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  • Gift of the Darkness by E.E. Holmes

    Gift of the Darkness by E.E. Holmes

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A 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...
  • Seasons: PsyCop Briefs, Volume 2 by Jordan Castillo Price

    Seasons: PsyCop Briefs, Volume 2 by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night…will keep a PsyCop from his duty. Because ghosts don’t take snow days.Seasons: PsyCop Briefs, Volume 2 contains four novelettes and fourteen short stories. This all-new, novel length collection begins right where PsyCop 12, Other Half, left off...
  • Darkness Exposed by Terri Reid

    Darkness Exposed by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Jeannine appeared in the room across from Mary. Her face was streaked with tears and she was visibly trembling. “Mary, I remembered,” she cried. “I remembered and it was awful.”The time has finally come for Mary to investigate Jeannine’s murder...
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    ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  cozy  crime  drama
  • Daylighters by Rachel Caine

    Daylighters by Rachel Caine

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    While Morganville, Texas, is often a troubled town, Claire Danvers and her friends are looking forward to coming home. But the Morganville they return to isn’t the one they know; it’s become a different place—a deadly one…Something drastic has happened in Morganville while Claire and her friends were away...
  • The Ghost and Little Marie by Bobbi Holmes

    The Ghost and Little Marie by Bobbi Holmes

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The family of Adam Nichols show up in Frederickport when Marie ends up in a nursing home with a broken hip. Yet unlike Adam, who is trying to get his grandmother home, the new arrivals are more concerned with selling off her assets and keeping her in the questionable facility...
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    ghosts  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  cozy  crime
  • A Gift of Time by Sarah Wynde

    A Gift of Time by Sarah Wynde

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She thought she could see everything. Time is proving her wrong.Ten years ago, Natalya’s ability to remember the future cost her the life she wanted when her vision of her fiancé’s death tore them apart. Ever since, she's considered her precognition more of a curse than a gift...
  • Ghost Town by Rachel Caine

    Ghost Town by Rachel Caine

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Deep in the heart of Texas, Morganville is a small college town full of laid-back students and eccentric townies, not to mention the sort of creatures you wouldn't want to run into after dark. Despite their obvious differences, the human and vampire residents of Morganville have learned to coexist, but that doesn't stop genius student Claire Danvers from keeping up her guard...
  • Maze of Souls by J.L. Bryan

    Maze of Souls by J.L. Bryan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It's October, and down at newly opened Pine Hollow Farm, the ghosts are running wild!. This “genuine” old-time family farm offers a big heap of fun fall activities. You can drink cider fresh from the orchard, enter a pumpkin-carving contest, and explore the five-acre corn maze...
  • Obsidian Curse by Barbra Annino

    Obsidian Curse by Barbra Annino

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Reporter Stacy Justice has finally stopped resisting who she really is—a powerfully gifted witch. And now that the Council has appointed her Seeker of Justice, she feels stronger and more attuned to her magic than ever before.But Samhain—the night when the veil between the worlds thins—is approaching and something strange is brewing. First, a fairy with a sweet tooth appears in town unexpectedly...
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    ghosts  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  cozy  fae
  • To Stop a Shadow by Carrie Pulkinen

    To Stop a Shadow by Carrie Pulkinen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Trent's heart may belong to Tina, but a shadow demon is after his soul…Trent Austin is a successful, big-city lawyer. The last thing he needs is the burden of a run-down house in the suburbs. But when his crazy uncle dies and leaves his estate to Trent, he soon learns he's inherited a lot more than a Victorian mansion...
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    ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  cozy  demons  drama
  • The Astonishing Strande Brothers by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    The Astonishing Strande Brothers by Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Some bonds are too strong to be broken. Even by death.“The Astonishing Strande Brothers” is a short story/extended epilogue that tells the tale of the reunion between Julian Strande and his long-lost brother Louis on a snowy holiday at the Strande Estate.It combines characters from both my Harrow Faire and Impossible Julian Strande series...
  • Shadow Web by Yasmine Galenorn

    Shadow Web by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The holidays are here, and this year, they’re deadly…It’s my first Thanksgiving back in Moonshadow Bay, and everything is hunky-dory until the Witches Guild assigns me a research project for the upcoming Winter Solstice Festival. Not only do I melt down my computer, but I download a demon who ends up stuck in my house...
  • Bitter Blood by Rachel Caine

    Bitter Blood by Rachel Caine

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    For years, the human and vampire residents of Morganville, Texas, have managed to co-exist in peace. But now that the threat to the vampires has been defeated, the human residents are learning that the gravest danger they face is the enemy within…Thanks to the eradication of the parasitic creatures known as the draug, the vampires of Morganville have been freed of their usual constraints...
  • Twist of Fate by Sinclair Kelly

    Twist of Fate by Sinclair Kelly

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What’s a ghost girl gotta do to catch a break around here? All I want is some peace and quiet and some time to get to know the men I once loved. Maybe throw in some mind blowing sex while we’re at. What? It’s been a hundred years, and this ghost girl has needs. Don’t judge.My guys are on edge and being a tad bit overprotective, so when Reggie says we need a girl’s night out, I’m all for it...
    Categorized as:
    ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  gods  horror
  • It Must Be Fate by Sinclair Kelly

    It Must Be Fate by Sinclair Kelly

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He's gone . . . This ghost girl just can't catch a break. There's fury in my soul and pain in my heart as I try to come to terms with the latest shitstorm the universe has thrown in the way of our unlife's happy ending. But during the uncertainty following the abduction, we discover we're not alone. We have the love and support of those closest to us, even if we barely remember them...
  • Fall of Night by Rachel Caine

    Fall of Night by Rachel Caine

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    THANKS TO ITS UNIQUE COMBINATION OF HUMAN AND VAMPIRE RESIDENTS, MORGANVILLE, TEXAS, IS A SMALL COLLEGE TOWN WITH BIG-TIME PROBLEMS. WHEN STUDENT CLAIRE DANVERS GETS THE CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE LIFE ON THE OUTSIDE, SHE TAKES IT. BUT MORGANVILLE ISN'T THE ONLY TOWN WITH VAMPIRE TROUBLE..
  • The Counseling by Marley Gibson

    The Counseling by Marley Gibson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kendall 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...
  • Darkest Powers Bonus Pack 2 by Kelley Armstrong

    Darkest Powers Bonus Pack 2 by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Contains two companion stories to the Darkest Powers trilogy.In Facing Facts (short story set after The Reckoning), Tori discovers who her father is, and Chloe deals with a vengeful ghost. Narrated by Chloe. This was previously published in Enthralled.In Belonging (the novella set after The Reckoning), Derek's werewolf family comes to claim him. Narrated by Derek...
  • Sixteen Souls by Rosie Talbot

    Sixteen Souls by Rosie Talbot

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sixteen-year-old Charlie Frith has problems. His crush is dating someone else, his sisters have glitter-bombed his prosthesis (again), and he's a seer-of-spirits in York, the most haunted city in England, and all his friends are ghosts.To make matters worse, it seems that famous spirits are mysteriously vanishing from York's haunted streets and alleys...
  • Bite Club by Rachel Caine

    Bite Club by Rachel Caine

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine is "a first-class storyteller" (#1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris). After discovering that vampires populate her town, college student Claire Danvers knows that the undead just want to live their lives. But someone else wants them to get ready to rumble...
  • A Mad Zombie Party by Gena Showalter

    A Mad Zombie Party by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The battle rages on.Ali Bell and Cole Holland's crew of zombie slayers thought they'd won the war against Anima Industries, the evil company responsible for capturing and experimenting on zombies in an effort to discover the secret to immortality. In the last epic clash, the slayers lost many of their crew and closest friends...
  • Final Call by Terri Reid

    Final Call by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Stanley peered up into the shadows above the stage. There was a colorful blaze of fabric amidst the burgundy curtains and canvas backdrops. He moved closer, trying to get a better view from a different angle.“Hey, what’s this play about anyway?” Stanley asked. “Is it a Western?”“No, it’s a drama,” Rosie replied.“How come you need a dummy hanging from a rope?”She looked over quickly...
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    ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  cozy  crime  fiction
  • The Haunted by J.A. Templeton

    The Haunted by J.A. Templeton

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    After battling a malevolent ghost that held the spirit of her friend Ian MacKinnon bound to the land for two hundred years, sixteen-year-old reluctant psychic, Riley Williams, felt as if she was finally easing into her new life in Scotland.Or so she thought...
  • The Back Door of Midnight by Elizabeth Chandler

    The Back Door of Midnight by Elizabeth Chandler

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Psychic...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...
  • Dead Is Just A Rumor by Marlene Perez

    Dead Is Just A Rumor by Marlene Perez

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    As the creepy little town of Nightshade prepares to celebrate its 200th anniversary—on Halloween, of course—many of its paranormal residents are receiving mysterious blackmail letters. Psychic teen Daisy Giordano and her sisters set out to find out who is behind the threats. But launching an investigation isn’t easy for Daisy with her overprotective father watching her every move...
  • Willem by Victoria Danann

    Willem by Victoria Danann

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    *A highwayman's ghost.*A beagle who thinks he's a bear.*A colony of witches. Yeah. Wimberley is a magical place. Willem is an out of work actor. He gave himself ten years to make it and never got a single paying job...
  • Eerie by C.M. McCoy

    Eerie by C.M. McCoy

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The sensational teen paranormal romance featured PEOPLE Magazine!Hailey Hartley has just enrolled in the world's premier supernatural university. It's a school she's never heard of, located in a town called The Middle of Nowhere, and run by a creature that's not supposed to exist. But at least she got a scholarship... Hailey's dreams have always been, well...vivid...
    Categorized as:
    ghosts  paranormal  angels  book  contemporary  fiction  horror  humor
  • Haunted by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

    Haunted by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Is it possible to be haunted by someone who isn't even dead?Suze is used to trouble, but this time she's in deep: Ghostly Jesse has her heart, but Paul Slater, a real flesh-and-blood guy, is warm for her form. And mediator Paul knows how to send Jesse to the Great Beyond. For good.Paul claims he won't do anything to Jesse as long as Suze will go out with him...
  • Lost Souls by Kelley Armstrong

    Lost Souls by Kelley Armstrong

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The disappearing hitchhiker is one of the hoariest urban legends, and no one knows that better than Gabriel Walsh, a lawyer who grew up on folklore and myth...
    Categorized as:
    ghosts  paranormal  audiobook  book  contemporary  fae  fiction  horror
  • The Forbidden by Heather Graham

    The Forbidden by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She 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 Ride Home by Elizabeth Hunter, Liisa Ivary

    Long Ride Home by Elizabeth Hunter, Liisa Ivary

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The first story in the new paranormal series by Elizabeth Hunter, acclaimed author of the Elemental Mysteries. Welcome to Cambio Springs.In this small desert town, secrets bubble up from the desert floor, and history is written on the canyon walls. Seven friends will gather at the crossroads, because in Cambio Springs, everything—and everyone—changes.Jena Crowe escaped the Springs ten years ago...
  • Soul Screamers Volume One by Rachel Vincent

    Soul Screamers Volume One by Rachel Vincent

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    It starts with a scream….New York Times bestselling author Rachel Vincent's compelling Soul Screamers series keeps getting better—here, for the first time, the original stories are compiled into one special volume…. My Soul to Lose —The prequel: never before in print!—Kaylee is just your average girl shopping at the mall with friends—until a terrified scream bursts from her that cannot be stopped...
  • The Hidden by Jessica Verday

    The Hidden by Jessica Verday

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A love that knows no bounds. Abbey knows that Caspian is her destiny. Theirs is a bond that transcends even death. But as Abbey finally learns the full truth about the dark fate that links her to Caspian and ties them both to the town of Sleepy Hollow, she suddenly has some very hard choices to make...
  • Into the Flame by Christina Dodd

    Into the Flame by Christina Dodd

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Meet Doug Black—the Wilder brother who’s been missing for centuries. With no idea of where he’s from, he’s become an angry young cop with the ability to transform into a cougar. in search of others like him, he comes across a beautiful woman who may hold the secret to his destiny..
  • Reunion by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

    Reunion by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    Accidents happen. With ghostly consequences, if you're Susannah Simon.The RLS Angels are out for blood, and only Suze can stop them - since she's the only one who can see them. The four ghostly teenagers died in a terrible car accident, for which they blame Suze's classmate Michael... and they'll stop at nothing until he's joined them in the realm of the dead...
  • Night Demon by Lisa Kessler

    Night Demon by Lisa Kessler

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Deep within the Yucatan jungle a demon has awakened...Gretchen Finch's job would be much easier if she weren't alone in the jungle with a brilliant recluse whose every glance sets her on fire. But the more she focuses on her work, the closer she gets to unlocking the mysteries of a terrible creature--the Night Demon--that threatens the world as she knows it...
    Categorized as:
    ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  demons  fiction  horror
  • Her Loving Husband's Return by Meredith Allard

    Her Loving Husband's Return by Meredith Allard

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book Three of the bestselling Loving Husband Trilogy - "A perfect ending to this trilogy!" (Nicole L. Vermilya)What would you risk to return to the one you loved?James Wentworth's paranormal secret is no longer a secret, and now he and his beloved wife, Sarah, have been separated...
  • Dead Romantic by Ruth Saberton

    Dead Romantic by Ruth Saberton

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What do you do if you come face to face with a ghost? Put it down to a bump on the head and work stress if you’re a respected academic like Cleo Carpenter. With Christmas approaching, professional rivalry afoot and a best friend determined to interfere in her love life the strain is clearly starting to get to her...
  • Veiled Enchantments by Deborah Blake

    Veiled Enchantments by Deborah Blake

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In 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...
  • Wolf, Willow, Witch by Freydís Moon

    Wolf, Willow, Witch by Freydís Moon

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A vicious romance imbued with magic, thievery, and necromancy…When Tehlor Nilsen stumbles upon an abandoned corpse hidden in her friend’s empty house, she can’t ignore the energy lingering around the broken albeit familiar body. Entranced by the promise of ritualistic power, she seizes her chance to secure a vorðr. Miraculously, Hel, the goddess of death, grants Tehlor an audience...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  ghosts  romance  horror  fantasy  lgbtq  magic  dark
  • Fighting Back: A Shadow Falls Novella by C.C. Hunter

    Fighting Back: A Shadow Falls Novella by C.C. Hunter

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Everything is changing, and Kylie's not sure how to feel about it. It's her senior year at Shadow Falls, but her boyfriend, Lucas Parker, has already graduated and has new responsibilities with the werewolf council. When he breaks a promise to her and leaves on a two-week mission for his pack, she starts to worry that their love just isn't strong enough to stand the test of time...
  • Discovering by Wendy Corsi Staub

    Discovering by Wendy Corsi Staub

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After finally learning who was behind her mother's death, Calla still doesn't understand why it happened. Somewhere out there, someone seems to share the powerful psychic abilities that allow Calla to see not only into the past, but to the Other Side-someone who apparently doesn't want to be found...
  • Unfinished Business by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Unfinished Business by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Carolyn Ridder Aspenson introduces her now trademark blend of witty dialog and hilarious banter in the first book of her paranormal cozy mystery series. Filled with romance and friendships reminiscent of Chick-Lit novels, Unfinished Business is a humorous and heartwarming adventure...
  • Losing Logan by Sherry D. Ficklin

    Losing Logan by Sherry D. Ficklin

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What if the one thing you never meant to hold on to, is the one thing you can't let go of? Normally finding a hot guy in her bedroom wouldn't irritate Zoe so badly, but finding her childhood friend Logan there is a big problem. Mostly because he's dead...
  • Shadow Mirror by Richie Tankersley Cusick

    Shadow Mirror by Richie Tankersley Cusick

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Unsettling. There's no better word to describe Miranda Barnes's ability to hear the cries of the dead, feel the wind move her hair when they run by, and - dare she look into a mirror - see the reflection of a ghostly woman behind her. There's only one person to turn to for support: Etienne. As sexy as he is mysterious, Miranda can't help but be drawn to him. He believes her; he wants to help her...
  • Luminosity by Abigail Boyd

    Luminosity by Abigail Boyd

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Just when she thought her dreams couldn't get any weirder, Ariel Donovan begins having vivid nightmares of a dog that she must follow. It leads her to find an item from her past that she must use to aid her in figuring out the Thornhill Society...but she's not the only one looking for it...
  • Sweeter Than Wine by Bianca D'Arc

    Sweeter Than Wine by Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An abused woman has the power to unite werefolk, fey and vampire against an evil that would see them all dead -- if she can learn to love again. Christy lies near death after a brutal beating by her estranged husband. Her preternatural friends reach a desperate conclusion: The only way to save her is to turn her. Sebastian steps forward to take on the burden of being her Maker...
  • 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 ratings
    The 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 ratings
    Reclusive 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...
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