Books like 'Stone and a Hard Place'
Readers who enjoyed Stone and a Hard Place by R.L. King also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Portraits of the Forsaken by E.E. Holmes
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDeep in the heart of old London town, spirits are drawn to the tempting lure of a lie...As Jess Ballard is struggling to adjust to her new life in London without Finn Carey to watch over her, she has thrown herself into her role as a Tracker, using her gift to communicate with and help as many spirits as she can... -
Heart of the Rebellion by E.E. Holmes
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA BATTLE LOOMS, AND SHE COULD LOSE EVERYTHING...Again and again, the same dreadful prediction...a remote prison fortress, a fierce battle, an unthinkable outcome... -
The Undead Uproar by Amanda M. Lee
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsCharlie Rhodes is living the high life … at least for her. She lucked into a new apartment, her boyfriend Jack is attentive and sweet, and she’s about to head to the Big Easy to hunt for zombies.Yes, a multitude of dreams are about to come true.Charlie has never been to New Orleans and she’s in awe of everything she sees... -
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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College Arcane by John Conroe
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsBook 8 of the Demon Accords. College. A time of transition from youth to young adulthood. New lessons, new responsibilities, new distractions. A period of life treasured by most. Unless you happen to attend an institute of higher learning where the bullies are werewolves, the teachers are sadists, and the pretty girls are all deadly... -
Snake Eyes by John Conroe, James Patrick Cronin
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLas Vegas. Sin City. What happens in Vegas...could kill most of the human race.When all trails lead Chris, Tanya, and their entire team to the desert gambling mecca, the stakes become the highest possible... -
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... -
Wayward Spirits by Wendy Wang, Amy Melissa Bentley
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe dead don’t always rest in peace... Deputy Jason Tate has seen a lot of terrible things in his time, but nothing quite as strange as the case he just picked up. Is it a suicide gone wrong? An accident? Too many things aren't adding up, and some are downright inexplicable. When it gets weird, he calls in psychic/medium Charlie Payne... -
Salty Dog by Shayne Silvers, Cameron O'Connell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAbductions rarely go as planned…but this is just ridiculous. Torn from the Faeling Games on the beaches of Scotland, Quinn MacKenna suddenly finds herself doggie-paddling in a turbulent sea of blood with no land in sight.And that’s the highlight of her day so far, because her abductors seem perfectly content to simply leave her in this strange Otherworld... -
Bad Omens by Wendy Wang
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe dead leave signs...if you know where to look.After recovering from a near-death experience, Charlie Payne's connection to the dead seems to dry up overnight. But that doesn't stop old ghosts from trying to commune with her. Or a clever serial killer from targeting her and the whole witch community... -
Darkkin Queen by John Conroe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBook 16 of the Demon Accords. Tatiana Demidova - natural born vampire, Coven royalty, fighter, CEO, mate of the God Hammer, Fallen Angel... mother. She wears many hats, balances diverse duties, multi-tasks like any other woman, except most of those don't face demons from Hell, monsters from Fairie, alien invaders, or pissy world leaders... -
Demons Forever by Sarra Cannon
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition for B00ARI22MY Harper has come so far from her life as a foster child. She never imagined what her future would hold when she was first brought to the small town of Peachville. Since that day she’s faced great evil, found some of the answers she’s been looking for, and fallen deeply, madly in love... -
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... -
Dead Lost by Tim O'Rourke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsConfronted by the photographer, Potter reluctantly gets caught up in delivering photographs and letters that could either destroy the pushed world or make the wolves stronger.After Jack Seth pushes the lever, Isidor sets off in search of Melody Rose. His journey takes him back to Lake Lure where a series of child murders have been taking place... -
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Power Game by Brad Magnarella
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCreatures, conjurers, and … cosplay? Protect Sefu. On paper it looks simple. Only I have no idea who Sefu is, much less how to find him or her. And my magic’s not talking. But with demons on the hunt, and fiendish whispers of Sefu being some sort of ultimate weapon, failure could spell apocalypse... -
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... -
Death Mage by Brad Magnarella
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPlaying fast and loose with the Order’s rules has finally caught up with me. Sentenced to hunt down a cagey insurgent known as the Death Mage, I’m not feeling overly optimistic. Wizards with far more experience have tried and, well … died. But overmatched or not, I want this assignment. The Death Mage killed my mother—he might also be my father. I can’t lose my head, though... -
San Francisco Night by Stephen Leather
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJack Nightingale fights his battles in the shadows – in the grey areas where the real world meets the supernatural. But when he arrives in San Francisco to take on a group of Satanists bent on opening a doorway to Hell, the danger is out in the open and all too real... -
Blood Gamble by Melissa F. Olson
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIf there is one city that Scarlett Bernard hates, it’s Las Vegas. But when the cardinal vampire of Los Angeles convinces her to go investigate a new vampire-themed stage show, Scarlett quickly finds herself shoulder-deep in sequins, slot machines, and Old World intrigue.The show’s creators are vampire celebrities Arthur and Lucy Holmwood, who once inspired characters from the original Dracula... -
Shadow Child by Wendy Wang
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA wish is the strongest form of magic. It's also the most dangerous.For psychic Charlie Payne being haunted is an everyday experience. When Charlie agrees to help her cousin forage for furniture at an auction she expects to steer her cousin clear of any lingering spirits. But a child's wish makes that impossible... -
Duel Nature by John Conroe
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsChris and Tanya have been assigned as Coven Rovers, traveling the country and trouble shooting the supernatural community. It's a job that's part cop and part auditor, one that should be long periods of boredom mixed with small parts of action... -
Spirit Legacy by E.E. Holmes
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratings“The Gateway is open...”These cryptic words wake college student Jess Ballard from a terrifying dream into an even more terrifying reality. Jess' life has never been what anyone would call easy; doing damage control in the wake of your nomadic, alcoholic mother doesn't exactly make for a storybook childhood... -
Crystal Web by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStrange events--stranger than usual--begin to happen around town, odd accidents and frightening encounters. The chief of police comes to Conjure Ink to ask us to investigate. As we delve deeper into what's going on, we find evidence that Moonshadow Bay is being visited by the infamous Mothman. And worse than that, he seems to have targeted my best friend Ari...Categorized as:
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Miracle Mountain by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the early nineteenth century, hungry gold prospectors descended on Miracle Mountain in north Georgia, ripping open the ancient wilderness, driven by dreams of glittering fortunes. Local legends tell of mysterious events, like a young girl who defied death after toppling from the mountain's treacherous waterfall... -
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Shadow Demons by Sarra Cannon
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAn alternate cover edition can be found here. Book 4 of the Peachville High Demons series:In Peachville, there's a fine line between good and evil.That line is about to be crossed... -
Bringing up the bodies by Tim McGregor
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe book you've been waiting for... With Kaitlin in critical condition after a fatal stab wound, reluctant psychic Billie Culpepper has learned that the body she found in the Murder House is actually her own father... -
Dead Calm by Annie Anderson
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThere's not enough coffee or tacos in the world to deal with Darby Adler's family. If it's not her death-dealing father, her back-from-the-dead mother, or her ghost grandfather, it's her long-lost siblings and their bid for power... -
Vampire Sire by J.R. Rain
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook 15 in the bestselling “Vampire for Hire” series! In VAMPIRE SIRE, private investigator Samantha Moon has the sword of all swords in her pocket―and she’s going to need it... A crack private eye for her client cases, Sam’s been tormented by her own cold-case mystery―the elusive identity of her attacker... -
Black Luck by Brad Magnarella
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratings’Cause sometimes luck ain’t enoughIn the year since the Whisperer’s attack, I’ve been busting my hump to become my best wizard, like my father. Now I’m ready for a test.When a dark mage starts planting infernal bags around New York City, I get my wish. Like time bombs, the bags detonate without warning, spawning demonic beings that rip the souls of innocents from their bodies... -
Otherworld Chills by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe final anthology from the #1 New York Times bestselling Otherworld series Embrace the obscure. New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong once again opens the gates to the Otherworld. This collection of rare and never-before-published novellas and short stories brings the clever wit, dark twists, and intense suspense Otherworld readers have come to expect... -
Nightmare by Stephen Leather
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe last case of police negotiator Jack Nightingale’s career ended in the death of nine-year-old Sophie Underwood. Since then, he’s saved his own soul from the devil...but now he is haunted by Sophie’s cries for help... -
Grave Decisions by Lily Harper Hart
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHalloween has always been one of Maddie Graves’ favorite days, and this season things are going to be more special than ever because it’s her first big holiday with her live-in love Nick Winters. Nick is keen to make sure Maddie has the time of her life, but the arrival of a popular author and purported psychic in Blackstone Bay has him working overtime to provide protection... -
Moon Master by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsBook 16 in the bestselling “Vampire for Hire” series! To save a child, Samantha Moon would go to the end of the Earth—even past it to alternate dimensions. At long last, she’s learned the truth behind her vampire sire and why he turned her. But with that comes a revelation about an ancient evil that preys on innocent young witches... -
Death Rejoices by A.J. Aalto
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMarnie Baranuik is back, and this time, the Great White Shark of psychic investigations has “people skills” and a new assistant who seems to harbor an unhealthy curiosity about Harry, her revenant companion. Together, they've got a whole lot of questions that need answering... -
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Final Curtain by J.B. Trepagnier
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFive years ago, I had an audition for the ballet company of my dreams. Five years ago, my boyfriend purposely broke my toes and ruined my dreams. Two days later, I found out I’m a witch. I thought my ballet days were over. I just graduated from the academy to work as a federal agent with the Paranormal Investigation Bureau... -
Holiday Spirits by Yasmine Galenorn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Kip gets himself in serious trouble, a strange spirit enters the house—one that at first poses as Santa Claus. But beneath that jolly exterior, lies a dark creature from legend and lore. Join Emerald O’Brien for the holidays, as she battles both psychic turbulence as well as the demons every mother faces when her child lands in trouble with the law... -
Forbidden Highway by Catie Rhodes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA lost treasure. The return of a dangerous adversary. You can run from destiny—but you can’t hide. Psychic medium Peri Jean Mace sets out to solve the mystery of the Mace Treasure once and for all. But a frightening new truth about her psychic gifts opens a forbidden highway she doesn’t want to travel. Then a brutal psychopath from her past returns, hell-bent on destroying her... -
Pay Dirt by Chris Underwood
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn Lost Falls, nothing ever stays buried. Look, I'm a reasonable guy. When the ghoul came to me, shaking and sweating and claiming that he'd been cursed, I did what I could to help. After all, as Lost Falls' resident cunning man, breaking curses is my specialty... -
Guilty Spark by Al K. Line
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI'd been gone for a year, incarcerated in a Hidden prison. The verdict was guilty, punishment death.Invoking the Law, I've got my freedom until my sentence is carried out. Three days then I'm history. Gone, not even a memory. Wiped from the collective consciousness of those that knew, even loved me.Magic drives me on as I try to right so many wrongs committed in the name of justice... -
Midsummer Night's Mayhem by Lauren Quick
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTeeming with mystery, mayhem, and the trio of cunning sister witches, A Midsummer Night’s Mayhem is a paranormal mystery with wicked twists to keep you guessing. A Midsummer Night’s Mayhem is the third novel of the witchy Mayhem sisters, Vivi, Honora, and Clover, and in keeping with an old family curse, trouble has returned and this time it’s murder... -
In Your Dreams by Robert Sanborn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe moved to the Witch City to start a new life, but everything about Salem feels eerily familiar. Henry Trank is scared. Terrified by nightmares plaguing him since his arrival in Salem, he decides he's had enough. But when he records himself screaming out the last thoughts of a dying woman as he sleeps, he ends up wishing he'd left his GoPro in the closet... -
Grave Matters by Jana Oliver
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Demon Trappers NovellaA legendary Demon Trapper, Riley Blackthorne frequently battles with Hell’s minions. So when she travels to Scotland to meet up with her hunky boyfriend, and celebrate her eighteenth birthday, she’s thrilled at the chance to leave Atlanta and its troubles behind... -
Welcome to the Spookshow by Tim McGregor
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDrifting through life while her peers move on with careers and marriage, Billie Culpepper fears she will never discover what she was meant to do with her life. Fate intercedes when she's injured during a pursuit between a mysterious Englishman and the police detective determined to apprehend him... -
Shadow Blood by Jayde Scott
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOnly a few months ago, Amber Reed would have called herself an ordinary girl in an ordinary world…until she moves to Scotland and is pushed into a world she never knew existed by the sexy and daring McAllister brothers, unable to withstand its perils. Aidan McAllister, the irresistible leader of the Morganefaire brethren, has what he always wanted: the girl of his dreams... -
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Purge City by Brad Magnarella
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIf you can't stand the heat... When New York City unveils a program to roast supernaturals, I wonder if I should be sweating. The bloodthirsty Arnaud thinks so, and he’s insisting that our survival depends on a wizard-vampire alliance. Never mind his history of wanting me dead. Or undead... -
Misfortune Teller by Dima Zales, Anna Zaires
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSo I’m a seer. A Cognizant under the Mandate. Life should be easy now, right? Wrong. With all the “accidents” that keep befalling me, I’ll be lucky to survive the week. That is, if my crazy boss doesn’t work me to death first.. -
The Spirit Girls by Dawn Merriman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI’m Rylan Flynn. I hunt for ghosts and restless spirits, and solve the mysteries that make them haunt the living.I’ve learned to live with my “gift” but sometimes I long to escape. My aunt’s cabin, deep in the woods, is usually peaceful. But this time I can feel that something is different.The ghost of a young woman approaches through the trees... -
Night Rune by Brad Magnarella
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhere to turn when all roads lead to ruin? Last night I barely escaped 1776 New York City – now I have to go back. My teammates are trapped in a time catch. Worse, the demon master Malphas is building a gateway there, one that could trigger a full-blown apocalypse. But returning will require new allies: a crabby goblin, a fae princess and former lover, and the demon-vampire Arnaud...Categorized as:
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The Hunter and The Hunted by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn Off-Duty Angel (Otherworld #10.6), dark witch and half-demon Eve Levine is desperate for a little entertainment while her lover, Kristof Nast, is detained in afterlife court—enough to volunteer an extra week’s worth of angel corps duty just to pass the time... -
The Seventh Witch by Shirley Damsgaard
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis is the seventh and last installment of the enchanting mystery series featuring a small-town librarian psychic and her grandmother, and a benevolent witch.Small-town librarian and psychic Ophelia Jensen hails from a long line of wise and wonderfully gifted women. There's her grandmother, Abby, a talented witch, and her great-aunt Mary, who's about to celebrate her 100th birthday...
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