April Doty

By the time the Velveteen Rabbit is dirty, worn out, and about to be burned, he has almost given up hope of ever finding the magic called Real.

Witch-napped from a Florida vacation!Camille's been unwillingly drafted to help prevent a Christmas catastrophe in snowy Hidden Haven. Magic from the annual Spirit of Christmas Ball keeps the town hidden from humans for the rest of the year, but the magic from the ball can't be captured without the town's holiday cheer vessel: a wand that adorns the town's tree as its crowning star.Camille arrives dressed in a red ball gown, receives a pair of glass...

Death by dragon fire.An influential vampire's been fried. Who's blamed when the corpse turns up crispy? Naturally, the only dragon in town. Marge is a giant puppy of a reptile and not at all the murderous type, but she's the prime suspect. When Star finds out that the vampire horde is out for Marge's blood, she has to act fast to prove her scaly friend's innocence.Join Star and Ben as they hunt down the true murderer in this humorous tale with a flirtatious...

Nothing spoils a date quite like murder.All Star wanted was a little Halloween fun with her hunky boss, not a murder mystery filled with witches, ghosts, and too many suspects. But she can hardly cuddle with her cute date when there's a body in the bathroom.Will Star find the culprit and get back to the unfinished business or her bewitching boss?

Jane's a very brave boy. And a very difficult girl. She'll become a remarkable woman, an icon of her century, but that's a long way off. Not my fault, she thinks, dropping a bloody crowbar in the irrigation ditch after Daddy. She steals Momma's Ford and escapes to Depression-era San Francisco, where she fakes her way into work as a newspaper copy boy. Everything's looking up. She's climbing the ladder at the paper, winning validation, skill, and connections...

Cynical young gossip columnist Jane Benjamin joins FDR's Office of War Information, a propaganda unit, to find a Wendy-the-Welder poster girl to urge more women to the shipyard work essential to America's winning World War II-and, incidentally, to make herself into the new Hedda Hopper. But somebody doesn't want those women at work. During a five-day contest to beat the world speed record for building a liberty ship, Jane investigates the lives of...

Will her first case be her last? Book One of the Sara Flores, Werewolf P.I. Series Lillian Knudsen, a war vet, amputee, and local shooting range owner, has someone out to kill her, but she's clueless as to who. Thankfully, she isn't clueless about where to turn for help. Werewolf Sara Flores got her P.I. license for one reason - to give cops an excuse why they might find her near dead bodies - lots of dead bodies. It turns out evildoers who attack...

A witch with a side hustle Star needs another paying gig while she finishes her witch training. Why not at a funeral home? It fits her goth image, and the funeral director is sort of hot...even if he does wear a suit and tie. Less than a day on the job as makeup artist to the dead, and Star discovers one of their accidental death clients didn't die accidentally. Before she knows it, she's neck-deep in paranormal intrigue and her completely human,...

There's a Texas-size storm a-brewin' at the dance hall ... New chef in town Fancy Bohannon has a knack for presentation and a nose for mystery. So when her catering job at a Texas dance hall is interrupted by a cold-blooded murder, she serves her hot brisket tacos with side of sleuthing. After the handsome sheriff enlists her talents, Fancy begins digging up gossip many in Engelheim would rather keep hidden. And when another victim turns up in the...

Dr. Ree Ryland must work with the FBI to catch a criminal before time runs out in this charming, character-driven listen. Dr. Ree Ryland is an engineering professor who loves her job and plays by the rules. Her life is reassuringly predictable - until an enemy hiding in plain sight decides her squeaky-clean reputation is the perfect cover to commit a crime. When Agent Parker Landon and his FBI team discover that someone at the university has been...