When I first put up the other four paranormal themes, I had no idea I would be adding this theme. Some of our favorite authors are now writing mysteries with themes that are Enchanted, Magical, and Charmed.
This list doesn’t include the following Paranormal Cozy Mystery themes: Ghost, Psychic / 6th Sense, Vampire and Werewolf, and Witch (which I’ve already listed on the Theme page.) This theme is a catch-all for those who don’t fit in these other lists.
Mystery Books with Enchanted, Magical, and Charmed themes:
Allyson K. Abbott (aka Annelise Ryan & Beth Amos): Mack’s Bar Mystery Series
Ellery Adams (aka Jennifer Stanley, J. B. Stanley, & 1/2 of Lucy Arlington): Charmed Pie Shoppe Mystery Series
Annette Blair: Vintage Magic Mystery Series
Heather Blake (aka Heather Webber): Wishcraft Mystery Series
Melissa Bourbon (aka Misa Ramirez): Magical Dressmaking Mystery Series
Bailey Cates (aka Bailey Cattrell & Cricket McRae): Magical Bakery Mystery Series
Bailey Cattrell (aka Bailey Cates & Cricket McRae): Enchanted Garden Mystery Series
Carole Nelson Douglas: Midnight Louie & Temple Barr Mystery Series
Amanda Flower (aka Isabella Alan): Magical Bookshop Mystery Series
Yasmine Galeron (aka India Ink): Whisper Hollow Mystery Series (shaman)
Carolyn Hart: Nela Farley Mystery Series
Christine Husom: Snow Globe Shop Mystery Series
Tonya Kappes: Magical Cures Mystery Series
Sofie Kelly (aka Sofie Ryan): Magical Cats Mystery Series
Shirley Rousseau Murphy: Joe Grey Cat Mystery Series
Hannah Reed (aka Deb Baker): Queen Bee Mystery Series
Sofie Ryan (aka Sofie Kelly): Second Chance Cat Mystery Series
Connie Shelton: Samantha Sweet Mystery Series
Clea Simon: Dulcie Schwartz Mystery Series
Heather Webber (aka Heather Blake): Lucy Valentine Mystery Series
Please feel free to post a comment if you know of any other mystery authors (who are currently on the Cozy Mystery site) who you think write mysteries that would fit into this Magical, Charmed, and Enchanted Theme. Thanks!
♦To access more Cozy Mysteries by Theme click on this link.♦
Petie says
Good morning, Danna – my twin sister Katie has given me a series of books, the first of which (pardon the pun) I started yesterday. Amanda Lee is the author and the first one, Any Witch Way You Can, is really good. No foul language, etc. There are 3 in the series so far. It’s about a family of witches like in the movie Practical Magic. Hope the other 2 books are as entertaining as the first.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Petie, thanks for telling us about Amanda M. Lee’s Any Witch Can.
Angela says
I believe Heather Webber’s (Blake) series would fit into this category. Both her Valentine series and her wishcrafter series, maybe even her new potion series (can’t remember if that character described herself as a witch or not). I’m sure there are others I am forgetting, I’ll let you know when the brain releases them 🙂
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Angela, I forgot to mention the paranormal themes for which I already have lists: Ghost, Witch, Psychic, and Vampire. I have Heather Blake’s Magic Potions Mystery Series and her Wishcraft Mystery Series in the Witch theme. I wasn’t quite sure how to “divide” her series, though.
For some reason, this theme turned out to the rather tricky for me. Some of the authors who are on the Witch, and some even on the Ghost theme – were difficult to decipher.
Please let me know what you think. If you think her Lucy Valentine series (that she writes as Heather Webber) qualifies for this Enchanted/Charmed, please let me know. Also, how do you think the other two series should be categorized?
Deb says
Danna, I just finished the first book in Heather Blake’s Magic Potions series, which I really enjoyed, and I think it fits in the new category although the heroine and her cousin are both witches as well. It’s definitely about the magic potions and a good read.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Deb, thanks to you and Angela, I just added Heather Blake’s Magic Potion Mystery Series.
Jackie J. Griffey says
Danna: I didn’t realize you had a witch list! When I first started reading I thought you were saying you didn’t want them which really hurt! One of my Maryvale series (4th one which takes my readers to New Orleans and) introduces a young witch, is one my best selling ones from ebook to audio! Please put it on the ‘witch’ list and thank you, best of luck and good reading to all of us – and thanks for this great group and all your info and help! 😎
Jackie
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Angela, I just added Heather Blake/s Magic Potions Mystery Series to the list. Thank you!
Angela says
It’s unexpected how difficult it is to subdivide this category isn’t it! lol I am going to assume these aren’t books you have not read so I’ll give you the base info so you can decide. In the Valentine series the main has the ability to locate lost things by touching a person. She gets “premonitions” but only in certain circumstances. Her father and the rest of her family are matchmakers because they can see people’s auras and match them. To me this one doesn’t quite fit the psychic theme so I would probably put it in enchanted.
The Wishcrafter series, the town in which it is set is the home to all kinds of “magical people” the way their magic works is that they have a specific “talent” the main character is a wishcrafter which basically means she grants wishes for people and that’s all she can do. Other people have talents dealing with cooking, sewing, healing, gardening etc. Again, to me this doesn’t really fit in any of the other paranormal categories so I would probably put it in the new one as well. The potions one is probably fine in the witch category. Hope this helps!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Angela, thank you for the help deciphering between the Witch, Magical/Enchanted, and Psychic/6th Sense. I tried to go back and fix all of the pages, but I have to admit that it got downright confusing!
thetarotman says
I had the honor and pleasure of reading all nine of the “Wishcrafter Mystery Series,” by Heather Blake. In her newsletter, she shared why she had decided to conclude the series. I totally got and accepted why she decided to conclude it, and I shall not deny it was bittersweet (for me, not the characters, and certainly not for Darcy), but truly, there is no shortage of other Cozy Mysteries for me to read. Although I AM not reading anything Magical, right now, I AM thoroughly convinced that Nick, the Tuxedo cat of the “Nick & Nora Mysteries,” by T. C. LoTempio was once the human Nick that was owned by Nick, the cat.
Diane D. says
You should add Hannah Reed’s Queen Bee series to your Magical list.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Thanks, Diane D. I’ll go add it right now.
Susan* says
I only have the first one of these, but there’s no magic in that. Does something appear later?
Tessa~ says
Enchanted, Magical, and Charmed themes!!!!
Ohhhhhhhhh, thank you….
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Tessa, as I mentioned before, this theme was very tricky for me. I didn’t know where to put certain authors’ series. I’m really lucky to have so many Cozy Mystery readers to help with these themes/
Cathy says
One of my favorite genres! And thanks to the other followers for their added recommendations!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Cathy, we are so lucky to have a lot of Cozy Mystery readers who are willing to help the rest of us.
Teressa says
I like Victoria Laurie’s Psychic Eye series. I believe she writes a series about a ghost hunter, as well.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Thanks, Teressa. I just checked to be sure I had Victoria Laurie’s Psychic Eye Mystery Series in the Psychics theme list and her Ghost Hunter Mystery Series in the Ghost theme list.
Teressa says
I’m sorry that I misread your post about the other lists. Too much snow and freezing temperatures have affected my brain!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Teressa, don’t be sorry! You didn’t actually miss those lists. I forgot to add them to the entry when I posted it this morning. My husband pointed that out when he got up (quite a bit later that I did!), which is when I added the other four paranormal themes to this entry. (The witch VS enchanted/charmed is tricky!)
Carolyn says
Got hooked on the ghost hunter series first. Once I fall for an author, I read everything they have written. Am almost finished with the psychic series. Definitely recommend these books.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Carolyn, the majority of the time I have the opposite happen when a favorite author of mine has more than one Cozy Mystery series. I find that a lot of the time, I only like one of his or her series. However, I have a few exceptions…
Kimmie says
Hi Danna, Thank You!!!…..I especially love this type of Cozy group! FYI – for anyone interested that uses Kindle books via the app or Kindle device, Connie Shelton’s 1st book in her Sweet Series, “Sweet Masterpiece,” is currently listing as free. (My apologies if this is repeat info).
Thanks again for all you do!
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Kimmie, thanks for the info about the FREE Kindle copy of Connie Shelton’s first book in the Samantha Sweet Series: Sweet Masterpiece.
sandra says
Hi,
Just fyi: My cozy mystery, Mother, Murder and Me, is a paranormal. The M.C.’s mother, who has only been dead a week, comes back to help her daughter out of trouble. The trouble that happens when the M.C. is accused of the murder of her longtime psychotherapist. And the main reason for the M.C.’s longtime therapy: her relationship with her mother….. Available on Amazon.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Thank you, Sandra Gardner, for telling us about your paranormal mystery Mother, Murder, and Me.
Susan* says
Hmmm… here’s an unusual one that may or may not be considered suitable: The ‘Lord Darcy’ books by Randall Garrett.
These are definitely cozy mysteries, but are often classed as Science Fiction / Fantasy, because they are set in an alternate universe. One where magic takes the place of a lot of technology.
Not really ‘paranormal’, as magic is known and governed by a set of scientific laws, much like physics, but it is still ‘magic’. Which is what this theme list is all about, after all…
I highly reccomend these, btw, They are an excellent, easy, read.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Susan*, thanks for telling us ab out Randall Garrett’s Lord Darcy mysteries.
Travelmel says
Would it be possible to add funny or serious if somebody knows?
Aunt Hoot says
There are 2 more Connie Shelton books in the Samantha Sweet series: Spooky Sweet (Book 11)
and The Woodcarver’s Secret.
Danna - cozy mystery list says
Aunt Hoot, thank you! I’ve updated Connie Shelton‘s page as well as added her Spooky Sweet to the Halloween page. Thanks, again!
Blossom Cat Fairy says
I love paranormal mysteries. Such fun yahooo!
Blossom Cat Fairy says
I love Bailey Cates, Amanda Flower and many other mystery writers. Keep writing!???
Rachel Bourneuf says
I love AA Albright and Annabel Chase – both very lighthearted supernatural series.
Marti says
I didn’t see Caroi J. Perry’s Witch City Mysteries included. She is not a witch but a scryer with a Tarot reading friend and a dead witch’s familiar cat as her companion. It’s great fun.
Gwynette Krulisky says
I’ve got a few authors that fit this list perfectly-they’re listed on Amazon as Paranormal Cozy Mysteries and I have listened to everyone that is on the CloudLibrary app, listening lets me paint or do housework while keeping my hands free-and i LOVE all of them!! Once in a while there might be some rough language, but overall, not a lot much. Most are also funny, which I love.
Amy Boyles; Trixie Silvertale; Nova Nelson — Eastwind Witches Series; Tamara Berry; Dakota Cassidy; Leighann Dobbs — Lexy Baker Series, Blackmoore Sisters Series, Lady Katherine Series; Bella Falls; Tegan Maher; Rosie A Point; Kate Young; Lily Webb
Thank You SO MUCH for making these lists!! It’s great to have a site to come for new authors & series 😀
Kat says
I love the Cursed Candy Mystery series by Cate Lawley. It’s marketed as a “culinary witch cozy mystery” series and a lot of fun to read. Thanks for your extensive lists!
Hermione says
It is so appropriate that I discovered the cozy mysteries and this website in January; a month when I am most appreciative of coziness. I also appreciate material without the formulaic pornographic sex scenes, mandatory shootings and car chases. I am thinking about abandoning my streaming services because I have had enough.
I look forward to working my way through these series.
Daryl Wood Gerber says
Hi, I hope you’ll include the Fairy Garden Mysteries set in Carmel with a fairy garden shop owner and her fairy sidekick (a fairy sleuth). By me. Daryl Wood Gerber. 🙂
Dawn says
First of all, sorry for the multiple comments. But, I have read several series and authors that were new to me, and I highly enjoyed them. All these series and authors fit different themes as well. So, I thought that you and other readers would like to know about them. I’ve got 2 series by an author, and I’m not quite sure where to put them, because they fit almost all categories. So, I decided to put it here. The author is Kristen Painter, and she writes several series, including the Nocturne Falls series, as well as its spin-off, the Miss Frost series.
The Nocturne falls series is set in the paranormal town of Nocturne Falls Georgia. Here, Halloween is celebrated 365 days a year, but the tourists think the vampires, the witches, and werewolves and occasional flying gargoyle are all for show. However, the residents know differently. You can be yourself in Nocturne Falls, fangs, fur and all. The first book is called The Vampire’s mail order bride. Delaney, witnesses a murder and fearing that she’ll be the next target, she flees New York to Nocturne Falls, impersonating a mail order bride to Hugh Ellingham, one of the founding members of the town. However, she quickly realizes that danger is close behind. I’ve read the first 3 books in the series so far, and have really enjoyed them. I’m in the midst of reading the 4th book now, and am also enjoying it immensely!
The spin-off to this series is the Miss Frost series, and the first book is called Miss Frost solves a cold case. This series is also written by Kristen Painter. The main character, Jayne Frost, is the daughter of jack Frost, and Chris Cringle’s niece, and winter princess at The North Pole. She is sent to Nocturne Falls to investigate why employees keep disappearing from the Santa Store where they work. While this is a mystery series, there are no murders. All the books in this series including the novellas, are free on Audible’s Plus Catalog. Hollis McCarthy is the narrator, and she’s done an awesome job! I’ve read the first 2 books in the series, and have loved them. I’m in the midst of reading book 3, and am enjoying it as well.
Currently in a bit of a reading slump/suffering from an inability to choose a book to read, caused by many factors. I hope you all can enjoy these books as much as I have. Happy reading! 🙂