Paranormal fiction

  • The kiss curse : Graves Glen, book 2

    Creator

    Sterling, Erin

    Abstract

    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 in Graves Glen. She, her mom, and her cousin have formed a new and powerful coven; she's running a successful witchcraft shop, Something Wicked; and she's started mentoring some of the younger witches in town. As Halloween approaches, there's only one problem—Llewellyn "Wells" Penhallow.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York, NY

    Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

    Not specified
  • The league of gentlewomen witches : Dangerous damsels, book 2

    Creator

    Holton, India

    Abstract

    “As much fun as the English language will permit.” — New York Times Book Review on The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels. Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the teahouse... Miss Charlotte Pettifer belongs to a secret league of women skilled in the subtle arts—that is to say, although it must never be said, witchcraft. The League of Gentlewomen Witches strives to improve the world in small ways. Using magic, they tidy, correct, and manipulate according to their notions of what is proper—entirely unlike those reprobates in the Wisteria Society.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Place of publication not identified]

    Berkley Pub Group

    Not specified
  • The saint of bright doors

    Creator

    Chandrasekera, Vajra

    Abstract

    Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel. A 2023 New York Times Notable Book. "The best book I've read all year. Protean, singular, original." —Amal El-Mohtar for the New York Times. The Saint of Bright Doors sets the high drama of divine revolutionaries and transcendent cults against the mundane struggles of modern life, resulting in a novel that is revelatory and resonant. Fetter was raised to kill, honed as a knife to cut down his sainted father. This gave him plenty to talk about in therapy.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Tor Publishing Group

    Not specified
  • The secret service of tea and treason : Dangerous damsels, book 3

    Creator

    Holton, India

    Abstract

    An International Bestseller! One of Library Journal's Best Romances of the Year, Amazon's Best Romances of April, and Buzzfeed's Romance Books To Look Out For In 2023. Two rival spies must brave pirates, witches, and fake matrimony to save the Queen. Known as Agent A, Alice is the top operative within the Agency of Undercover Note Takers, a secret government intelligence group that is fortunately better at espionage than at naming itself. From managing deceptive witches to bored aristocratic ladies, nothing is beyond Alice’s capabilities.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Berkley Romance

    Not specified
  • The shape of water

    Creator

    Toro, Guillermo del.

    Abstract

    The 2018 Academy Award's Best Picture of the Year and New York Times-bestselling novel, The Shape of Water. From visionary storyteller Guillermo del Toro and celebrated author Daniel Kraus comes this haunting, heartbreaking love story. "[A] phenomenally enrapturing and reverberating work of art in its own right...[that] vividly illuminates the minds of the characters, greatly enhancing our understanding of their temperaments and predicaments and providing more expansive and involving story lines." — Booklist.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [S.I.]

    Feiwel & Friends

    Not specified
  • The unfortunate side effects of heartbreak and magic

    Creator

    Randall, Breanne

    Abstract

    Instant New York Times Bestseller USA Today Bestseller For fans of Practical Magic and Gilmore Girls, The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic is a debut novel that explores the shields we build around our hearts to retain our own magic. Sadie Revelare has always believed that the curse of four heartbreaks that accompanies her magic would be worth the price. But when her grandmother is diagnosed with cancer with only weeks to live, and her first heartbreak, Jake McNealy, returns to town after a decade, her carefully structured life begins to unravel.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Alcove Press

    Not specified
  • The very secret society of irregular witches

    Creator

    Mandanna, Sangu

    Abstract

    “This is one of my coziest reads of the last year, and I find myself thinking about its enchanted setting all the time.”—Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author. A warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family—and a new love—changes the course of her life. As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head down, and stay away from other witches so their powers don’t mingle and draw attention.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Berkley

    Not specified
  • The wedding witch : Graves Glen, book 3

    Creator

    Sterling, Erin

    Abstract

    The New York Times bestselling author of The Ex Hex and The Kiss Curse brightens up the Winter Solstice with another delightfully spooky novel following Bowen Penhallow and the girl he feels strangely drawn to—especially when she becomes his only hope of salvation after a strong spell sends them to a Yuletide celebration... more than 50 years in the past. Bowen Penhallow has always been a loner, studying dark and ancient magic on a mountaintop in Wales. He prefers it that way.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York, NY

    Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

    Not specified
  • The women could fly

    Creator

    Giddings, Megan

    Abstract

    Reminiscent of the works of Margaret Atwood, Shirley Jackson, and Octavia Butler, a biting social commentary from the acclaimed author of Lakewood that speaks to our times—a piercing dystopian novel about the unbreakable bond between a young woman and her mysterious mother, set in a world in which witches are real and single women are closely monitored. Josephine Thomas has heard every conceivable theory about her mother's disappearance. That she was kidnapped. Murdered. That she took on a new identity to start a new family. That she was a witch.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York, NY

    Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

    Not specified
  • Twelve bones : Sixteen souls, book 2

    Creator

    Talbot, Rosie

    Abstract

    Prepare for more spooky, swoony YA from BookTok star @Merrowchild! Charlie Frith and his new love, Sam, have just saved the dead from the living. Now it's time to focus on being a normal couple—if such a thing exists. But when a new threat lurks in the shadows, this time to the living, and all who Charlie and Sam hold near, they must put everything on the line—including their lives—to work out who is behind it. And even then, it may not be enough! Perfect for fans of Cemetery Boys, Becky Albertalli, and V. E. Schwab.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    London

    Scholastic

    Not specified