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  • 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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    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  crime  fiction  horror
  • Undead Incorporated by Steve Higgs

    Undead Incorporated by Steve Higgs

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The paranormal? It’s all nonsense, but proving it might get him killedA woman whose dead husband is haunting her? That sounds like a routine case. Until she reveals her husband’s name …… and a past event Tempest wants to forget comes back to haunt him. Taking a case he doesn’t want, its only hours before he finds a threat on his doorstep.Leave the dead to be dead...
  • Ghostly Wedding by Lily Harper Hart

    Ghostly Wedding by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Harper Harlow and Jared Monroe fell in love fast and hard. Finally, their big day is here.They just need to solve a murder before they exchange their vows and take the next step to happily ever after.Peter Humphrey, an insurance salesman from a neighboring town, appeared to be minding his own business when a woman came out of nowhere and struck him down while he was crossing the street...
  • Frayed Edges by Terri Reid

    Frayed Edges by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A bullet shot rings out on the night of the Super Moon and a promising college student is killed. Was it an accident, or did her research into false claims by a bio-tech, agricultural company garner her too much attention? The wrong kind of attention. Mary and Bradley have to find out or Ruth McCredie will never rest...
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    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  crime  epic
  • Treasured Legacies by Terri Reid

    Treasured Legacies by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Was it raining outside? Dale Johnson wondered as he woke up. It was dark and he could hear the sound of rain hitting the roof. Suddenly, he was pelted with something small and hard. He opened his eyes and sat up, nearly fainting in the process. His head was pounding. What the hell happened? He was pelted again and realized he was being hit with small pieces of corn...
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    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  suspense  adult  angels  book  crime
  • Broomsticks and Bones by Misty Bane

    Broomsticks and Bones by Misty Bane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Being summoned to attend a mandatory Flyers Education course – aka Broomstick Riding 101 - is bad enough. Immediately being entangled in a web of witchy drama from the moment I arrive? Well, that’s just my luck. Word has it a young woman has mysteriously fallen from the dormitory roof...
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    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  killer
  • The Ghost Who Came for Christmas by Bobbi Holmes

    The Ghost Who Came for Christmas by Bobbi Holmes

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

    Ghostly Asylum by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Something haunted this way comes … and it means big things for Ghost Hunters, Inc. It seems Phantoms, one of the most popular shows on the Independent Ghost Hunting Network, is interested in doing a location shoot at Ludington Asylum, which just happens to be located on a small island near Whisper Cove...
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    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  humor
  • Cabinet Jack by J.L. Bryan

    Cabinet Jack by J.L. Bryan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Close your doors and cabinets tight, or Jack will climb out to see you tonight.The former railroad stop of Timbermill, Georgia has grown ever more quiet and empty since its boom era faded decades ago...
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    ghosts  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  horror  mystery
  • Breakaway - A Mary O'Reilly Lost Files Book  (Mary O'Reilly Series) by Terri Reid

    Breakaway - A Mary O'Reilly Lost Files Book (Mary O'Reilly Series) by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mary floated across the room, shaking her hands in frustration. Finally, she turned back to Mike. “When will the men in my life realize that no one is responsible for watching over me?” she asked sadly. “I am a grown woman. I am a former police officer. I am not some hot-house flower that can’t handle my own life and my own safety.”Victoria sighed loudly and rolled her eyes...
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    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  mystery  supernatural
  • 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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    ghosts  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  crime  fiction  horror
  • Dead as a Dodo by Jeannie Wycherley

    Dead as a Dodo by Jeannie Wycherley

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From the Amazon bestselling author of the Wonky Inn books comes a brand-new magical fantasy witch detective series.Dodo was dead. And there the matter should have rested.At least for DS Elise Liddell.Emotionally burnt out, she considers herself retired from police work...
  • Six Feet Under by Tonya Kappes

    Six Feet Under by Tonya Kappes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Too many cooks in the kitchen spoil the broth. And let me tell you, this broth is in trouble. Get ready for a Southern showdown. The residents of Cottonwood, Kentucky are sent into a tizzy when the Culinary Channel comes to town to film an episode of Southern Home Cookin’ with celebrity chef Frank Von Lee. Especially Sheriff Kenni Lowry...
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    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  suspense  adult  animals  audiobook  book
  • 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...
  • The Ghost Who Stayed Home by Bobbi Holmes

    The Ghost Who Stayed Home by Bobbi Holmes

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Left alone at Marlow House with Sadie and Max, Walt expects Danielle and Lily to return by the end of the week. When they don’t, he begins to wonder what happened to them. The ghost of Marlow House doesn’t scare six-year-old Evan MacDonald. When the child sneaks into the house in the middle of the night, seeking Walt’s help, the resident spirit learns something has happened to Danielle and Lily...
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    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  crime
  • Crop Circles, Cows, and Crazy Aliens by Steve Higgs

    Crop Circles, Cows, and Crazy Aliens by Steve Higgs

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There are crop circles in the fields near Cliffe Woods and unexplained lights in the sky at night...
  • The Ghost Who Wasn't by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    The Ghost Who Wasn't by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When a local heiress goes missing, Danielle discovers it’s not always possible to distinguish the living from the dead. To complicate matters, it seems Danielle is not the only one who communicates with spirits. Her new guest claims to hear Walt. But, something’s not quite right with Marlow House’s newest medium. Danielle must move quickly before her best friend joins the spirit world...
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    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  crime
  • Designs On Murder by Gayle Leeson, Jani McClure

    Designs On Murder by Gayle Leeson, Jani McClure

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What if you discovered your lively new friend wasn’t really…alive?Amanda Tucker is excited about opening her fashion design studio in Shops On Main, a charming old building in historic Abingdon, Virginia. She didn’t realize a ghost came with the property! But soon Maxine “Max” Englebright, a young woman who died in 1930, isn’t the only dead person at the retail complex...
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    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  female-mc  fiction
  • Praying for Peace by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Praying for Peace by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ghost talking can be murder… Castleberry Historical society manager Chantilly Adair is excited to finalize the proposal plans for the old Baptist church just outside of town, officially marking it as a registered historic property. But that excitement turns to confusion when she finds a dead body hidden in a janitor’s closet in the basement, and the former pastor’s spirit hovering nearby...
  • Not Quite Gone by Lyla Payne

    Not Quite Gone by Lyla Payne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life in Heron Creek is looking up for Graciela Harper, despite the fact that every ghost within a fifty mile radius seems intent on sticking to her like glue - and not the weak Elmer's kind, either But with a sexy boyfriend, her old friends back in her life, and a great job prospect at one of the oldest plantations in the country, it's hard to complain..
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    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  female-mc  fiction
  • The Medium's Tale by Erin Huss

    The Medium's Tale by Erin Huss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My name is Zoe Lane, and I see dead people.  At least...I used to.    Communications with the "other side" are down, and I have no idea why. This couldn't have come at a worst time because the town's pharmacist, Mr. Sanders, has just been murdered. Police have all but closed the case because the evidence overwhelmingly points to one person...
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    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  crime  fiction  horror
  • Things that Go Bump in the Night by Alexie Aaron

    Things that Go Bump in the Night by Alexie Aaron

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ladies and Gentlemen, The Jewel Theater proudly presents for your reading enjoyment “Things that Go Bump in the Night,” starring Cherry O’Kelly, a burlesque performer whose career was cut short in her prime. A consummate professional, Cherry doesn't let a little thing like death get in the way of a good bump and grind...
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    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  hauntings  horror
  • Ice and Steel PEEPs 9.2 by Alexie Aaron

    Ice and Steel PEEPs 9.2 by Alexie Aaron

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They’re back. PEEPs Lite – More story, less filling. Some stories just need to be told; anyway, that’s what the voices in my head keep telling me. As I prepare for the next full length “Haunted Series” novel (available in the Spring of 2014), I can’t help wanting to tell you a couple stories in between. These novellas fall after “Something Old,” the ninth novel in the “Haunted Series...
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    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  hauntings  horror
  • Never Forget by Alexie Aaron

    Never Forget by Alexie Aaron

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Never forget that there are things in the first push of a thunderstorm that are dangerous to you: hail, plow winds, and Wanderers. These spirits cross the plains with the weather fronts. They are looking to feed off of the energy of creatures, living and dead, who have been foolhardy enough to be caught outside in the rain. The driving rain of Illinois can stop a lot of things too...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  horror  mystery
  • Cursed by Elise Noble

    Cursed by Elise Noble

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rania Algafari never asked to be different, and when she escaped the war in Syria and moved to the UK, her only goal was to live her life in peace. Get up, go to work, avoid talking to the dead—that sort of thing...
  • Ghosts are People Too by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Ghosts are People Too by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When her best friend Gen comes from Birmingham for an extended visit, psychic medium Chantilly Adair can’t wait to show her Castleberry, Georgia. Excited to introduce her to what makes her hometown so unique, Chantilly plans to throw a party the size of Atlanta’s Mercedes Stadium...
  • The Old House by Alexie Aaron

    The Old House by Alexie Aaron

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s summertime and Mia needs a break. The Paranormal Entity Exposure Partners are offered a stay at Price Hills Resort, a ski lodge with a hundred and four rooms, located at the top of one of the best non-mountainous ski runs in Wisconsin. Of course, it’s not the right season for fun in the snow, and this isn’t a vacation...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  horror  mystery
  • Mind Fray by Alexie Aaron

    Mind Fray by Alexie Aaron

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On a quiet street in the suburbs of Chicago sits an ordinary ranch home built in the sixties. Inside, a young couple rests comfortably until there is a scratch at the door…Something inhabits the Madisons’ home. It feeds off of memories and produces hallucinations that will isolate and confuse the ghost hunters until it can get its hands them...
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    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  hauntings  horror
  • The Great Diamond Caper by Maggie March

    The Great Diamond Caper by Maggie March

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lucy is a human lie-detector. Her rescue dog Paco is a ghost whisperer. Together, they solve crime in this laugh-out-loud cozy mystery series!When a loyal customer asks Lucy to hide an engagement ring inside one of her famous apple walnut cream cheese muffins, Lucy is charmed...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  paranormal  ghosts  suspense  mystery  fantasy  humor  animals
  • The Christmas Elf by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    The Christmas Elf by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Christmas gifts come in all shapes and sizes and sometimes, in ways we least expect. In The Christmas Elf, An Angela Panther Mystery Holiday Short, psychic medium Angela Panther, her sidekick and best friend Mel, and celestial super sleuth Fran join forces to help a lost elf find its way back home...
  • Blood Night by Heather Graham

    Blood Night by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Heather Graham comes a new story in her Krewe of Hunters series… Any member of the Krewe of Hunters is accustomed to the strange. And to conversing now and then with the dead. For Andre Rousseau and Cheyenne Donegal, an encounter with the deceased in a cemetery is certainly nothing new...
  • Uncharted Territory by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Uncharted Territory by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Grab a latté, a box of Kleenex and a clean pair of panties. Carolyn Ridder Aspenson has done it again. —Lynn/Two Girls & a Book Suburban housewife Angela Panther didn't want to communicate with the dead, but the universe had other plans..
  • A Horribly Haunted Halloween by Heather Graham

    A Horribly Haunted Halloween by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Halloween is approachingAnd while it might be different this year, many homes are lavishly decorated. Jackson Crow thinks it’s fine that his adopted son, Corby, takes a walk down the street to see some of the ghoulish displays.Except Corby hurries back to him. One “creature” isn’t—or wasn’t—a creature at all. The bizarre costuming covers someone once real—a human corpse...
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    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  family  fiction
  • Lorna Shadow by K.E. O'Connor

    Lorna Shadow by K.E. O'Connor

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A bumper edition of six fun, cozy ghost mysteries to solve. Ghostly Manners A new job. A haunted house. A ghost with a problem. Ghostly Secrets A troubled ghost. A house full of suspects, and a mystery that must be solved. Ghostly Games An unsolved disappearance. Ghostly laughter. An unforgettable ectoplasmic experience. Ghostly Affairs A house full of secrets. Two restless ghosts...
  • Once Upon a Witch by Valia Lind

    Once Upon a Witch by Valia Lind

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One magical mishap and her world goes up in flames.Cassandra Duke had her whole life figured out. She was going to stay away from magic, become a successful interior designer in a big city, and maybe finally learn how to waltz. But then, her magic acts up—without her permission—leaving her without a job and a plan.Coming home was never in the stars...
  • Dazed and Infused by Eryn Scott

    Dazed and Infused by Eryn Scott

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Have the people of Pebble Cove welcomed a killer into their midst?Two women wash up on the beach in front of Rosemary's tea shop. One is dead. The other is wounded and can't even remember her name. Is she also a victim or the killer?When it becomes clear that the only souls who can help solve this mystery are those of the ghostly persuasion, Rosemary has to get involved...
  • Déjà Boo by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Déjà Boo by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes, an innocent person is convicted of a crime they didn't commit. And sometimes, after the real guilty person dies, they fess up.To me....Because I can communicate with the dead.I try hard to help the restless dead find closure. And usually, I succeed. But this time my detective boyfriend is throwing a wrench into my efforts...
  • Christmas, the Krewe, and Kenneth by Heather Graham

    Christmas, the Krewe, and Kenneth by Heather Graham

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

    Grave Seasons by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Thanksgiving is here, and while Maddie Graves is thrilled to be sharing the holiday with the love of her life, Nick Winters, she’s also slightly manic about hosting her first big family meal, but that’s cause for family hijinks more than actual worry...
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    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  drama  fiction
  • Three Heartbeats Away by C.C. Hunter

    Three Heartbeats Away by C.C. Hunter

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The dead carry their secrets with them… At least until they end up at Riley Smith’s door. Her latest spectral visitor is a murdered bride with a need for revenge, and not necessarily for the person who killed her. Never mind that killer is about to strike again. Riley’s determined to help, but is missing Hayden, the hot, ghostly boy who’s always had her back...
  • Grave Discovery by Lily Harper Hart

    Grave Discovery by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Summer isn’t the only thing heating up in Blackstone Bay, and Maddie Graves and Nick Winters are struggling to deal with both the weather and another murder. While out for a run with her friend Christy, Maddie stumbles upon a ghost near a local lighthouse. When Nick and Maddie go back to check the scene, they find an abandoned body belonging to a missing mother...
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    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  humor
  • Two Feet Under by C.C. Hunter

    Two Feet Under by C.C. Hunter

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Riley has accepted that her special gift is to help dead people with their unfinished business. But she never thought she’d be tasked with helping the spirit of a convicted criminal who died in prison. He may lead her on the scariest mission yet, but helping him could mean saving the life of a child...
  • Making a Medium by Erin Huss

    Making a Medium by Erin Huss

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My name is Zoe Lane, and I see dead people.Well, I see one dead person. Willie MacIntosh, a ninety-something-year-old multi-millionaire, who looks thirty, has a demanding personality, a strong opinion on my wardrobe and my love life, and he wants to know how he died.The problem is, there were a lot of people who wanted Willie MacIntosh dead, and it's my job to figure out who the killer is...
  • Garden of Sorrow by Dale Mayer

    Garden of Sorrow by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Her world is in chaos. His world is in order. She wants to help the innocent. He wants to catch the guilty. But someone is trying to make sure that neither gets what they want. Alexis Gordon has spent the last year trying to get over the loss of her sister. Then she goes to work on a normal day...and reality as she knows it...disappears...
    Categorized as:
    ghosts  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  mystery  psychics
  • The Ghost and the Leprechaun by Bobbi Holmes

    The Ghost and the Leprechaun by Bobbi Holmes

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Everyone knows leprechauns are just make believe...
    Categorized as:
    cozy  ghosts  paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  crime
  • Hallow Be the Haunt by Heather Graham

    Hallow Be the Haunt by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Years ago, Jake Mallory fell in love all over again with Ashley Donegal—while he and the Krewe were investigating a murder that replicated a horrible Civil War death at her family’s Donegal Plantation. Now, Ashley and Jake are back—planning for their wedding, which will take place the following month at Donegal Plantation, her beautiful old antebellum home...
  • Grave Homecoming by Lily Harper Hart

    Grave Homecoming by Lily Harper Hart

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Maddie Graves is returning home, and it’s under unfortunate circumstances. Following her mother Olivia’s death, someone has to take care of Maddie’s cantankerous grandmother Maude, and the family tree is almost limbless now...
  • Haunting Season by ReGina Welling, Erin Lynn

    Haunting Season by ReGina Welling, Erin Lynn

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Friends don't let friends go to jailWhen her friend, Patrea Evergreen, gets arrested for the crime, Everly has a new reason to solve Davina Benet' murder.Because, you know, being haunted by Davina's ghost wasn't enough...
  • Wedding Ghost by ReGina Welling, Erin Lynn

    Wedding Ghost by ReGina Welling, Erin Lynn

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Everly Dupree is asked to be the maid of honor at her friend's wedding, she only has one question:Who invited the...
  • Ghostly Dead by ReGina Welling, Erin Lynn

    Ghostly Dead by ReGina Welling, Erin Lynn

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes it's not even your own ghosts that come back to haunt you.Just when Everly Dupree thinks she's put all of her ghosts to rest, she learns life...and death...aren't always that easy...
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