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It's a Matter of Midlife and Death by Robyn Peterman
12 ratingsMidlife is madness—magical, messy and one freaking crisis after another.With a new job I didn’t apply for and an extended family I didn’t know I had—midlife has become somewhat problematic. Gluing ghosts back together is easy compared to my new celestial occupation.The Grim Reaper wants to put a ring on it. Tim wants to be a father... -
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Magical Midlife Dating by K.F. Breene
25 ratingsThe decision has been made. Jessie has taken the magic, and all the weird that goes with it. Including wings.There's only one problem - she can't figure out how to access them.Through a series of terrible decisions, Jessie realizes she must ask for help. Gargoyle help.But she could've never predicted who answers her call - he's an excellent flier, incredibly patient, and a good trainer... -
![Magical Midlife Invasion by K.F. Breene]()
Magical Midlife Invasion by K.F. Breene
21 ratingsJessie is well on her way to learning her new life and settling in. The tough alpha, Austin, has joined her team, and she has painstakingly learned to fly. At the moment, life couldn’t get any better.But it can get a whole lot…more irritating.Her parents have decided to visit... -
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Beguiled by Darynda Jones
18 ratingsNewly indoctrinated witch, Defiance Dayne discovers there’s more to life after forty than she'd ever imagined possible. Especially if one is a charmling, one of only three in the world, with enough magics to make her a target for every power-hungry warlock out there. When one of them sends a hunter to town, she knows it’s time to take her talents seriously before the hunter takes her life... -
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![It's A Wonderful Midlife Crisis by Robyn Peterman, Jessica Almasy]()
It's A Wonderful Midlife Crisis by Robyn Peterman, Jessica Almasy
18 ratingsA Paranormal Women's Fiction with a bit of class, and a lot of sass, for anyone who feels like age is just a number! Whoever said life begins at forty must have been heavily medicated, drunk, or delusional. Thirty-nine was a fantastic year. I was married to the man I loved. I had a body that worked without creaking... -
![Witching You Were Here by Amanda M. Lee]()
Witching You Were Here by Amanda M. Lee
18 ratingsWinter has hit Hemlock Cove – and not in a fun way.The cold weather is keeping most tourists out of town, which is just fine with the Winchester witches. They’re using the lull as a way to recharge and take a break – even if Aunt Tillie is causing her usual havoc. All that comes crashing down, though, when a large yacht is found abandoned in a nearby channel and there’s blood on the deck... -
![Of Betrayal and Monsters by Alice Winters]()
Of Betrayal and Monsters by Alice Winters
12 ratingsQuinnI thought pulling my pack away from Winsford would save us. I never realized how wrong I could be.After Rowan and I escape Mercer’s hold, we have to get the pack somewhere safe, but my only option is a pride run by a controlling alpha... -
![Howl for It by Shelly Laurenston]()
Howl for It by Shelly Laurenston
18 ratings"As usual, Laurenston's story is outrageously bawdy, her characters are unabashedly foul-mouthed and unrestrained, and her comedic timing is on point. The blend of screwball romance, mythological mayhem, and all-out action is as enjoyable as ever." -- Publishers Weekly Stieg Engstrom, Angriest Viking Ever, has got big problems... -
![Howl for It by Shelly Laurenston]()
Howl for It by Shelly Laurenston
19 ratings"As usual, Laurenston's story is outrageously bawdy, her characters are unabashedly foul-mouthed and unrestrained, and her comedic timing is on point. The blend of screwball romance, mythological mayhem, and all-out action is as enjoyable as ever." -- Publishers Weekly Stieg Engstrom, Angriest Viking Ever, has got big problems... -
![Nice Girls Don't Live Forever by Molly Harper]()
Nice Girls Don't Live Forever by Molly Harper
25 ratingsNothing sucks the romance out of world travel like a boyfriend who may or may not have broken up with you in a hotel room in Brussels. Jane Jameson’s sexy sire, Gabriel, has always been unpredictable... -
![Magical Midlife Madness by K.F. Breene]()
Magical Midlife Madness by K.F. Breene
27 ratingsA woman starting over. A new house with an unexpected twist. A cape wearing butler acting as the world's worst life coach."Happily Ever After" wasn't supposed to come with a do-over option. But when my husband of twenty years packs up and heads for greener pastures and my son leaves for college, that's exactly what my life becomes.Do-over.This time, though, I plan to do things differently... -
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Cross Your Heart by Michele Bardsley
16 ratingsEven vampires can be afraid of ghosts... After the death of her husband-and her dreams of motherhood-Elizabeth Bretton returned to the family estate in Broken Heart, Oklahoma. Little did she know she would also give up her life as the Silverstone heiress... -
![A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones]()
A Bad Day for Sunshine by Darynda Jones
24 ratingsSheriff Sunshine Vicram finds her cup o' joe more than half full when the small village of Del Sol, New Mexico, becomes the center of national attention for a kidnapper on the loose... -
![Miss Frost Solves a Cold Case by Kristen Painter]()
Miss Frost Solves a Cold Case by Kristen Painter
18 ratingsWelcome to Nocturne Falls, the town that celebrates Halloween 365 days a year. Jayne Frost is a lot of things. Winter elf, Jack Frost's daughter, Santa Claus's niece, heir to the Winter Throne and now...private investigator. Sort of. Needing someone he can trust, her father sends her undercover to Nocturne Falls to find out why employees at the Santa's Workshop toy store are going missing... -
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![How to Run with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper]()
How to Run with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper
18 ratingsDown, BoyAnna Moder has just witnessed a shooting, seen her car pulverized, and rescued a wounded stranger only to discover he's really a werewolf. And by her recent standards, things are actually looking up. Lycanthropes don't faze Anna. Doctoring a wolf pack outside Grundy, Alaska, is the closest thing to home life she's known in years... -
![Driving Mr. Dead by Molly Harper]()
Driving Mr. Dead by Molly Harper
22 ratingsHELL ON WHEELS After failing as a magician's assistant, a photographer, and most recently, a bride, Miranda Puckett takes a position as a driver for Beeline, Half-Moon Hollow's premiere vampire concierge service... -
![Fate Knows Best by Alanea Alder]()
Fate Knows Best by Alanea Alder
16 ratingsRebecca Morgan thinks she knows what she wants out of life, until her life plan goes to hell in a handbasket. Now she is out looking for adventure. She just doesn’t expect to discover a shifter-only town and one six foot eight, grumpy, bear-shifting sheriff named Aleksander Arkadion... -
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Cynful by Dana Marie Bell
18 ratingsTo save the woman he loves, he must push his gifts to the brink. Halle Shifters Book 2 Julian DuCharme, a rare Spirit Bear with legendary healing powers, is finally free from the threat of death, finally free to claim his mate—but she’s not having it. While his Bear screams it’s time to mate, the love of his life wants to date... -
![Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues by Diana Rowland]()
Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues by Diana Rowland
18 ratingsAngel Crawford is finally starting to get used to life as a brain-eating zombie, but her problems are far from over. Her felony record is coming back to haunt her, more zombie hunters are popping up, and she’s beginning to wonder if her hunky cop-boyfriend is involved with the zombie mafia. Yeah, that’s right—the zombie mafia... -
![A Witch's Handbook of Kisses and Curses by Molly Harper]()
A Witch's Handbook of Kisses and Curses by Molly Harper
18 ratingsNola Leary would have been content to stay in Kilcairy, Ireland, healing villagers at her family’s clinic with a mix of magic and modern medicine. But a series of ill-timed omens and a deathbed promise to her grandmother have sent her on a quest to Half-Moon Hollow, Kentucky, to secure her family’s magical potency for the next generation... -
![Trouble in Mudbug by Jana Deleon]()
Trouble in Mudbug by Jana Deleon
24 ratingsScientist 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... -
![Where the Wild Things Bite by Molly Harper]()
Where the Wild Things Bite by Molly Harper
16 ratingsDelivering a rare book to a valued customer is definitely part of mild-mannered archivist Anna Winthrop's job description. You know what isn't? Protecting her precious cargo from mid-flight theft by the very pilot who is flying her to Half-Moon Hollow...while trying to appear as unappetizing as possible to the only other passenger, a vampire... -
![Of Secrets and Wolves by Alice Winters]()
Of Secrets and Wolves by Alice Winters
14 ratingsRowanMy whole life, I’ve been taught to despise shifters. So when I’m hired to track two escaped convicts, I’m suddenly thrust into the world I hate—or thought I did. Yet I’m inexplicably drawn to the alpha of the pack whose land the convicts may be hiding on... -
![White Trash Zombie Apocalypse by Diana Rowland, Daniel Dos Santos]()
White Trash Zombie Apocalypse by Diana Rowland, Daniel Dos Santos
19 ratingsOur favorite white trash zombie, Angel Crawford, has enough problems of her own, what with dealing with her alcoholic, deadbeat dad, issues with her not-quite boyfriend, the zombie mafia, industrial espionage and evil corporations. Oh, and it’s raining, and won’t let up...Categorized as:
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![The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires by Molly Harper]()
The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires by Molly Harper
25 ratingsIris Scanlon, Half-Moon Hollow’s only daytime vampire concierge, knows more about the undead than she’d like. Running all their daylight errands—from letting in the plumber to picking up some chilled O neg—gives her a look at the not-so-glamorous side of vampire life. Her rules are strict; relationships with vamps are strictly business, not friendship—and certainly not anything else... -
![Pack Challenge by Shelly Laurenston]()
Pack Challenge by Shelly Laurenston
27 ratingsWhat's an Alpha Male to do when he meets the Alpha Female of his dreams?Step one, hide all sharp objects. All Zach Sheridan ever wanted was to become Alpha Male of his Pack and be left alone. What he definitely didn't need in his life was some needy female demanding his attention... -
![How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper]()
How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper
25 ratingsNorthern Exposure Even in Grundy, Alaska, it's unusual to find a naked guy with a bear trap clamped to his ankle on your porch. But when said guy turns into a wolf, recent southern transplant Mo Wenstein has no difficulty identifying the problem. Her surly neighbor Cooper Graham—who has been openly critical of Mo's ability to adapt to life in Alaska—has trouble of his own. Werewolf trouble... -
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Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes by Denise Grover Swank
29 ratingsFor Rose Gardner, working at the DMV on a Friday afternoon is bad even before she sees a vision of herself dead. She's had plenty of visions, usually boring ones like someone's toilet's overflowed, but she's never seen one of herself before... -
![Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper]()
Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs by Molly Harper
27 ratingsMaybe it was the Shenanigans gift certificate that put her over the edge. When children's librarian and self-professed nice girl Jane Jameson is fired by her beastly boss and handed twenty-five dollars in potato skins instead of a severance check, she goes on a bender that's sure to become Half Moon Hollow legend. On her way home, she's mistaken for a deer, shot, and left for dead... -
![Outcast by Adrienne Kress]()
Outcast by Adrienne Kress
14 ratingsAfter six years of “angels” coming out of the sky and taking people from her town, 16-year-old Riley Carver has just about had it living with the constant fear. When one decides to terrorize her in her own backyard, it’s the final straw. She takes her mother’s shotgun and shoots the thing. So it’s dead. Or … not? In place of the creature she shot, is a guy. A really hot guy... -
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Witcha Gonna Do? by Avery Flynn
16 ratingsAn unlucky witch and her know-it-all nemesis must team up in the first of a new, spicy romantic comedy series from USA Today bestselling author Avery Flynn...
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