It’s almost Halloween which means it’s time to start reading magical romance books all about witches and the paranormal. So here are 9 book recommendations that I think you’ll love if you love witches.
The Ex Hex – Erin Sterling
Vivienne Jones had her heart broken and nursed it in any way a young witch would: drinking and cursing her ex-boyfriend. But nothing happens… until nine years later, he arrives back in town and the curse is activated.
Rhys Penhallow is a descendant of Graves Glen’s ancestors and he’s just in town for a quick trip to recharge the town’s ley lines and make an appearance at the annual fall festival but his trip turns disastrously wrong when he keeps being hit with one calamity after the other. Vivi realises that her silly hex all those years ago wasn’t so harmless so they’re forced to work together to put an end to it before it’s too late.
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches – Sangu Mandanna
As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika knows she has to hide her magic. She grew up being told that too many witches in the same place will draw too much attention but that doesn’t stop her from posting videos of herself doing magic online assuming no one will know it’s real.
But someone has noticed the magic is real. She gets a message begging her to travel to the remote and mysterious Nowhere House to teach three young witches to control their magic. She knows it’s against the rules for so many witches to be this close… but how can she abandon them?
When Mika arrives at Nowhere House she’s greeted by an archeologist, a retired actor, 2 long-suffering caretakers, and the handsome librarian. All of them would do anything to protect the children and Mika soon begins to feel like there’s nowhere else she would rather be.
Hex and the City – Kate Johnson
Poppy is a witch that lives in a beautiful home next to Highgate cemetery and has magical hair. She works at a magic shop in Covent Garden that sells cheap tricks to non-witches. Until one day Poppy accidentally (and drunkenly) curses a pendant at the shop and then sells it to Axl Storm, a celebrity magician.
Now Poppy must track him down and find the pendant before all hell breaks loose.
Go Hex Yourself – Jessica Clare
Reggie Johnson applies for a job she finds in a newspaper at her favourite card came, Spellcraft: The Magicking. She quickly realises that’s not the job she’s applying for at all. She’s actually applied to be the familiar for an actual witch. Something she didn’t know even existed.
But this job has great perks! She’s paid well, she has a great place to live and she’s now the apprentice to a powerful but eccentric witch. Her biggest problem seems to be her employer’s nephew, Ben. He’s a warlock and one of the most arrogant and insufferable men she’s ever met.
Not the Witch You Wed – April Asher
Violet Maxwell is a witch that has no magic and she wants nothing to do with Lincoln Thorne, a wolf shifter that broke her heart as a teenager. But when an ancient law forces them to both find mates, they agree to fake-date to buy themselves a bit more time before being forced to find a mate.
But it’s not long before old feelings – and Violet’s magic – return. But there are old secrets and looming threats that could very quickly snatch away their happily ever after.
Witcha Gonna Do? – Avery Flynn
Tilda Sherwood is a member of the most powerful family of witches ever but she has no magical abilities. And when she thinks her life can’t get any worse she keeps finding herself set up on dates with Gil Connolly, a man she absolutely cannot stand. Even if she does think about kissing him all the time.
And then one day Tilda somehow causes her sister’s spell to glitch and ends up cursing her entire family. And the only person that can help her break the spell? Gil Connolly. So now they’re forced to work together to save her family and outsmart nefarious forces hellbent on world domination.
Witch Please – Ann Aguirre
Danica Waterhouse is a fully modern witch and the co-owner of Fix-It Witches, a magical tech repair shop. After a messy breakup that led to far too many family members giving her advice, she made a pact with her cousin to keep their hearts protective and have fun without including any of the opinionated Waterhouse matriarchs.
Nearby Titus Winnaker, owner of Sugar Daddy’s bakery, is having family troubles of his own. After a tragic loss, all he’s got left is his sister, the bakery, and terrible luck in love. He can’t seem to get over the romantic curse that has left him past thirty and still a virgin.
Until he meets Danica Waterhouse. The sparks are instant. But can she make a relationship with a mundane work?
Hot Hex Boyfriend – Carly Bloom
Delia Merriweather doesn’t believe in magic but she’s part of a family that identifies as witches. The fact that they don’t have magic doesn’t stop them believing this, they just think that they’ve been hexed. Because of a weird birthmark, Delia’s family all believe she has the power to restore their magic.
But the spell they want her to do is completely horrific and definitely illegal so everyone is shocked when she accidentally breaks the hex. This immediately draws the attention of the world of witches.
Just when Max Halifax thinks he’s done keeping an eye on the bumbling Merriweather women, he discovers the hex placed on them by his great great grandfather has been broken. Now he’s worried that this group of seemingly harmless witches might stumble into great power and threaten to rule the witching world just like their ancestors did.
Do Your Worst – Rosie Danan
Riley Rhodes’ family has always had a knack for the supernatural and she can finally put this to use when she’s hired to break the curse on an infamous Scottish castle. She’s pleasantly surprised to find she’ll be working with someone else while she’s there – until he tries to get her fired.
Clark Edgeware has just had a professional scandal so can’t allow a self-proclaimed ‘curse-breaker’ ruin his last chance of redemption. So when he can’t get this woman fired, he vows to stay away from her. But Riley vows to get even.
