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Bags are packed, passports are updated, and it's time to travel to Scotland!Lela and Mae are so excited at the prospect of meeting their extended family and discovering how to break the curse on the coins, cauldron, and Florie. They've come so far since moving back to Tennessee, surely nothing else will go wrong.Hang on a minute... Bertha's all ready to go, complete with mysterious clear liquid-filled mason jars in her checked bag, but where's Harriet?Oh, crud. She's gone. Did something horrible happen to her?The twins can't possibly fly overseas until they find Harriet.The problem quickly turns into a fiasco when nobody can locate her. Mae is beside herself with worry and it's all Lela can do to keep her twin from going crazy.Ted and Joseph help all they can, in their supportive boyfriend kind of way, and the coven pulls out all the stops to find Harriet. Still, she's nowhere to be found.When Harriet finally resurfaces, she's full of information about their family, the curse, sin eaters and the world in general.If there's one lesson the twins have learned, it's that things aren't always as they seem. Harriet is about to give her family a big eye-opening, worry-filled adventure.

A bunny bit me on the finger and everything went sideways after that.That's just the beginning of my insane life. The Fascinators, the local ladies' club, suddenly are incredibly interested in having me join their next Bunco night, which is a thinly veiled excuse to drink and gossip. I've been dying to get into that group for years; why now? I'm over forty, my daughter is grown, and all I do is temp work. What's so special about me?After I shift into a dragon, things become clearer. They're not a Bunco group. The Fascinators are a pack of shifters. Yes, shifters. Like werewolves, except in this case, it's weresquirrels and a wereskunk, among others.And my daughter? She wants to move home, suddenly and suspiciously. As excited as I am to have her home, why? She loves being on her own. It's got something to do with a rough pack of predators, shifters who want to watch the world burn. I hope she's not mixed up with the wrong crowd.There's also a mysterious mountain man hanging around out of the blue. Where was he before the strange bunny bite? Nowhere near me, that's for sure.Life is anything but boring. At this point, I'm just hoping that I'll survive it all with my tail-literally-intact.

Yeah, I was known as the Publishing Princess, but I didn't expect three Prince Charmings to come along.Ellie Asche wants two things: to graduate college with her best friend and to then take over her family's legacy at Asche Publishing. But when her father passes away, her stepmother is on a mission to destroy all of Ellie's carefully laid plans.Her only chance to hold onto the things she treasures is to hire a hot new firm for her case.And Arch, Gray, and Wes are just that.Three hot lawyers with good hearts and large... portfolios.But are they good enough to help Ellie win her case? Or will they end up winning her heart instead?

You met Ellie, Arch, Wes, and Gray in Literary Yours. Now meet Arch's sister Linda. Linda Beaumont had no interest in a relationship, thank you very much. As a matter of fact, she wasn't ready to settle down at all. As a traveling nurse, she got to see the world and help people, with all the freedom she could handle. She had her books and her family. She was content. And then a moose happened. A moose, in the middle of the road, in Alaska, during the long winter.Not even the most fantastic fairy tale could prepare her for the beast she found locked in his castle. Would being trapped with the monstrous prince and his two bravest knights prepare her for the battle with the deadly hunter? She was either trapped in a fairy tale-or a curse.Snow Cure is a contemporary twist on an old fairy tale. It is a Reverse Harem - Polyamorous - Romance.

Ava Walker, Mom, Grandma, adopted mom, finds herself juggling more than just her magical responsibilities. When tasked with planning a last-minute town Christmas in July event, things take a mysterious turn as Olivia, the hired band Pentagram, and even Luci and Lucy, vanish into thin air at different times for seemingly different reasons.As if that weren't enough, Imogene continues exhibiting powers that defy explanation.Determined to unravel the mystical mayhem and reunite with her missing loved ones, Ava enlists the help of Drew's sister Lily, who brings her new friend Gil.Did we mention that Gil is a gnome?The search for Ava's missing friends and feline companions leads Ava to an unexpected resolution at a mystical location in Scotland, where magical secrets are unveiled, and the ties of friendship and family are strengthened... until she gets back home for the town party and Baby Butt causes some unexpected chaos.

Mae and Lela Cable are identical twins. Mirror twins, to be exact. They've lived a normal life...until now. Their moonshine-swilling, antique-hoarding, geriatric Aunt Bertha insists that they're descendants of Appalachian witches.What in the world are they supposed to do with that?Lela works as a doula and has a knack for medicinal herbs. She's the adventurous sister who enjoys the single life.Timid Mae pampers her house plants and is a recently divorced mom who has spent her entire adult life giving in to the desires of her family and ignoring herself.Can someone say self-care needed, stat?When the twins decide on a whim to travel cross-country to meet a dying, long-lost relative in the Great Smoky Mountains, they quickly realize that their entire lives were filled with curtains that hid the truth. Even their parents' cause of death was a lie.Now they're sick with mysterious symptoms, water is attacking Mae as she walks through the airport, and Lela is attracting animals like she's in the middle of an animated princess movie.Say what? What was that Aunt Bertha had said? Appalachian witches.Trying to understand and harness their powers is the least of the twins' worries. Just as they decide to stay a while in their ancestral Tennessee home, they discover someone wants them out of town, like yesterday. But why... and who? Can they overcome their fears and hesitations in time to prevent something terrible from happening?Wears Valley Witches is a hilarious Paranormal Cozy Mystery series that will keep you on your toes as you learn about the Appalachian witches and their quirky magic.

Abaddon has staged a coup and ousted me as King of Hell.After escaping his chains, Lucifer retreats to the unlikely city of Boston to lick his wounds and plan his revenge. He takes on the human guise of Sam Rivers, sole proprietor of a popular bakery on the UMass campus, passing the time until he can retake his throne.Lexi Sutton, daughter of a powerful witch and an even more powerful god of mischief-**cough**Loki**cough**-only wants to live a normal life with normal relationships, but getting through dates without her chaotic magic going haywire has proven next to impossible, and she's ready to give up on ever finding love.When Lexi's roommate tells her about a job opening at a new bakery, Lexi goes for it. She didn't know resisting the charms of the panty-melting owner would be so difficult, or that giving in would kick off a chain of events that destiny had been waiting thousands of years to unleash.Will Hell's original Devil heal her heart, or will finding out his secret identity shatter it?

"You have qualified for the Fairy Godmother Training Program. Please settle your affairs and press your thumb to the bottom right corner of this letter to be transported to our Training Academy."Cindolyn Ault didn't expect her life to be uprooted on her forty-second birthday. She'd expected a nice normal day, surrounded by her cats. If she was lucky, her daughter might drop in for a visit.But that was it.Instead of a feline-filled day in the sun, Cindolyn receives a letter that she believes to be a prank at first. Laughing her head off, Cindolyn touches the bottom right corner of the letter, and her world will never be the same.Just when she thought it was time for baking cookies and hoping for grandchildren, Cindolyn finds herself enrolled in a training program for fairy godmothers in an academy for supernatural creatures. There are shifters and witches and vampires, oh my!It's a lot to take in, but Cindolyn can roll with the punches... Until a body is found in the library and Cindolyn is the main suspect. Now she's got to use her new magical abilities to investigate a murder and clear her name before the Witch Hunters (who knew there was such a thing!) come to claim her.Godmother Training Academy is part of the Life After Magic world.

From the minds of three USA Today bestselling authors comes a dark college bully romance not for the faint of heart.Abel Hartford reigns at Malum Kings College.They awarded me a full scholarship to the most prestigious collegiate academy on the East Coast. The thing is, I never applied.Despite that, I've never been one to let an opportunity pass, so I accept the anonymous generosity.Abel is not happy about my decision.We were close once, when our parents were married, but he's completely changed, and not for the better. Now I have to see him every single day, whether I want to or not. He won't let a moment pass without reminding me that I do not belong in his world.Pranks and gossip distract me from all I've ever wanted: an education to rise above. If it wasn't for Blake and Kailey, I'd tuck my tail and leave Malum.Abel would win.I'm glad I'm staying. As the year goes by, Abel's cruelty hardens me. It teaches me lessons I should've learned years ago.Lessons I won't need to learn twice.If Abel thinks he can banish me from his so-called court, he'd better think again. I have just as much right to be here as he does. Perhaps it's time for a queen to overthrow the king.Due to intense subject matter, Malum Kings College isn't intended for readers under 17.Formerly Titled The Bully's Pawn

Mae and Lela Cable are identical twins. Mirror twins, to be exact. They've lived a normal life...until now. Their moonshine-swilling, antique-hoarding, geriatric Aunt Bertha insists that they're descendants of Appalachian witches. Lela works as a doula and has a knack for medicinal herbs. She's the adventurous sister who enjoys the single life.Timid Mae pampers her house plants and is a recently divorced mom who has spent her entire adult life giving in to the desires of her family and ignoring herself. Can someone say self-care needed, stat? When the twins decide on a whim to travel cross-country to meet a dying, long-lost relative in the Great Smoky Mountains, they quickly realize that their entire lives were filled with curtains that hid the truth. Even their parents' cause of death was a lie. Now they're sick with mysterious symptoms, water is attacking Mae as she walks through the airport, and Lela is attracting animals like she's in the middle of an animated princess movie.Say what? What was that Aunt Bertha had said? Appalachian witches. Trying to understand and harness their powers is the least of the twins' worries. Just as they decide to stay a while in their ancestral Tennessee home, they discover someone wants them out of town, like yesterday. But why... and who? Can they overcome their fears and hesitations in time to prevent something terrible from happening? Wears Valley Witches is a hilarious Paranormal Cozy Mystery series that will keep you on your toes as you learn about the Appalachian witches and their quirky magic. This Volume Includes:Next Of TwinTwinnin' Ain't EasyKeep Your Twin Up

Turning forty is less Witches of Eastwick and more Black Widow. Go figure.I've always known I was adopted. It never mattered much...until my birth mother died.I inherited a new power from the mysterious woman. But now she's dead and I, despite the fact that I have exactly zero training, I'm the next time-traveling assassin.Don't get excited. The job sounds glamorous, but it comes with a huge learning curve and plenty of mishaps. Then there's having to actually assassinate people. That part sucks.It could be worse. I could still be working retail.

ate, Heather, and Rae Bellarose move back home to Cave River, Arizona to fulfill the terms of their grandfather's will to work together for one year in their family's cafe and cat rescue. If they succeed, they get a big pile of money. If they fail, they go back to their regular lives, no worse off.This should be a breeze. Cate is determined to make it work, whatever it takes. Too much money is at stake.Off the bat, things are beyond strange. She keeps seeing impossibilities that she can't explain. Floating feather dusters, lights that aren't there. Then, all the plants in town die.Something is way off.Cate and her sisters discover an ancient book in a hidden room in the family's mansion. That's when things really get weird.Suddenly, Cate has powers! So do her sisters, daughter, nieces, and aunts!Also, some insane warlock is trying to buy the whole town and that sends up red flags in all directions. The sisters need to find out why and how to stop him or they might lose the money before they get a chance to inherit it.

Something is stirring deep within the twins' unearthed cauldron...and no, it's not Bertha's homemade moonshine.Lela and Mae finally found their tribe. After their magic trickles over to other granny witch descendants in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, now they have a coven and a home. Little do they know that the same magical source that supplies them with their powers can also make them deathly ill.Now they're struggling to offload their magic and share it with volunteers within their coven...even the men.Men with shiny, new magical powers? Surely nothing could go awry.In the midst of the twins' magical conundrums, a ghost from their family's Scottish past keeps popping out of the cauldron like a genie from a lamp. She's returned to issue a warning: the coins that Lela and Mae found on their family's ancestral farm can't be used by them, or anyone else, lest they be cursed for eternity.What's the worst that could happen? Eternal curses? Pfft. Why not?When the coins go missing, the twins find themselves in a race against time to recover them before they are doomed to the same, unfortunate fate as their ancestor.Meanwhile, Lela is intrigued by the professor's dark and handsome brother, Joseph, who also just happens to have an adorable four-year-old daughter named Eleanor. When an accident sends Eleanor directly to the ER, can Lela use her powers to save her? Or will her true identity push her new love interest away?

Things are topsy-turvy in Wears Valley, and Lela and Mae must get to the bottom of it all before someone ends up dead... or worse.After barely saving their Aunt Bertha's life, Lela and Mae know their time is limited to find the attacker. But magical happenings start making local headlines. They can't help but get involved, and in the process, they discover a whole community of witchy friends who are just as stumped as the twins are about magic suddenly appearing in the mountains again.And now there are any number of suspects. Could it be the handsome nurse, George? Lela says no, but Mae isn't convinced.Lela suspects Mae's new professor friend. He seems all stuffy and reserved at first, but Mae soon discovers just how hot things can be under the surface.Bertha is just glad to be alive, and together with her and Harriet, the twins discover more about their heritage, their bond as twins, and their future.

Lela finally gets a moment alone with hunky single dad Joseph and what should happen? A knock at the door.Of. Course.A man claims to be their dead father's hereto unknown brother.Erm, what?Not even Bertha knew about this guy, so the twins dive into family research, both mundane and magical. It would be cool to have an uncle, but what if he's a swindler?Unfortunately, magical family research isn't as simple as it sounds. In the process of verifying their new possible uncle's identity, Lela and Mae unleash something dark and deadly on Wears Valley.It's not all bad, though. Ted and Mae grow closer every day, and Joseph has been so helpful with the new drama. Plus, little Eleanor is a delight and Lela is smitten with the girl.On top of everything else, they still need to learn more about the coins, break the curse on the cauldron, and send Florie to her peace. None of which will be simple.All in a day's work for a granny witch.

Summer Rigby has been contemplating her life choices lately. Her dad comes from a family of witches, but her mother wants her to take over her family's bar. In a way, it's as important of a legacy as the witchcraft.But is it really what she wants to do?While walking along the beach, Summer is hit with a powerful premonition, one she can't help but act on. Brandi Best must move to Cornellis Island, Summer must take over her mother's bar, and Summer is the one who is tasked with making these things happen.So much for Summer's wants and needs. Her life is going in a direction she can't control, but it's not all bad. At least she has her elderly bestie, Maggie, and her visions keep life interesting.On to the next adventure.__________Brandi Best has nothing tying her down. Nothing keeping her in Arizona. No kids, no husband, and her parents passed away years ago. When she finds out a town in Ireland will actually pay her to move there? Why not spend the second half of her life in a gorgeous country by the sea?But things aren't all that they seem.In preparing to move, Brandi discovers some big secrets about herself and her parents. First and foremost, that she's adopted. And then she finds a journal written in her father's handwriting claiming Brandi was found in that same Irish town she's heading to.Is it a coincidence, or something more?Still, starting over is everything she hoped for and more. An exotic location, new friends, and new adventures working in the local bar. Things are going really well... until she falls into the ocean. Touching salt water for the first time does something to her. Something... fishy.And her life gets even more confusing when she meets the handsome descendant of a pirate who swears he can help her find the truth about her past. All it'll take? More adventure. More danger. And a hunt for an incredible treasure.Brandi doesn't know what to believe, but she's going to have to figure something out soon, or she's going to have one whopper of a tail to tell.

Rae is the baby of the family. The only thing she's good at is avoiding responsibility. But when she's forced to come home, her daughter shows up, and she has to share a house with her sisters, everything changes.Then, things get worse. There's a curse on her family, and her sisters go missing. Rae is suddenly responsible for a household full of people, trying to break the curse, and having to follow the clues to her sisters' whereabouts.On her search, she meets a handsome police officer who steals her heart in a way no man has before. But after a lifetime of poor choices, she's determined fight for her feelings and stays focused.Only, what if it's not enough? What if evil warlocks and confusing spells destroy Rae's confidence and stop her from rescuing her sisters?Hopefully not, or the town might not survive the loss of the three powerful sisters.

Mae and Lela Cable are identical twins. Mirror twins, to be exact. They've lived a normal life...until now. Their moonshine-swilling, antique-hoarding, geriatric Aunt Bertha insists that they're descendants of Appalachian witches.What in the world are they supposed to do with that?Lela works as a doula and has a knack for medicinal herbs. She's the adventurous sister who enjoys the single life.Timid Mae pampers her house plants and is a recently divorced mom who has spent her entire adult life giving in to the desires of her family and ignoring herself.Can someone say self-care needed, stat?When the twins decide on a whim to travel cross-country to meet a dying, long-lost relative in the Great Smoky Mountains, they quickly realize that their entire lives were filled with curtains that hid the truth. Even their parents' cause of death was a lie.Now they're sick with mysterious symptoms, water is attacking Mae as she walks through the airport, and Lela is attracting animals like she's in the middle of an animated princess movie.Say what? What was that Aunt Bertha had said? Appalachian witches.Trying to understand and harness their powers is the least of the twins' worries. Just as they decide to stay a while in their ancestral Tennessee home, they discover someone wants them out of town, like yesterday. But why... and who? Can they overcome their fears and hesitations in time to prevent something terrible from happening?Wears Valley Witches is a hilarious Paranormal Cozy Mystery series that will keep you on your toes as you learn about the Appalachian witches and their quirky magic.

Turning forty is less Witches of Eastwick and more Black Widow. Go figure.I've always known I was adopted. It never mattered much...until my birth mother died.I inherited a new power from the mysterious woman. But now she's dead and I, despite the fact that I have exactly zero training, I'm the next time-traveling assassin.Don't get excited. The job sounds glamorous, but it comes with a huge learning curve and plenty of mishaps. Then there's having to actually assassinate people. That part sucks.It could be worse. I could still be working retail.

When a magical being appears in my kitchen and tells me I'm an immortal queen, my life changes forever...My forties brought a whole bunch of surprises, including a pregnancy that I never thought was possible. But if I imagined the world was just going to throw me that one curveball, I forgot that the fates have a sense of humor.So do I just get to eat ice cream and try to figure out how I'm going to run after a baby AND not lose my mind? Nope, apparently, I need to save the world.Evil beings are threatening to overrun the world, and the only way to save mankind is to close a gate between realms.A gate I have to die to close.But dying when you're immortal and pregnant comes with a whole host of other problems.Can I save my unborn child, the world, and myself? Or will my forties be more fatal than I ever imagined?

Volume Two of the bestselling After Forty series is packed with five more adventures starting Ava and Friends.Witching After Forty follows the misadventures of Ava Harper - a forty-something necromancer with a light witchy side that you wouldn't expect from someone who can raise the dead. Join Ava as she learns how to start over after losing the love of her life, in this new paranormal women's fiction series with a touch of cozy mystery, magic, and a whole lot of mayhem.This Volume includes:Birthday Blunder (Novella)A Haunted MidlifeAn Animated MidlifeFaery Odd-Mother (Novella)A Killer MidlifeThe Witching After Forty series is part of the Life After Magic World.

Ransom has been kidnapped.Let me say it again.Ransom has been kidnapped!Months have passed, and Luke and Hailey are no closer to finding Ransom than they were on the day he disappeared. They've called in every favor, left no stones unturned, and yet still no Ransom.No Pete.No Izora.Hailey is worried about Luke. He's withdrawn into himself, getting more and more depressed with every day that goes by without his mate.When all seems lost, Kendra comes through with a spell to help Luke remember a very important detail. Once he does, oh boy, look out. All Hell breaks loose.They find something all right. It's not Ransom, but it's big. Unfortunately, it distracts them from the most important thing in the world: finding Ransom.Eventually, an unlikely set of heroes arrive with their mystical witch's broom to help them locate Ransom. The question is, once they find him, what do they do about Pete, Izora, and the big distraction they've been dealing with?Luke will find a way, with Hailey by his side. He'll take them apart piece by piece if he has to. They won't get away with taking his mate.

Jilted at the altar a month before her fortieth birthday. Poor Hailey. Midlife really does have a crisis. Or is it that midlife is the crisis? Either way, it sucks.Hailey Whitfield can't take any more run-ins with her ex. It's time for a big change.She's never considered moving away, but it's her best plan yet. Bonus - her bestie lives next door! However, her new neighbor is… weird, to say the least. Extremely hot, but odd. So are his friends. But Hailey will take strange neighbors over facing her lying, cheat, deadbeat ex-fiancé all day, any day.Finding a job in a new town is more challenging than she realizes. With her savings depleted from the move, Hailey has to suck it up and take what she gets. After taking a job as a private nurse for an injured bounty hunter, things start to look up.Then a skip falls into her lap. Okay, sure. She was being nosy and reading an incoming fax intended for her patient. But with a little encouragement, Hailey takes on the task of tracking down the skip. It's easy money. Right?Wrong. This skip is far more than Hailey bargained for. And her life is about to change in a very bloody and pointy kind of way. What a bite in the… Well, you know.With the help of her witchy best friend and her new, very pale neighbor, Hailey is going to collect her bounty.Or die trying.This collection includes:Bitten in the MidlifeStaked in the MidlifeMasquerading in the Midlife

Volume Three of the bestselling After Forty series is packed with five more adventures staring Ava and Friends.Witching After Forty follows the misadventures of Ava Harper - a forty-something necromancer with a light witchy side that you wouldn't expect from someone who can raise the dead. Join Ava as she learns how to start over after losing the love of her life, in this new paranormal women's fiction series with a touch of cozy mystery, magic, and a whole lot of mayhem.This Volume includes:A Grave MidlifeA Powerful MidlifeA Wedded MidlifeA Newly-Webs MidlifeThe Witching After Forty series is part of the Life After Magic World.