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When a retired mobster ends up murdered and one of her grandmother's best friends is the last one to see him alive, Lexy Baker can kiss her plans to spend an uneventful summer dreaming about her upcoming wedding to detective Jack Perillo good-bye. Lexy agrees to help her grandmother's octogenarian Ladies' Detective Club solve the murder. But she doesn't count on sneaking into crime scenes, interviewing kooky relatives, and following thugs around town....
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HOW SWEET MAGIC IS contains books 4-6 in the Sweet Tea Witch Mysteries.
SOUTHERN SORCERY
Pepper Dunn can't catch a break. As soon as life settles down in her magical town, the sorcerer Rufus Mayes appears, hell-bent on stealing Pepper's powers for himself.
When Rufus casts a spell that links his magic to hers, Pepper is determined to break the connection. Luckily, she doesn't have to look too far for help. When an aging wizard agrees to assist her,...
83) Ghost Aria
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Sixteen years old, Caina is a student of the Ghosts, the spies and agents of the Emperor of Nighmar, and from them she learns the arts of stealth and infiltration, of disguise and intrigue.
But when a man dies of a mysterious poison, Caina faces a deadly test.
Because if she doesn't solve the murder, she might die next....
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A baker with secrets.
Witches in trouble.
The cameras are rolling.
On your marks, get set, die.
Poppy Wilkinson is thrilled to be chosen as a contestant on The Great British Baking Contest. As an American with English roots, winning the crown as Britain's Best Baker would open doors she's dreamed of. In more ways than one. Appearing on the reality show is her chance to get into Broomewode Hall and uncover the secrets of her past.
But strange...
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Caina Amalas is a Ghost circlemaster, leader of the Emperor's spies in Istarinmul. Yet the people of Istarinmul know her as the Balarigar, the daring master thief who challenged the corrupt lords and cruel princes of the city. And now Grand Master Callatas, the most powerful sorcerer of Istarinmul, wants her dead, and without allies Caina will not survive. So when a legendary thief offers Caina a chance to rob Callatas himself, she has no choice but...
86) Ice Cream Murder
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When millionaire Regis Banks drops dead at his own party, everyone assumes it was from natural causes - after all, the man was celebrating his one-hundredth birthday. ... Everyone except Lexy Baker's amateur sleuth grandmother, Nans, and her three friends, that is. When it turns out that Regis' death might have been caused by more than just old age, Nans refuses to let the trail grow cold - especially after a local reporter trying to get a scoop threatens...
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CAINA AMALAS is the Ghost circlemaster of Istarinmul, the leader of the Emperor's spies in the city. With the aid of mysterious allies, she fights to stop the sinister plans of the ruthless Grand Master Callatas.
But Callatas has spent two centuries preparing to remake humanity, and he will exterminate any who dare to oppose him.
CLAUDIA ABERON DORIUS was once a sorceress of the Imperial Magisterium, yet now she is the wife of a high noble of the...
88) Witches & Words
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It's the new year in Ivory Beach, and Rory is nursing a broken heart after the Reaper's abrupt departure from town. A distraction comes in the form of a batch of new tourists visiting the library, but when a holidaying stranger returns a rare book to her family and is then found dead, Rory finds herself in hot water again.
Handling rare books is second nature to Rory's family, but this one has a little more personality than Rory is used to. Not only...
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It's Christmas in Magnolia Cove and Pepper Dunn is ready. She's making her list and checking it twice.
Giant snowmen? Check.
Magical snow? Check.
Murder? Check.
Wait-what?
Axel's parents are visiting for the holiday and Pepper wants things to go smoothly. But when his mom insults the town Scrooge things turn rocky fast.
Worse, when the town Scrooge is murdered, fingers quickly point to Axel's mom.
Now it's up to Axel and Pepper to find the real...
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When bakery owner Lexy Baker and her posse of iPad-toting grandmas find a dead body under Ruth's late model Oldsmobile, it opens an investigation into a decades-old crime. It seems Ruth's reformed crime-boss boyfriend stashed something of immense value away before he died. Too bad word is out in the criminal underworld, and a dangerous killer has come to town to find it.
Armed with only their iPads, gigantic patent leather purses and a box of baked...
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There's a serial killer on the loose, and Lexy Baker's grandmother, Nans, could be the next victim.
The bodies are piling up at the Brook Ridge Falls Retirement Center. Healthy people are dropping like flies. And yet no one believes a murderer is on the loose... except for Lexy Baker and the troupe of iPad-toting grandmothers who live at the center.
When Lexy's detective boyfriend, Jack, refuses to believe that foul play is involved, Lexy has no...
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Blackmoore Sisters Cozy Mysteries Box-Set Books 1-5 A three-hundred year old mystery, four magical sisters and a cat. The Blackmoore sisters discover their paranormal powers as they find themselves scrambling to find a real killer while they battle a crooked Sheriff, planted evidence, and a long list of suspects that all had a reason to kill. This is a box-set of the first five books in the Blackmoore Sisters Cozy Mystery series. Books include: Dead...
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Rory and her magical family have been through their fair share of tribulations. The sudden reappearance of a hidden corridor in the library has unleashed a series of baffling riddles left by the library's creator, but Rory's deceased grandmother's motives are as shrouded in mystery as ever.
When a professor is poisoned to death at the local university, everyone thinks it's an accident. Only Rory and her family know of a potential link with a notorious...
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CAINA AMALAS is a Ghost nightfighter, one of the Emperor's elite spies and assassins. And though she remains anonymous, already legends grow around her. Whispers speak of the Ghost nightfighter who stopped the fire of the gods from consuming Rasadda, who defeated sorcerers of terrible power, who liberated slaves and threw down cruel lords. Yet now the storm is coming to claim her... ARK spent five long years hunting for his missing wife and son. Now,...
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Brook Ridge Falls favorite bakery owner, Lexy Baker, has everything she ever wanted. A new husband she adores. A thriving bakery business. Everything is going great. ... Until a new bakery springs up across the street and tries every trick in the book to put her out of business! Lexy smells something rotten about the bakery and it isn't just their stale brownies. When her own bakery is broken into she knows who did it ... but what she can't figure...
96) Southern Spells
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Even the best-laid plans of egg-laying chickens can go awry . . .
All Pepper Dunn wants is a quiet life in the witchy town of Magnolia Cove, Alabama. But when the Cotton and Cobwebs Festival arrives, her dream goes up in smoke. This year, grandmother Betty is determined to win the award for best magical creature against Melbalean Mayes, the contest matron. To win, Betty needs Pepper's help.
But when Melbalean winds up dead and Betty is accused of...
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Claire Turner finally has everything she wants. A successful business, a small bungalow near the beach, and the camaraderie of her two best friends. She's successful and independent - something she would have never thought possible before her husband's mid-life crisis and their subsequent divorce.
When a rival business opens across the street, Claire worries that she could lose everything she's worked for. Her entire sense of self-worth is tied up...
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Caina Amalas is a nightfighter of the Ghosts, the spies and assassins of the Emperor of Nighmar, and through cunning and valor she has cast down both proud lords and mighty sorcerers. But a power darker than any she has ever faced is awakening. When a mad assassin armed with a sorcerous blade rampages through the Emperor's capital, Caina must track the weapon to its origin, a ruined city blighted by the folly of sorcerers, a city that holds weapons...
99) Southern Magic
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It only takes a second for life to go to heck-in-a-hand-basket!
In less than 24 hours, Pepper Dunn loses her job, her boyfriend, and her home. It's the worst day of her life. But when Pepper discovers she's a witch and has inherited the most important store in the magical town of Magnolia Cove, Alabama, she's as happy as a pig in mud.
Too bad the shop is a familiar pet store, and Pepper doesn't like animals - not even a teensy bit. Determined...
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Murder, deceit, and baking....
It's the big finale of the Great British Baking Contest. Who will win? Who will fall flatter than an eggless soufflé? And will amateur baker and witch Poppy survive to find out?
Dark forces are at work in the picture-perfect village of Broomewode, Somerset. Poppy's in danger, but why? She's getting closer to solving the mystery of her beginnings, but so many questions remain. Will she finally meet her birth mother?...