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And With Madness Comes the Light by Karina Halle
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe Man. The Mystery. The Madness.Dex Foray has never been anyone’s fool – until he missed his chance for happiness with Perry Palomino. Broken and alone, Dex has no choice but to rise from the ashes Perry left behind and find his own path to redemption. But nothing in Dex’s life has ever come easily, especially when there’s a dark madness waiting in the wings... -
![Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K. Ritz]()
Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K. Ritz
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSynopsis: For five years Me’acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his “sworn enemies,” pretending to be one of them. One night he buys a journal, its pages blank. The woman who sells him the journal extracts his promise to record his deeds for study. “Lo, the steps of your life mark the journey of your soul... -
![As Dead As It Gets by Katie Alender]()
As Dead As It Gets by Katie Alender
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIn the terrifying final installment of the Bad Girls Don't Die series, Alexis battles a more powerful ghost than she's ever faced before... and one whose fate is tied to hers in ways she couldn't possibly imagine... -
![The Crawling Darkness by J.L. Bryan]()
The Crawling Darkness by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGhost removal specialist Ellie Jordan must face a dangerous, shape-shifting entity that she and Calvin have encountered once before, with tragic results. The spirit has the power to reach into the minds of living and feed on their fears, taking the shape of their worst nightmares, and it has awoken in search of new victims... -
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![Blood Gamble by Melissa F. Olson]()
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... -
![Odd Thomas: You Are Destined To Be Together Forever by Dean Koontz]()
Odd Thomas: You Are Destined To Be Together Forever by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe singular journey of Odd Thomas is approaching its unforgettable conclusion in Saint Odd. But before Odd’s destiny is revealed, this exclusive eBook short story looks back — way back — to where it all began for Odd Thomas and Stormy Llewellyn, two souls who are destined to be together forever... -
![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... -
![Dead Serious Case #1: Miz Dusty Le Frey by Vawn Cassidy]()
Dead Serious Case #1: Miz Dusty Le Frey by Vawn Cassidy
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the business of unfinished business...Tristan Everett had always preferred the company of the dead because they were quiet and didn’t talk back. As a slightly awkward introvert working as a pathologist at the Hackney Public Mortuary suited him just fine. That is, until a freak accident with a rogue ice cube and suddenly he can see ghosts...Categorized as:
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![Blackthorn Manor Haunting by Cheryl Bradshaw]()
Blackthorn Manor Haunting by Cheryl Bradshaw
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA woman in black stares at the sea, her body transparent, eyes brimming with tears. Hoping to get a better look at the woman, psychic medium Addison Lockhart leans out over the manor’s windowsill, gasping when she feels an intense pressure pressing down on her back—someone thrusting her forward. She grabs the side of the window to brace herself, but it’s too late. She’s already falling... -
![Vultures by Chuck Wendig]()
Vultures by Chuck Wendig
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn the sixth and final thriller of the “wildly entertaining” (Kirkus Reviews) Miriam Black series, Miriam tries to break the curse of her powers, but first she must face The Trespasser a final time... -
![Cold Shadows by J.L. Bryan]()
Cold Shadows by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsParanormal investigator Ellie Jordan faces a difficult new case. Her new clients are a family haunted by multiple ghosts and a poltergeist that wrecks their home at night. Their seven-year-old son's invisible friends may not be imaginary at all, but the restless spirits of dead children... -
![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... -
![The Raptor & the Wren by Chuck Wendig]()
The Raptor & the Wren by Chuck Wendig
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOfficial Amazon description:In the fifth book of the “wildly entertaining” (Kirkus Reviews) Miriam Black series, Miriam continues her journey to find answers on how to change her fate and begin to make right some of what she’s done wrong... -
![Donn's Hill by Caryn Larrinaga]()
Donn's Hill by Caryn Larrinaga
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Grief can change us... shift the way we look at the world..."Mackenzie Clair needs a fresh start. The death of her father and a broken relationship rendered her old life unlivable. What better place to build a new one than Donn's Hill, the most haunted town in America and her favorite childhood vacation spot?But returning to Donn's Hill awakens more than nostalgia...Categorized as:
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![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 White Night by Desmond Doane]()
The White Night by Desmond Doane
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYes, you should be afraid of the dark…A mighty demon sits at the right hand of Satan, and he knows paranormal investigator Ford Atticus Ford by name. Mike Long, too, but what the vile creature covets most lies with little Chelsea Hopper.As Ford wrestles with the uncertain nature of his future, a different kind of evil storms into his world, proving that not all demons are inhuman... -
![Belle Manor Haunting by Cheryl Bradshaw]()
Belle Manor Haunting by Cheryl Bradshaw
Rated: 4.20 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... -
![Rosecliff Manor Haunting by Cheryl Bradshaw]()
Rosecliff Manor Haunting by Cheryl Bradshaw
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom New York Times best selling author Cheryl Bradshaw comes book two in her Addison Lockhart paranormal suspense series: Psychic medium Addison Lockhart jolts awake, her brow sweaty, head throbbing. The dream had seemed so real. The twins, eleven-year-old Vivian and Grace, were so full of life she wanted to reach out, touch them. But she couldn’t. The girls had been dead for forty years... -
![The Forbidden by Heather Graham]()
The Forbidden by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe is someone’s darkest desirePlaying the victim of a vampire king on an island off New Orleans is actress Avalon Morgan’s creepiest role to date. It’s also scary good fun—until the victim of a real killer is discovered on set, laid out for all to see. With production shut down, Avalon can’t stop thinking about the chilling crime scene, or Finley Stirling, the FBI agent working the case... -
![Long Lost by Jacqueline West]()
Long Lost by Jacqueline West
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEleven-year-old Fiona has just read a book that doesn’t exist. When Fiona’s family moves to be closer to her older sister’s figure skating club—and far from Fiona’s close-knit group of friends—nobody seems to notice Fiona’s unhappiness. Alone and out of place, Fiona ventures to the town’s library, a rambling mansion donated to the town by the long-dead heiress... -
![Shadows by Kristen Proby]()
Shadows by Kristen Proby
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom 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...Categorized as:
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![Vampire Dawn by J.R. Rain]()
Vampire Dawn by J.R. Rain
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSix years ago federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unthinkable happens, an attack that changes her life forever. And forever is a very long time for a vampire.Now in VAMPIRE DAWN, Samantha Moon tackles her most frightening case yet... -
![The Ghost of Marlow House by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre]()
The Ghost of Marlow House by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen Danielle Boatman inherits Marlow House, she dreams of turning it into a seaside bed and breakfast. Since she's never visited the property, Danielle's not sure what awaits her in Oregon. She certainly doesn't expect to find one of the house's previous owners still in residence... -
![House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski]()
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 68 ratingsYears ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command... -
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![Fade by Daniel Humphreys]()
Fade by Daniel Humphreys
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSon of a Witch Family drama is bad enough without adding magic and human sacrifice. Ten years ago, Paxton Locke’s mother killed his father in a mysterious ritual that – thankfully – went incomplete. Now, Paxton makes his living as a roving paranormal investigator, banishing spirits while Mother languishes in jail...Categorized as:
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![Shadow Unit 4 by Emma Bull, Elizabeth Bear]()
Shadow Unit 4 by Emma Bull, Elizabeth Bear
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit hunts humanity's worst nightmares. But there are nightmares humanity doesn't dream are real. The BAU sends those cases down the hall. Welcome to Shadow Unit. The Shadow Unit series was created by award-winning authors Emma Bull and Elizabeth Bear.This collection contains Lucky Day by Emma Bull and Elizabeth Bear Sugar by Leah Bobetand more... -
![A Grave Search by Wendy Roberts]()
A Grave Search by Wendy Roberts
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJulie Hall is finally adjusting to her new career: locating dead bodies with dowsing rods.The crime scene is drenched with blood, but the body is nowhere to be found.When a grieving mother requests Julie’s help tracking the body of her missing daughter, Julie is hesitant... -
![Star-Crossed by Meg Anne, Jessica Wayne]()
Star-Crossed by Meg Anne, Jessica Wayne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSkye Giovanni was seven years old the first time death came to her.She has been haunted by visions of death since she was a child. It is her legacy and her curse.What good is power when you have no control over it?Detective Lucas MacConnell is being hunted...Categorized as:
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![A Mansion, A Drag Queen, And A New Job by C.C. Dragon]()
A Mansion, A Drag Queen, And A New Job by C.C. Dragon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPsychic medium Deanna Oscar wants to be a normal psychology professor at a nice college. The universe has other ideas. When the grandmother she never knew dies and leaves her everything, Deanna enters a different world. In New Orleans anything goes and her psychic powers aren’t a secret. She doesn’t plan on staying but a psychic vision puts her on the trail of a killer...Categorized as:
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![Shadow Unit 3 by Emma Bull, Elizabeth Bear]()
Shadow Unit 3 by Emma Bull, Elizabeth Bear
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit hunts humanity's worst nightmares. But there are nightmares humanity doesn't dream are real.The BAU sends those cases down the hall.Welcome to Shadow Unit.The Shadow Unit series was created by award-winning authors Emma Bull and Elizabeth Bear.Contains the novel, "Refining Fire" by Elizabeth Bear and Emma Bull, plus bonus material...Categorized as:
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![Veiled Enchantments by Deborah Blake]()
Veiled Enchantments by Deborah Blake
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this exciting novel in the Veiled Magic series, Witch and police officer Donata Santori travels to Maine to help solve a deadly mystery, where her magical abilities are tested like never before... -
![A Ghost of a Chance by Debbie Cassidy]()
A Ghost of a Chance by Debbie Cassidy
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey say the dead don’t speak. That’s a lie. They speak to Kat Justice, but most of the time, she chooses not to hear them.I’m a Nightwatch agent, a nightblood charged with enforcing the supernatural laws. Humans can’t know the shit that goes bump in the night is real. It’s sweaty, tough work, with crappy pay, but I love it.Things would be perfect if not for my secret... -
![Don't Tell by Elizabeth Chandler]()
Don't Tell by Elizabeth Chandler
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat really happened to Mother? Lauren has come home seven years after her famous mother's mysterious drowning. They said it was an accident, but the tabloids screamed murder. Her father, a senator, hadn't protected her. Aunt Jule was her only refuge, the beloved godmother she's returning to see... -
![The Witch Is Dead: An Ophelia and Abby Mystery by Shirley Damsgaard]()
The Witch Is Dead: An Ophelia and Abby Mystery by Shirley Damsgaard
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLife is busier than ever for witch Ophelia Jensen. In addition to her day job at the library, she—with the help of her grandmother Abby—is preparing to officially adopt Tink, the young medium she's taken under her wing. So when Ophelia's elderly Aunt Dot, eager for adventure, wants to investigate the murder of a funeral director in the neighboring town, Ophelia tries to say no...Categorized as:
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![Chasing the Shadows by Keri Arthur]()
Chasing the Shadows by Keri Arthur
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNikki James is in San Francisco at the request of her partner and best friend, Jake. The wife of an old friend is missing, and Jake intends to find her—whatever the cost. The authorities believe the kidnappings to be the work of a sick mind, but Nikki knows that the truth is something much worse—especially since she seems to have an unexpected psychic link to the killer...Categorized as:
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![The Mortician's Daughter: One Foot in the Grave by C.C. Hunter]()
The Mortician's Daughter: One Foot in the Grave by C.C. Hunter
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe first exciting novel in a brand-new series from New York Times bestselling author C. C. Hunter! Her dad's job is with the dead... and he's bringing his work home with him. Once again, seventeen-year-old Riley Smith is the new kid in school and her dad's career has her back to being dubbed a freak. Truth is, she's a much bigger freak than her classmates think... -
![The Haunting of Highdown Hall by Shani Struthers]()
The Haunting of Highdown Hall by Shani Struthers
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Good morning, Psychic Surveys. How can I help?"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... -
![Ghost Moon by Heather Graham]()
Ghost Moon by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsReclusive collector Cutter Merlin is seldom seen in Key West—lately, not at all. Officer Liam Beckett visits Merlin's curious house and discovers the gentleman in his study. In his death grip: a volume of occult lore and a reliquary. His eyes are wide with fright, his mouth a horrified rictus where spiders now dwell... -
![The Hexed by Heather Graham, Luke Daniels]()
The Hexed by Heather Graham, Luke Daniels
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 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... -
![Dark and Shallow Lies by Ginny Myers Sain]()
Dark and Shallow Lies by Ginny Myers Sain
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA teen girl disappears from her small town deep in the bayou, where magic festers beneath the surface of the swamp like water rot, in this chilling debut supernatural thriller for fans of Natasha Preston, Karen McManus, and Rory Power.La Cachette, Louisiana, is the worst place to be if you have something to hide... -
![The Evil Inside by Heather Graham]()
The Evil Inside by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSome deaths live on foreverFor as long as it has stood overlooking New England's jagged coastline, Lexington House has been the witness to madness…and murder. But in recent years the inexplicable malice that once tormented so many has lain as silent as its victims... -
![Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper by J.L. Bryan]()
Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEllie Jordan’s job is to catch and remove unwanted ghosts. Part detective, part paranormal exterminator, Ellie operates out of Savannah, Georgia, one of the oldest and most haunted cities in North America...Categorized as:
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![Touch of the Demon by Diana Rowland]()
Touch of the Demon by Diana Rowland
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsKara Gillian is in some seriously deep trouble.She’s used to summoning supernatural creatures from the demon realm to our world, but now the tables have been turned and she’s the one who’s been summoned. Kara is the prisoner of yet another demonic lord, but she quickly discovers that she’s far more than a mere hostage...Categorized as:
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![The Kingdom by Amanda Stevens]()
The Kingdom by Amanda Stevens
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsDeep in the shadowy foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains lies a dying town.My name is Amelia Gray. They call me The Graveyard Queen. I've been commissioned to restore an old cemetery in Asher Falls, South Carolina, but I'm coming to think I have another purpose here... -
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![Took: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn]()
Took: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 20 ratings“Folks say Old Auntie takes a girl and keeps her fifty years—then lets her go and takes another one.” Thirteen-year-old Daniel Anderson doesn’t believe Brody Mason’s crazy stories about the ghost witch who lives up on Brewster’s Hill with Bloody Bones, her man-eating razorback hog. He figures Brody’s probably just trying to scare him since he’s the new kid . .Categorized as:
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![The Sinner by Amanda Stevens]()
The Sinner by Amanda Stevens
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsI am a living ghost, a wanderer in search of my purpose and place… I'm a cemetery restorer by trade, but my calling has evolved from that of ghost seer to death walker to detective of lost souls. I solve the riddles of the dead so the dead will leave me alone. I've come to Seven Gates Cemetery nursing a broken heart, but peace is hard to come by…for the ghosts here and for me... -
![Unhallowed Ground by Heather Graham]()
Unhallowed Ground by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Sarah McKinley is finally able to buy and restore the historic Florida mansion that she has always loved, she dismisses the horror stories of past residents vanishing and a long-dead housekeeper who practiced black magic. Then, in the midst of renovations, she makes a grim discovery... -
![Tomb with a View by Casey Daniels]()
Tomb with a View by Casey Daniels
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCemeteries come alive for amateur sleuth/reluctant medium Pepper Martin. Cleveland's Garden View Cemetery is hosting a James A. Garfield commemoration. For tour guide and reluctant medium Pepper Martin this means that's she'll surely be hearing from the dead president himself... -
![Midnight Taxi Tango by Daniel José Older]()
Midnight Taxi Tango by Daniel José Older
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe author of Half-Resurrection Blues returns in a new Bone Street Rumba Novel—a knife-edge, noir-shaded urban fantasy of crime after death.The streets of New York are hungry tonight... Carlos Delacruz straddles the line between the living and the not-so alive. As an agent for the Council of the Dead, he eliminates New York’s ghostlier problems... -
![Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror & Delight by Ryan Douglass, Kalynn Bayron]()
Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror & Delight by Ryan Douglass, Kalynn Bayron
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNight of the Living Queers is a YA horror anthology that explores a night when anything is possible, exclusively featuring queer authors of color putting fresh spins on classic horror tropes and tales.No matter its name or occasion, Halloween is more than a Hallmark holiday, it’s a symbol of transformation...
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