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  • Love Will Tear Us Apart by C.K. McDonnell

    Love Will Tear Us Apart by C.K. McDonnell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Love can be a truly terrible thing.Marriages are tricky at the best of times, especially when one of you is dead.Vincent Banecroft, the irascible editor of The Stranger Times, has never believed his wife died despite emphatic evidence to the contrary...
  • Crowbones by Anne Bishop

    Crowbones by Anne Bishop

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In this engrossing and gripping fantasy set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Others series, an inn owner and her friends must find a killer-before it's too late...
  • Zero Hour by Will Hill

    Zero Hour by Will Hill

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jamie Carpenter and the rest of Department 19 know when the world will end. It ends when Zero Hour comes. And Zero Hour…is here.As Dracula continues his rise, Department 19 is desperately trying to keep the forces of evil at bay. Then, an unexpected source brings a ray of hope, sending Jamie and Larissa on a dangerous mission to find the one thing that could turn back the darkness for good...
  • Pecan Pies and Dead Guys by Angie Fox

    Pecan Pies and Dead Guys by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sometimes Verity Long would like to forget that she lives with the ghost of a 1920s gangster. But the reluctant housemates must once again work together when a dead detective blackmails Frankie into helping him solve a Great Gatsby-era cold case. Before she can say “bathtub gin,” Verity is dragged straight into a raging, otherworldly house party. Worse, every guest is hiding something...
  • Sweet Murder by Tegan Maher

    Sweet Murder by Tegan Maher

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    What's a witch to do when the meanest man in the county drops dead in his coleslaw during her shift at the local barbecue joint? Noelle does what any good Southern girl would do: she flicks a wrist to clean up the mess, then thanks the stars for doing the world a favor. But that's just the beginning...
  • MESSAGE in the BONES: A small town murder mystery with a psychic twist by Dawn Merriman

    MESSAGE in the BONES: A small town murder mystery with a psychic twist by Dawn Merriman

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Escape the usual small town murder story with this quirky, page turning mystery. With long-buried bones, psychic visions, a tattoo with messages from above, and a clown-masked murderer chasing through a corn maze, this story will keep you on edge until the very last word.
  • Murder and Marinade by Tegan Maher

    Murder and Marinade by Tegan Maher

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Noelle and crew take some much-needed time off for a little fun, fried foods, and barbecue, but she should know by now that nothing's that easy. When the main judge at the competition turns up murdered with a barbecue fork, it seems everybody's a suspect, including Bobbie Sue and Earl. Meat's not the only thing being grilled as they look more and more like the prime suspects...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  vampires  adult  animals  audiobook  book
  • Dog Gone Ghost by Angie Fox, Tavia Gilbert

    Dog Gone Ghost by Angie Fox, Tavia Gilbert

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Who let the dogs...and cats...out?Verity Long's new ghost-hunting career has gone to the dogs - literally. A spirit is releasing animals from their cages at the Sugarland Animal Rescue Center. It's an unusual haunting that gets even more bizarre when she uncovers a new clue in a case of a missing child. Verity vows to reunite the lost boy with his family...
  • Witch at Odds by Juliette Harper

    Witch at Odds by Juliette Harper

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Resigned to her new life as a witch and determined to make a success of both that and her business, Jinx has a lot to learn. She sets out to both study her craft and get a real direction for her aunt’s haphazard approach to inventory. Not to mention the fact that she wouldn’t mind getting to know neighboring business owner Chase McGregor a lot better...
  • The Keeper by J.L. Bryan

    The Keeper by J.L. Bryan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The South Channel lighthouse is a crumbling antique at the mouth of the Savannah River, abandoned and forgotten for generations. Local stories still tell of a mysterious woman in white who often stood at the old lighthouse, watching the sailors come into port...even long after she died...
  • Sweet Tea and Spirits by Angie Fox

    Sweet Tea and Spirits by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Southern girl Verity Long is about as high society as her pet skunk. Which is why she’s surprised as anyone when the new head of the Sugarland social set invites her to join the "it" girls. But this is no social call. Verity’s new client needs her to go in undercover and investigate strange happenings at the group’s historic headquarters...
  • Meanwhile, Back in Deadwood by Ann Charles

    Meanwhile, Back in Deadwood by Ann Charles

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Meanwhile, Back in Deadwood … the mystery and mayhem continue. Between the butchered body parts, creepy killers, dogged detectives, ghoulish ghosts, and ever-present TV cameras, Violet Parker’s purple boots are itching to skedaddle.But there is no escaping another murder investigation or her new deadly reputation. Not even if both risk the lives of those she loves most...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  female-mc  ghosts  paranormal  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  female-mc  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  crime
  • The Skeleton in the Closet by Angie Fox

    The Skeleton in the Closet by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    **USA Today Bestselling series!**From New York Times bestseller Angie Fox, the second book in the Southern Ghost Hunter mysteriesA haunted library is no place for a girl who can see ghosts, but when Verity Long stumbles on a dead body in the middle of the main reading room, she has to believe someone…even a dead someone…must have witnessed the crime...
  • The Ghost and the Mountain Man by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    The Ghost and the Mountain Man by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life is about to change for Brian Henderson, now that he knows the secrets of Beach Drive.Unbeknownst to Brian and the others, they have brought something else home with them after their misadventure in the forest. The spirit of a mountain man has followed them to Frederickport with a secret of his own...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime
  • A Spelling Mistake by Nancy Warren

    A Spelling Mistake by Nancy Warren

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Spell in haste, repent at leisure.Middle-aged witch Quinn Callahan agrees to hold a book launch for the bestselling but recently dead author Bartholomew Branson. It's a small favor for the new vampire. Unfortunately, things get out of hand when the author arranges a huge launch party and someone dies...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  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...
  • The Crawling Darkness by J.L. Bryan

    The Crawling Darkness by J.L. Bryan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ghost 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...
  • Witch at Last by Juliette Harper

    Witch at Last by Juliette Harper

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A lot has changed for Jinx Hamilton in just a few months. After the mishaps that befell her in Witch At Odds, Jinx just wants to enjoy the rest of the summer, but she’s not going to be that lucky. Just as she’s poised to tell her friends she’s a witch, secrets start popping out all over the place...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  vampires  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Blood Gamble by Melissa F. Olson

    Blood Gamble by Melissa F. Olson

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    If 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...
  • 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...
  • No Ghouls Allowed by Victoria Laurie

    No Ghouls Allowed by Victoria Laurie

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    On a trip to Georgia to see her father, M. J. Holliday finds herself trapped in a haunted mansion and discovers... THE SOUTH WILL RISE AGAIN—FROM THE DEAD  M.J. has had a distant relationship with her father since her mother died more than two decades ago. But when M.J...
  • Dark of Night by Emily Goodwin

    Dark of Night by Emily Goodwin

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Everything has a cost.I never thought the cost of falling in love could be my life. But when the Vampire Council gets reports of increased magical activity in the surrounding areas, they give the order for vampires to kill any witches they come across. I trust Lucas to never hurt me, but he’s not the only vampire in my life, and let’s just say the others aren’t my biggest fans...
  • Better Off Dead in Deadwood by Ann Charles

    Better Off Dead in Deadwood by Ann Charles

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    One dead body. One century-old, haunted opera house. One zombie musical. One pissed-off detective...
  • Deader Homes and Gardens by Angie Fox

    Deader Homes and Gardens by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Southern belle Verity Long is back in business--as a ghost hunter. Now all she has to do is visit the town's creepiest mansion and exorcise a family of vengeful spirits. Piece of cake. After all, ghosts love her and need her...that is until she meets the ghosts of Rock Fall mansion...
  • The Haunted Heist by Angie Fox

    The Haunted Heist by Angie Fox

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    **USA TODAY Bestselling Series!**Just because she can see the dead doesn't mean Verity Long wants to spend her days hunting ghosts. Instead, she's over the moon to land a marketing job at the local bank...until she finds her new boss dead in the vault. Even her ghost friend, Frankie, knows that's no way to start a career...
  • Boundary Born by Melissa F. Olson

    Boundary Born by Melissa F. Olson

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Something wicked is at work in Colorado’s supernatural community. Vampires are being paralyzed or killed with poison…a weapon favored by witches. This offense threatens to break apart the already-fractured alliance between witches and the undead.The state’s cardinal vampire, Maven, summons boundary witch Allison “Lex” Luther to stop the killing before it ignites a war...
  • 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 ratings
    The 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...
  • 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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    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  demons  drama
  • 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...
  • Crystal Web by Yasmine Galenorn

    Crystal Web by Yasmine Galenorn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Strange events--stranger than usual--begin to happen around town, odd accidents and frightening encounters. The chief of police comes to Conjure Ink to ask us to investigate. As we delve deeper into what's going on, we find evidence that Moonshadow Bay is being visited by the infamous Mothman. And worse than that, he seems to have targeted my best friend Ari...
  • A Bogie in the Boat by Elizabeth Hunter

    A Bogie in the Boat by Elizabeth Hunter

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    You know what doesn’t go down well with morning coffee? A body in a canal. When a neighbor finds a grim discovery in the waterways of Venice Beach, Linx Maxwell gets an unexpected visitor in the form of a new ghost. The only problem? Her new ghost doesn’t see eye to eye with her old one. Detective Frank Bogle doesn’t know what to make of the young victim...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime
  • Ghostly Attachments by Alexie Aaron

    Ghostly Attachments by Alexie Aaron

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It isn’t the chair rocking by itself that sends the young family fleeing in the middle of the night. It’s when it stops rocking and all hell breaks loose. This family needs help. Enter PEEPs (Paranormal Entity Exposure Partners) armed with the latest hi-tech gear and the ghost communication abilities of Mia Cooper. But this isn’t a normal case. Some of the ghosts aren’t playing fair...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  family
  • A Ghoul's Guide to Love and Murder by Victoria Laurie

    A Ghoul's Guide to Love and Murder by Victoria Laurie

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Medium M. J. Holliday battles demons in the tenth Ghost Hunter Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of No Ghouls Allowed.M.J., Heath, and Gilley, are back home in Boston, where their new film is sure to be a monster hit! To promote the film, the studio is sponsoring a special exhibit of supernatural artifacts at a local museum...
  • Ghost of a Potion by Heather Blake

    Ghost of a Potion by Heather Blake

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s Halloween in Hitching Post, Alabama, and potion shop owner Carly Bell Hartwell has an especially spooky customer to handle…With all the ghosts that haunt her at this time of year, Carly doesn’t exactly rush to celebrate Halloween.  Even a costume ball organized by her boyfriend Dylan's mother, Patricia Davis Jackson, holds little allure...
  • Moon River by J.R. Rain

    Moon River by J.R. Rain

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Seven 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...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  female-mc  ghosts  paranormal  vampires  adult  audiobook  book
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  crime  fiction
  • Good Tidings by Terri Reid

    Good Tidings by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Black Friday – the official opening of the holiday shopping season – and Patrice Marcum is stuck in the middle of her local superstore with a crying infant, a near-hysterical desire to just abandon the diapers and milk she desperately needs, and the snowstorm of the century dumping half a foot of snow on the parking lot outside. She needs a miracle...
  • Dead Case in Deadwood by Ann Charles

    Dead Case in Deadwood by Ann Charles

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    "Nothing good ever happens at the butt-crack of dawn. No doubt, the headless corpse on the autopsy table in front of me would agree."-Violet Parker Real estate agent. Violet "Spooky" Parker stumbles upon a body-part theft ring at the local funeral parlor and suspects her caustic coworker has a hand in it or maybe a foot...
  • Haunting Charlie by Wendy Wang

    Haunting Charlie by Wendy Wang

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Ignoring the dead can get you killed... All Charlie Payne wants is to lead a normal life and to be a good mom. But Charlie’s not exactly normal. She's from a long line of witches and she can see the dead. Susan Tate has inherited a beautiful old southern mansion on the coast. Unfortunately, the property came with a million necessary repairs. And ghosts...
  • Grave Mistake by Kate Allenton

    Grave Mistake by Kate Allenton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Psychic Ryley St. James has a million problems, but a haunted house isn’t one of them.Until now.When a woman is attacked in a haunted house and sent to the hospital fighting for her life, her powerful fiancé blackmails Ryley into uncovering the deadly secrets hidden on the property.The house reeks of ill warnings and bad tidings. This isn’t what Ryley calls a typical haunting...
  • 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...
  • Unbreakable Bonds by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Unbreakable Bonds by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Be careful what you wish for because karma has a way of biting you in the butt." That's what Angela Panther's mother always said. And boy was she was right. When Angela first discovered her gift to gab with ghosts, she fought it tooth and nail. But the second she decided it wasn't so bad, tragedy hit and the universe decided to teach her a lesson...
  • 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...
  • Down by Kirsten Weiss

    Down by Kirsten Weiss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The answers lie below… A shamanic witch and a poet, Lenore Bonheim hides in the world of books to escape reality, which for her includes seeing ghosts and forecasting death. But when her employer and friend dies under suspicious circumstances, she must use all her skills – magical and mundane – to find the killer and save her two sisters and her town...
  • Follow Me When the Sun Goes Down by Lisa Olsen

    Follow Me When the Sun Goes Down by Lisa Olsen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Me, Anja Evans, the new Elder of the West? Had I slid into an alternate dimension? What else was wonky here? Would someone bust in and announce a tornado full of sharks on the horizon in the next instant?"Anja maintains her steady rise to power as she asserts herself as the newest vamp on the block in the world of political intrigue...
  • Boundary Lines by Melissa F. Olson

    Boundary Lines by Melissa F. Olson

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Fitting into the Old World isn’t going very well for Boulder boundary witch Allison “Lex” Luther: she may have earned a place in a vampire’s service, but now it seems as if every supernatural creature in town has found a reason to hate her...
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