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Unholy Island, Book 1
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Katie Villa
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By:
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Sarah Painter
About this listen
Mysterious, magical, and a little bit deadly. Welcome to Unholy Island.
Esme Gray runs the guest house and tends to the ethereal wards that protect the island. She’s sheltering from a terrible past and will do anything to stay safely hidden.
Luke Taylor has been searching for his missing twin for months, but has begun to believe that his brother might be dead. With his hope in tatters, a tip off leads him to a remote tidal island in the North Sea. It’s further out than the famous Holy Island, and far stranger.
Visitors shouldn’t be able to stay for more than two nights, so when Luke breaks this rule, the close-knit community is sent into turmoil. The residents of Unholy Island have secrets and they intend to keep them.
When Luke stumbles across one of the islanders dead on the shore, he finds himself under suspicion, made worse by his own troubles washing up on the tide.
Esme is drawn to Luke, but she doesn’t trust her own instincts. That’s not ideal for a witch—especially when there is a killer on the loose and a storm is rolling in....
The Ward Witch is the first book in a brand new contemporary fantasy series from the best-selling author of magical fiction, Sarah Painter.
*The Ward Witch is set in the same world as the urban fantasy mystery books, Crow Investigations, but it is the start of a separate series and can be enjoyed independently.
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Brighton, 1938: Grace Kemp is pushed away by the family she has shamed. Rejected and afraid, she begins a new life as a nurse. But danger stalks the hospital too, and she'll need to be on her guard to avoid falling into familiar traps. And then there are the things she sees....Strange portents that have a way of becoming real.
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Something lacking
- By RueRue on 07-22-16
By: Sarah Painter
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The Language of Spells
- By: Sarah Painter
- Narrated by: Stevie Zimmerman
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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Gwen Harper left Pendleford thirteen years ago and hasn't looked back. Until an inheritance throws her into the mystical world she thought she'd escaped. Confronted with her great-aunts legacy, Gwen must finally face up to her past. The magic she has long tried to suppress is back with a vengeance but, gift or burden, for Gwen it always spells trouble. She has to stay—she has nowhere else to go—but how can she find her place in the town that drove her out after branding her a witch?
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Interesting
- By Believer50 on 03-24-17
By: Sarah Painter
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Beneath the Water
- By: Sarah Painter
- Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
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Devastated by a broken engagement, Stella Jackson leaves her old life behind for a new start in rural Scotland. But when she arrives in the remote coastal village of Arisaig, nothing is what she expected. At the edge of Arisaig sits Munro House; grand, imposing and said to be cursed by a string of tragic deaths. No less intriguing is its eccentric and handsome young owner, Jamie Munro, who hires Stella as his assistant while he pursues a seemingly impossible aim.
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I really enjoy this author
- By NMwritergal on 03-04-18
By: Sarah Painter
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The Secrets of Ghosts
- By: Sarah Painter
- Narrated by: Tracey Norman
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
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On her 21st birthday Katie Harper has only one wish: to become a real Harper woman. Mystical powers are passed down her family generation after generation - some even call them witches - yet every spell Katie attempts goes disastrously wrong. When her magic does appear, it’s in a form nobody expected, and suddenly Katie is thrown into a dangerous new world with shadowy consequences. For the realm of the deceased is not as peaceful as she once thought. The dead are buried with their secrets, and only Katie can help the ghosts of the past finally find peace.
By: Sarah Painter
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The Lost Girls
- By: Sarah Painter
- Narrated by: Angela Ness
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
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Edinburgh student Rose MacLeod has been losing time for as long as she can remember. Days and weeks disappear, leaving terrifying gaps in her memory. Now she is seeing horrifying visions - waking nightmares of violence and death. Around the world young women like her are being killed, and Rose has a ringside seat. Mal Fergusson was raised to hunt demons across Scotland. With his father dead and his brother in a coma, he no longer believes in the grand battle between good and evil. Instead, he scrapes a living as an investigator and hit man for the supernatural Mafia of Edinburgh.
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This is a weird story
- By Scott on 08-18-24
By: Sarah Painter
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The Night Raven
- Crow Investigations, Book 1
- By: Sarah Painter
- Narrated by: Kate Rawson
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
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Lydia has always known she has no power, especially next to her infamous and more-than-slightly dodgy family. Which is why she carved her own life as a private investigator far away from London. When a professional snafu forces her home, the head of the family calls in a favour, and Lydia finds herself investigating the disappearance of her cousin, Maddie.
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Ask yourself
- By Ijw on 10-21-19
By: Sarah Painter
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In the Light of What We See
- By: Sarah Painter
- Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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Brighton, 1938: Grace Kemp is pushed away by the family she has shamed. Rejected and afraid, she begins a new life as a nurse. But danger stalks the hospital too, and she'll need to be on her guard to avoid falling into familiar traps. And then there are the things she sees....Strange portents that have a way of becoming real.
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Something lacking
- By RueRue on 07-22-16
By: Sarah Painter
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The Language of Spells
- By: Sarah Painter
- Narrated by: Stevie Zimmerman
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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Gwen Harper left Pendleford thirteen years ago and hasn't looked back. Until an inheritance throws her into the mystical world she thought she'd escaped. Confronted with her great-aunts legacy, Gwen must finally face up to her past. The magic she has long tried to suppress is back with a vengeance but, gift or burden, for Gwen it always spells trouble. She has to stay—she has nowhere else to go—but how can she find her place in the town that drove her out after branding her a witch?
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Interesting
- By Believer50 on 03-24-17
By: Sarah Painter
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Beneath the Water
- By: Sarah Painter
- Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
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Devastated by a broken engagement, Stella Jackson leaves her old life behind for a new start in rural Scotland. But when she arrives in the remote coastal village of Arisaig, nothing is what she expected. At the edge of Arisaig sits Munro House; grand, imposing and said to be cursed by a string of tragic deaths. No less intriguing is its eccentric and handsome young owner, Jamie Munro, who hires Stella as his assistant while he pursues a seemingly impossible aim.
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I really enjoy this author
- By NMwritergal on 03-04-18
By: Sarah Painter
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The Secrets of Ghosts
- By: Sarah Painter
- Narrated by: Tracey Norman
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
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On her 21st birthday Katie Harper has only one wish: to become a real Harper woman. Mystical powers are passed down her family generation after generation - some even call them witches - yet every spell Katie attempts goes disastrously wrong. When her magic does appear, it’s in a form nobody expected, and suddenly Katie is thrown into a dangerous new world with shadowy consequences. For the realm of the deceased is not as peaceful as she once thought. The dead are buried with their secrets, and only Katie can help the ghosts of the past finally find peace.
By: Sarah Painter
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The Lost Girls
- By: Sarah Painter
- Narrated by: Angela Ness
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
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Edinburgh student Rose MacLeod has been losing time for as long as she can remember. Days and weeks disappear, leaving terrifying gaps in her memory. Now she is seeing horrifying visions - waking nightmares of violence and death. Around the world young women like her are being killed, and Rose has a ringside seat. Mal Fergusson was raised to hunt demons across Scotland. With his father dead and his brother in a coma, he no longer believes in the grand battle between good and evil. Instead, he scrapes a living as an investigator and hit man for the supernatural Mafia of Edinburgh.
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This is a weird story
- By Scott on 08-18-24
By: Sarah Painter
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Witch of Wild Things
- By: Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
- Narrated by: Krysta Gonzales
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
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Sage Flores has been running from her family—and their “gifts”—ever since her younger sister Sky died. Eight years later, Sage reluctantly returns to her hometown. Like slipping into an old, comforting sweater, Sage takes back her job at Cranberry Rose Company and uses her ability to communicate with plants to discover unusual heritage specimens in the surrounding lands.
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I recommend!
- By Linda Lay on 10-26-23
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Reluctant Wizard
- A Dark Fantasy Romance (Warriors of Magic, Book 1)
- By: Jeffe Kennedy
- Narrated by: Deborah Balm
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
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Only in an insane world would a young wizard find herself battling monsters and automatons one day and returning to Convocation Academy to cram for finals the next. But this is the world Alise Phel lives in. Like it or not, Alise must face the consequences of ditching out a second time and dealing with the crushing workload assigned to her as a punishment. Worse yet, succeeding at the Academy means Alise must learn to master her powerful and unusual magic—the same magic that caused her to accidentally murder her own mother.
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Why I Love Jeffe Kennedy's Books
- By Cordia Pearson on 12-07-24
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The Starlight Witch
- Witches of New York, Book 1
- By: Kim Richardson
- Narrated by: Annalyse McCoy
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Finding my husband in bed with another woman was not how I planned to start my day. Or homeless the next minute. And broke. So, when a job comes my way from The Twilight Hotel—a paranormal hotel in midtown Manhattan that serves as a sanctuary and residence—I take it. Cue in tattooed, sexy as sin, grumpy restaurant owner Valen who can’t do drama or high-maintenance women. The problem? He’s cruel and dangerous. And he’s hiding something.
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Not worth your time
- By Alexandra Marie on 02-15-23
By: Kim Richardson
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The Sirens
- A Novel
- By: Emilia Hart
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
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2019: Lucy awakens from a dream to find her hands around her ex-lover’s throat. Horrified, she flees to her older sister’s house on the Australian coast, hoping she can help explain the strangely vivid nightmare that preceded the attack—but Jess is nowhere to be found. As Lucy awaits her return, the rumors surrounding Jess’s strange small town start to emerge. Numerous men have gone missing at sea, spread over decades. A tiny baby was found hidden in a cave. And sailors tell of hearing women’s voices on the waves.
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The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands
- A Novel
- By: Sarah Brooks
- Narrated by: Katie Leung, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
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There is only one way to travel across the Wastelands: on the Trans-Siberian Express, a train as famous for its luxury as for its danger. The train is never short of passengers, eager to catch sight of Wastelands creatures more miraculous and terrifying than anything they could imagine. But on the train's last journey, something went horribly wrong, though no one seems to remember what exactly happened. Not even Zhang Weiwei, who has spent her life onboard and thought she knew all of the train’s secrets.
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Narration cadence too clipped
- By ulan25 on 08-03-24
By: Sarah Brooks
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The Weary Dragon Inn Books 1-3
- By: S. Usher Evans
- Narrated by: Deborah Balm
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Warm beds, quaint mysteries, and the best rosemary bread this side of Pigsend Creek. Welcome to the Weary Dragon Inn. Bev may not know who she was before she showed up in the quaint village of Pigsend five years ago, but that doesn’t bother her much. She’s made a tidy little life for herself as the proprietor of the Weary Dragon Inn, where the most notable event is when she makes her famous rosemary bread.
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Fun and cute little story
- By FMC on 10-21-24
By: S. Usher Evans
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A Drop of Fortune
- Four Corners Coven, Book 1
- By: Danielle Garrett
- Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
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After years of conscripted service to a corrupt king, Evelyn Rosewood seizes a chance to earn her freedom. With little more than an enchanted satchel and her feathered familiar, she sets out on a quest to dispel a mysterious blight that has shrouded a once-thriving harborside town in despair.
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Cozy vibes with a pinch of mystery!!
- By Amy Y on 10-02-24
By: Danielle Garrett
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The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society
- By: C. M. Waggoner
- Narrated by: Cindy Piller
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Librarian Sherry Pinkwhistle keeps finding bodies—and solving murders. But she's concerned by just how many killers she's had to track down in her quaint village. None of her neighbors seem surprised by the rising body count...but Sherry is becoming convinced that whatever has been causing these deaths is unnatural. When someone close to Sherry ends up dead, and her cat, Lord Thomas Crowell, becomes possessed by what seems to be an ancient demon, Sherry begins to think she’s going to need to become an exorcist as well as an amateur sleuth.
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Cozy Supernatural Whodunit Murder Mystery
- By Stephanie on 10-11-24
By: C. M. Waggoner
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In the Company of Witches
- By: Auralee Wallace
- Narrated by: Cassidy Brown
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
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For 400 years, the Warren witches have used their magic to quietly help the citizens of the sleepy New England town of Evenfall thrive. There's never been a problem they couldn't handle. But then Constance Graves - a local known for being argumentative and demanding - dies while staying at the bed and breakfast Brynn Warren maintains with her aunts. At first, it seems like an accident...but it soon becomes clear that there's something more sinister at work, and Aunt Nora is shaping up to be the prime suspect.
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Ehhhhhh
- By Johnny Thunder on 09-26-23
By: Auralee Wallace
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The Invisible Library
- The Invisible Library, Book 1
- By: Genevieve Cogman
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
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Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious Library, which harvests fiction from different realities. And along with her enigmatic assistant Kai, she's posted to an alternative London. Their mission - to retrieve a dangerous book. But when they arrive, it's already been stolen. London's underground factions seem prepared to fight to the very death to find her book. Adding to the jeopardy, this world is chaos-infested - the laws of nature bent to allow supernatural creatures and unpredictable magic. Irene's new assistant is also hiding secrets of his own.
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Female character harassed and *apologizes* for it
- By Rebecca Myers on 06-05-21
By: Genevieve Cogman
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A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping
- By: Sangu Mandanna
- Length: 10 hrs
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Sera Swan used to be one of the most powerful witches in Britain. Then she resurrected her great-aunt Jasmine from the (very recently) dead, lost most of her magic, befriended a semi-villainous talking fox, and was exiled from her Guild. Now she (slightly reluctantly and just a bit grumpily) helps her great aunt run an enchanted inn in Lancashire, where she deals with her quirky guests' shenanigans, tries to keep said talking fox in check, and longs for the future that seems lost to her. But then she finds out about an old spell that could hold the key to restoring her power…
By: Sangu Mandanna
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The Bone Witch
- The Bone Witch, Book 1
- By: Rin Chupeco
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller, Will Damron
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
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When Tea accidentally resurrects her brother from the dead, she learns she is different from the other witches in her family. Her gift for necromancy means that she's a bone witch, a title that makes her feared and ostracized by her community. But Tea finds solace and guidance with an older, wiser bone witch, who takes Tea and her brother to another land for training.
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Great story but too quiet
- By Scatty on 07-12-17
By: Rin Chupeco
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- mij
- 09-25-23
Unholy Island is an oasis
Love this new pocket world of magic and mystery. I read Night Raven series and loved it and was so glad the new series is also full of creativity and weirdness and interesting characters that are easy to invest in and love.
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- SunnyBlueCats
- 07-19-24
Witches, a serene location, Love, family...
Fantastic book! I've finished listening to this book and book 2 of the series. I'm reading book 3 via Kindle because it hasn't been released yet... I love this series!!
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- Jennifer storm
- 10-06-24
Very interesting read
This was a very interesting read!! The cover and title caught my eye especially for October!! I loved the mystery, witchy, spooky, magical and love story vibes ! Great ending even though I saw it coming. Can’t wait for the next book!!
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- Mady M
- 10-06-23
Story is slow
It’s a good story, but is sooo slow! And often boring. The mystery is good, but exciting moments are rare. The character build is fine, but too much of the book is character ‘musings’ in my opinion.
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- TampaScott
- 10-19-23
Another cool magical world from Sarah Painter
After reading the Crow series I was excited for something new from Sarah, and I like that there was some mentions of characters we heard about in the Crow series. I definitely like the mystery of the island, Esme and Luke however, this book is not as engaging as a previous series. I am hoping for the next books will be more engaging.
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- Cherry Winchester
- 06-06-24
Nothing
Will never fill out one of these again and again Alice deals the same way all over again
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- Penney
- 10-27-23
A very cute read
It’s worth the credit. I’d like to see what happens next on the island. I’m especially eager to hear Fiona’s story
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