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  • The Trailwalker by J.L. Bryan

    The Trailwalker by J.L. Bryan

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The old campground in the mountains has a shrouded history wrapped in legend. Located by the mysterious mounds of a vanished people, it was once a popular summer destination for children, but closed long ago under tragic circumstances.Josh and Allison Conner have moved out from the city, inspired to create a retreat for children in need, a place to build skills and character...
  • 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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    hauntings  paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  cozy  crime
  • Underwood and Flinch by Mike Bennett

    Underwood and Flinch by Mike Bennett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All David Flinch ever wanted was a normal life. But when you're a member of the Flinch family, normal has never been easy. For hundreds of years, the eldest-born male of each generation of the Flinch family has been servant and guardian to the vampire, Lord Underwood. While the Flinches have changed through the generations, Underwood has remained eternal...
  • The Necromancer's Library by J.L. Bryan

    The Necromancer's Library by J.L. Bryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The antebellum mansion sits isolated in the overgrown countryside like a forgotten temple. Within it lie the dark, twisting paths of a private library possessing secrets from across the ages. The collection of ancient and medieval occult manuscripts tell of conjuring spirits and raising the dead, of making contact with supernatural realms and beings usually forbidden to living mortals...
    Categorized as:
    hauntings  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  dark  fiction  ghosts
  • Mating Instinct by Celia Kyle

    Mating Instinct by Celia Kyle

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    **This is a boxed set of ALL Ridgeville books. If you own these titles individually, DO NOT purchase this book.** The shifter men and curvy, growly ladies of Ridgeville have all huddled together in one massive volume. From Maya and Alex and all the way to Grayson and Honor, they're having fun, kicking butt, and getting mated in this collection...
  • The Servants of Twilight / Darkfall / Phantoms by Dean Koontz, Leigh Nichols

    The Servants of Twilight / Darkfall / Phantoms by Dean Koontz, Leigh Nichols

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    For the first time ever, three bestselling Dean Koontz novels—The Servants of Twilight, Darkfall, Phantoms—are available in hardcover and complete in this single volume. Koontz's novels are spine-chilling and terrifying stories about ordinary people caught in nightmarish situations...
  • Last Light by Dean Koontz

    Last Light by Dean Koontz

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    With just a touch, Makani Hisoka-O’Brien can see the deepest secrets that others conceal—and it frightens her. There’s danger in the terrible knowledge that floods her mind and haunts her conscience.With just a touch, Rainer Sparks can learn the biggest problems that others bear—and it thrills him. There’s profit to be made making problems go away, by any means . . . including murder...
  • Cursed Demon by Brogan Thomas

    Cursed Demon by Brogan Thomas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She enjoyed life as a demon’s pet. Until the cries of an innocent tore her world asunder… Emma Case is freaking out. Being surrounded by monsters is risky enough without breaking the rules, but when the soft-hearted girl hears a pup in distress, she can’t resist trespassing on forbidden ground...
  • The Deceiving by Ninie Hammon

    The Deceiving by Ninie Hammon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The monster demon is BACK! ...and he’s had twenty-six years to plot his revenge. More horrifying than any Hollywood-animated, computer-generated, mechanical unreality, the winged demon called an efreet will do anything to get what he wants. Pronounce that: An-y-thing Defeated in 1985 by three twelve-year-olds, the monster returns determined to kill them...
  • The Pendergast Files:  (Relic, Reliquary) by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

    The Pendergast Files: (Relic, Reliquary) by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This discounted ebundle includes: Relic, ReliquaryThe books that introduced the world to Douglas Preston’s and Lincoln Child’s FBI Special Agent Pendergast. Hidden deep beneath Manhattan lies a warren of tunnels, sewers, and galleries, mostly forgotten by those who walk the streets above. There lies the ultimate secret of the Museum Beat...
  • Heritage by Michelle Dorey

    Heritage by Michelle Dorey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s a dream job until it becomes a nightmare. A few months ago, Keira was an aimless 23 year old, but her Nana changed all that. She’s inherited her grandmother’s psychic gifts as well as a massive fortune. But there’s a catch. She must carry on the work of shepherding lost souls to the next plane of existence...
    Categorized as:
    humor  paranormal  suspense  angels  book  fiction  horror  loner-mc
  • To All A Good Night: A Mary O'Reilly Short Story by Terri Reid

    To All A Good Night: A Mary O'Reilly Short Story by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It's Mary O'Reilly's first Christmas in Freeport and she's stranded by a snowstorm, so she can't make it home to Chicago for the holidays. During the storm she learns the true meaning of Christmas with the help of her new friends, Stanley and Rosie...
    Categorized as:
    humor  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  ghosts  holidays  horror
  • 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..
    Categorized as:
    humor  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  contemporary  cozy  female-mc
  • The Girl on the Glider by Brian Keene, Keith Minnion

    The Girl on the Glider by Brian Keene, Keith Minnion

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Girl on the Glider is Brian Keene's take on the traditional, old-fashioned ghost story. This might be Keene's most personal — and powerful — work to date. This book is a must-have for every Keene fan, along with fans of classic horror tales told with a new twist...
  • The Haunting of University Park by Alexandria Clarke

    The Haunting of University Park by Alexandria Clarke

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jamie Layton has a secret.Running from her past, Jamie Layton takes a new job as a nanny to two volatile, rebellious children at a stately mansion in a reclusive area of town. Rumors fly about the mysterious death of the children’s father, and when strange things happen at night, Jamie and the children must confront the horrors that haunt the house...
  • Haunted: End of Days by Lee Mountford

    Haunted: End of Days by Lee Mountford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The final book in the Haunted saga.Sarah Pearson has returned home. Back to the place it all started for her. There… the darkness waits, intending to use her to usher in the End of Days.And it succeeds.While the world falls into chaos and the dead start to walk the earth, David Ritter, Reverend Quinn, and Ralph Cobin face a race against time to pull the world back from the brink...
  • The Pauper's Crypt by Ron Ripley

    The Pauper's Crypt by Ron Ripley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Brian Roy, ghostbuster extraordinaire, is forced to admit the chills and thrills of his career are taking a toll on his bad ticker. To save his life, he takes a no-stress job as superintendent of Woods Cemetery and can't be happier..
  • Dead Scary: The Ghost who refused to leave by Sally Gould

    Dead Scary: The Ghost who refused to leave by Sally Gould

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Adam is an ordinary boy, except for one thing. He can see and talk with ghosts.When his family moves into what seems like the home of his dreams, Adam finds out it isn't his dream home after all. Edward Lawrence, a bossy ghost who was Adam's age when he died, regards the home as his own and he doesn't want to share it with an annoying boy who can see him...
  • The Academy by Ron Ripley

    The Academy by Ron Ripley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Brian Roy’s heart can’t handle another ghost – his wife would kill him long before his bad heart does! Yet, he can’t leave his cousin Mitchell hanging. Mitch is principal of the Academy. After a cataclysmic senior class prank, the school is in shambles and dark secrets in the cellar escape. Bodies are piling up and Brian has no choice but to step in and hopefully save Mitchell and his school...
  • Hell's Gift by K.S. Haigwood

    Hell's Gift by K.S. Haigwood

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Depression consumes the guardian angel, Rhyan, after his human charge chooses her soulmate over him. Filled with anger and despair, he lashes out. And when his hate-filled words land him neck-deep in Hell, he realizes he's gone too far. He expects trouble, but not to discover his own soulmate in the fiery depths...
    Categorized as:
    humor  paranormal  suspense  adult  angels  audiobook  book  demons
  • By the Light of His Lantern: A Novel by Abe Moss

    By the Light of His Lantern: A Novel by Abe Moss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A nightmarish tale of revenge, anguish, and human connection, BY THE LIGHT OF HIS LANTERN is thrilling, chilling, and heartfelt in equal measure... Naked in the sand, Lewis coughs seawater from his lungs. Disoriented, he blinks his eyes, rubs them for good measure, but the result is the same. The sky is as black as the beach below it. In this place, the sun and moon and stars are long dead...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  suspense  adult  book  dark  fiction  ghosts  horror
  • Secret of the Labyrinth by Brian Harmon

    Secret of the Labyrinth by Brian Harmon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What secrets lie hidden beyond the City of the Blind? Far beneath the streets of Briar Hills lies an enormous temple of stone. Ancient secrets are buried within its walls…along with countless and unspeakable horrors. Now the time has come for the temple to finally fulfill its awesome purpose...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  horror  supernatural
  • Forty-Four Book Eleven by Jools Sinclair

    Forty-Four Book Eleven by Jools Sinclair

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Now the prime suspect in a high-profile murder investigation, Abby Craig flees the only place she has ever called home and is forced to live on the run as a fugitive in the shadows of the American Southwest.But Abby soon discovers that she isn't alone. A mysterious stranger is plaguing her every step. A stranger with a dark past who has plans for her...
  • The Roses of Mobile by M.L. Bullock

    The Roses of Mobile by M.L. Bullock

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Carrie Jo returns to Seven Sisters but the happy homecoming is short-lived. The spiritual atmosphere has shifted and the dream catcher quickly discovers that all is not well. As Carrie Jo's dream catching gift becomes much more complicated, she makes mistakes...and some of them trigger a cascade of unhappy events...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  ghosts  historical  horror
  • Katarina by Sue Fineman

    Katarina by Sue Fineman

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Three psychic sisters taken from their abusive mother as children reunite at their grandmother’s funeral. They inherit the family fortune, including the old mansion on the river in Florida. The estate called River Oaks is haunted by the ghosts of ancestors and family slaves. Katarina, a teacher, lived on a ranch in Arizona...
  • The Lady in White by M.L. Bullock

    The Lady in White by M.L. Bullock

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Summerleigh's Renovations Aren't Making Every One Happy Will the ghost of Mariane McIntyre scare everyone away? A flurry of appearances by the long-dead Lady In White prompts Jerica and Jesse to get to the bottom of her murder...
  • The Haunting of Grant Mansion by Marie Wilkens

    The Haunting of Grant Mansion by Marie Wilkens

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman

    Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A chilling horror novel about a haunting told from the perspective of a young girl whose troubled family is targeted by an entity she calls “Other Mommy,” from the New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box To eight-year-old Bela, her family is her world. There’s Mommy, Daddo, and Grandma Ruth...
  • The Ghost of Tobacco Road by Dale J. Young

    The Ghost of Tobacco Road by Dale J. Young

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    On the banks of the Skeleton River in a remote part of North Carolina lies the small town of Starlight. Once known for its tobacco fields and rural charm, Starlight has seen better days. Now most of the stores on Main Street are boarded up, and many of the residents have left town for good...
    Categorized as:
    hauntings  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  ghosts  gothic
  • Easter, the Krewe and Another Large White Rabbit by Heather Graham

    Easter, the Krewe and Another Large White Rabbit by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A short story (apprx. 10,000 words) in which Angela Hawkins and Jackson Crow are called upon to help a friend in need . . .Strange baskets are arriving on Eliza Andrews' doorstep and a strange face is appearing in her window...
  • Forgotten Men by Bill Thompson

    Forgotten Men by Bill Thompson

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The once-famous Hotel Iberia was where society's finest gathered in the days before 1859 when Victory, Louisiana became a ghost town. A building where people had laughed, dined and passed the time among friends became something dark, sinister and evil. The town was dead, so no one complained when the Victory Institution for the Criminally Insane opened in the old hotel...
  • The Victim by Jonas Saul

    The Victim by Jonas Saul

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In Book Five, Sarah Roberts is The Victim.Sarah is killed in a horrible car accident, the DNA found in the car verified as hers. But the government men at the Sophia Project have faked her death to keep her to themselves.After her funeral, she shows up in the food court of a busy mall where a violent exchange takes place. Things go wrong fast...
  • Haunted: Catacombs by Lee Mountford

    Haunted: Catacombs by Lee Mountford

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the heart of the catacombs, evil stirs.Sarah Pearson is lured into the eerie depths of the Paris Catacombs after seeing an unsettling video. On it, the ghostly appearance of an old friend beckons her into the darkness. But the Catacombs hold more secrets than Sarah anticipates, and the shadows within are not all from the dead...
  • The Knowing by Ninie Hammon

    The Knowing by Ninie Hammon

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When the hot call comes over the radio: “Code Red! Active shooter at Carlisle Elementary School,” Police Sergeant Jack Carpenter has one job and only one job. Find the gunman; take him out. He rushes into the school, fully armed and focused on cold, hard reality. But what happens to him in the next few hours shatters the world as he has always known it...
  • Asylum by Lee Mountford

    Asylum by Lee Mountford

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum--a place with a history of pain and suffering.Sarah Pearson and Father Luca Janosch are sent to the asylum in West Virginia, America, after the Church receives a mysterious letter stating that ancient secrets lie beneath the facility. Secrets that only Sarah can uncover...
  • Possession by Lee Mountford

    Possession by Lee Mountford

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A haunted cathedral. A possessed priest.Sarah Pearson and her team are sent on their first assignment together—to investigate a case of possession in Kutná Hora, Czech Republic.Father Hus, a respected priest, has reportedly succumbed to possession from a supernatural entity. On top of that, there are stories of a ghostly and bloody monk wandering the halls at night...
  • Haunted: Hotel by Lee Mountford

    Haunted: Hotel by Lee Mountford

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    David Ritter and Reverend Rachel Quinn are on a mission to save their dear friend, Sarah Pearson, from the forces of evil. Their information leads them to the long-abandoned Hillside Hotel. Imprisoned within the crumbling walls of the hotel, Sarah must hold out against chilling spectres and a demonic presence that feeds on fear. If she succumbs to them, the prophecy will be fulfilled...
  • Final Hour by Dean Koontz

    Final Hour by Dean Koontz

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Following Last Light comes Final Hour, the second of two standalone eBook original novellas leading in to Ashley Bell, the highly anticipated new novel of suspense from Dean Koontz!   Just by touching others, Makani Hisoka-O’Brien can see the darkest secrets they keep. The troubling talent has made the Southern California surfer wary of casual contact...
  • Odd Interlude #1 by Dean Koontz

    Odd Interlude #1 by Dean Koontz

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Leading up to the highly anticipated arrival of Odd Apocalypse this summer, catch up with Odd Thomas in Odd Interlude, a special three-part eBook series by #1 bestselling master of suspense Dean Koontz! Here is the spine-tingling 70-page first installment of this super-charged stand-alone Odd adventure.  THERE’S ROOM AT THE INN. BUT YOU MIGHT NOT GET OUT...
  • Grey: The Balance: Book One by Nick Shamhart

    Grey: The Balance: Book One by Nick Shamhart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Grey is a paranormal thriller dealing with the unseen world of balancing powers. Too often life is viewed in terms of good and evil, black or white, and the balance point tipping in either direction is ignored...
    Categorized as:
    humor  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  ghosts  horror
  • The Patience of a Dead Man by Michael Clark

    The Patience of a Dead Man by Michael Clark

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He just spent everything on a house in disrepair, but he didn’t know someone was waiting inside. Tim Russell just put his last dollar on a handyman’s dream; a quaint but dilapidated farmhouse in New Hampshire. Newly single after a messy divorce, his plan is to live in the house as he restores it for resale...
  • The Scene by R.M. Gilmore

    The Scene by R.M. Gilmore

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Havoc ensues when journalist Dylan Hart takes on the story of a lifetime. Exsanguinated hookers? Vampires in real life? What more could the public want? As the death toll rises, Dylan discovers she's put herself on the killer's radar and will have to fight to survive...
  • Haunted Inn by Michelle Dorey

    Haunted Inn by Michelle Dorey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Each tale of The Hauntings of Kingston is a standalone novel with new characters that takes place in the enigmatic city of Kingston, Ontario. They have the chance of a lifetime... Tim and Brad have been best friends for years. They were college roommates and now share an apartment. They even share the predicament of being trapped in dead end jobs...
    Categorized as:
    hauntings  paranormal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  ghosts  horror
  • Baba Lenka: Pure Occult Horror by S.E. England, Sarah E. England

    Baba Lenka: Pure Occult Horror by S.E. England, Sarah E. England

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    1970, and Baba Lenka begins in an icy Bavarian village with a highly unorthodox funeral. The deceased is Baba Lenka, great-grandmother to Eva Hart. But a terrible thing happens at the funeral, and from that moment on everything changes for seven year old Eva. The family fly back to Yorkshire but it seems the cold Alpine winds have followed them home...and the ghost of Baba Lenka has followed Eva...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  suspense  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  ghosts  horror
  • Joy of Witchcraft by Mindy Klasky

    Joy of Witchcraft by Mindy Klasky

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A humorous paranormal romance by USA Today bestselling author Mindy Klasky.Sometimes a thunderstorm is just a thunderstorm. But not this time.Jane Madison’s school for witches is in session, and the first order of business is an intricate Samhain ritual. Alas, in the midst of a sudden, unseasonable deluge, a classic Greek monster is released into the magic circle...
    Categorized as:
    humor  paranormal  suspense  book  fiction  horror  magic  mystery
  • Night Stalker: A Tale From The Tome of Bill by Rick Gualtieri

    Night Stalker: A Tale From The Tome of Bill by Rick Gualtieri

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Before he was trying to save the world, he just wanted to save his own ass. Bill Ryder has a problem: the vampires under his rule don't respect him. Unfortunately, in the world of the supernatural, that makes him as good as dead.In order to keep breathing, Bill must become someone else ... something else.Enter the Night Stalker, fearsome predator of the undead...
    Categorized as:
    humor  paranormal  suspense  adult  anti-hero  audiobook  book  fiction
  • Winthrop House by Ambrose Ibsen

    Winthrop House by Ambrose Ibsen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "They say the Jackal Man lives in that house..." Months after a family is forced to flee the beachfront property on 100 Winthrop Road, three young travelers lost outside of Cutler, Maine find themselves taking shelter in it. Strapped for cash, the three of them spend a night in the house, wondering why the lovely old building has been left abandoned. They don't have to wonder for long...
  • The Disappearance of Lonnie James by Amy Cross

    The Disappearance of Lonnie James by Amy Cross

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Eleven-year-old Lonnie James has gone missing. Only one man remembers that he ever existed in the first place.After launching a huge manhunt to find the missing boy, Sheriff Tom Curtis is shocked when everyone quickly forgets who they're looking for. Even Lonnie's parents suddenly have no idea that had a son...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  horror  supernatural
  • The Haunted Gathering by Michelle Dorey

    The Haunted Gathering by Michelle Dorey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From bestselling author Michelle Dorey, a new episode of ‘The Haunted Ones’, spine chilling tales of ordinary people confronting unspeakable evilOn their annual girls’ weekend three friends gather for a macabre reunion in this chilling tale of ghosts, hauntings and the occult...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  suspense  adult  book  fiction  ghosts  horror  psychics
  • The Lady Screams by Amy Cross

    The Lady Screams by Amy Cross

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The year is 1888, and Doctor Charles Grazier has succeeded in reanimating the body of his dead wife. Even though she lacks a heart, Catherine Grazier is sitting up on the slab in the basement, but there's one problem. She won't stop screaming. As Grazier works desperately to fix the problem, he tells himself that eventually he will be able to get his wife back...
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