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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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  • 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...
  • Chaos in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

    Chaos in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The sixth book in the New York Times bestselling Ghost-in-Law series. Jadyn St. James hopes that the two-week quiet period in Mudbug means things in the small bayou town are back to normal…whatever that is. But when a fisherman finds a sunken shrimp boat, and the boat captain is missing, Jadyn wonders if the damage to the boat was caused by a storm, or if something far more nefarious happened...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Resurrection in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

    Resurrection in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Jana DeLeon, RESURRECTION IN MUDBUG, aka The Return of Helena Henry!Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the bayou…Jadyn St. James is excited to start her job as game warden in Mudbug, Louisiana, and hopes it is the beginning of a new and improved life...
  • Love's Shadow by Nichole Van

    Love's Shadow by Nichole Van

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Branwell D'Angelo . . .Six years ago, I fell in love with Lucy--my brother's girlfriend. Stupid of me, I know, but sometimes the heart doesn't listen to reason.Six years, I've lived on the sidelines. Seeing him love her, be with her, bask in her sunshine . . .I watched her break his heart and then cleaned up the shattered pieces of him she left behind...
  • Mischief in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

    Mischief in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Sabine LeVeche, orphaned at an early age, is in the middle of a medical crisis and needs to find a blood relative STAT. Luckily, she's got a sexy PI and one sassy but determined ghost on her side. Not so luckily, there's a murderer gunning for her just in case her illness doesn't kill her first...
  • The Librarian's Vampire Assistant: 3 by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    The Librarian's Vampire Assistant: 3 by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    From New York Times Bestseller Mimi Jean Pamfiloff comes an uncomfortably hilarious Mystery with a heaping help of sexual frustration, THE LIBRARIAN'S VAMPIRE ASSISTANT, Book Three. (Yep! It's a STAND-ALONE. But why not read them all because...fun!) FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOUR BOSS JUST CAN'T GET MORE AWKWARD... Michael Vanderhorst is not your usual vampire...
  • Melody Bittersweet and The Girls' Ghostbusting Agency by Kitty French

    Melody Bittersweet and The Girls' Ghostbusting Agency by Kitty French

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Life’s tough for Melody Bittersweet. She’s single, addicted to sugar and super heroes, her family are officially bonkers, and she sees dead people. Is it any wonder no-one’s swiping right on Tinder? Waking up lonely on her twenty seventh birthday, Melody finally snaps. She can’t carry on basing all of her life decisions on the advice of her magic 8 ball; things have got to change...
  • Eternal Luck (Ghostly Guardians) by Louisa Masters

    Eternal Luck (Ghostly Guardians) by Louisa Masters

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Luck brought us together… but can it last forever?I was working a dead-end job and living with too many roommates when I met Carlos. That meeting was our first stroke of luck, changing both our lives and tying us together. I’ll never regret it, but after eight amazing years, I’m starting to think he does...
  • 6 Killer Bodies by Stephanie Bond

    6 Killer Bodies by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Carlotta Wren's world is crumbling beneath her well-shod feet. One of her closest friends has been arrested as the Charmed Killer, but Carlotta refuses to believe it. And to prove her friend's innocence, Carlotta goes against her boyfriend Peter's wishes and resumes her after-hours body-moving duties...
  • Showdown in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

    Showdown in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Who killed Helena Henry? The shorter list may be who didn’t want her dead. Psychic Raissa Bordeaux thought she’d left her former life behind, but when a child is kidnapped, she risks her secret identity by offering the police help with the case. New Orleans Detective Zach Blanchard doesn’t believe in psychic hooey and is certain Raissa didn’t get her facts about the case from a crystal ball...
  • 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...
  • 5 Bodies to Die For by Stephanie Bond

    5 Bodies to Die For by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The Charmed Killer is on the loose in Atlanta and Carlotta Wren is caught up in the terror�especially when her body-moving side business brings her dangerously close to the action...
  • The Librarian's Vampire Assistant: 2 by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    The Librarian's Vampire Assistant: 2 by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    From New York Times Bestseller Mimi Jean Pamfiloff comes a humorous, standalone mystery, The Librarian’s Vampire Assistant, Book 2. (Yep! It’s a standalone. The boring title is just to mess with you!) HOW MUCH LONGER CAN HE KEEP HIS SECRET AND HIS FAVORITE HUMAN SAFE? Michael Vanderhorst has always been a lone wolf. Or lone vampire? Whatever...
  • Lightning Struck by Nichole Van

    Lightning Struck by Nichole Van

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Chiara doesn’t like Jack. Jack doesn’t like Chiara. The story should end there. Except . . . maybe Chiara finds herself daydreaming far too often about Jack. And maybe Jack finds Chiara aggravating in an adorable sorta way. Maybe Jack and Chiara find themselves falling in love. The problem, of course, remains. Jack is a ghost. And Chiara is not...
  • Dead Serious Case #1: Miz Dusty Le Frey by Vawn Cassidy

    Dead Serious Case #1: Miz Dusty Le Frey by Vawn Cassidy

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    In the business of unfinished business...Tristan Everett had always preferred the company of the dead because they were quiet and didn’t talk back. As a slightly awkward introvert working as a pathologist at the Hackney Public Mortuary suited him just fine. That is, until a freak accident with a rogue ice cube and suddenly he can see ghosts...
  • 4 Bodies and a Funeral by Stephanie Bond

    4 Bodies and a Funeral by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    "Ever had one of those days? "A surprise visit from her father--who's on the run from the law--has given Carlotta Wren a lot to think about. Should she join her former fiance, Peter, in proving her father is innocent? If she does, are her body-moving days over? And then... A close friend's behavior begins to spin out of control... The cops turn up the heat on her father's case..
  • 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...
  • Terrier Transgressions by Molly Fitz

    Terrier Transgressions by Molly Fitz

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I’m finally coming to terms with the fact I can speak to animals, even though the only one who ever talks back is the crabby tabby I’ve taken to calling Octo-Cat. What I haven’t quite worked out is how to hide my secret… Now one of the associates at my law firm has discovered this strange new talent of mine and insists I use it to help defend his client against a double murder charge...
  • Rumble on the Bayou by Jana Deleon

    Rumble on the Bayou by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Deputy Dorie Berenger knew the day would go from bad to worse when she found a stoned alligator in the town drunk’s swimming pool. Then DEA agent Richard Starke shows up in Gator Bait, Louisiana, giving out orders and insults faster than you can cast a fishing line...
  • The Hopes and Dreams of Lucy Baker by Jenni Keer

    The Hopes and Dreams of Lucy Baker by Jenni Keer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Meet Lucy, aged 25, and Brenda, aged 79. Neighbours, and unlikely friends. Lucy Baker is not your usual 25-year-old. She is more at home reading and knitting in her cluttered little flat than going out partying and socialising.79-year-old Brenda is full of wise and wonderful advice, but when she’s diagnosed with dementia her life begins to change...
  • Where Angels Go by Debbie Macomber

    Where Angels Go by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Christmas is a time for angel.Shirley, Goodness and Mercy are back! These three irresistible angels love their assignments on Earth...
  • Dog-Eared Delinquent by Molly Fitz

    Dog-Eared Delinquent by Molly Fitz

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Apparently I’ve been slacking on the job as a paralegal, even though the firm doesn’t know that I’m secretly working as the area’s premier Pet Whisperer P.I. to solve our toughest cases behind the scenes. Now they’ve hired an intern to “help” me manage my workload… But what the partners don’t realize is that they’ve let a nefarious criminal into our offices...
  • Lock Nut by J.L. Merrow

    Lock Nut by J.L. Merrow

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Still waters run deadly.Tom Paretski, plumber with a talent for finding hidden things, and his private investigator fiancé Phil Morrison have been hired to locate a runaway husband, Jonathan Parrot. The job seems simple enough—until their quarry turns up dead in a canal, and a photofit of Tom’s face is splashed all over the news, making him chief suspect...
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    mystery  suspense  m-m  paranormal  contemporary  humor  fantasy
  • Scandal at the Salty Dog by Josh Lanyon

    Scandal at the Salty Dog by Josh Lanyon

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Mystery Stalks the Cobbled Streets of Pirate's CoveWho or what is haunting elderly recluse Juliet Blackwell, what does it have to do with mysterious goings-on at the Salty Dog Pub--and why is any of it mystery bookshop owner Ellery Page's problem? According to sometimes boyfriend Police Chief Jack Carson, it's not Ellery's problem, and Ellery should stop asking awkward questions before it's too...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  m-m  contemporary  humor  paranormal  fantasy
  • 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
  • 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...
  • Trouble in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

    Trouble in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    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...
  • Games of Fire by Airicka Phoenix

    Games of Fire by Airicka Phoenix

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Sophie has enough problems in her life without Spencer turning her blood to fire, without his eyes freezing and burning her, without his hatred of her. Since his migration into the house next to hers, Sophia Valdez isn’t sure whether she wants to toss him under a bus or kiss that smirking mouth of his...
  • Murder, Mayhem and Mama by Christie Craig

    Murder, Mayhem and Mama by Christie Craig

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Live . . . Laugh . . . Read . . . with New York Times bestselling author Christie Craig. . . . BEING A MAMA IS HARD. BUT THE JOB'S EVEN TOUGHER WHEN YOU'RE DEAD . . . Cali McKay's mama isn't ready to pass over to the "other side" yet. Her unlucky-in-love daughter needs her now more than ever...
  • Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich

    Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Where there’s smoke there’s fire, and no one knows this better than New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum.   Dead bodies are showing up in shallow graves on the empty construction lot of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds. No one is sure who the killer is, or why the victims have been offed, but what is clear is that Stephanie’s name is on the killer’s list...
  • Kitty Confidential by Molly Fitz

    Kitty Confidential by Molly Fitz

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    I was just your normal twenty-something with seven associate degrees and no idea what I wanted to do with my life. That is, until I died… Well, almost.As if a near-death experience at the hands of an old coffeemaker wasn’t embarrassing enough, I woke up to find I could talk to animals. Or rather one animal in particular...
  • The Wizard of Saws by Elise Sax

    The Wizard of Saws by Elise Sax

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    alternate cover edition of ASIN B01N4L8RR5Five months have passed since Gladie Burger came to Cannes, California, to join her eccentric Grandma Zelda in the family matchmaking business, and Gladie is quickly mastering the rules of attraction...
  • 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...
  • Fearless in High Heels by Gemma Halliday

    Fearless in High Heels by Gemma Halliday

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Fashion designer turned amateur sleuth Maddie Springer is back! Morning sickness sucks. Which is why fashion designer turned amateur sleuth Maddie Springer has spent the last six weeks being a couch potato and Moonlight vampire movie devotee...
  • 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...
  • Fear No Evil by Debbie Johnson

    Fear No Evil by Debbie Johnson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    WANT THE PERFECT HALLOWEEN READ?The dead don't like to be ignored…Jayne McCartney, Liverpool's only female private eye, is soon to get a crash course in this and other ghost-related facts.Until now she’s kept her snooping firmly to the dodgy, sometimes dangerous – but definitely human – Liverpool underworld...
  • Relief Valve by J.L. Merrow

    Relief Valve by J.L. Merrow

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    If you dig up the past, be prepared to get dirty. It hasn't been all smooth sailing since plumber Tom Paretski and P.I. Phil Morrison became connected at the heart, if not always at Tom's dodgy hip. Neither of their families has been shy about voicing their disapproval, which hasn't helped Tom's uneasy relationship with his prickly older sister, Cherry...
  • Spirit by John Inman

    Spirit by John Inman

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Jason Day, brilliant designer of video games, is not only a confirmed bachelor, but he’s as gay as a maypole. One wouldn’t think being saddled with his precocious four-year-old nephew for four weeks would be enough to throw him off-kilter. Wrong. Timmy, Jason’s nephew, is a true handful...
  • Citizen Pain by Elise Sax

    Citizen Pain by Elise Sax

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    an alternate cover edition can be found hereLovably troublesome Gladie Burger runs into sizzling danger and a fiery love triangle in the second installment of Elise Sax’s hilarious and sexy Matchmaker Mysteries series.Since joining the family matchmaking business run by her eccentric and psychic Grandma Zelda, Gladie is always looking for love...
  • Lust, Loathing and a Little Lip Gloss by Kyra Davis

    Lust, Loathing and a Little Lip Gloss by Kyra Davis

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Mystery writer and dabbling recreational sleuth Sophie Katz is head over heels in love—with a three-bedroom Victorian. She's just got to have it, despite a few drawbacks. Her slimy ex is the Realtor. The rich, creepy seller wants her to join San Francisco's spirited Specter Society...
  • A High Heels Haunting by Gemma Halliday

    A High Heels Haunting by Gemma Halliday

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From New York Times, USA Today, and #1 Kindle Bestselling author Gemma Halliday: Web designer Kya Badder is as Plain-Jane as they come. So, when she sees an ad for a impractically gorgeous pair of red heels on Maddie Springer's wesbite, where the model is everything Kya isn't - beautiful, confident and sexy - she can't help buying them...
  • Them Bones by Carolyn Haines

    Them Bones by Carolyn Haines

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    No self-respecting lady would allow herself to end up in Sarah Booth's situation. Unwed, unemployed, and over thirty, she's flat broke and about to lose the family plantation...
  • Ice Lord's Bride by Ava Ross

    Ice Lord's Bride by Ava Ross

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I must marry one of the fae, but the forbidden ice lord wants me.To secure a human-fae truce, I'm one of five women traveling to their magical kingdom, where we'll be courted by fae aristocracy. We have one month to choose a husband from among them.Only Elion, the arrogant, beastly ice lord is forbidden. His torturous scars make the other women gasp. His icy words rip them to shreds...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  magic  paranormal  fantasy  contemporary  fae  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...
  • Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich

    Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Janet Evanovich’s #1 New York Times bestselling sensation Stephanie Plum returns in her latest captivating thriller where mutilated corpses litter the streets of New Jersey.  Trouble comes in bunches for Stephanie Plum. First, professional grave robber and semi-professional loon, Simon Diggery, won’t let her take him in until she agrees to care for his boa constrictor, Ethel...
  • The Dead Cat Bounce by Sarah Graves

    The Dead Cat Bounce by Sarah Graves

    Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    dead cat bounce n. Stock market jargon for a small, temporary rise in a stock's trading price after a sharp drop.Since she bought her rambling old fixer-upper of a house, Jacobia Tiptree has gotten used to finding things broken. But her latest problem isn't so easily repaired...
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