Magical things can happen in towns alongside bodies of water. Here are some recent reads that happen alongside water.



Starfall Point is an island in Lake Michigan similar to Mackinac Island, except Starfall Point has a magical house that is holding a lot of dangerous ghost artifacts. Riley just inherited it and she has no idea that ghosts even exist.



A paranormal town on the banks of the Missouri River is the setting for this book about a witch who finds out that her memories of her magical life have been erased.
A woman finds a too-perfect job in coastal Alabama in this book featuring magical realism.
In a hidden apartment building on an island in South Carolina, a woman discovers the stories of her neighbors – a few of whom are ghosts.
An antisocial librarian and her sentient spider plant flee a revolution and go to hide on her ancestral island. Now they need to figure out how to survive while evading the curiosity of their new neighbors.