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Spirit Prophecy by E.E. Holmes
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTwo sisters, haunted by more than their past... Just weeks after discovering each other’s existence, Jess and Hannah Ballard arrive at Fairhaven Hall, where they will learn the clandestine ways of the Durupinen, an ancient sect of women who control the Gateways between the worlds of the living and the dead... -
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Gift of the Darkness by E.E. Holmes
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA warning from the past, an uncertain future, an impossible choice... For hundreds of years, the Durupinen have carried the power of the Gateway in their bloodlines. Now, a dire warning from the past might mean that power must come to an end... -
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Cabinet Jack by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsClose your doors and cabinets tight, or Jack will climb out to see you tonight.The former railroad stop of Timbermill, Georgia has grown ever more quiet and empty since its boom era faded decades ago... -
![Rise of the Coven by E.E. Holmes]()
Rise of the Coven by E.E. Holmes
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA dark magic seeks to rise even as the dust settles...It's been more than a year since Jess and Hannah Ballard fought to return the power of the Gateways where it rightfully belongs, and the Durupinen world is slowly adjusting to its altered relationship with the spirit world... -
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![City of the Forgotten by E.E. Holmes]()
City of the Forgotten by E.E. Holmes
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA malevolent force lurks beneath the streets of Scotland...Jess and Hannah Ballard's determination to protect the Gateways brings them to Edinburgh's Old Town, where a strange phenomenon threatens to disturb the delicate balance between the worlds of the living and the dead. Spirits who wish to cross over are vanishing, and it is up to the Ballard sisters to discover why... -
![Deep and Dark and Dangerous (A Ghost Story) by Mary Downing Hahn]()
Deep and Dark and Dangerous (A Ghost Story) by Mary Downing Hahn
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsJust before summer begins, 13-year-old Ali finds an odd photograph in the attic. She knows the two children in it are her mother, Claire, and her aunt Dulcie... -
![Things that Go Bump in the Night by Alexie Aaron]()
Things that Go Bump in the Night by Alexie Aaron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLadies and Gentlemen, The Jewel Theater proudly presents for your reading enjoyment “Things that Go Bump in the Night,” starring Cherry O’Kelly, a burlesque performer whose career was cut short in her prime. A consummate professional, Cherry doesn't let a little thing like death get in the way of a good bump and grind... -
![Ice and Steel PEEPs 9.2 by Alexie Aaron]()
Ice and Steel PEEPs 9.2 by Alexie Aaron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey’re back. PEEPs Lite – More story, less filling. Some stories just need to be told; anyway, that’s what the voices in my head keep telling me. As I prepare for the next full length “Haunted Series” novel (available in the Spring of 2014), I can’t help wanting to tell you a couple stories in between. These novellas fall after “Something Old,” the ninth novel in the “Haunted Series... -
![Never Forget by Alexie Aaron]()
Never Forget by Alexie Aaron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNever forget that there are things in the first push of a thunderstorm that are dangerous to you: hail, plow winds, and Wanderers. These spirits cross the plains with the weather fronts. They are looking to feed off of the energy of creatures, living and dead, who have been foolhardy enough to be caught outside in the rain. The driving rain of Illinois can stop a lot of things too... -
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Cid by Alexie Aaron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSummer has arrived and, with it, an opportunity for Cid Garrett (paranormal investigator for PEEPS) to make some cash as a carpenter. His colleague Jesse Holden has hooked him up with a fill-in position on a multimillion dollar renovation on an isolated 1920s southern mansion called Hidden Meadow... -
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The Old House by Alexie Aaron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s summertime and Mia needs a break. The Paranormal Entity Exposure Partners are offered a stay at Price Hills Resort, a ski lodge with a hundred and four rooms, located at the top of one of the best non-mountainous ski runs in Wisconsin. Of course, it’s not the right season for fun in the snow, and this isn’t a vacation... -
![To Stop a Shadow by Carrie Pulkinen]()
To Stop a Shadow by Carrie Pulkinen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTrent's heart may belong to Tina, but a shadow demon is after his soul…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... -
![Mind Fray by Alexie Aaron]()
Mind Fray by Alexie Aaron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn a quiet street in the suburbs of Chicago sits an ordinary ranch home built in the sixties. Inside, a young couple rests comfortably until there is a scratch at the door…Something inhabits the Madisons’ home. It feeds off of memories and produces hallucinations that will isolate and confuse the ghost hunters until it can get its hands them... -
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Re-Vamped! by Sienna Mercer
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe secret is out--cheerleader Olivia and vampire Ivy are twins!ow that Ivy and Olivia have told their friends that they're twins, they have to come clean to their adoptive parents. But Ivy's dad doesn't even want to meet Olivia!When the vampire officials realize Olivia knows the truth about vampires, they demand that she pass three tests to prove she's worthy of sharing the secret... -
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![The Counseling by Marley Gibson]()
The Counseling by Marley Gibson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKendall has just discovered who Emily really is, lost her boyfriend, and nearly died doing the thing she loves most--ghost hunting. It's time to take a break and try to reconcile all the changes she's going through. So Kendall heads to the Sierra Mountains, where there's a camp especially for young people with gifts such as hers. It's a time for reflection and self-discovery... -
![Rise to Me by Shani Struthers]()
Rise to Me by Shani Struthers
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“This isn’t a ghost we’re dealing with. If only it were that simple…” Eighteen years ago, when psychic Ruby Davis was a child, her mother – also a psychic – suffered a nervous breakdown. Ruby was never told why. “It won’t help you to know,” the only answer ever given... -
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The Departed by J.A. Templeton
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPsychic? Check.Haunted by a malevolent spirit who is making life a living hell? Check. In love with a smoking hot Scot, who is the reincarnation of the man creepy malevolent ghost murdered two centuries before? Check.Friends and family think you’re losing your mind? Check... -
![The Haunted by J.A. Templeton]()
The Haunted by J.A. Templeton
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter battling a malevolent ghost that held the spirit of her friend Ian MacKinnon bound to the land for two hundred years, sixteen-year-old reluctant psychic, Riley Williams, felt as if she was finally easing into her new life in Scotland.Or so she thought... -
![The Black Reckoning by John Stephens]()
The Black Reckoning by John Stephens
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe final book in the bestselling Books of Beginning trilogy that began with "The Emerald Atlas," which the "New York Times" called "a new Narnia for the tween set... -
![The Back Door of Midnight by Elizabeth Chandler]()
The Back Door of Midnight by Elizabeth Chandler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPsychic...or psychotic? Anna knows her family is crazy. But when she goes to visit her aunt and uncle for the summer and learns that her uncle’s charred body has been found, her life reaches a new level of insanity. Her erratic aunt’s “psychic” abilities are exaggerated by her grief, and have become borderline violent... -
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Fangtastic! by Sienna Mercer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOlivia is a vegetarian. Ivy is a vampire. And they're twins?!?Ever since Olivia discovered that her long-lost twin sister, Ivy, is a vampire, she's been soaking up everything Ivy will tell her about Franklin Grove's vampire community. It's all top secret, and Olivia's sworn that she'll never tell another soul. But now, nosy tabloid reporter Serena Star is snooping around... -
![Dead Is Just A Rumor by Marlene Perez]()
Dead Is Just A Rumor by Marlene Perez
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsAs the creepy little town of Nightshade prepares to celebrate its 200th anniversary—on Halloween, of course—many of its paranormal residents are receiving mysterious blackmail letters. Psychic teen Daisy Giordano and her sisters set out to find out who is behind the threats. But launching an investigation isn’t easy for Daisy with her overprotective father watching her every move... -
![The Pretender by Rob Blackwell]()
The Pretender by Rob Blackwell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA young girl slaughters her entire family in a quiet suburban neighborhood. The police say she snapped, but Soren Chase knows the truth... -
![Unbreakable Bonds by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson]()
Unbreakable Bonds by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Be careful what you wish for because karma has a way of biting you in the butt." That's what Angela Panther's mother always said. And boy was she was right. When Angela first discovered her gift to gab with ghosts, she fought it tooth and nail. But the second she decided it wasn't so bad, tragedy hit and the universe decided to teach her a lesson... -
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![Styx & Stoned by Boone Brux]()
Styx & Stoned by Boone Brux
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLas Vegas! All expenses paid! Normally, a trip like that would be a dream come true for a widowed, mother of three, who just happens to be grim reaper. Here’s the thing though, situations rarely work out as I imagine they should. And usually not in my favor. This time isn’t any different... -
![The Heir of Death by Becca Andre]()
The Heir of Death by Becca Andre
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsElysia Mallory has never embraced her magic, not when doing so comes at the price of her sanity. Her family is cursed with bizarre necromantic gifts that have driven each recipient mad, and she doesn’t want to be another dead branch on the family tree... -
![The Reason is You by Sharla Lovelace]()
The Reason is You by Sharla Lovelace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the small town of Bethany, Texas, Dani never fit in. Being different pushed her to the fringes of society, and even leaving town for two decades didn’t stop the talk. Now she’s back, trying to settle in with her daughter and have a normal life. But the men in her life might not make it that simple. First, there’s her old friend Alex... -
![The Ghosts of Phoenix No 7 by M.L. Bullock]()
The Ghosts of Phoenix No 7 by M.L. Bullock
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter the devastating loss the team experienced on their last investigation, Midas is hesitant to return to the paranormal field. However, a desperate phone call from a local fire chief and a terrifying experience at an old Mobile fire station draws the leader of Gulf Coast Paranormal back to find answers for the chief and the firefighters... -
![Black Opal by Catie Rhodes]()
Black Opal by Catie Rhodes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNote: This novella is the second installment in the Peri Jean Mace series. The print version is approximately 180 pages. Please be aware before purchasing that this is a short novel. "I knowed you'd be coming." The voice came from next to my arm, male but high and reedy. "You here to make things right, ain't you?" Not according to Peri Jean Mace... -
![The Show Must Go On! by P.J. Night]()
The Show Must Go On! by P.J. Night
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBecca Hart has secretly wanted to act on stage for as long as she could remember—it's all she ever thinks about. Determined to make her dream come true Becca tries out for this year's school play, The Last Sleepover, and gets the starring role! After a few creepy incidents on set and persistent nightmares at home, Becca quickly learns that this is no ordinary school play... -
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Lost Girl by Anne Francis Scott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLost Girl - Readers' Favorite Award Finalist in Paranormal FictionRenowned sculptor Allison Weathers doesn't believe in ghosts. But when a tragic twist of fate leads her to the small mountain town of Dawson Mills, Tennessee, she soon learns that the dead don't always stay silent. Shadows begin to shift in the rambling, old Victorian farmhouse she's purchased. Voices come from nowhere... -
![Sweet Miss Honeywell's Revenge: A Ghost Story by Kathryn Reiss]()
Sweet Miss Honeywell's Revenge: A Ghost Story by Kathryn Reiss
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsZibby Thorne doesn't know what possessed her to buy an antique dollhouse--she doesn't even like dolls. But when her friends and family start having bizarre accidents clearly connected to the dollhouse, she can't ignore the menacing structure any longer. Zibby is sure that one particularly creepy doll in a gray dress is somehow responsible for the trouble... -
![Long Ride Home by Elizabeth Hunter, Liisa Ivary]()
Long Ride Home by Elizabeth Hunter, Liisa Ivary
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe first story in the new paranormal series by Elizabeth Hunter, acclaimed author of the Elemental Mysteries. Welcome to Cambio Springs.In this small desert town, secrets bubble up from the desert floor, and history is written on the canyon walls. Seven friends will gather at the crossroads, because in Cambio Springs, everything—and everyone—changes.Jena Crowe escaped the Springs ten years ago... -
![Dreadful Sorry by Kathryn Reiss]()
Dreadful Sorry by Kathryn Reiss
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Molly's recurrent nightmares become waking visions after she nearly drowns at a party. Soon she's witnessing events through the eyes of a girl who lived in her father's house nearly a century before... -
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![Switched by Sienna Mercer]()
Switched by Sienna Mercer
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen Olivia Abbott moves to town, she's excited to join the cheerleading team and make new friends. Then she meets Ivy Vega. At first, Ivy, pale and dressed all in black, looks like Olivia's opposite... -
![Dead Is So Last Year by Marlene Perez]()
Dead Is So Last Year by Marlene Perez
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsSomething very strange starts happening in Nightshade the summer that the eldest Giordano sister, Rose, gets a job working at Dr. Franken's research laboratory. People are starting to see double. Doppelgängers of Nightshade residents are popping up all over town... -
![Into the Flame by Christina Dodd]()
Into the Flame by Christina Dodd
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsMeet Doug Black—the Wilder brother who’s been missing for centuries. With no idea of where he’s from, he’s become an angry young cop with the ability to transform into a cougar. in search of others like him, he comes across a beautiful woman who may hold the secret to his destiny.. -
![Ghosts Don't Ride Bikes, Do They? by Andrés Miedoso]()
Ghosts Don't Ride Bikes, Do They? by Andrés Miedoso
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDesmond and Andres are in for a bike-riding adventure in the second book of the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol chapter book series!Welcome to Kersville, a town with a spooky history and a collection of ghosts and spirits who are major mischief-makers. Most kids spend their days without ever seeing or dealing with a ghost, but some kids get stuck with a haunt... -
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Trail of the Beast by Edward Fallon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHEY SEE WHAT NO ONE ELSE SEES Every crime scene has a smell. A look. A trail of DNA. It also has a feel. An emotional residue that lingers... floating unseen, like bacteria in the air, just waiting to be absorbed. To be experienced.To be interpreted. And only the man, the woman, and the boy know this... -
![Ghost Huntress: The Journey by Marley Gibson]()
Ghost Huntress: The Journey by Marley Gibson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTeen psychic Kendall Moorehead is about to embark on the most dangerous and shocking ghost hunt of her life. After all, it isn't every day that the ghost of Princess Diana steps in as a personal spirit guide. But Shy Di isn't the only surprise awaiting Kendall and her team of teen paranormal superstars as they begin a whirlwind tour of Europe with renowned TV medium Oliver Bates... -
![Band of Demons by Rob Blackwell]()
Band of Demons by Rob Blackwell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe highly anticipated sequel to the Kindle bestseller A Soul to StealThe past is always at your heels…Quinn O’Brion and Kate Tassel, two community journalists, tapped into a dark power last Halloween in order to stop a vicious serial killer. But they are still grappling with their new abilities—and wondering if what they unleashed may soon consume them... -
![A Haunting on Bloodgood Row by M.L. Bullock]()
A Haunting on Bloodgood Row by M.L. Bullock
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCassidy Wright hunts ghosts with the Gulf Coast Paranormal team, but she may be in over her head when she's tasked with confronting a ghost who refuses to leave Bloodgood Row. With the power to paint scenes from the past, Cassidy dives into her art to find clues that will lead her to the truth about the life and death of Elizabeth Sabrina... -
![Indelible by Lani Woodland]()
Indelible by Lani Woodland
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYara is beginning to understand just how much her life will change now that her Waker abilities have emerged. She has come to terms with the fact that seeing ghosts is part of her life, but she isn’t ready to let being a Waker dictate her choices. All she wants is a ghost-free senior year with her boyfriend, Brent, and her best friend, Cherie... -
![Sisters of Salt and Iron by Kady Cross]()
Sisters of Salt and Iron by Kady Cross
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSisters of Salt and Iron by Kady Cross released on Feb 28, 2017 is available now for purchase... -
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![Her Loving Husband's Curse by Meredith Allard]()
Her Loving Husband's Curse by Meredith Allard
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHow far will you go to protect the one you love?Finally, after many long and lonely years, James Wentworth’s life is falling into place. Together with his wife, Sarah, the only woman he has ever loved, he has found the meaning behind her nightmares about the Salem Witch Trials, and now they are rebuilding the life they began together so long ago.But the past is never far behind for the Wentworths... -
![Discovering by Wendy Corsi Staub]()
Discovering by Wendy Corsi Staub
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter finally learning who was behind her mother's death, Calla still doesn't understand why it happened. Somewhere out there, someone seems to share the powerful psychic abilities that allow Calla to see not only into the past, but to the Other Side-someone who apparently doesn't want to be found... -
![Unfinished Business by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson]()
Unfinished Business by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCarolyn Ridder Aspenson introduces her now trademark blend of witty dialog and hilarious banter in the first book of her paranormal cozy mystery series. Filled with romance and friendships reminiscent of Chick-Lit novels, Unfinished Business is a humorous and heartwarming adventure... -
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Archimancy by J.A. White
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe first book in a middle grade series that introduces three friends and their quest to unravel the secrets of Shadow School, a strange middle school in New Hampshire, from the acclaimed author of Nightbooks and the Thickety series, J. A. White. Perfect for fans of Stranger Things, Neil Gaiman, and Adam Gidwitz.Cordelia Liu knew Shadow School was going to be different...Categorized as:
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![Shadow Mirror by Richie Tankersley Cusick]()
Shadow Mirror by Richie Tankersley Cusick
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsUnsettling. There's no better word to describe Miranda Barnes's ability to hear the cries of the dead, feel the wind move her hair when they run by, and - dare she look into a mirror - see the reflection of a ghostly woman behind her. There's only one person to turn to for support: Etienne. As sexy as he is mysterious, Miranda can't help but be drawn to him. He believes her; he wants to help her... -
![I So Don't Do Spooky by Barrie Summy]()
I So Don't Do Spooky by Barrie Summy
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSomeone’s out to get Sherry’s stepmom. . . .Can she save her before it’s too late?Did you know that the main campus of the Academy of Spirits is at a Dairy Queen in Phoenix? Me either. Until now. Some weird stuff has been happening to my stepmother, Paula, and the Academy has asked me, Sherry Holmes Baldwin, to get to the bottom of it. They think someone’s trying to hurt her...
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