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  • The Twilight Journals by Stephenie Meyer

    The Twilight Journals by Stephenie Meyer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Twilight Journals set includes four gorgeous journals packaged in a collectible keepsake tin, inspired by Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn...
  • The Ghost and the Church Lady by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    The Ghost and the Church Lady by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When autumn arrives in Frederickport, it brings surprises—some welcomed.Meanwhile, the residents of Beach Drive learn there are some things more frightening than ghosts...
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    crime  paranormal  adult  book  cozy  fiction  ghosts  horror
  • 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...
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    crime  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  ghosts  horror  mystery
  • Dead Night - Potter's Secrets by Tim O'Rourke

    Dead Night - Potter's Secrets by Tim O'Rourke

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Potter disappears from Hallowed Manor for twenty-four hours, he goes in search of the only person he thinks will be able to give him answers as to why the world has been pushed. That person is his first love, Sophie. But Sophie has been pushed, too, and is running for her life. In a world where wolves live amongst humans, Potter must save Sophie while trying to search for answers...
  • The Book of Death by Anonymous

    The Book of Death by Anonymous

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Believing the Bourbon Kid to be dead, the Egyptian Mummy Rameses Gaius has formed an undead army to take over the city of Santa Mondega. Vampires and werewolves are swarming the streets killing thousands of innocents. The local cops have all been murdered and replaced by.... Sanchez the bartender and his new sidekick Flake...
  • The Vampire Queen by Brandi Elledge

    The Vampire Queen by Brandi Elledge

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It's not easy being the worst vampire ever Tandi may have been killed by ghouls, but now she's a brand new vampire. And she's determined to be the best. But determination can't take her very far when she won't even kill a deer for its blood. Not to mention she's not as subservient to her master--the Prince of Vampires--as she should be...
  • Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris

    Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 76 ratings
    Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in Bon Temps, Louisiana. She has only a few close friends, because not everyone appreciates Sookie’s gift: she can read minds. That’s not exactly every man’s idea of date bait – unless they’re undead; vampires and the like can be tough to read. And that’s just the kind of guy Sookie’s been looking for...
  • Shadow Unit 9 by Emma Bull, Elizabeth Bear

    Shadow Unit 9 by Emma Bull, Elizabeth Bear

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The 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...
  • Storm by Skye Knizley

    Storm by Skye Knizley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On a rainy night in 1971 the cruise ship Crescent Star vanished in the North Atlantic without a trace. No crew, no lifeboats and no wreckage was ever found, in spite of a three-week search. Two days ago, she crashed through and sank a pleasure yacht off the coast of New York, leaving five people dead. The ship has answered no hails and no one appears to be aboard...
  • The Gulp by Alan Baxter

    The Gulp by Alan Baxter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Strange things happen in The Gulp. The residents have grown used to it. The isolated Australian harbour town of Gulpepper is not like other places. Some maps don’t even show it. And only outsiders use the full name. Everyone who lives there calls it The Gulp. The place has a habit of swallowing people.A truck driver thinks the stories about The Gulp are made up to scare him. Until he gets there...
  • The Empath by Jody Klaire

    The Empath by Jody Klaire

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Aeron Lorelei is a young woman with a troubled past and a troubling gift. Blessed and cursed with the ability to sense the feelings, past, and future of those around her, Aeron lived as a misfit child. When she was sixteen, she took the blame for the death of her best friend’s little brother...
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    crime  lgbtq  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  horror  law-enforcement
  • Raven by Skye Knizley

    Raven by Skye Knizley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All Hallows Eve approaches and for once Raven Storm has plans to spend the holiday enjoying a party at Isle of Night with family and friends, something she hasn't done since high school.But someone has other plans and Raven is called to investigate the grisly murder of Monsignor Quinn, a priest left to drown in his own blood...
  • Shadowstorm by Skye Knizley

    Shadowstorm by Skye Knizley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the spring of 1984, just before his daughter's birth, Detective Mason Storm began an investigation into the ritualistic slaying of seven women, their bodies defiled and left covered in black rose petals. The case ended with Storm suspended. The bizarre murders were left unsolved...
  • An Unremembered Grave by Abigail Padgett

    An Unremembered Grave by Abigail Padgett

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Danni Telfer, abandoned as a toddler, has no idea what the fading tattoo of a white rose on her left shoulder means. Nor does she want to remember the peculiar perceptions that disturbed her childhood. A talented historian, Danni’s focus is on the Louisiana research project she hopes will land her a job that doesn’t involve teaching bored college freshmen...
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    crime  paranormal  vampires  adult  amateur-sleuth  animals  book  cozy
  • Shadow Unit 8 by Emma Bull, Elizabeth Bear

    Shadow Unit 8 by Emma Bull, Elizabeth Bear

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The 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...
  • Shadow Unit 10 by Emma Bull, Elizabeth Bear

    Shadow Unit 10 by Emma Bull, Elizabeth Bear

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The 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...
  • Shadow Unit 5 by Emma Bull, Elizabeth Bear

    Shadow Unit 5 by Emma Bull, Elizabeth Bear

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The 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 Sin Eater by Emma Bull Getaway by Emma Bulland more...
  • Raven's Sight by R.L. Weeks

    Raven's Sight by R.L. Weeks

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Award Winning author, R. L. Weeks, brings you Raven's Sight - a Young Adult Victorian Paranormal Mystery. Book One can be read as a standalone and as part of the series. Raven looks out over the small, industrial town of Cogsworth and imagines a life beyond the confines of her Grandmother's mansion. However, Raven holds a dark secret that prevents her from leaving...
  • Touching the Dead by Wendy Cartmell

    Touching the Dead by Wendy Cartmell

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A mummified body washed up on a beach near Chichester.A tormented detective cursed with a gift she didn't want. When the autopsy reveals the victim's heart was torn from her body, Detective Inspector Jo Wolfe and her team wonder if someone is continuing the work of Anubis, the Egyptian God of Death.  With the body count rising, Jo must touch the dead, to help her solve the case...
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    crime  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  ghosts  horror  mystery
  • Dark Craving by Veronica Wolff

    Dark Craving by Veronica Wolff

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    WE'VE FOLLOWED ANNELISE DREW'S JOURNEY AS SHE'S FOUGHT TO SURVIVE THE ISLE OF NIGHT. NOW IT'S TIME TO HEAR RONAN'S SIDE OF THE STORY. Tracer Ronan has cared for only one person in his life: Charlotte, his sister. With her death, a consuming desire for revenge and destruction ignited in his heart. But when new recruit Annelise Drew arrives on the island, Ronan finds he craves more than revenge...
  • Bones of a Witch by Dana E. Donovan

    Bones of a Witch by Dana E. Donovan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bones of a Witch, the fourth in a series of Detective Marcella mysteries, shines a light on one of America’s darkest hours when a simple accusation could get a girl hanged. But as Lilith learns, history is always pending, and the art of witch hunting never dies...
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    crime  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  horror  mystery  supernatural
  • Secrets by H.K. Savage

    Secrets by H.K. Savage

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Paris, everyone is together and forgets for one night about the looming threat of war between the races for a wedding. But no sooner are their vows exchanged than the newlyweds are called upon to serve the Court. Stateside, an old photograph turns up with a member of the vampire's Court and several other men linked to an organization called Nightshade Holdings, LLC...
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    drama  paranormal  vampires  book  fiction  horror  magic  mystery
  • The Cross by Scott G. Mariani, Sean McCabe

    The Cross by Scott G. Mariani, Sean McCabe

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The vampires call it the Cross of Ardaich: a relic thought to have been destroyed in the war between the Federation and the rebels. But it has been found, and its incredible powers could signal the end of civilization...A cannibalistic serial killer becomes the perfect tool for the race of the Ubervampyr. His mission: find the cross. His reward: join the ranks of the undead...
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    crime  drama  paranormal  vampires  action-adventure  adult  book  dark
  • Vengeance in Blood: Tribulations--Book 2 by Thomas A. Watson

    Vengeance in Blood: Tribulations--Book 2 by Thomas A. Watson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Besseta is back, and stronger than ever. A 600 year old vampire with a strong sense of justice, Besseta is the ultimate predator, preying on the dregs of society that get away with murder. Her mate, Kenneth, is a former detective, with a talent for hunting down evil-doers. Together, they form a strong team, capable of defending the innocent. But nothing in life is ever easy...
  • Remember Me by Christopher Pike

    Remember Me by Christopher Pike

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    SHE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT SHE WAS DEAD.When Shari Cooper awoke at home after being at her girlfriend's birthday party, her family acted like she wasn't there. They didn't hear a thing she said. They wouldn't even look at her. Then the call came from the hospital. Her father and brother paled. Her mother started to cry. Shari didn't know what was wrong. Not until she followed them to the hospital...
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    crime  drama  paranormal  vampires  book  children  contemporary  dark
  • Shadowbound by Dianne Sylvan

    Shadowbound by Dianne Sylvan

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Spread throughout the dark corners of our world lies the Shadow World, a society of vampires who feed off the living. In Austin, Texas, one woman must quell the cravings rising within her, as the very fate of the world rests in her hands… Ever since her Prime, David Solomon, returned from the dead, Miranda Grey has been hungry...
  • Crash by Sean Platt, David W. Wright

    Crash by Sean Platt, David W. Wright

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes the ghosts that haunt us most aren’t the dead. It has been nearly a year since writer Thomas Witt lost his daughter in a horrible car accident which nearly killed him. He and his wife are attempting to have another child and put their lives back together. However, he can’t move on...
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    amnesia  drama  paranormal  adult  book  death  family  fiction
  • Vampire on the Orient Express by Shane Carrow

    Vampire on the Orient Express by Shane Carrow

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Paris, 1914. American adventurer Sam Carter boards the Orient Express, departing France in style after an impulsive decision to desert the Foreign Legion. British diplomat Lucas Avery is already nursing a drink in the smoking car, resenting his assignment to the distant Ottoman Empire...
  • Be Still, My Love by Deborah J. Hughes

    Be Still, My Love by Deborah J. Hughes

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ABOUT BE STILL, MY LOVE:A personal loss throws medium Tess Schafer's beliefs into question and severs her communications with "the other side". Unable to move on with her life, she takes a healing vacation to a haunted resort on the coast of Maine. Her arrival triggers a spike in paranormal activity and the return of her spiritual connection...
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    crime  drama  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  ghosts
  • In Cold Blood by Willow Rose

    In Cold Blood by Willow Rose

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A boarding school steeped in tradition. A killer cloaked in darkness. A campus soaked in blood. For Detective Forrest, evil has a distinctive smell. When a dead girl’s severed organs are found strung from a tree, Forrest fears that French Revolution-era savagery is making a comeback…Sara Damsgaard is in debt, newly widowed, and desperate to provide for her young sister...
  • Grimm: The Killing Time by Tim Waggoner

    Grimm: The Killing Time by Tim Waggoner

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Portland homicide Detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he is descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as “Grimms”, charged with keeping balance between humanity and the mythological creatures of the world. A brand-new original novel set in the Grimm universe...
  • Image by Mel Odom

    Image by Mel Odom

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Even if it takes an eternity, he will make amends...."Picture Perfect"Cordelia has a vision of a young child being attacked by a squid-like demon at the same time that Gunn is rescuing a young artist whose studio has been attacked by vampires. When Cordelia goes to investigate the mansion of her vision, she finds herself surrounded by baby products, portraits..
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    crime  paranormal  vampires  angels  book  fiction  horror  mystery
  • In the Moors by Nina Milton

    In the Moors by Nina Milton

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Murder in the English countrysideThe rain-drenched moors near shamanistic counselor Sabbie Dare's home have become the scene of a chilling crime. When Detective Sergeant Reynard Buckley shows up suggesting her new client, Cliff Houghton—a wounded, broken man—has something to do with the body of a young boy found buried in the moors, Sabbie believes Cliff is being set up...
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    crime  drama  paranormal  adult  book  female-mc  fiction  ghosts
  • The Burning Men by Christopher Farnsworth

    The Burning Men by Christopher Farnsworth

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A man stands up in a crowded movie theater. A moment later, everything is burning. When the smoke clears and the bodies are removed, there is no trace of any bomb, or device, or even a matchstick. There's just the corpse of one man, a statue in ash, with an obscene grin still upon his charred skull.Nothing human could have done this.Fortunately, Nathaniel Cade isn't human, either...
  • Mina and the Undead by Amy McCaw

    Mina and the Undead by Amy McCaw

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    NEW ORLEANS FANG FEST, 1995. MINA'S HAVING A SUMMER TO DIE FOR.17-year-old Mina, from England, arrives in New Orleans to visit her estranged sister, Libby. After growing up in Whitby, the town that inspired Dracula, Mina loves nothing more than a creepy horror movie. She can't wait to explore the city's darkest secrets - vampire tours, seedy bars, spooky cemeteries, disturbing local myths..
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    crime  lgbtq  paranormal  vampires  book  contemporary  dark  fiction
  • The Vampire Secret by Tricia Barr

    The Vampire Secret by Tricia Barr

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Crimson Wilkinson is a teenage girl who, having survived a dark childhood, finds her escape in reading a popular vampire series. After some investigation, she becomes a very active part in the very true vampire stories the world thought were fiction and falls in love with their author, Nicholae Albaric, the sweetly lonely vampire celebrity...
  • The Woman in Black: A Ghost Play by Stephen Mallatratt, Susan Hill

    The Woman in Black: A Ghost Play by Stephen Mallatratt, Susan Hill

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The framework of this spine tingler is unusual: a lawyer hires an actor to tutor him in recounting to family and friends a story that has long troubled him concerning events that transpired when he attended the funeral of an elderly recluse...
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    drama  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  ghosts  horror  mystery
  • Sian's Solution by Dale Mayer

    Sian's Solution by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This 9k word short story was originally published in 2011 as part of the Entangled anthology - sold to raise money for Breast Cancer awarenessSometimes the depth of love is only understood when it is lost forever...When a vampire discovers the human man she loves has been captured and hung in a blood farm, she goes against her own kind and risks everything to save him...
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    drama  paranormal  vampires  anthologies  fiction  gothic  horror  mlm
  • Close to the Ground by Jeffrey J. Mariotte, Jeff Mariotte

    Close to the Ground by Jeffrey J. Mariotte, Jeff Mariotte

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Even if it takes an eternity, he will make amends.... MORTAL WEAKNESS Greed. Fear. Anger. All, technically, human emotions. But Angel's a demon, not a saint, and he's not immune to human emotions. So when big-shot Hollywood studio head Jack Willitts offers him huge sums of cash in exchange for guarding his overprivileged daughter, Karinna, the Dark Avenger takes the gig...
  • The Summoning by Mark Lukens

    The Summoning by Mark Lukens

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE SUMMONING ... a supernatural mystery.Edrington, Oregon - a town with a horrifying past. A town with dark secrets. A town where a woman has summoned something terrifying...
    Categorized as:
    crime  paranormal  adult  apocalyptic  book  fiction  horror  mystery
  • Beyond Death by Deb McEwan

    Beyond Death by Deb McEwan

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A DEAD WOMAN'S STORY“With so many supernatural tales on the shelves it’s hard to find something genuinely original yet Beyond Death fits the description well, with author Deb McEwan bringing a distinctive new voice to this ever popular genre.” Book Viral What really happens when we die? Twenty-something Claire Sylvester is about to find out...
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    drama  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  ghosts  horror  mystery
  • Lancaster House by Taylor Dean

    Lancaster House by Taylor Dean

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A PARANORMAL ROMANCEZoe Grayson needs a change. So, she moves to another state, purchases an old, dilapidated 1920s Victorian Mansion, and sets out to restore it to its former glory. As she begins the restoration, she finds herself falling in love with the old house . . . not to mention its illustrious builder, Mr. Lancaster...
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    drama  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  ghosts
  • The Vampire Laird by Merabeth James

    The Vampire Laird by Merabeth James

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When it came to the Ravynne sisters' blighted love life, anything that could go wrong usually did. Most often it was either the wrong man…the wrong place…or the wrong time, until they, finally, decided that having a man complicate their lives just wasn't worth all the heartache...
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    paranormal  vampires  adult  book  fiction  ghosts  horror  mystery
  • The Devil's Graveyard by Anonymous

    The Devil's Graveyard by Anonymous

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In the third installment in Anonymous's popular series which began with The Book with No Name and continued with The Eye of the Moon, the Bourbon Kid returns for more vengeance, this time on the contestants of a television talent contest The Devil’s Graveyard is an area of desert...
  • Blood Bank by Tanya Huff

    Blood Bank by Tanya Huff

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Blood books center around three main characters: Vicki Nelson, a homicide cop turned private detective, her former partner Mike Celluci, who is still on the force, and vampire Henry Fitzroy, who is the illegitimate son of Henry VIII and makes his living as a writer of bodice rippers...
  • Rainy Nights by J.R. Rain

    Rainy Nights by J.R. Rain

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Three bestselling novels together in one omnibus, including: MOON DANCE Mother, wife, private investigator...vampire. Six 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...
  • Tummempaa tuolla puolen by Kaj Korkea-aho

    Tummempaa tuolla puolen by Kaj Korkea-aho

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kaj Korkea-ahon uusi romaani Tummempaa tuolla puolen on nerokas ja pelottava kirja pohjanmaalaisista lapsuudenystävistä, jotka joutuvat kohtaamaan menneen ja toisensa.Benjaminin kihlattu kuolee auto-onnettomuudessa, mutta valvontakameran kuvasta käy ilmi, ettei Sofie matkannut yksin...
  • The Ones Who Come Back Hungry by Amelinda Bérubé

    The Ones Who Come Back Hungry by Amelinda Bérubé

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From the author of Here There Are Monsters comes a chilling supernatural horror that is part terrifying vampire legend and part modern exploration of toxic relationships wrapped up in a novel about hunger, yearning, and loss. After the sudden death of her perfect, popular older sister, Jo and her family feel empty...
  • Badge, Book, and Candle by Max Gladstone, Margaret Dunlap

    Badge, Book, and Candle by Max Gladstone, Margaret Dunlap

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Detective Sally Brooks investigates an unusual robbery, and discovers that magic is real—and hungry!NYPD Detective Sal Brooks is no rookie—but even the most hardened cop would think twice when they see their brother open a book and become . . . well . . . something entirely not their brother...
  • The Midnight Side by Natasha Mostert

    The Midnight Side by Natasha Mostert

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A phone call from the dead. Lucid dreaming. A ghost manipulating the London stock exchange. And a truly frightening story of love gone wrong. THE MIDNIGHT SIDE is a chilling tale of a seductive woman who, even from the grave, is able to manipulate events to her satisfaction...
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    crime  paranormal  adult  book  dark  fiction  horror  mystery
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