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  • The Trailwalker by J.L. Bryan

    The Trailwalker by J.L. Bryan

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The old campground in the mountains has a shrouded history wrapped in legend. Located by the mysterious mounds of a vanished people, it was once a popular summer destination for children, but closed long ago under tragic circumstances.Josh and Allison Conner have moved out from the city, inspired to create a retreat for children in need, a place to build skills and character...
  • The Lodge by J.L. Bryan

    The Lodge by J.L. Bryan

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    More than a century ago, the Sea Islands of Georgia's coastline were the playground of the ultra-wealthy. Carnegies, Morgans, Rockefellers and other aristocrats of the Industrial Age built luxurious southern beach retreats on islands like Cumberland and Jekyll to escape the icy winters of New York...
  • The Ghost Who Came for Christmas by Bobbi Holmes

    The Ghost Who Came for Christmas by Bobbi Holmes

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It’s Christmastime at Marlow House Bed and Breakfast, and Danielle has a full house. When a woman, stranded far from home, shows up on the doorstep and begs for a room for the night, how can Danielle tell her the inn is full and turn her away? After all, it’s almost Christmas. The woman makes quite an impression on the other guests, especially when she mysteriously disappears...
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    ghosts  hauntings  paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  cozy
  • The Wynne Witch by H.P. Bayne

    The Wynne Witch by H.P. Bayne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A mysterious death. A vicious gang. And a spectre whose presence foreshadows a horrific fate.When the Wynne family inherits a house from a deceased family member, they didn’t expect a ghost to come with it.The frightening figure of a skeletal, wild wraith with a bloodcurdling scream leads the Wynnes to seek the help of psychic private investigator, Sully Gray. Rarely does Sully land simple cases...
  • Spirit Caller by H.P. Bayne

    Spirit Caller by H.P. Bayne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One night. One last enemy. One chance to stop him forever. It’s all come down to this. More than two years after Sully took desperate measures to escape his enemies, he finds himself headed for an inevitable showdown with the most dangerous of them. Years of murder and deceit are catching up to Lowell, and the ghosts of those he killed are not about to rest until they’ve watched him fall...
    Categorized as:
    ghosts  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  crime  fiction  horror
  • Descension by Shani Struthers

    Descension by Shani Struthers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Descension is the fifth in the bestselling Psychic Surveys series, that features plot twists, compelling characters and a mystery at its dark heart!This is what we're dealing with here, the institutionalised..Brookbridge housing estate has long been a source of work for Psychic Surveys...
  • The Necromancer's Library by J.L. Bryan

    The Necromancer's Library by J.L. Bryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The antebellum mansion sits isolated in the overgrown countryside like a forgotten temple. Within it lie the dark, twisting paths of a private library possessing secrets from across the ages. The collection of ancient and medieval occult manuscripts tell of conjuring spirits and raising the dead, of making contact with supernatural realms and beings usually forbidden to living mortals...
    Categorized as:
    ghosts  hauntings  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  dark  fiction
  • 44 Gilmore Street by Shani Struthers

    44 Gilmore Street by Shani Struthers

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “We all have to face our demons at some point.” Psychic Surveys – specialists in domestic spiritual clearance – have never been busier. Although exhausted, Ruby is pleased. Her track record as well as her down-to-earth, no-nonsense approach inspires faith in the haunted, who willingly call on her high street consultancy when the supernatural takes hold. But that’s all about to change...
  • Purgatory by Lee Mountford

    Purgatory by Lee Mountford

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The dead are sufferingPicking up immediately after the shocking climax of Haunted: Perron Manor, a paranormal research team is hired to help gather evidence and prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Perron Manor is haunted.The owner of the house needs the Church to sanction an exorcism. It is the only way to free the souls of the dead who are trapped there and suffering in eternal torment...
  • Fire Devil by J.L. Bryan

    Fire Devil by J.L. Bryan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ellie's pursuit of a possessed friend and her own worst enemy takes her across the United States into forgotten corners of the countryside through haunted hotels, ghost towns, and strange highways, and toward the site of a horrific fire haunted by hundreds of spirits...
  • Borgin Keep by Ron Ripley

    Borgin Keep by Ron Ripley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Shane Ryan and his ghostbusting partner, Frank Benedict, have been killing ghosts all over New England. He's always thought the jobs were random until he runs into The Watchers, an elite group who's decided Shane is a threat to their own sinister plans. Their leader, Harlan Canus, sends Shane a gruesome message that can't be ignored...
  • Dark Vacancy by Michael Robertson Jr.

    Dark Vacancy by Michael Robertson Jr.

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The latest spine-tingling mystery in the bestselling Lance Brody series!A freak blizzard. A roadside motel. A past that refuses to die.When the snowstorm arrives-the one that no weatherman had forecast-Lance Brody is walking along a desolate road in the middle of nowhere. On the brink of freezing, he finally stumbles across the small roadside motel...
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    classics  ghosts  spirituality  adult  book  fiction  horror  literary
  • Legion by Shani Struthers

    Legion by Shani Struthers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Legion is the sixth in the bestselling Psychic Surveys series, that features plot twists, compelling characters and a mystery at its dark heart!What if evil won't let go?Along a sheltered lane, deep in the Sussex countryside, sits a house that is sometimes called home, the tenants it has held unable to forget it...
    Categorized as:
    ghosts  paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  horror
  • Eternal Maze PEEPs Lite 3.1 by Alexie Aaron

    Eternal Maze PEEPs Lite 3.1 by Alexie Aaron

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    PEEPs Lite – more story, less filling. Plagued with my characters’ constant chatter in my head, I’ve decided to tell a few stories in between the novels of the Haunted series. Each novella will deal with one haunt investigated by the PEEPs (Paranormal Entity Exposure Partners) team with Mia and Murphy along for the ride. The novellas start after "Sand Trap," the third book in the series...
    Categorized as:
    ghosts  hauntings  paranormal  adult  book  cozy  fiction  horror
  • Homecoming PEEPs 3.2 by Alexie Aaron

    Homecoming PEEPs 3.2 by Alexie Aaron

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mike, the face of Paranormal Entity Exposure Partners (PEEPs) has led with his Hollywood jaw, projecting his good looks, while hiding a very important secret from his colleagues. He’s been haunted since he was a child. This may have been the impetus behind him co-founding PEEPs, but it has also kept him from enjoying a good night’s sleep...
    Categorized as:
    ghosts  hauntings  paranormal  adult  book  cozy  fiction  horror
  • Dark Son by Michael Robertson Jr.

    Dark Son by Michael Robertson Jr.

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A new novel in the exciting Lance Brody series from the author of the Amazon Kindle #1 Bestselling horror novel, Rough Draft!A family mysteriously murdered. A haunted farmhouse. A town rich with secrets...
  • Christmas, the Krewe, and Kenneth by Heather Graham

    Christmas, the Krewe, and Kenneth by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Short Story" Approximately 6000 wordsNo way out of it—Christmas 2020 was going to be different.But Jackson Crow and Angela Hawkins are “home for Christmas.” Other agents are covering the office and they’ve just bought a home with a yard for their baby daughter and adopted son.But their neighbor, newly widowed, hears strange noises in the yard, a rustling...
  • 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...
  • The Haunting of Crawley House by Michelle Dorey

    The Haunting of Crawley House by Michelle Dorey

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Like a grand lady, the house has reigned over Harvest Street for almost a century. It's a splendid home- a sweeping veranda, ivy covered walls and spacious rooms, all within a short walk to the campus. Add to its charm the exceptionally low rent, and it's a perfect student rental. In spite of this, tenants never stay...
  • Devil's Door by Lee Mountford

    Devil's Door by Lee Mountford

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Halloween night, 1982. Many people were brutally killed or simply vanished at the Blackwater Hotel—formerly Perron Manor. The events of that night have always remained a mystery.Until now...Ray and Rita Pearson, along with their daughter, Chloe, move into the hotel to help with its renovation and grand opening. All under the watchful eye of the mysterious owner, Marcus Blackwater...
  • The Town of Griswold by Ron Ripley

    The Town of Griswold by Ron Ripley

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The legend of Abel Latham Who murdered and tortured with mayhem He killed his own kids Now he waits on the skids For the man who comes to kill him Taking a much-needed break, ghost hunter, Shane Ryan, spends a day exploring an old New England town. What starts as a hike, becomes a deadly game of cat and mouse with a malevolent ghost who preys upon unsuspecting visitors...
  • Haunted Ground by Irina Shapiro

    Haunted Ground by Irina Shapiro

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When American Lexi Maxwell buys a derelict mansion in a quaint English village and sets about turning it into a manor-house hotel, it's a dream come true...
  • The Pauper's Crypt by Ron Ripley

    The Pauper's Crypt by Ron Ripley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Brian Roy, ghostbuster extraordinaire, is forced to admit the chills and thrills of his career are taking a toll on his bad ticker. To save his life, he takes a no-stress job as superintendent of Woods Cemetery and can't be happier..
  • The Creature on Crenshaw Road by M.L. Bullock

    The Creature on Crenshaw Road by M.L. Bullock

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Pack your mosquito spray, Cassidy. We're going after Bigfoot." Midas, Cassidy and the Gulf Coast Paranormal team take on a new client, one with a disturbing problem. Reports of tree knocks, scratch marks, screams in the woods and even a missing hunter have made Crenshaw Road a frightening place to live...
    Categorized as:
    ghosts  hauntings  paranormal  spirituality  adult  book  cozy  fiction
  • The Haunting of Larkspur Farm by Michelle Dorey

    The Haunting of Larkspur Farm by Michelle Dorey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Each tale of The Hauntings of Kingston is a standalone novel that takes place in the enigmatic city of Kingston, Ontario. Her family's sanctuary has a treacherous intent... Larkspur Farm is the refuge that Paige and her family have craved. A hobby farm in the countryside is a welcome change from the congestion and crime of big city life...
  • The Belles of Desire, Mississippi  (The Ghosts of Summerleigh) by M.L. Bullock

    The Belles of Desire, Mississippi (The Ghosts of Summerleigh) by M.L. Bullock

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What happened to Jeopardy Belle? Is she the lost soul that haunts Summerleigh? Jerica Poole had no idea how quickly life could change until hers is ripped apart at the seams. After a messy divorce and the tragic death of her daughter, she jumps at the chance to fulfill the last wish of her friend, Harper Belle Hayes...
    Categorized as:
    ghosts  paranormal  spirituality  suspense  adult  book  crime  fiction
  • The Academy by Ron Ripley

    The Academy by Ron Ripley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Brian Roy’s heart can’t handle another ghost – his wife would kill him long before his bad heart does! Yet, he can’t leave his cousin Mitchell hanging. Mitch is principal of the Academy. After a cataclysmic senior class prank, the school is in shambles and dark secrets in the cellar escape. Bodies are piling up and Brian has no choice but to step in and hopefully save Mitchell and his school...
  • Dark River Inn by J.R. Erickson

    Dark River Inn by J.R. Erickson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s the day of his ex-wife’s wedding when Dan makes the winding mountain journey to a remote cabin for an escape from the life that another man has stepped into.Less than 48 hours into his reprieve, the forest tranquility is shattered when he looks through a telescope and witnesses the violent abduction of a young woman...
  • The Ghost of Gabrielle Bonet by M.L. Bullock

    The Ghost of Gabrielle Bonet by M.L. Bullock

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Screaming Woman Haunts the Mobile History Museum Can Cassidy Uncover the Truth About This Entity? Museum curator Carl Fletcher is terrified by a mysterious woman seen haunting the museum...
  • Graveyard Shift by Michelle Dorey

    Graveyard Shift by Michelle Dorey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The newest eerie tale from best selling author Michelle Dorey Serenity Lodge is haunted. Don’t ask the residents suffering dementia if that’s true. Ask the nurses. Amanda Ennis is the new nurse at Serenity Lodge nursing home. It’s a dream job after years of the hectic pace in the emergency room of a large hospital...
  • 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 ratings
    After 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...
  • The Maelstrom of the Leaf Academy by M.L. Bullock

    The Maelstrom of the Leaf Academy by M.L. Bullock

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Jocelyn Graves left the Leaf Academy after her solo investigation, she was determined to return for another look. Only not by herself. The Gulf Coast Paranormal team accompanies Jocelyn as she faces down her fears at the haunted school...
  • A Ghostly Ride in Gulfport by M.L. Bullock

    A Ghostly Ride in Gulfport by M.L. Bullock

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Far scarier things than clowns roam this deserted Gulfport amusement part. A desperate property owner contacts Midas, the leader of Gulf Coast Paranormal, in hopes of getting to the bottom of recent paranormal activity. Phantom music, the apparition of a child, floating orbs and disembodied growls plague the grounds, and the team is eager to investigate...
    Categorized as:
    ghosts  hauntings  paranormal  spirituality  adult  book  cozy  fiction
  • Spring Slaughter by Sara Clancy

    Spring Slaughter by Sara Clancy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They thought the harvest was over. But a darker evil is about to be revealed… It has been more than a year since the offspring of Black River’s oldest families made their final stand against the evil Bell Witch. Their victory took a heavy toll, and left the survivors scarred and estranged from their blood lines...
  • Slater Mill by Ron Ripley

    Slater Mill by Ron Ripley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A soul weary Shane Ryan has physical and emotional scars—souvenirs of his gruesome occupation. His latest job is in Nashua, a sleepy little upstate New Hampshire town that’s been awakened by a rampage of murders in Slater Mill. The body count is escalating at an alarming rate...
  • Forty-Four Book Eleven by Jools Sinclair

    Forty-Four Book Eleven by Jools Sinclair

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Now the prime suspect in a high-profile murder investigation, Abby Craig flees the only place she has ever called home and is forced to live on the run as a fugitive in the shadows of the American Southwest.But Abby soon discovers that she isn't alone. A mysterious stranger is plaguing her every step. A stranger with a dark past who has plans for her...
  • A Haunting at Dixie House by M.L. Bullock

    A Haunting at Dixie House by M.L. Bullock

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Gulf Coast Paranormal Team Investigates Dixie House!What will their investigation reveal? The Gulf Coast Paranormal team's new client is someone the team knows! Sierra and Joshua have surprising news, and Cassidy and Midas aren't letting anything come between them...
  • The Legend of the Ghost Queen by M.L. Bullock

    The Legend of the Ghost Queen by M.L. Bullock

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A cemetery tour goes horribly wrong--one of the guests is scared to death! And even stranger--it's not the first time this has happened. A concerned tour guide calls Midas for help, and the Gulf Coast Paranormal team prepares to investigate the potentially paranormal happenings at a cemetery in rural Eight Mile, Alabama...
  • Sanford Hospital by Ron Ripley

    Sanford Hospital by Ron Ripley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sanford Hospital. A Victorianesque monstrosity with creeping ivy and the infamous Ward E, home of the soon-to-be-dead. This is where ghost hunter, Shane Ryan, ends up for his burn treatments...
  • Kurkow Prison by Ron Ripley

    Kurkow Prison by Ron Ripley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Shane, and Frank, two ghostblasting military vets, have a new job – the gruesome ghosts of Kurkow Prison. When one of the clueless new owners cuts the iron chains that keep the deadly ghosts locked inside the prison, the property becomes hell on earth! Shane and his brother-in-arms can’t believe the inherent stupidity of the new owners...
  • Lake Nutaq by Ron Ripley

    Lake Nutaq by Ron Ripley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Running from his own demons, Shane Ryan ends up in a cozy little cabin in New Hampshire waiting out a snowstorm. Despite the idyllic setting of ice frosted trees and snow covered lawns, Shane’s peaceful hideout is suddenly plunged into chaos. A Micmac ghost army, led by Broken Nose, goes on a rampage of torture and murder...
  • Coffin Cemetery by Ron Ripley

    Coffin Cemetery by Ron Ripley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The dead speak and one man hears their harrowing cries... Dan Tate survived a heart-breaking tragedy and is plagued by nightmares of his terrifying ordeal. Withdrawing into an emotionless shell, he has driven away everyone who cared about him. Dan is lost, and utterly alone. Until he hears the voices… In Coffin Cemetery, the anguished spirits cry out to him...
  • 44 Book Six by Jools Sinclair

    44 Book Six by Jools Sinclair

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s Christmastime and the nights are far from silent for Abby Craig.She is haunted by a vision unlike anything she has ever experienced before. As a church bell rings out in the lonely night, a young woman is left dying in an alley, her blood staining the snow beneath her...
  • The Ghost of Tobacco Road by Dale J. Young

    The Ghost of Tobacco Road by Dale J. Young

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    On the banks of the Skeleton River in a remote part of North Carolina lies the small town of Starlight. Once known for its tobacco fields and rural charm, Starlight has seen better days. Now most of the stores on Main Street are boarded up, and many of the residents have left town for good...
    Categorized as:
    ghosts  hauntings  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  gothic
  • Forgotten Men by Bill Thompson

    Forgotten Men by Bill Thompson

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The once-famous Hotel Iberia was where society's finest gathered in the days before 1859 when Victory, Louisiana became a ghost town. A building where people had laughed, dined and passed the time among friends became something dark, sinister and evil. The town was dead, so no one complained when the Victory Institution for the Criminally Insane opened in the old hotel...
  • The Occupant by Ambrose Ibsen

    The Occupant by Ambrose Ibsen

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "The door has been opened. It's already too late." The hunt is on for the thing that escaped from Chaythe Asylum. A life hangs in the balance. Dark plots set in motion more than thirty years ago wind to a close in this final, terrifying volume...
  • The Lighthouse by Ron Ripley

    The Lighthouse by Ron Ripley

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ex-marine Shane Ryan is a ghost hunter whose troubled past haunts him almost as much as the ghosts he encounters in the line of duty. He’s the best. And his reward for excellence? The punishment of being in high demand for jobs to eradicate the worst kind of ghosts – the kind that kill...
  • Asylum by Lee Mountford

    Asylum by Lee Mountford

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum--a place with a history of pain and suffering.Sarah Pearson and Father Luca Janosch are sent to the asylum in West Virginia, America, after the Church receives a mysterious letter stating that ancient secrets lie beneath the facility. Secrets that only Sarah can uncover...
  • Haunted: Hotel by Lee Mountford

    Haunted: Hotel by Lee Mountford

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    David Ritter and Reverend Rachel Quinn are on a mission to save their dear friend, Sarah Pearson, from the forces of evil. Their information leads them to the long-abandoned Hillside Hotel. Imprisoned within the crumbling walls of the hotel, Sarah must hold out against chilling spectres and a demonic presence that feeds on fear. If she succumbs to them, the prophecy will be fulfilled...
  • Berkley Street by Ron Ripley

    Berkley Street by Ron Ripley

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781532759208An abandoned house. A forgotten evil. Home sweet home...Shane Ryan returns to Nashua and the childhood memories that drove him to join the Marines. After a prolonged legal battle with his aunt and uncle, Shane has possession of the family home where his parents disappeared over 20 years ago...
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