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  • New Ghosts, Old Tricks by Lily Harper Hart

    New Ghosts, Old Tricks by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Harper Harlow-Monroe has everything she’s ever wanted. She has a husband she loves, a best friend who is only irritating fifty percent of the time, and a daughter who refuses to be “normal.” So, basically, she has it all.Then the unthinkable happens. During an afternoon picnic with her husband and daughter, Harper’s yard is flooded with ghosts … right as five bodies float by on the river...
  • Sea Storm by Christine Feehan

    Sea Storm by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    In one trade package together for the first time-two stories of the Drake Sisters from the #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon...
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  • Imaginary Fiends by Lily Harper Hart

    Imaginary Fiends by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When it comes to magic, Rowan Gray-Davenport has always been grateful to be part of the club. She never wanted to be the leader of it, though.All of that is about to change...
    Categorized as:
    witches  magic  paranormal  humor  fantasy  length-short
  • Three Sisters Island collection by Nora Roberts

    Three Sisters Island collection by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Dance Upon the Air: When Nell Channing arrives on charming Three Sisters Island, she believes that she's finally found refuge from her abusive husband - and from the terrifying life she fled so desperately eight months ago . . . But even in this quiet, peaceful place, Nell never feels entirely at ease...
  • Ghostly Problems by Lily Harper Hart

    Ghostly Problems by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Harper Harlow-Monroe is settling into married life well. Her biggest problem is her best friend Zander, who is planning his own wedding. That is until a new resident comes to Harper with a poltergeist problem.Beckham Lighthouse is located in a unique spot, where the lake and the river meet...
    Categorized as:
    witches  magic  paranormal  humor  fantasy  length-short
  • Tequila for Christmas by Tricia O'Malley

    Tequila for Christmas by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It wouldn’t be the holidays without a little extra sparkle – and nobody does sparkles quite like Miss Elva.When she decides to debut her Spring resort wear line during a fashion show at Lucky’s, all of Tequila Key turns out for the holiday event...
  • Great Hexpectations by Amanda M. Lee

    Great Hexpectations by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hadley Hunter thought she was getting a grip on the paranormal world she never knew existed until recently. She was wrong. In the shadow of a massive shifter retreat, she finds she knew absolutely nothing.Her live-in love Galen Blackwood has his hands full with the conference...
  • Wicked Forever by Lily Harper Hart

    Wicked Forever by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ivy Morgan-Harker has everything she’s ever wanted, including a devoted new husband and an upcoming break from her nursery business for the Michigan winter. Then the unthinkable happens.Upon arriving at Morgan Nursery early one morning, she finds a body strung up in the middle of her happy sanctum … and there’s a message attached telling her that she’s next...
    Categorized as:
    witches  magic  paranormal  humor  fantasy  length-short
  • Fiends in Low Places (Hannah Hickok) by Lily Harper Hart

    Fiends in Low Places (Hannah Hickok) by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Morgan family is taking their first family vacation, and since they let their youngest member pick the place, that means Mammoth Cave National Park is on the menu. Ivy Morgan-Harker and her husband Jack aren’t exactly excited about exploring caves, but they’re committed to making sure the vacation is a success...
  • Wild Irish Renegade by Tricia O'Malley

    Wild Irish Renegade by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    NY Times & USA Today bestselling author, Tricia O'Malley, takes you back to the rocky shores of Ireland in this enchanting addition to the bestselling Mystic Cove series...
  • Wicked Graves: An Ivy Morgan and Maddie Graves Mystery (Maddie Graves Mystery) by Lily Harper Hart

    Wicked Graves: An Ivy Morgan and Maddie Graves Mystery (Maddie Graves Mystery) by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Maddie Graves-Winters should be preparing for the biggest day of her life – she’s going to become a mother in three months after all – but that’s impossible without the right crib. That means an outing to nearby Shadow Lake with her husband Nick, which turns into a nightmare she wasn’t expecting when a local author is struck in the middle of the road and left for dead...
  • There's Something About Magic by Lily Harper Hart

    There's Something About Magic by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The day Ivy Morgan-Harker has been dreading is here and the woman she helped send to prison is back in Shadow Lake…and she’s not acting like herself.Ava Moffett returns to town just in time to be swept up in the death of a local woman, who had no ties to the area before recently taking over the hardware shop with her husband...
  • Academy of Unpredictable Magic: Complete Series by Sadie Moss

    Academy of Unpredictable Magic: Complete Series by Sadie Moss

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    6 books. 1000+ Pages. Binge-read this complete, steamy reverse harem romance series today! Magic exists. I know—it’s in my blood.Unfortunately, not all people from magical bloodlines have powers, and at 22, I’m several years past the age they usually appear. So I’ve resigned myself to a boring, magic-less life...
  • Her First Taste of Fire by Kristen Painter

    Her First Taste of Fire by Kristen Painter

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Shadowvale isn’t your typical small town America. The sun never shines, the gates decide who enters, magic abounds, and every resident bears some kind of curse.Most people think Nasha Black lives in Shadowvale because that’s where her father, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, lives. But Nasha has another reason for staying in Shadowvale and it’s not just the bakery she owns and operates...
  • In Good Time by Tricia O'Malley

    In Good Time by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s time to remove her crown.Aurora was raised to lead, with the expectation that she will one day become ruler of the Mer of Triste Island. There’s just one problem. Nobody’s bothered to ask Aurora if she wants to be queen. Chafing at the confines of her role, Aurora risks everything for a chance at a new life...
  • For a Few Witches More by Lily Harper Hart

    For a Few Witches More by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Casper Creek is a town in flux. Contractors are on the scene making plans for the new restaurant, owner Hannah Hickok is plotting ridiculous couple’s costumes for the Halloween party, and there’s a new demon in town.Instead of coming after Hannah directly, the demon does an end-run around the witch and starts possessing the area children … and sending them into a frenzy...
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    witches  magic  paranormal  humor  fantasy  length-short
  • The Last Of The Moon Girls by Barbara Davis

    The Last Of The Moon Girls by Barbara Davis

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 34 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...
  • Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman

    Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    In an unforgettable novel that traces a centuries-old curse to its source, beloved author Alice Hoffman unveils the story of Maria Owens, accused of witchcraft in Salem, and matriarch of a line of the amazing Owens women and men featured in Practical Magic and The Rules of Magic...
  • Wild Irish Sage by Tricia O'Malley

    Wild Irish Sage by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kira Delaney is a free spirit – following the whims of her creative heart as her photography career whisks her around the world. For the first time, Kira is taking a much-needed sabbatical from work to return to Grace’s Cove to run her mother’s art gallery...
  • Secrets in Savannah: A Chef Dani Rosetti Cozy Mystery by Dianne Harman

    Secrets in Savannah: A Chef Dani Rosetti Cozy Mystery by Dianne Harman

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What could be better than being hired to cater a champagne celebration in Savannah, Georgia in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Daughters of the Confederacy? Well, maybe it’s not such a good thing if your life is threatened...
  • Fortune of the Witch by Deanna Chase

    Fortune of the Witch by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Medium Harlow Thane has given up her life as a celebrity paranormal investigator. After her life was turned upside down by a devious and illusive ghost, all she wants is to settle down in Keating Hollow, running the new pub in town. Unfortunately for her, no matter how much she wants to give up ghost hunting, the ghosts won’t quit her. Neither will her ex Cash Moses...
  • The Villainess Turns the Hourglass, Vol. 2 by Antstudio, SANSOBEE

    The Villainess Turns the Hourglass, Vol. 2 by Antstudio, SANSOBEE

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Aria has discovered the true power of the hourglass, and with it, getting her revenge on Mielle is bound to be easier than ever! Her upcoming birthday will be the true test of whether she’s on the right track...
  • Wild Irish Rebel by Tricia O'Malley

    Wild Irish Rebel by Tricia O'Malley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A loner at heart... Morgan McKenzie has been on her own since she ran away from a nightmarish foster home at the age of sixteen. Afraid to put down roots again only to be hurt once more, Morgan prefers to be constantly on the move. Until she is inexplicably pulled to the small Irish town of Grace's Cove...
  • Spells by Kristen Proby

    Spells by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From New York Times Bestselling Author, Kristen Proby, comes Spells, the next installment in her gripping Bayou Magic series…As a powerful hedgewitch and psychic, there isn’t much I can’t work to my advantage and finesse with a spell. Love, fortune, and even the perfect cup of coffee are all possible with the snap of my fingers.But some things are utterly beyond my control...
    Categorized as:
    witches  magic  paranormal  fantasy  gifted heroine
  • Claimed By The Barbarian Dragon by Terry Bolryder

    Claimed By The Barbarian Dragon by Terry Bolryder

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A brand new dragon series from the dragon shifter queen herself. Terry Bolryder has written more than 40 well-beloved dragon shifter novels and returns with a fresh new take on dragons in Crystals, Curves and Castles...
  • Hellhounds and Angel Cakes by Zoe Chant

    Hellhounds and Angel Cakes by Zoe Chant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s supposed to be a rough, tough, terrifying hellhound. That's hard when you're covered in chihuahuas.Henry’s used to everyone being afraid of him – being a hellhound has that effect on people. What he’s not used to is having every animal within a four-mile radius suddenly wanting to be his best friend. Pigeons roosting on your annoying, but mostly harmless...
  • Serendipity by Kristen Proby

    Serendipity by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author, Kristen Proby, comes Serendipity, the final installment in her gripping Bayou Magic series…My sight is a gift and also a curse. It cost me the love of my life. We may have been young, but some things you don’t get over. Like being the cause of the biggest tragedy of your boyfriend’s life. It’s something I’ll never forget, and a reflection of who I am...
  • Fatal Fortune by Leighann Dobbs

    Fatal Fortune by Leighann Dobbs

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A cryptic note leads the Blackmoore sisters to a haunted island in the Atlantic Ocean. Many have looked for the treasures reported to be buried there by pirates decades ago, but precious few treasures have been found. And certainly not the powerful energy-infused jewel the Blackmoores are looking for...
    Categorized as:
    magic  witches  paranormal  mystery  fantasy  length-short
  • Fighting For Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    Fighting For Her Dragon by Julia Mills

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    There Are No Coincidences…. Given a fairy tale life by the clan of dragon shifters that rescued her as a little girl, Emma Sinclair long ago accepted she might never solve the mystery of her heritage. Of course, that was before she could feel the traitor’s pain, before she knew he was slipping away. And before the unthinkable happened… he called to her in the language of his kin...
  • Infinity by Maggie Shayne

    Infinity by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    For five centuries, Immortal High Witch Nicodimus has been suspended in an eternity of darkness. His heart was stolen away in the ultimate betrayal by his love Arianna... Now Arianna discovers a way to bring him back. But the power that returns Nicodimus to her arms also summons an ancient enemy. To fight this dark danger, they must confront the past--and reclaim infinity..
  • The Dragon of Sedona by Genevieve Jack

    The Dragon of Sedona by Genevieve Jack

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Darkness he can't forget. Light he’s afraid to remember. Magic that could change everything.Exiled dragon prince Alexander never recovered from the murder of his mate Maiara, an indigenous healer he met over three centuries ago. Every waking breath is a painful reminder of what he lost, his grief compounded by the constant presence of her immortal red-tailed hawk, bound to him since her death...
  • The Haunted Past by J.A. Whiting

    The Haunted Past by J.A. Whiting

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 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...
  • The Pine Hill Inn by J A WHITING

    The Pine Hill Inn by J A WHITING

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 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...
    Categorized as:
    witches  magic  suspense  mystery  fantasy  paranormal
  • The Haunted Wedding by J A WHITING

    The Haunted Wedding by J A WHITING

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 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...
  • Unforgotten Family by Mary Martel

    Unforgotten Family by Mary Martel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ariel Kimber has settled into life with her family and coven. Everything seems to be as it should, and she finally feels like she's exactly where she needs to be in her life.Her dad is awesome and she loves getting to know him.Her guys are the best and she falls deeper in love with them by the day...
  • Moonlit Magic by T.M. Cromer

    Moonlit Magic by T.M. Cromer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She refuses to be drawn in by his seductive charm…Liz Thorne has suppressed her impulsive nature for the last four years because her one reckless weekend ended in heartache. Now, the dangerous, sexy man who tempts her inner bad girl is back, and he’s trying his damnedest to bring the wild child out to play...
  • Witch Way After Forty by Jennifer L. Hart

    Witch Way After Forty by Jennifer L. Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A quintessential soccer mom. A motorcycle-riding wild-child. With two sisters like that, she could have done without provoking the dark fae…Alys Stevens is running out of familiar road. Approaching the same age as her mother’s death and muddling through a messy divorce, the forty-something home renovator has lost the control she so deeply craves...
  • Witch Way to Salem by Louisa West

    Witch Way to Salem by Louisa West

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 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...
  • The Great Witch of Brittany by Louisa Morgan

    The Great Witch of Brittany by Louisa Morgan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Return to the world of A Secret History of Witches with the bewitching tale of Ursule Orchiere and her discovery of magical abilities that will not only change the course of her life but every generation that comes after her. Brittany, 1741There hasn’t been a witch born in the Orchière clan for generations...
    Categorized as:
    witches  magic  fantasy  paranormal  historical
  • Every Witch Way but Ghouls by K.E. O'Connor

    Every Witch Way but Ghouls by K.E. O'Connor

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to the magical mystery of Crimson Cove. A spellbound town full of puzzles and twisty turns.Feisty enchanted hedgehogs with eye-watering gas, a half-dragon with an attitude, and a headless corpse aren't the best things to start the day with!But that's what we encounter in our first week working for animal control in Crimson Cove...
  • Signed In Incubus by Maggie Mayhem

    Signed In Incubus by Maggie Mayhem

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Note to self: never cast a spell you find on the internet.Most people cry when they’re left at the altar. Me? I cast a spell to find the perfect man. But when a very bare and uh…impressive…incubus appears in my living room, I know I messed up. Serves me right for trying a spell I found on the internet!I’m both disappointed and relieved when Prax is summoned away...
    Categorized as:
    witches  magic  paranormal  demons  fantasy
  • Autumn Magic by T.M. Cromer

    Autumn Magic by T.M. Cromer

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Autumn Thorne believed she discovered the perfect love. Yet the moment she revealed she was a witch, her relationship went to hell in a handbasket. Nearly a decade later, in an ironic twist of fate, the man who shunned her shows up on her doorstep and asks for her help to develop his own latent powers...
    Categorized as:
    magic  witches  fantasy  humor  paranormal  length-short
  • We Witch You A Merry Christmas by Louisa West

    We Witch You A Merry Christmas by Louisa West

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    All she wants for Christmas is some peace and quiet. But Santa—and the local sheriff’s office—might just have her on the naughty list.Rosemary Bell’s got a brand new bag. She has a great circle of friends, a sexy Irish boyfriend, and a daughter following in her witchy footsteps...
    Categorized as:
    magic  witches  fantasy  paranormal  length-short
  • A Grave Mistake by Leighann Dobbs

    A Grave Mistake by Leighann Dobbs

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When a mutilated body shows up in their seaside town of Noquitt Maine, the Blackmoore sisters realize that an ancient relic they'd been trying to locate has been hidden right in their own hometown the whole time.... Too bad they aren't the only ones that know it's there...
  • The Wicked and the Wondrous by Christine Feehan

    The Wicked and the Wondrous by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Two romantic tales of dark forces and Christmas miracles... The Twilight Before Christmas Bestselling novelist Kate Drake, one of seven sisters with amazing powers of witchcraft, wants to open a bookstore in a charming but run-down mill in her California hometown. Decorated former U.S. Army Ranger Matt Granite, now a contractor, doesn't mind helping -- and getting closer to Kate...
  • Released Souls by Karice Bolton

    Released Souls by Karice Bolton

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Triss and Logan’s love is becoming stronger by the day as they harness the powers between them, but will that make them blind to the evil they’re facing? After uncovering startling information about her family, Triss is determined to right the wrongs of her ancestors...
  • Morgan Is My Name by Sophie Keetch

    Morgan Is My Name by Sophie Keetch

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    An atmospheric, feminist retelling of the early life of famed villainess Morgan le Fay, set against the colourful chivalric backdrop of Arthurian legend.When King Uther Pendragon murders her father and tricks her mother into marriage, Morgan refuses to be crushed. Trapped amid the machinations of men in a world of isolated castles and gossiping courts, she discovers secret powers...
  • Book of Dreams by Nora Roberts

    Book of Dreams by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The Donovan legacy continues in these two classic tales of love and magic!CharmedAnastasia Donovan has sworn off romance. After a past boyfriend refused to accept Ana's gift of witchcraft, Ana decided she would move on and start fresh. So when Ana befriends her new next-door neighbor—six-year-old Jessie—she doesn't plan on falling for Jessie's protective single father, Boone Sawyer...
  • The Magic Circle by Nora Roberts

    The Magic Circle by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Discover the magical secrets of the Donovan family in these two reader-favorite tales!Captivated When filmmaker Nash Kirkland reaches out to real-life witch Morgana Donovan to use her as a research subject for his next film, Morgana humors the skeptical writer. She allows him to make foolish assumptions about magic, but quickly grows tired of his close-minded ideas on the modern witch...
  • Eternal Love: The Immortal Witch Series by Maggie Shayne

    Eternal Love: The Immortal Witch Series by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Raven is a witch from the 1690s who flees the hangman’s noose in England to find a haven in Massachusetts Bay where the witch hysteria is about to tear her and her lover apart.Arianna’s beginnings were in the Scottish Highlands where her sister died to save her, and an immortal warrior loved her beyond reason and life itself...
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