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  • Something Wicked by Lily Morton

    Something Wicked by Lily Morton

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After powerful psychic Blue Billings fell in love with Levi Black, he believed their biggest challenges would arise from Blue’s ability to see and speak to the dead. So it’s rather alarming when he and Levi are confronted with a spate of new—and frightening—problems that have to do with the realm of the living...
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    paranormal  crime  suspense  dark  romance  mlm  mystery  ghosts
  • The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan

    The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 69 ratings
    Magnus Chase, a once-homeless teen, is a resident of the Hotel Valhalla and one of Odin's chosen warriors. As the son of Frey, the god of summer, fertility, and health, Magnus isn't naturally inclined to fighting...
  • Ghost of Deceit by Alice Winters

    Ghost of Deceit by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    HiroSeeing the dead has never been easy, but the last thing I expected was to be a pawn in a serial killer’s game.Moving in with Maddox was supposed to be the only thing we needed to worry about. Not a dead teacher, and not the fact that a serial killer knows my abilities...
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    paranormal  crime  suspense  dark  romance  mlm  mystery  ghosts
  • A Killer's Kiss by Helen Harper

    A Killer's Kiss by Helen Harper

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A twisted killer is making his mark in London, leaving a trail of blood and devastation in his wake. It’s not only humans who are being targeted. Vampires, werewolves and pixies are in mortal danger too.I’ve been called in to help with the investigation but I can’t shake the feeling that there’s more to the murders. Someone is playing a very sick game - and it’s up to me to put a stop to it...
  • Blood Truth by J.R. Ward

    Blood Truth by J.R. Ward

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    As a trainee in the Black Dagger Brotherhood's program, Boone has triumphed as a soldier and now fights side by side with the Brothers. Following his sire's unexpected death, he is taken off rotation against his protests—and he finds himself working with Butch O'Neal, former homicide cop, to catch a serial killer: Someone is targeting females of the species at a live action role play club...
  • Jon's Crazy Head-Boppin' Mystery by A.J. Sherwood

    Jon's Crazy Head-Boppin' Mystery by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I’m rather used to the crazy cases, because let’s face it, most cops can handle the run-of-the-mill with their eyes closed. I’m only called in when the situation is weird or they need to solve the case fast. This case is a little of both. Someone’s attacking women as they get off of work, hitting them in the back of the head. What started as a case of battery has steadily built up to homicide...
  • Hunting Fear by Kay Hooper, Dick Hill

    Hunting Fear by Kay Hooper, Dick Hill

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    He's no ordinary kidnapper. Not only does he strike again and again, but he collects the ransom, gets away safely, and leaves his helpless hostages dead. Now, after months of eluding the best that law enforcement can put against him, this monster has left nothing in his wake but a cold trail of unconnected victims. He's no ordinary cop...
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    crime  dark  paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Touching Evil by Kay Hooper, Alyssa Bresnahan

    Touching Evil by Kay Hooper, Alyssa Bresnahan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    This is the story of Seattle police artist Maggie Barnes, whose remarkable artistic talents are the focus of an even more extraordinary psychic gift that she is determined to keep secret: a gift that has allowed her to work with crime victims, to feel what they feel, to create perfect portraits of their attackers...
  • Out of the Shadows by Kay Hooper

    Out of the Shadows by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    To catch this killer, she must break every rule and cross every line.Out Of The ShadowsA picture-perfect Tennessee town has just become a monster's hunting ground. Two bodies are found tortured to death. A third person goes missing. What little evidence is left behind defies all explanation...
  • Sense of Evil by Kay Hooper

    Sense of Evil by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Kay Hooper is the brightest new star of suspense fiction. Now the New York Times bestselling author who's built a reputation for keeping her readers' pulse in the red zone delivers a thriller that will stun the senses -- all six of them. This time a psychic special agent and a gritty cop must stop a brutal killer with a chilling M.O. and an unstoppable...Sense of Evil...
  • Whisper of Evil by Kay Hooper

    Whisper of Evil by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Someone is stalking the little town of Silence...Three victims have fallen to a killer’s savage vengeance. Each of the dead men was a successful and respected member of the community — yet each also harbored a dark secret discovered only after his murder...
  • Leopard's Prey by Christine Feehan

    Leopard's Prey by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author "Christine Feehan knows how to weave a tale of action, suspense and paranormal passion" (Romance Junkies). Now, she’s back -- and the New Orleans nights have never felt so torrid or so dangerous...From a tough stint in the armed forces to stalking the unknown as a bayou cop, leopard-shifter Remy Boudreux has been served well by his uncanny gifts...
  • Sleeping with Fear by Kay Hooper

    Sleeping with Fear by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Fear has never been so close...New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper returns with a relentless thriller that brings her readers face-to-face with fear itself. In this terrifying new novel, a psychic special agent finds herself caught up in a tangled web of secrets, lies... and evil.Riley Crane woke up fully dressed, a gun under her pillow, and covered in blood...
  • Blood Sins by Kay Hooper, Joyce Bean

    Blood Sins by Kay Hooper, Joyce Bean

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Young, vulnerable, attractive, Tessa Gray made the perfect victim. Which was why Noah Bishop of the FBI’s Special Crimes Unit recruited her to play the role of grieving widow. As the supposed new owner of property coveted by the Church of the Everlasting Sin, she’d be irresistible bait for the reclusive and charismatic Reverend Samuel...
  • The Last Time I Saw Her by Karen Robards

    The Last Time I Saw Her by Karen Robards

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Librarian’s note: This is an updated cover image for Kindle. See previously published cover here. In this world, Dr. Charlotte “Charlie” Stone skillfully probes the twisted minds of incarcerated serial killers to better understand what makes them tick, and to help nab those who remain at large...
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    crime  dark  paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Shadow Warrior by Christine Feehan

    Shadow Warrior by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Danger inspires fierce passion when a serial killer threatens Chicago’s Ferraro crime family in this novel in Christine Feehan’s New York Times bestselling series.Vittorio Ferraro is a man whose family loyalty knows no bounds. He would die for his siblings and the people they love, but what he really wants is to start a family of his own...
  • Chill of Fear by Kay Hooper, Dick Hill

    Chill of Fear by Kay Hooper, Dick Hill

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    For twenty years FBI agent Quentin Hayes has been haunted by an unsolved murder that took place at a secluded Victorian-era resort in Tennessee when he was little more than a boy. Now part of Noah Bishop's Special Crimes Unit, he's returned to the scene of that long-ago crime to find answers.Diana Brisco has come to The Lodge hoping to unlock the mystery of her own troubled past...
  • Ghost by Kat Blackthorne

    Ghost by Kat Blackthorne

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Ash Grove is a fine place to die. Blythe has accepted her fate and is tired of running. Who would miss her anyway? She attends her new and eccentric town’s month long Halloween masquerade for one last party before meeting her end. But what will she find...and what will find her? A man in a skeleton mask is watching... and he’s not the only one...
    Categorized as:
    dark  paranormal  stalking  steamy  vampires  adult  age-gap  audiobook
  • Blood Ties by Kay Hooper

    Blood Ties by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A 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...
  • Married to the Vampire King by Jay Castle

    Married to the Vampire King by Jay Castle

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ETHANThe bad news is that the vampires and witches of this city are all going to kill each other. Meaning that everyone I care about is pretty much doomed. The good news is, I have a plan to stop it. Step one: Marry Nathaniel Bailey, the leader of the city’s vampires...
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    vampires  paranormal  suspense  steamy  romance  mlm  magic  lgbtq
  • Bramble and Blood by Ashley Beasley

    Bramble and Blood by Ashley Beasley

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Welcome to St. Louis, home to mythological creatures, magic beings, and necromancer Eve Williams -expert on death and disappointment.Especially disappointment since being fired from a prestigious job a with the Druid Brotherhood - the elite law enforcement of the magical community and the only family she’s ever known...
  • Black Is Back: Quentin Black Mystery #4 by J.C. Andrijeski

    Black Is Back: Quentin Black Mystery #4 by J.C. Andrijeski

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "He is the guardian. He will protect his saint, no matter what it takes..." Black and Miri get thrown into the middle of a high-profile murder case when one of Miri's ex-clients becomes the next victim...
  • Shadows by Kristen Proby

    Shadows by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From New York Times Bestselling Author, Kristen Proby, comes an all new paranormal romance set in the mystical city of New Orleans… I am never alone. Not even when I am alone. I see the unquiet dead, the souls that wander through the French Quarter. They can’t move on, and I can’t stop seeing them. I wear malachite for protection, and I control what I let in. It’s the only way to stay sane...
  • Blood Dreams by Kay Hooper

    Blood Dreams by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    THIS KILLER DREAMS IN SHADES OF DEATH... He’s the kind of killer we instinctively fear the most. A killer without boundaries, without conscience, without any fear of being caught. And his latest victim is terrifying proof that no one is safe: the daughter of a powerful U.S. senator...
  • Stealing Shadows by Kay Hooper

    Stealing Shadows by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    What if you could enter a madman's cruel mind as he planned his vicious crimes? What if you could see the terrified faces of his victims ... Psychic Cassie Neill helps the LA police catch killers — until she makes a terrible mistake and an innocent child dies...
  • The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting

    The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    IN THE END, ALL THAT'S LEFT IS AN ECHO.Before, Violet's morbid ability to sense the dead led her to uncover dark murders and long-buried secrets in her small town. Now that she's working with a special investigative team, Violet hopes she can help even more people - whether by saving a life or catching a killer...
  • Hand in Fire by Zoe Parker

    Hand in Fire by Zoe Parker

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.Sora is a sin eater.The name is exactly what it implies.She takes your sin, washes your conscience clean, and sends you on your merry way.Or at least, she did.She’s spent her entire life doing the right thing, being a nice person.Suffering in others' places because it was her job.For the last ten years, she’s even loved the same man...
  • Black on Black by J.C. Andrijeski

    Black on Black by J.C. Andrijeski

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "What kind of confession are you looking for, brother...?"Black disappears, leaving Miri alone in San Francisco mere days after they return from Bangkok. No explanation. Not a word about where he is, what he's doing, what his mysterious new contract entails or even who he's working for. Black will only drop her cryptic hints, leaving her breadcrumbs about where he is, what he's doing..
  • Hunt the Dawn by Abbie Roads

    Hunt the Dawn by Abbie Roads

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Out of darkness and danger...You can’t hide your secrets from Lathan Montgomery—he can read your darkest memories. And while his special abilities are invaluable in the FBI’s hunt for a serial killer, he has no way to avoid the pain that brings him...
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    crime  dark  paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Along Came a Spider by Kate SeRine

    Along Came a Spider by Kate SeRine

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A new fantastic ORIGINAL paranormal series is born! Paranormal CravingsAlong came a spiderWhen Trish Muffet is attacked at a grisly crime scene, the last person she expects to come to her rescue is Nicky Little Boy Blue...
  • Lifting the Veil by Kate Allenton

    Lifting the Veil by Kate Allenton

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Unemployed accountant Sophie Masterson never dreams that a trip to Salem on Halloween night will change her life forever. When a birthday gift of a psychic reading is thrust upon her by her best friend, Sophie has no choice but to play along. She wants the winning lottery numbers but, instead, receives something far more ominous-a warning of things to come...
  • The Better To See You by Kate SeRine

    The Better To See You by Kate SeRine

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Once upon a time, a spell went awry and Make Believe characters were cast into the ordinary world. And the results aren’t always happily ever after… Everyone thinks fairy godmothers can do no wrong. But if not for a certain spell mis-cast by Lavender Seelie, Cinderella’s former fairy godmother, the Tales would not be stuck in the Here and Now...
  • A Grave Calling by Wendy Roberts

    A Grave Calling by Wendy Roberts

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There 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...
  • In His Sights by K.C. Wells

    In His Sights by K.C. Wells

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Random letters belong on Scrabble tiles, not dead bodies. But when a demented serial killer targets Boston’s gay population, leaving cryptic messages carved into his victims, lead detective Gary Mitchell has no choice but to play along.As the body count rises, Gary gets desperate enough to push aside his skepticism and accept the help of a psychic...
  • Seeking darkness by Heather Graham

    Seeking darkness by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Psychics in Salem seek help from a ghost to find a serial...
  • Deadly Night by Heather Graham

    Deadly Night by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The 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 rumors -- especially 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...
  • Sacred Evil by Heather Graham

    Sacred Evil by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A terror born of Jack the RipperThe details of the crime scene are no coincidence. The body of a promising starlet has been battered, bloodied and then discarded between two of Manhattan's oldest graveyards.One look and Detective Jude Crosby recognizes the tableau:A recreation of Jack the Ripper's gruesome work. But he also sees something beyond the actions of a mere copycat...
  • Quicksilver by Amanda Quick, Anne Flosnik

    Quicksilver by Amanda Quick, Anne Flosnik

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Virginia Dean wakes at midnight beside a dead body, with a bloody knife in her hand and no memory of the evening’s events. Dark energy, emanating from the mirrors lining the room, overpowers her senses. With no apparent way in or out, she’s rescued by a man she’s met only once before, but won’t soon forget…...
  • Hiding in the Shadows by Kay Hooper

    Hiding in the Shadows by Kay Hooper

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    A New York Times BestsellerFaith Parker had done what her doctors feared she never would: awakened after weeks in a coma. But she has no memory of the crash that nearly killed her, or the life that led up to it -- or journalist Dinah Leighton, the steadfast friend who visited her in the hospital until she disappeared without a trace...
  • The Third Circle by Amanda Quick, Jayne Ann Krentz

    The Third Circle by Amanda Quick, Jayne Ann Krentz

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Called “supremely addictive” by Booklist, the Arcane Society novels, written under both the Amanda Quick and Jayne Ann Krentz names, have pulled readers into a saga filled with steamy romance, drama, and dark intrigue. Her newest novel promises to mesmerize as well...
  • Ghost Shadow by Heather Graham

    Ghost Shadow by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    There are those who walk among us who are no longer alive, but not yet crossed over. They seek retribution…vengeance…to warn. Among the living, few intuit their presence.Katie O'Hara is one who can.As she’s drawn deeper and deeper into a gruesome years-old murder, whispered warnings from a spectral friend become more and more insistent...
  • Dead Silence by Kimberly Derting

    Dead Silence by Kimberly Derting

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Violet thought she’d made peace with her unique ability to sense the echoes of the dead and the imprints that cling to their killers…that is until she acquired an imprint of her own. Forced to carry a reminder of the horrible events of her kidnapping, Violet is more determined than ever to lead a normal life...
  • Deadly Gift by Heather Graham

    Deadly Gift by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Caer is spending this Christmas among strangers. Brought to Newport, Rhode Island, from her native Ireland to nurse ailing millionaire Sean O'Riley, she's living a life few can imagine. But money can't hide the tension between O'Riley's trophy wife, his paranoid daughter, the eccentric aunt in the attic and the staff members who run the house...
  • Midnight Sins by Cynthia Eden

    Midnight Sins by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Cara Maloan doesn’t look like a monster. In fact, the gorgeous blond nightclub singer possesses heavenly attributes that make Atlanta detective Todd Brooks sure there’s a higher power somewhere. But a twisted killer is leaving a trail of bodies in seedy hotel rooms across town. The male victims show no wounds–it’s as if the life was simply drained from them...
  • Haunted by Kay Hooper, Joyce Bean

    Haunted by Kay Hooper, Joyce Bean

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper returns with the new novel in her riveting Bishop/SCU series...
  • The Vision by Heather Graham

    The Vision by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The gift of sight comes at a dangerous price When Deep Down Salvage begins the hunt for the "Josephine Marie, " it seems like any other dive...until Genevieve Wallace sees the vision of a dead woman in the water, her vacant eyes boring into Genevieve's very soul...
  • The Bones of Others by Vickie McKeehan

    The Bones of Others by Vickie McKeehan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Some monsters live in your head. Not this one.Brutalized as a young girl by a vile sexual predator, Skye Cree is a survivor. Guided by the visions of her mystical spirit guide to the whereabouts of abducted girls, she uses her unique abilities to turn her horrifying past into a positive force for justice...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  paranormal  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult  book
  • The Finder by J.E. Lorin

    The Finder by J.E. Lorin

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    At the age of sixteen, August Goodson developed a strange and mysterious power overnight: he can find people. Victims of murder, suicide, kidnapping, accidents, and rape; August can find them all, usually dead, but sometimes still alive. Nine years later finds August volunteering his services to the police...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  paranormal  stalking  suspense  abuse  adult  age-gap
  • Black as Night by J.C. Andrijeski

    Black as Night by J.C. Andrijeski

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From USA TODAY bestselling author, another adventure with Quentin Black and Miri Fox - a book in the Quentin Black World. Paranormal Mystery Romance."He says he will break anything you try to keep pure, brother..."Forensic psychologist Miri Fox travels across the globe when her now-employer, psychic detective, Quentin Black, calls from a police station in Bangkok and asks for her help...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  dark  paranormal  vampires  adult  aliens  angels
  • Their Precious Own by Lia Black

    Their Precious Own by Lia Black

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Another body in a string of ritualistic murders, a serial killer who’s getting cocky; Detective Derek Childress thinks this day just can’t get any worse. And then he meets his new partner. Investigator Kayle Perrine is a Variant: one of several races of once-thought mythical creatures who now live among and lord-over humankind...
    Categorized as:
    crime  dark  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  demons  dystopia
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