Cozy Science Fiction

A recipe gone awry because you lack one important ingredient and you need to make this cake for someone you love for their birthday, which happens to be the next day. Low-stakes? Nah.

By the time Detective Dani DeMarco comes face-to-face with the person she’s been hunting for months, she’s lost almost everything. But only one can win at this deadly game, and Dani is determined this will be the wicked end - one way or another.

It's hard being the youngest in a family of witches known for their power. It's even harder when that magical power has all but passed you by. Still, I was doing okay for myself. I like to think I was proving to the rest of my family that magic wasn't a requirement to living. Then Aunt Opal became the prime suspect in a murder investigation. Wouldn't you know it would happen right when everyone else in the family but me was out of town. Now it's up to me to prove her innocence, and a little magic could go a long way in helping me do that.

One of the biggest trivia competitions in the world is coming to Paradise Lodge, and Hali Waverly is expecting an influx of guests. What she’s not prepared for is murder. When a body drops on the resort’s beach, however, she finds herself knee-deep in the investigation along with her new boyfriend Gray Hunter. Unfortunately for her, there are a few too many suspects for her comfort level.

A witch is missing, and if Nora can't find her, Eastwind may never be the same. When a North Wind witch vanishes and is presumed dead, the Eastwind Coven asks psychic medium Nora Ashcroft for her help. In need of a serious distraction from her own problems, she agrees to look into it for them. When a rumor spreads that a werewolf has killed the young woman, longstanding tensions between witches and weres threaten to boil over. Can Nora uncover the truth before centuries of peace in Eastwind come to an abrupt and violent end?

The Happy Holidays Players—a renowned acting troupe—is coming to town, and Hemlock Cove is bursting with excited residents who want parts in the winter festival. That includes the three Winchester matriarchs, who are vying with one another for top billing.

Izzy Sage should be on top of the world, but the revenant threat has her watching her back. Things only get worse when an oddball cult looking for a door to another world show up on Belle Isle and start circling the parking lot while demanding entrance to the other side. Izzy is out of her league when it comes to dealing with the group - especially their charismatic leader who pushes all of her buttons - and when a body drops outside the aquarium, her suspicion is piqued.

Tillie Winchester's past is about to come back to haunt her, and what she sees as fun and games someone else sees as a recipe for murder. When a local woman is poisoned at Hemlock Cove's senior center, Aunt Tillie is the prime suspect. Bay, Thistle and Clove don't believe their great-aunt is guilty - although Thistle is fine if the police want to haul her away for a long weekend. Everyone in town is suspicious, but things spiral out of control when FBI Agent Landon Michaels' boss believes he can't be objective where his girlfriend's family is concerned and sends another agent to lead the investigation. The new agent is gung-ho, headstrong, and making witchy enemies at every turn. When the investigation turns to the past instead of the present, Aunt Tillie refuses to talk and a long held Hemlock Cove secret risks being exposed. Bodies start piling up as old grudges overlap with new clues and the Winchesters are caught in the crossfire.

High school is a monster, and it's eating everyone Robin knows. Discover the backstory of the new Stranger Things fan favorite character, Robin, played by Maya Hawke! It's the beginning of sophomore year, and Robin's Odd Squad friends have decided: this time, they're going to fit in. They couple...

When Dahlia is suddenly thrust into the future during a seemingly ordinary meeting, the sisters find themselves at a loss. Lia is haunted by visions of murder, but no one knows who they can turn to for help. With a persnickety siren demanding an under-the-sea-themed birthday party, the sisters could just dive deeper into conch shells, seahorses, and starfish. But when a dead woman is dumped on a busy road, it seems hunting for a killer none of them can identify is now their most important job.

"This magical thrill-ride is a treat." —Publishers Weekly on Cast in Wisdom The Academia, once an elite proving ground for the rulers of the world, has been frozen for centuries. Now its strange slumber has ended, and a new Chancellor, an orange-eyed dragon, has reopened its lecture halls and...

It’s Halloween in Whisper Cove. To Harper Harlow-Monroe that means candy, parties, and costumes to celebrate her favorite holiday of the year. That’s what she’s expecting anyway. What she gets is the exact opposite. When her husband Detective Jared Monroe calls to tell her there’s a ghost on County Line Bridge throwing items at passing cars and causing accidents, Harper is hoping for a quick takedown but that’s not what she gets. The ghost isn’t just hanging out on the bridge because she’s bored. No, Whisper Cove’s former librarian is protecting a body. Nobody knows how the teenager got there.

My name’s Astra. I’m single, love familiars, and am also a witch whose demon cat has more magical ability in his paw, than I have in my entire body. When I inherit my great-aunt’s ramshackle mansion in the sleepy village, Witch Hollow, which nestles in Oxford's shadow, I seize the chance to break free from my family. Even if Witch Hollow is the most paranormal village in England...

Three ways that Ella's life is totally messed up: Her new coworker is as cranky as he is attractive. A mischievous cat has decided she needs a familiar. She just found out she's a witch who can read the emotional hologram of a magical death (and isn't that a mouthful).

When Jennifer finds her great-aunt Sadie dead from a fatal blow to the head and the police run out of clues to solve her murder, everything changes. Calling upon their unconventional skills, the quilting club discovers what the police could not—the identity of the killer and even better, a confession. That was the easy part. Now they’re left with a dilemma. How can they convince the police to believe them before it’s too late, without ruining their reputations in the process?

The people of Hallow Haven are growing increasingly concerned about a string of recent disappearances, fear is gripping the islands, and Sadie needs to do something about it. With no apparent connection between the missing people, Sadie finds herself at a loss.

Hali Waverly thought she’d seen the worst the world had to offer. Then, her boyfriend Gray Hunter’s parents arrived on her beach. Now, the horror truly begins.

In "Arsenic and Alibis," the first of 26 enchanting tales, meet Carrigan Critt—a crochet-loving, cat-obsessed woman who unexpectedly inherits the Critt Family Funeral Home and Gardens. On her 40th birthday, Carrigan's life takes a paranormal twist when she gains the unsettling ability to see, hear, and speak to ghosts. Her newfound gift quickly draws her into the town's most baffling mysteries. When Lydia Grant, a local cosmetics mogul, is found dead under suspicious circumstances, Carrigan's ghostly abilities become her most powerful tool.

Life's taken an unexpected turn for Astra Arden, a former paranormal military tracker. After losing her job, she returns to her quirky hometown and the sprawling Arden House. But there's more to this homecoming than meets the eye, as Astra soon discovers in a whirlwind of magic, adventure, mystical creatures, and endless family drama.

Where there's a witch, there's a way! Where there's a whole family of them, there's trouble. Bay Winchester, editor of Hemlock Cove's small weekly newspaper, thinks her small hamlet's upcoming murder mystery weekend is going to be all about fun, food, and frolicking. Instead, when another dead body is discovered in Hemlock Cove, things turn into murder, mayhem, and migraines (the latter is mostly thanks to her family, of course).