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Cocoa and Curses


Julie Nisse - 2021
    What she got was divorce papers and the legs knocked out from under her very comfortable life.Yearning for a fresh start, Liv punches the reset button on her life and retreats to her tiny hometown to plan her next move.But her feet have barely touched Mistlevale's snowy streets when a body shows up at her family's cozy lodge. Even worse, local sheriff's deputy Gray Bauer wants Liv's cantankerous grandmother on the hook for the crime.Now Liv's restful vacation has turned into a race to unravel the mystery before her poor Gran winds up in a cell. With a small-town cast of characters to investigate, delicious cocoa to drink, and an enormous semi-feral cat on her tail, Liv has more than her hands full.And that's all before her family insists she take up the mantle of witchcraft that Liv's never really believed in.Cocoa & Curses is the first book of the Witches of Noel Lodge, a paranormal women's fiction series featuring a trio of snarky witches, a heaping helping of holiday cheer, and enough magical mayhem to stuff a stocking.Please note this book was originally published as Room With a Bloom. This new edition does not contain additional content.

Cauldrons & Cake


Sara Bourgeois - 2020
    One of the most prestigious witches in New Orleans is looking for a magical bakery to make her wedding cake, and Fern Moonfall is in the running. First, she must prove herself by catering a bridal shower and lacing her sweets with just enough magic to ensure every guest has an enchanting experience. But Fern has some competition – a witch from a rival coven. A tropical storm looms over the quaint southern hotel called Praline Manor. During the festivities, a guest falls to her death. Fern sets out to find the killer, and she has no idea if the culprit is also a fellow witch. Fern has to keep her mind in the game if she wants to find the culprit before the storm clears, but that's hard to do when her cat familiar, Gumbo, is home alone. Can she pull it together in time to avoid a killers snare? Come along as Fern and friends solve the crime one spell at a time. Cauldrons & Cake is the first book in the Wicked Witches of Brookdale cozy mystery series. It contains no adult language, situations, or gore and is suitable for mystery lovers of all ages.

Hexes and Holly


Tegan MaherErin Lynn - 2020
    These never-before-published snow-filled short stories and novellas are sure to send your spine tingling this holiday season! Grab your copy of Hexes and Holly, and get in the mood for some magical mysteries in time for Yule and Christmas this year!Yule Tide Murder – Jenna St. JamesHidden in Plain Sight (Hillcrest Witch) – Amorette AndersonBespelled (Beatrice Montoya) – Ava MalloryThings that Go Bump and the Knight (Avalon Café) – Hermione MoonLost Souls Paraagency and The Christmas Siren (Lost Souls ParaAgency) – K.M. WallerAngels, Eggnog, and Murder (Crossover: Keyhole Lake Mysteries, Southern Soul Hunter, Celestial Academy) – Tegan MaherMystic Greetings (Mystic’s End ) – Leanne LeedsMerry Misdeeds (Witches of Shadow Lane) – Misty BaneMintwood Christmas Paws (Witch of Mintwood )– Addison CreekBut Wait, There’s Myrrh (prequel to the MenoPaws Mysteries) – Morgana BestWicked Gift of the Witch (Mag and Clara Balefire Mysteries) – ReGina Welling & Erin LynnAll I Witch for Christmas is You (Fairy Falls Mysteries) -- Samantha SilverMistletoe Murder (Cornish Witch Mystery) – Stella BerrySugarplum Spooks (Spirited Sweets) – Stephanie Damore

Witch of a Godmother


Belinda White - 2020
    The natural order of things is for a mother to raise her children. Not the other way around.My new housemate Kimberly doesn't know yet what (or who) her newborn daughter is, but I do. I was there when she was born and shared a short soul-gaze with my own mother. Someday, I'll have to break the news to Kimberly, but not today.Or this week, it looks like. Not with all the shenanigans going on in Wind's Crossing.Who would have thought buying a simple desk at an estate auction would lead to so much trouble for my little shop? The break-ins ticked me off, but I could live with them. I had my own way of handling things like that.But when the last break-in yielded a dead body? Well, a witch has to draw the line somewhere.Besides, I'm a Ravenswind Witch and head priestess of the Gemstone Coven. We don't rest until justice is served. One way or another. Witch of a Godmother is the first book in the Witch Reborn Series, a Paranormal Witch Cozy Mystery starring none other than Opal Ravenswind, witch extraordinaire. This series is the second series featuring the Gemstone Coven's witches. If you want to start at the very beginning, check out the Accidental Familiar Series.

Brewing Up Trouble


Constance Barker - 2020
    Her family lives near the lighthouse, which her uncle operates. Her cousin Blanche helps her at the botany store and a flaming drag queen ghost interrupts her on a daily basis. Moira, the ghost, was Marvin in real life. After death she barged out of the closet with a martini in one hand and a long sleek cigarette holder in the other.When Ivy's regular customer ends up missing, she becomes entangled with a private investigator who is also searching for her. Everette has hot cars and a tight ass as Moira describes it. But Ivy's not that easily swayed by good looks and his weird charm.Can they discover what has happened to the woman or will they be next on the missing list?***Find out in the first book in the Ivy Botany Shop Cozy Witch Mystery Series***

Sleigh Spells


Bella Falls - 2020
    Everything is going fine…until Santa’s sleigh gets stolen.Now, all eyes are on her and the other town Humbugs, and it’s up to Aurora to keep her behind from ending up back in jail. With the help of a very important person from the North Pole, she finds herself hot on the trail of the real culprit. But it will take her having to do something she’s never done before—accepting new friends and their assistance. Only then will Aurora be able to turn not only her own life around but also Christmas for the entire world!Will Aurora be able to solve the mystery of who stole Santa’s sleigh in time? Or will the culprit get the final sleigh?

All Wands on Deck


Mara Webb - 2021
    She sold up her cafes back home and took up an opportunity that looked too good to be true. A beach side café on a remote island where no one knows her name, doesn’t that sound like heaven? Well… things are never simple.News of her arrival seemed to travel fast across the island of Hallow Haven, but the locals know things about Sadie that she hasn’t told anyone, things that even she doesn’t know.She’s barely started a tour of the place before she is dragged into a cellar to dodge the incoming storm. Her new friend Kate insists that Sadie accompany her on a damage check around the island. First stop; the cemetery. It seems that there is one extra grave and it has been uncovered by the rain.This is the beginning of a whole new chapter for Sadie, she is about to learn things about herself that have been hidden all her life. It turns out she has relatives out here, and they are all witches too.Hallo Haven is a place filled with ancient feuds, magic and secrecy. Sadie was brought here by fate and only she can bring peace to the islands that surround her. Who can she turn to for help? The hot Sheriff that is trying to keep his distance, the local hiking expert that appears when Sadie is in danger, or the ghost in her kitchen? Life’s a beach.

Much A’Broom About Nothing


Erin Johnson - 2021
    Huzzah!When Adelaide “Laidey” Ryan dragged herself off the couch for a date at the Renaissance Faire, she didn’t expect to run into her cheating ex-fiancé. The day only gets better when she winds up trapped on the magical grounds and discovers she’s a witch. And the best part? She’s charged with a homicide she didn’t commit.With the “help” of a snarky talking cat, this former Pilates teacher will have to wade through a turkey-leg sized list of suspects to find the real killer, all while juggling her new job as a broom maker’s apprentice. Despite her troubles, there’s a dashingly handsome pirate captain who has her heart aflutter. But time is running out on her sleuthing, and the lazy sheriff is eager to march her to the gallows.Can Laidey catch the murderer, or will her snooping make her Faire game for the killer?

Tea is for Trouble


Karen Sue Walker - 2021
    How else to explain people breaking into her house?From the moment she moves in, nothing goes right, but her problems seem minor when a dead body turns up in her home. Accused of murder, April teams up with a cantankerous bar owner and a feisty, young antiques expert to solve the crime.And what about the handsome, arrogant chef in her kitchen who no one else can see? She plans to get medical help for what must be a hallucination, but in the meantime, he’s putting a tasty French twist on her menu.If you’ve ever wished someone would remake The Ghost and Mrs. Muir as a culinary murder mystery, this book is for you!Get the first Haunted Tearoom Cozy Mystery now—complete with delicious recipes!

Too Ghoul for School


Sarina Dorie - 2020
    Life isn’t easy being twenty-two, drop-dead gorgeous, and the most fashionable witch in all the land—especially while working as an intern teacher at a magical boarding school. Being young and beautiful is a curse.A curse for everyone who underestimates her.Vega finally thinks she has her student teaching figured out at Encantado Charter Academy. The lecherous tyrant of a mentor teacher who was supervising her is dead, she gets to do what she does best—boss people around—and she might even prove to her mother that she doesn’t need their family’s money to succeed in life. She can support herself in a career without anyone else’s help, live a somewhat normal life, and keep her ghoulish family secrets under wraps.Unfortunately, all Vega’s well-laid plans go awry when she is framed for murder. Worse yet, she fears she may have revealed her darkest secret—one so awful she will be shunned by Witchkin society even if she can prove her innocence.Vega is going to need to find the true culprit of the crime in order to save her reputation—and her life.Enjoy this spin-off series from the world of Womby’s School for Wayward Witches. This book starts with Vega Bloodmire’s life before working at Womby’s when she was a new and inexperienced teacher at Encantado Charter Academy.Clean, cozy, no sex or swearing, PG 13—perfectly fine for teens or grandmas who like paranormal mysteries at magical boarding academies.

Beached & Bewitched


Emery Belle - 2018
    The most boring job on the planet? Check. A boyfriend of eight years who still hasn’t put a ring on it? Double check. A squirrel that can’t stop gorging itself on her tomato plants? Make that a triple. But on the eve of her thirtieth birthday, Wren can’t shake the feeling that things are about to change. And they are. Just not in the way she planned. After a series of unexplainable events makes her question her sanity, a strange little man arrives to deliver an even stranger message: Wren isn’t so ordinary after all. She’s a witch, and in order to claim her powers, she must leave everything behind and journey to a place she never even knew existed. Suddenly, Wren is thrust into a fantasy world come to life, where taxis sprout wings and take to the skies, merwomen teach sold-out water aerobics classes, and scent-challenged ogres panhandle on street corners for unusual delicacies. Add in a new job, a hunky coworker, and a full schedule of magical lessons, and Wren’s formerly boring life is nothing but a distant memory. But before she’s able to even test out her training wand, Wren is confronted with a murder she feels compelled to solve, a list of suspects with plenty to hide, and a mysterious man in black who seems to be tracking her every move. Turns out even fantasy worlds have their dark sides.

Luck of the Witch


K.E. O'Connor - 2018
    A powerful, rude, cake-obsessed demon called Frank. When she's not chasing demons outside of Willow Tree Falls, she's running her bar and avoiding eye contact with the hot leader of the local biker gang. Life gets tricky when Tempest's sister, Aurora, is arrested for the murder of Deacon Feathers, a front-runner in the local election. Tempest must go head to head with Angel Force, the bumbling group of angels who keep the peace, in order to save her sister. With too many suspects, too little time, and a troublesome demon to keep in check, Tempest has her back to the wall. Along with her feisty four-legged sidekick Wiggles, Tempest must solve this murder before Aurora goes to jail for a crime she didn't commit. Join Tempest and the fun, magically fabulous Crypt family, alongside a cast of magic-filled beings, in this new paranormal cozy witch mystery.

Deja Brew


Natalie Summers - 2019
    Moving a thousand miles after inheriting an apartment in her Mom’s hometown was one thing. Finding out that she comes from a family of witches was another. Surprise? Still reeling from the new information, Lou finds herself at odds with the owner of the local coffee shop. No big deal, right? Until the owner shows up dead, right outside Lou’s front door. Now the prime suspect, Lou’s got to hurry and solve the murder before she’s tried in the court of public opinion. When the victim turns out to have ties to a drug ring, the whole case gets more complicated. Especially when the same drugs are found in Lou’s new apartment. Between the talking dog, her new magic lessons, gaining a family, and the ridiculously handsome, single-father ex-cop who seems to pop up wherever she goes, Lou’s got more than enough to keep her busy. When the police chief decides she’s guilty and will go to any lengths to prove it, Lou has to hurry and figure out who actually ‘dunit’ before she’s locked up for good.

Sea Witch Cozy Mysteries: 4 Book Box Set


Morgana Best - 2019
    Join Goldie Bloom, a thirty something, high flying real estate agent sent out into the wilds of quiet seaside Australia by the boss who broke her heart. She's not expecting to move in with a room mate named Persnickle, discover she is descended from an ancient coven of sea witches, or find herself in the middle of a town with no coffee, but that’s precisely what happens.

Soul Food Spirits


Amy Boyles - 2018
    But all that changes the day she is fired. She has one shot to redeem herself— track down the biggest, baddest spirit the agency has ever known and haul him in. Too bad that ghost resides in the one place Blissful despises—Haunted Hollow, Alabama. It’s the tourist attraction from hell. Blissful is knee deep in a foreign place—and it’s not just the deer head trophies and the giant pickup trucks that are throwing her for a loop. When a local reveals he has information that could save her career, Blissful is all ears. But when he winds up murdered, Blissful becomes a suspect. Thrust into a murder mystery, Blissful teams up with a pair of amateur ghost-hunting grannies who know more about town dynamics than hunting spirits. Then there’s the handsome bed and breakfast owner who’s keeping more secrets than he’s revealing. But Blissful is determined to discover what the murder victim knew. She’ll hunt for clues all over town. Will the hunt save her career or place her in the clutches of the Haunted Hollow murderer?