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Martyr's Promise by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen Summer Mackenzie and her boyfriend disappear in the fog-shrouded forests of Northern California, it sets off more than one alarm. The sheriff’s department is looking for them, the state rangers are on their trail, and even private security companies have gotten involved...Categorized as:
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House of Whispers by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe luxurious Lathrop Grand Hotel is a Savannah institution that has entertained guests for more than a century and a half, offering some of the finest accommodations in the city. Famously haunted, the hotel draws tourists from around the world eager to encounter its numerous ghosts... -
Vampire Chronicles: Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice, Robert O'Keefe
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThe ornate, casket-like packaging and neogothic graphic design of this immortal trilogy is eerily enticing on its own. But just lift the lid, slide the first tape from its ghostly sleeve, and you'll soon embrace the hypnotic realm of the undead.Book 1, Interview with the Vampire, opens with the seductive purr of F... -
Semi-Psychic Life by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWho says you can’t live the rock and roll life after forty?You just need a lot more vitamins and a bigger bottle of aspirin.Valerie Costa was pretty sure she was rocking her forties. She had an amazing coffee shop, two cool teenagers, and a new superpower that gave her insight into any random object she touched.Okay, she wasn’t thrilled about that last one... -
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The Great Witches Baking Show: A culinary cozy mystery by Nancy Warren
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA baker with secrets Witches in trouble The cameras are rolling Ready, set, die. Poppy Wilkinson is thrilled to be chosen as a contestant on The Great British Baking Contest. As an American with English roots, winning the crown as Britain’s Best Baker would open doors she’s dreamed of. In more ways than one... -
Trouble Play by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis desert oasis has gone to the dogs, and Vista de Lirio is about to get bloody.(Not the dogs though. The dogs are fine.)Comedian Evy Lane thought she’d done it all, but taking on the role of mistress of ceremonies for the Desert Fancy Dog Show may be her most challenging gig yet... -
The Ghost and the Baby by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhile the residents on Beach Drive prepare for the welcomed arrival of a new baby, they are blindsided by the newest resident’s plans to close down Marlow House.No one is prepared for the deadly secrets the new neighbor unwittingly conceals.Walt knows more than he realizes. If he can just remember... -
The Ghost of Second Chances by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Clint Marlow's partner in crime is found murdered in the basement of Marlow House, Clint is the likely suspect. The only problem, Clint is dead. But that doesn't matter to the FBI agents investigating the case. Clint looks alive to them. Meanwhile, Danielle’s housemate Walt is coming to terms with his new reality, which is complicated with the FBI underfoot... -
The Ghost and the Bride by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFamily and friends gather at Marlow House for Ian and Lily’s wedding.When an unexpected guest shows up Danielle tries to figure out who he arrived with and why... -
The Haunted Heist by Angie Fox
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsJust because she can see the dead doesn’t mean Verity Long wants to spend her days hunting ghosts. Instead, she’s over the moon to land a marketing job at the local bank… until she finds her new boss dead in the vault. Even her ghost friend, Frankie, knows that's no way to start a career... -
Mirror Obscure by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIs this desert oasis a shelter or a trap?Dr. Vivian Wei is juggling multiple life changing events when her aging mother witnesses a violent death on the thirteenth tee. The only problem? There doesn’t seem to be a crime to go along with the witness. As an empath, Vivian knows her mother is telling the truth, but feelings don’t prove a murder... -
The Ghost Who Dream Hopped by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOfficer Brian Henderson knows there is something just not right about Walt Marlow, and he’s determined to find out what it is. Meanwhile, Beverly’s dead husband visits Danielle in a dream hop, telling her about his wife’s part in his death... -
Dead & Buried by T.K. Eldridge
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDetectives Kennedy and Donovan were partners for years. Then one of them died. And yet, they're still partners. Kennedy has to solve Donovan's death while his partner's ghost helps him. Sort of... -
The Lost by J.D. Robb, Patricia Gaffney
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJ.D. Robb’s Missing in Death investigates a female tourist’s disappearance during a ferry ride. Detective Eve Dallas wonders…if she didn’t jump, and she’s not on board, then where in the world is she? In Patricia Gaffney’s The Dog Days of Laurie Summer , a woman awakens to a familiar yet unsettling world...Categorized as:
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The Ghost Who Lied by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIan has lived across the street from Marlow House for over a year and has no idea Walt Marlow is his neighbor.All that is about to change.(Did I mention—Walt Marlow is a ghost... -
The Ghost and the Muse by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPerhaps Danielle’s first clue should have been—Hillary's muse is male.He brings with him restless spirits and murders to solve—if Danielle dares.She has already been warned to stay away... -
Sound of Darkness by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe cries of the dead are deafeningWomen are being taken in Virginia, and FBI agent Mark Frampton is determined to put a stop to it. Certain he’s closing in on the killer known as The Embracer, Mark is less than thrilled when he’s partnered with rookie agent Colleen Law, worried she’s a liability when there’s so much at stake... -
The Awakening by Amanda Stevens
Shush...lest she awaken... My name is Amelia Gray, and I'm a cemetery restorer who lives with the dead. An anonymous donor has hired me to restore Woodbine Cemetery, a place where the rich and powerful bury their secrets. Forty years ago, a child disappeared without a trace and now her ghost has awakened, demanding that I find out the truth about her death. Only I know that she was murdered... -
Belle Manor Haunting by Cheryl Bradshaw
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe door to Addison Lockhart's room opens. Five-year-old Sara Belle walks in. The child seems lost and confused. Addison reaches out, grabs Sara's hand, and the room goes black.Addison's eyes open to find she's been transported several decades into the past. She's sitting in the back seat of a car. Sara is beside her. The car stops at an intersection... -
Second Chance Spirit by Carrie Pulkinen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe'll give her his heart...if the ghost doesn't take it first.Trent Austin is a successful, big-city lawyer. The last thing he needs is the burden of a run-down house in the suburbs. But when his crazy uncle dies and leaves his estate to Trent, he soon learns he's inherited a lot more than a Victorian mansion.He's got to get rid of the house—and the ghosts that came with it—before it kills him... -
Angel Falls by Colleen Helme
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSent away because she let someone die, her burgeoning powers leave her with more questions than answers. Now her only chance for redemption comes at a price... one she may not survive.As a trauma nurse in a New York City hospital, Ella St. John had no idea that refusing to help a known killer would have such dire consequences... -
Legend of the White Wolf by Terry Spear
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn this fourth in Spear's series, Private Eye Cameron MacPherson and Faith O'Mallery are both on quests that lead them into the world of magical wolves… Cameron arrives in the Canadian Arctic to search for his partners in his P.I. business who are late returning from a hunting trip...Categorized as:
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The Accidental Siren by Jake Vander Ark
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMara Lynn is the most beautiful girl in the world. James Parker is the ordinary boy who discovers her power. James had his summer all planned out. He would enjoy the carefree days in the woods behind his castle home, avoid the maniacal Danny Bompensaro (and the worm-like scar on the back of his head), and shoot an epic movie with his best friend Whit... -
A Gift of Time by Sarah Wynde
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe thought she could see everything. Time is proving her wrong. Ten years ago, Natalya’s ability to remember the future cost her the life she wanted when her vision of her fiancé’s death tore them apart. Ever since, she's considered her precognition more of a curse than a gift... -
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Here Comes the Witch by Ani Gonzalez
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJewelry designer Kat Ramos comes to Banshee Creek to break the infamous Hagen House curse. To do so she must marry Liam Hagen, embrace her witchy heritage, and solve a centuries-old murder... -
Blood Ties by Kay Hooper
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsA series of grisly murders has left a trail of blood across three states, bringing the Special Crimes Unit to a small Tennessee town. There, two more brutal killings lure Noah Bishop and the SCU into what may be the ultimate trap, and lead Special Agent Hollis Templeton into a dangerous attraction—and a serial murder investigation that turns very, very personal... -
Claw of Attraction: A Crystal Beach Paranormal Cozy Mystery by Karen McSpade
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMagic in this witch's family has a name: Trouble.Sidney Grace is trying to adjust to her new life in Crystal Beach, Florida which comes with a whole new set of challenges. Mainly, what is she going to do to support herself now and how long can she stay illegally parked at the beach? The handsome Officer Reece is tough on criminals and even tougher on witches... -
Eastside Hedge Witch by T.J. Deschamps
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMiriam Diaz has lived as a suburban mom on Seattle’s Eastside for the past seventeen years. She serves on the parent teacher association, bakes for her daughter’s cheer squad, and is an all-around champion stay-at-home mom. Pretty average and totally boring, and Miriam likes it that way. All the better to hide her sordid past... -
Book of the Just by Dana Chamblee Carpenter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDespite Mouse’s power, her father always wanted a son—and now, at long last, he has him. And Mouse has a brother, someone else in the world just like her. Though she’s never met him, the hope of what they might mean for each other tugs at her soul, even as it terrifies her lover, Angelo... -
Disembodied Bones by C.L. Bevill
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLeonie Simoneaud was once one of the elusive Lake People, Acadian descendants in Louisiana with odd psychic powers. As a thirteen year old she rescued an outsider child, Douglas Trent, from a maniacal pedophile named Monroe Whitechapel. Consequently she was shunned by most of the Lake People for imperiling them to the external world... -
The Hexed by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA place of history, secrets...and witchcraft. Devin Lyle has recently returned to the Salem area, but her timing couldn't be worse. Soon after she moved into the eighteenth-century cabin she inherited from her great-aunt Mina—her "crazy" great-aunt, who spoke to the dead—a woman was murdered nearby... -
Ghost Walk by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsRediscover the thrills and chills of this classic paranormal romantic suspense, book 2 in the Harrison Investigation series, by the queen of the genre, New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham.Nikki DuMonde’s newest employee is standing at the end of her bed at four o’clock in the morning begging for help... -
Dark Passage by M.L. Woolley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPeel back what we know as reality and there is an unseen world that is just waiting for you to enter. No one ever really dies and if we look hard enough we will find the unseen. The way through the veil has been closed for many centuries but great evil is being unleashed and the two worlds are merging... -
Jaguar Hunt by Terry Spear
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn agent and a jaguar-shifter chase trouble, and each other, through the jungles of Belize... Agent Tammy Anderson has a reputation: she prefers to work alone. So when she’s paired up on a mission with jaguar-shifter David Patterson—who’s only recently been released from jail—to say she’s less than thrilled is a understatement... -
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Magic on the Line by Devon Monk
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAllison Beckstrom has willingly paid the price of pain to use magic, and has obeyed the rules of the Authority, the clandestine organization that makes-and enforces-all magic policy... -
Deadly Night by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Flynn brothers have inherited more than a New Orleans plantation. They've inherited a ghostly presence and a long-kept secret. Aidan Flynn, a private investigator and eldest of the Flynn brothers, scoffs at the haunted-house rumorsespecially since Kendall Montgomery, a tarot card reader who has been living in the mansion, is the one to tell him the tale of a woman in white... -
The Haunting of Highdown Hall by Shani Struthers
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIf you sold your soul to the devil, could you ever get it back?The latest in a long line of psychically-gifted females, Ruby Davis can see through the veil that separates this world and the next, helping grounded souls to move towards the light - or 'home' as Ruby calls it. Not just a job for Ruby, it's a crusade and one she wants to bring to the High Street. Psychic Surveys is born... -
The Night Is Alive by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingswww.eHeatherGraham.com MIDNIGHT IN SAVANNAH… It's a city of beauty, history…hauntings. And one of the most haunted places in Savannah is a tavern called The Dragonslayer, built in the 1750s. The current owner, Gus Anderson, is a descendant of the original innkeeper and his pirate brother, Blue... -
Dead Case in Deadwood by Ann Charles
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 17 ratings"Nothing good ever happens at the butt-crack of dawn. No doubt, the headless corpse on the autopsy table in front of me would agree."--Violet Parker Real estate agent, Violet "Spooky" Parker stumbles upon a body-part theft ring at the local funeral parlor and suspects her caustic coworker has a hand in it--or maybe a foot... -
A Grave Calling by Wendy Roberts
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThere had been no attempt to bury the dead girl, naked except for the white ribbon tied to her wristTwenty-five-year-old Julie Hall has a unique ability: when she takes up a dowsing rod, she finds not water but bodies. To Julie, it's a curse, not a gift, and one she rarely uses—she prefers her quiet life in a trailer, with her grandfather and her dog for company... -
Good Tidings by Terri Reid
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsBlack Friday – the official opening of the holiday shopping season – and Patrice Marcum is stuck in the middle of her local superstore with a crying infant, a near-hysterical desire to just abandon the diapers and milk she desperately needs, and the snowstorm of the century dumping half a foot of snow on the parking lot outside. She needs a miracle... -
The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIf you could open a door to anywhere, where would you go? In New York City, bookseller Cassie Andrews is living an unassuming life when she is given a gift by a favourite customer. It's a book - an unusual book, full of strange writing and mysterious drawings... -
Death Perception by Victoria Laurie
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAbby Cooper?s betting the house on her inner eye... It took a while for Abby Cooper?s FBI agent boyfriend, Dutch Rivers, to accept her psychic gifts as the real deal. But these days he knows better than to question Abby?s visions. So when his favorite cousin Chase is kidnapped in Vegas, they both catch the next flight to Sin City... -
A Hard Day's Fright by Casey Daniels
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhat happened to a teenager named Lucy one night in 1966 after a Beatles concert? She rushed the stage, kissed Paul, started home with her friends, and was never seen again-until cemetery guide and unintentional PI to the dead Pepper Martin sees her as a ghost. Lucy's spirit can't rest in peace until her body is found and buried... -
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The Uninvited by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 16 ratings1777: In the throes of the Revolutionary War, Landon Mansion is commandeered by British Lord "Butcher" Bedford. He stabs Lucy Tarleton - who spurned his king and his love - leaving her to die in her father's arms. NOW: After the day's final tour, docent Allison Leigh makes her rounds while locking up... and finds a colleague slumped over Bedford's desk, impaled on his own replica bayonet... -
Hexes and Hemlines by Juliet Blackwell
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWith her vintage clothing store taking off, Lily Ivory is finding that life in San Francisco suits her just fine. But her ability to sense vibrations from the past, so useful in locating secondhand gems, has landed her in the middle of a new mystery... Lily gets called away from Aunt Cora's Closet when the police need a witch's take on a strange case... -
The Cursed by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 15 ratingswww.eHeatherGraham.com A haunted house in Key West Hannah O'Brien, who grew up in the house and now runs it as a B and B, has always had a special ability to see a pair of resident ghosts. But when a man is murdered in the alley behind her place, she's dismayed when his spirit appears, too, asking for help... -
Storm of Shadows by Christina Dodd
When the world was young, twins were born. One brought light to a dark world; the other, darkness and danger. They gathered others around them, men and women destined to use their powerful gifts for good or evil. Today, their descendants walk the earth as the Chosen, and the ultimate battle has begun... -
Ghost Gifts by Laura Spinella
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsAll Aubrey Ellis wants is a normal life, one that doesn’t include desperate pleas from the dead. Her remarkable gift may help others rest in peace, but it also made for an unsettling childhood and destroyed her marriage... -
Wild Wild Death by Casey Daniels
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHer job has been cut, she's low on cash, and her detective sometime- boyfriend refuses to even talk about her ability to see the dead and solve their murders. So Pepper is most certainly down for a vacation to get her spirits up. But when her cute scientist friend Dan is kidnapped, Pepper soon stumbles upon another deadly mystery that brings her to New Mexico...
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