness, goes looking for a missing little girl...
  • Knock Out by Catherine Coulter

    Knock Out by Catherine Coulter

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Seven-year-old Autumn Backman needed a hero. When she saw Special Agent Dillon Savich on TV after he'd brought down bank robbers in a Georgetown bank, she knew she'd found him. She called Savich, but she didn't use the phone... Ethan Merriweather, sheriff of Titusville, Virginia, a small mountain town near the Titus Hitch Wilderness, goes looking for a missing little girl...
  • The Last Time I Saw Her by Karen Robards

    The Last Time I Saw Her by Karen Robards

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    In the sizzling new novel from New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards, Dr. Charlie Stone must prove the innocence of a dangerously sexy condemned man, or lose her one chance at true love. In this world, Dr. Charlotte “Charlie” Stone skillfully probes the twisted minds of incarcerated serial killers to better understand what makes them tick, and to help nab those who remain at large...
  • The Iron Butterfly by Chanda Hahn

    The Iron Butterfly by Chanda Hahn

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Imprisoned, starved and left with no memories, Thalia awakens to find herself at the mercy of an evil cult known as the Septori. Their leader has chosen Thalia as the test subject for a torture device of untold power, designed to change and twist her into something that is neither human nor Denai. Escaping, Thalia finds an unwilling warrior to protect her and an unlikely Denai to befriend her...
  • Double Take: An FBI Thriller by Catherine Coulter

    Double Take: An FBI Thriller by Catherine Coulter

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    It's been more than six months since her husband's brutal death, and Julia Ransom is just beginning to breathe again. She loved her husband, renowned psychic August Ransom, but the media frenzy that followed his murder sapped what little strength she had left. Now, after dinner with friends, strolling along San Francisco's Pier 39, she realizes that she's happy...
  • Downtime by Tamara Allen

    Downtime by Tamara Allen

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    On assignment in London, FBI Agent Morgan Nash finds himself moments away from a bullet through the heart when the case he's working goes awry. But fate has other plans, he discovers when he wakes in a world far removed from his own...
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    suspense  magic  mystery  contemporary  paranormal  fantasy  m-m
  • A Spell of Rowans by Byrd Nash

    A Spell of Rowans by Byrd Nash

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Raised by a narcissistic mother, the Rowan children’s magical talents were twisted to fit her needs. When Rachel dies, her children must confront the past to have a future.Rachel Rowan could sniff out secrets and her antique shop, Rosemary Thyme, was a front to torment the residents of Grimsby. When she dies, her children are faced with the deadly fallout of blackmail, murder, and magic...
  • Perfectly Matched by Heather Webber

    Perfectly Matched by Heather Webber

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The heat is on... When Boston psychic Lucy Valentine finds herself involved in a group of eccentric psychics trying to learn more about their abilities, she is convinced a rare spring heat wave has flushed the crazies out of hiding. Adding to her theory is her newest client in the Lost Loves division of Valentine, Inc., her family’s lucrative matchmaking firm...
  • The Immortals by J.T. Ellison

    The Immortals by J.T. Ellison

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    It is Samhain--the Blood Harvest. Nonbelievers call it Hallowe'en. The night when eight Nashville teenagers are found dead, with occult symbols carved into their naked bodies. It's a ritual the killers believe was blessed by Death himself.When children are victimized, emotions always run high, and this case has the public both outraged and terrified: a dangerous combination...
  • Poison by Megan Derr

    Poison by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Nine gods ruled the world until the ultimate betrayal resulted in their destruction. Now, the world is dying and only by restoring the Lost Gods can it be saved. Verde is ruled by the mortal reincarnations of their Lost Gods: the Faerie Queen, the Pegasus, and the Unicorn, slain nine centuries ago at the base of their Sacred Oak...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  magic  mystery  contemporary  fantasy  paranormal  m-m
  • This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart

    This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    When Lucy's sister Phyllida suggests that she join her for a quiet holiday on the island of Corfu, Lucy is overjoyed. Her work as an actress has temporarily come to a halt. But the peaceful idyll does not last long...
  • The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack

    The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Semele Cavnow appraises antiquities for an exclusive Manhattan auction house, deciphering ancient texts—and when she discovers a manuscript written in the time of Cleopatra, she knows it will be the find of her career. Its author tells the story of a priceless tarot deck, now lost to history, but as Semele delves further, she realizes the manuscript is more than it seems...
  • Wicked Lies by Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush

    Wicked Lies by Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From the bestselling Sisters of Suspense, the first installment in their New York Times and USA Today bestselling series featuring a cult-like group of women with psychic abilities - reissued for the first time since its original release a decade ago! In the Oregon coastal hamlet of Deception Bay stands a mysterious lodge. Some call it the Colony; others whisper that it's a cult...
  • Edge of Darkness by Cherry Adair

    Edge of Darkness by Cherry Adair

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “Cherry Adair writes for those of us who love romantic-suspense fast and hot.” –Jayne Ann Krentz There was magic between them, along with undeniable passion. An anti-terrorism agent with a warrior's body and a magnetic smile, Duncan Edge is working for T-FLAC's special paranormal unit, on a mission to halt a lethal terrorist cell...
  • Stitches in Time by Barbara Michaels

    Stitches in Time by Barbara Michaels

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When an antique bridal quilt appears under mysterious circumstances at the vintage clothing shop where Rachel Grant works, she is fascinated. She has never been able to resist handmade textiles from the past, for she believes that through the ages, women wove protective magic into their fabrics in order to mark the important events of their lives: birth, marriage, and death...
  • The Burning by R.L. Stine

    The Burning by R.L. Stine

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    How did Fear Street gain its chilling reputation? Find out in the blood-chilling conclusion to R.L. Stine's terrifying trilogy. Journey back in time to when the Fear family first became evil, and Fear Street became a place of unspeakable terror...
  • Edge Of Fear by Cherry Adair

    Edge Of Fear by Cherry Adair

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He would rewrite the past to save the woman he loves. The fearless Caleb Edge is one of three brothers assigned to the top-secret paranormal unit of an elite counterterrorism group. As a prized T-FLAC agent, Caleb uses his special mystical gifts to rewind history, halt evil in its tracks, and protect innocent people . . . like Heather Shaw...
  • The Catalain Book of Secrets (The Catalain Book of Secrets) by Jessica Lourey, Tony Van Den Einde

    The Catalain Book of Secrets (The Catalain Book of Secrets) by Jessica Lourey, Tony Van Den Einde

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Faith Falls is a snug little Minnesota town constructed over a mystery, a place where the most impressive building is a gorgeous Queen Anne with turrets, cantilevered gables, and a wraparound porch. In a concealed room beneath the twisting stairs of the Queen Anne lies the Catalain Book of Secrets, the repository of the wisdom the Catalain women have gathered since the beginning of time...
  • The Chocolatier's Wife by Cindy Lynn Speer

    The Chocolatier's Wife by Cindy Lynn Speer

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tasmin, William's wife to be, was chosen by a spell, as all wives and husbands are chosen. It's a nice, tidy way to find a reasonable mate for almost everyone...
  • All the Breaking Waves by Kerry Lonsdale

    All the Breaking Waves by Kerry Lonsdale

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From the bestselling author of Everything We Keep comes a gripping tale of long-buried secrets, the strength of forgiveness, and the healing power of returning home for good. After a harrowing accident tore her family apart, Molly Brennan fled from the man she loved and the tragic mistake she made...
  • Pleating for Mercy by Melissa Bourbon, Melissa Bourbon Ramirez

    Pleating for Mercy by Melissa Bourbon, Melissa Bourbon Ramirez

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When her great-grandmother passes away, Harlow Jane Cassidy leaves her job as a Manhattan fashion designer and moves back to Bliss, Texas. But when she opens a dressmaking boutique in the turn-of-the-century farmhouse she inherited, Harlow senses an inexplicable "presence"...
  • Charmed Spirits by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Charmed Spirits by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jordan Cross has returned to Holiday, Montana after eleven long years to clear out her late aunt’s house, put it on the market, and figure out what she wants to do with the rest of her life. Soon, she finds herself facing the town that turned its back on her because she was different. Because being labeled a witch in a small town didn’t earn her many friends...especially when it wasn't a lie...
  • The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson, Kevin Hawkes

    The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson, Kevin Hawkes

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Annika has never had a birthday. Instead she celebrates her Found Day, the day a housemaid and a cook to three eccentric Viennese professors found her and took her home...
  • Strangers in the Night by Linda Howard

    Strangers in the Night by Linda Howard

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Lake of DreamsThea Marlow had encountered her soul mate in the depths of her overpowering, frightening dreams. Now, on the shores of a country lake, the stranger comes to her in the flesh -- and lures her into a timeless love.Blue MoonSheriff Jackson Brody knows folks get a little crazy under a full bayou moon...
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