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Five octogenarian witches gather as an angry mob threatens to demolish Moonshyne Manor. All eyes turn to the witch in charge, Queenie, who confesses they've fallen far behind on their mortgage payments. Still, there's hope, since the imminent return of Ruby--one of the sisterhood who's been gone for thirty-three years--will surely be their salvation. But the mob is only the start of their troubles. One man is hellbent on avenging his family for the...
2) Petty magic: being the memoirs and confessions of Miss Evelyn Harbinger, temptress and troublemaker
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Evelyn Harbinger is a heck of a lot older than she looks. At 149 years of age, Eve can still iron out the wrinkles on a Saturday night, turning heads and taking more than phone numbers as the foxy, dark-haired girl she used to be. She and her sisters have spent the better part of their lives using their powers for only the highest good-Eve herself spied for the Allies in Paris and Berlin-but in their golden years, the beldames are free to enjoy themselves...
3) The executor
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A graduate degree in philosophy is a noble goal, but it doesn't pay the rent. So when Joseph Geist is kicked out of the apartment by his girlfriend, he is reluctantly forced to consider employment opportunities. The ad in the paper reads, 'Conversationalist sought.' If there's one thing Joseph knows how to do, it's talk. His new employer is an enigmatic, wealthy woman, and conversing with her is actually quite enjoyable. He's very comfortable living...
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When you're a geriatric armed with nothing but gumption and knitting needles, stopping a sorcerer from wiping out an entire dragon-fighting organization is a tall order. No one understands why 83-year-old Edna Fisher is the Chosen One, destined to save the Knights from a dragon-riding sorcerer bent on their destruction. After all, Edna has never handled a magical weapon, faced down a dragon, or cast a spell. And everyone knows the Council of Wizards...
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[2009]
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Lillian, a former fairy godmother who cheated Cinderella out of her life with Prince Charming, is cast out from the world of fairies and into the human world; but she has one chance for redemption if she can find a soul mate for Veronica, a young girl she meets one day.
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2019.
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War doesn't end. It sleeps. Delphine Venner is an old woman now. She is old, but she remembers everything. She remembers what it is to be a child of war, she remembers fighting for her life and she remembers what the terrifying creatures from another world took from her all those years ago. She remembers the gateway, and those she lost. And in that other world, beast-filled and brutal, someone waits for her. Hagar, a centuries-old assassin, daily...
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