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Get in the mood for Halloween with these cozy mystery and romance fiction reads for Adults.
Updated October 16, 2023
Lewisville Public Library
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Halloween murder
Meier, Leslie
Ebook
Treat yourself to two novels from the New York Times-bestselling author: "I like Lucy Stone a lot, and so will readers."--Carolyn Hart, New York Times-bestselling author of the Bailey Ruth Mysteries For Lucy Stone, Halloween in...
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A ghost in shining armor
Beharrie, Therese
Ebook
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Not your ex's hexes
Asher, April
Paper Book
In April Asher's next Supernatural Singles novel, Not Your Ex's Hexes, a one-night-stand between a willful witch and a broody half-demon conjures an adventure that wouldn't be complete without several magical mishaps. For her entire life, Rose Maxwell trained to become...
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Halloween cupcake murder
O'Connor, Carlene
Ebook
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Back in a spell
Harper, Lana
Paper Book
An awkward first date leads to a sparkling romance between one of the most powerful witches in town and a magical newbie in this rom-com by Lana Harper, New York Times bestselling author of Payback's a Witch. Even though she won't deny her love for pretty (and...
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Halloween party murder
Meier, Leslie
Paper Book
Small town traditions are celebrated throughout Maine during the holiday season. But when it comes to Halloween, some people are more than willing to reap a harvest of murder... HALLOWEEN PARTY MURDER by LESLIE MEIER Tinker's Cove newest residents Ty and...
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A catered costume party : a mystery with recipes
Crawford, Isis
Paper Book
When sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons agree to cater an extravagant Halloween party in their little upstate New York town of Longely, they figured a ghost or two and a blood curdling scream might be part of the menu, but they never expected to be haunted by the deadly specter of murder . . ....
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The ex hex : a novel
Sterling, Erin
Paper Book
New York Times Bestseller Erin Sterling casts a delightful spell with a spine-tingling romance full of wishes, witches, and hexes gone wrong. "A delightful and witty take on witchy mayhem." -- Popsugar Nine years ago, Vivienne Jones nursed her broken heart like any young...
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Witchful thinking
Martin, Celestine
Paper Book
Love is the trickiest spell of all. Lucinda Caraway loves living in Freya Grove, the mystic seaside town where charms, hexes, and magical beings of all kinds are the norm. She spends her days teaching high school history and her nights reading tea leaves...
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Wicked witch murder : a Lucy Stone mystery
Meier, Leslie.
Paper Book
With planning the town's annual Halloween Party, the drought wreaking havoc on her garden, and her brood of four children, Lucy Stone's got her hands full this fall. . .As the air turns crisp and the trees blaze red and gold in the tiny town of Tinker's Cove, Maine, a newcomer arrives who seems to...
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The bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice
Kauffman, Donna
Ebook
Every autumn, Moonbright, Maine, is the picture of charm with its piles of crisp leaves, flickering jack-o'-lanterns ... and a touch of the sweetest kind of enchantment. Witches, goblins, the occasional ghost--they're all sure to be spotted at the annual...
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All I want for Halloween
Harte, Marie
Ebook
TONIGHT, SHE PLANS TO LET GO. Dressed up and anonymous, Sadie Liberato feels powerful, sexy and free. Where better to lose herself than a masked party? Gear Blackstone's cheating ex and scheming best friend have managed to spin his life into a serious downward spiral. At least with...
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A catered Halloween
Crawford, Isis.
Paper Book
In the fifth adventure in Crawford's much-loved culinary mystery series, sisters Libby and Bernie Simmons attend a haunted house fundraiser--with some truly spooky surprises.
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Lady of bones
Haines, Carolyn
Paper Book
Carolyn Haines's Lady of Bones is the next novel in the series that Kirkus Reviews characterizes as "Stephanie Plum meets the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" featuring sassy Southern private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney. It's Halloween season in Mississippi as Sarah...
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Mr. & Mrs. Witch : a novel
Bond, Gwenda
Audiobook
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The kiss curse
Sterling, Erin
Paper Book
The follow-up to Erin Sterling's New York Times bestselling hit The Ex Hex features fan favorite Gwyn and the spine-tinglingly handsome Wells Penhallow as they battle a new band of witches and their own magical chemistry. Gwyn Jones is perfectly happy with her life...
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Haunted hibiscus
Childs, Laura
Paper Book
It is the week before Halloween and Theodosia Browning, proprietor of the Indigo Tea Shop, and her tea sommelier, Drayton, are attending the grand opening of their literary and historical themed haunted house. But during the opening, amid a parade of characters dressed as Edgar Allan Poe, Lady...
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Murder in the bayou boneyard : a Cajun country mystery
Byron, Ellen
Ebook
Maggie Crozat has the Halloween heebie-jeebies in USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award-winning author Ellen Byron's howlingly funny sixth Cajun Country mystery. Maggie Crozat, proprietor of a historic Cajun Country B&B, prefers to let the good times roll. But hard times rock...
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In charm's way
Harper, Lana
Paper Book
Seven months after having been hit by an accidental power surge that nearly obliterated her memory, Delilah Harlow is still picking up the pieces. Her once diamond-sharp mind has become shaky and unreliable, and bristly, self-sufficient Delilah is forced to rely on friends, family, and her raven...
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A witch's guide to fake dating a demon
Hawley, Sarah
Paper Book
Mariel Spark knows not to trust a demon, especially one that wants her soul, but what's a witch to do when he won't leave her side--and she kind of doesn't want him to? Mariel Spark is prophesied to be the most powerful witch seen in centuries of the famed Spark family, but to...
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Death of a wicked witch
Hollis, Lee
Ebook
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Enchanted to meet you
Cabot, Meg
Paper Book
A witchy rom-com from New York Times bestseller Meg Cabot about a plus size witch who must team up with a handsome stranger to help protect her village from an otherworldly force--but will she be able to protect her heart? It's Magic When You Meet Your Match In her teenage...
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The spook in the stacks
Gates, Eva
Paper Book
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Death of a pumpkin carver
Hollis, Lee
Ebook
A sleuthing food writer must cope with a visit from her ex-husband--and it gets even worse when he becomes a suspect in a homicide . . . For Hayley Powell, food and cocktails columnist for the Island Times, Halloween is all...
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What the hex
Clare, Jessica
Paper Book
Penny Roundtree wants nothing more than to be a familiar to a witch. She's been a member of the Society of Familiars ever since she was old enough to join the Fam. There's just a small problem - no one's hiring. Witches and warlocks are so long-lived that there are far more familiars available than...
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The witches of Moonshyne Manor : a novel
Marais, Bianca
Paper Book
"Bianca Marais is a genius" -- Ann Patchett, #1 New York Times bestselling author A coven of modern-day witches. A magical heist-gone-wrong. A looming threat. Five octogenarian witches gather as an angry mob threatens to demolish...
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A letter to three witches
Bass, Elizabeth
Ebook
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Not the witch you wed
Asher, April
Paper Book
A fake relationship between a magic-less witch and a wolf shifter turns to more in the start of a bewitching new paranormal rom-com series. Magic-less witch Violet Maxwell wants nothing to do with alpha wolf shifter Lincoln Thorne--the man who broke her fragile, teenage heart....
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The ghost and the stolen tears
Coyle, Cleo
Audiobook
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The very secret society of irregular witches
Mandanna, Sangu
Paper Book
Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, and is used to keeping her head down with one exception: an online account, where she posts videos 'pretending' to be a witch. She thinks no one will take it seriously. But someone does. An unexpected message arrives, begging her to travel to the remote and...
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