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  • The Hanged Man by K.D. Edwards

    The Hanged Man by K.D. Edwards

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The last member of a murdered House tries to protect his ward from forced marriage to a monster while uncovering clues to his own tortured past. The Tarot Sequence imagines a modern-day Atlantis off the coast of Massachusetts, governed by powerful Courts based on the traditional Tarot deck...
  • Spirit Prophecy by E.E. Holmes

    Spirit Prophecy by E.E. Holmes

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Two sisters, haunted by more than their past... Just weeks after discovering each other’s existence, Jess and Hannah Ballard arrive at Fairhaven Hall, where they will learn the clandestine ways of the Durupinen, an ancient sect of women who control the Gateways between the worlds of the living and the dead...
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    family  ghosts  book  fiction  gothic  horror  magic  mystery
  • 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...
  • Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

    Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 52 ratings
    Yadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can’t get rid of him.When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his gender, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. With the help of his cousin and best friend Maritza, he performs the ritual himself, and then sets out to find the ghost of his murdered cousin and set it free...
  • Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White

    Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Bestselling and award-winning author Andrew Joseph White returns with a queer Appalachian thriller, that pulls no punches, for teens who see the failures in our world and are pushing for radical change.A gut-wrenching story following a trans autistic teen who survives an attempted murder, only to be drawn into the generational struggle between the rural poor and those who exploit them...
  • Mack's Perfectly Ghastly Homecoming by A.J. Sherwood

    Mack's Perfectly Ghastly Homecoming by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mack’s over the moon to not only have Brandon but to finally be done with all their training. With the official FBI stamp of approval, they are ready to start ghost busting. The very last place he wants to be sent to is his hometown of Opelousas, Louisiana, however. But a child is being terrorized, and when he discovers it’s his favorite cousin, all reluctance is forgotten...
  • The Quiet House by Lily Morton

    The Quiet House by Lily Morton

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Levi Black has mostly recovered from the events of a year ago. The only lingering effects are that he’s much more well known in York than he’d like to be, and he’s a lot more cautious about walking around his house naked. However, those events brought him the capricious and fascinating Blue, so he’s not complaining...
    Categorized as:
    family  ghosts  lgbtq  action-adventure  adult  angst  audiobook  book
  • Jon's Spooky Corpse Conundrum by A.J. Sherwood

    Jon's Spooky Corpse Conundrum by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I’ve investigated some pretty strange cases in my life, but I have to say this is a first. A corpse—a murder victim—has gone missing during the middle of an investigation, and no one has any clue where it went. Psy is called in to clear the investigative team, make sure they’re not an accomplice...
  • 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...
  • Trickster Drift by Eden Robinson

    Trickster Drift by Eden Robinson

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Following the Scotiabank Giller Prize-shortlisted Son of a Trickster comes Trickster Drift, the second book in Eden Robinson's captivating Trickster trilogy.In an effort to keep all forms of magic at bay, Jared, 17, has quit drugs and drinking. But his troubles are not over: now he's being stalked by David, his mom's ex--a preppy, khaki-wearing psycho with a proclivity for rib-breaking...
  • Rise of the Coven by E.E. Holmes

    Rise of the Coven by E.E. Holmes

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A dark magic seeks to rise even as the dust settles...It's been more than a year since Jess and Hannah Ballard fought to return the power of the Gateways where it rightfully belongs, and the Durupinen world is slowly adjusting to its altered relationship with the spirit world...
  • Awakening of the Seer by E.E. Holmes

    Awakening of the Seer by E.E. Holmes

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    She can already see the dead...but is she starting to see the future? Spurred by the injustices that nearly destroyed their family, Jess and Hannah Ballard are preparing to win back a seat on the powerful Durupinen Council. The odds are stacked against them, but that’s never stopped them before...
  • Plague of the Shattered by E.E. Holmes

    Plague of the Shattered by E.E. Holmes

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When a spirit Shatters, no one is safe... Once every five years, the Northern Clans of the Durupinen gather at Fairhaven Hall. There at the ancient castle, surrounded by the very spirits they are bound to protect and serve, the clans settle disputes and shape the laws that govern the Gateways to the spirit world. For the first time, Jess and Hannah Ballard have to represent their clan...
  • Tales from the Gateway: A Companion Novel to the World of the Gateway by E.E. Holmes

    Tales from the Gateway: A Companion Novel to the World of the Gateway by E.E. Holmes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Experience the world you love as you've never seen it before... From best-selling author E.E. Holmes comes a collection of short stories that will take you on an unforgettable journey into the lives of your favorite characters from The Gateway Trilogy and The Gateway Trackers. Go back in time and explore Fairhaven Hall with Karen and Elizabeth when they were just Apprentices...
  • Dead Man Walking by Pandora Pine

    Dead Man Walking by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cold Case Detective, Ronan O’Mara is stunned to see the breaking news that a well-known mobster he helped to put behind bars, Vito “The Dragon” Dragonni, has been released from prison after his life sentence is overturned on a technicality. When prominent members involved in the original case against The Dragon start turning up dead, Ronan starts to wonder if he’s next...
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    family  ghosts  lgbtq  adult  book  contemporary  crime  fiction
  • City of the Forgotten by E.E. Holmes

    City of the Forgotten by E.E. Holmes

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A malevolent force lurks beneath the streets of Scotland...Jess and Hannah Ballard's determination to protect the Gateways brings them to Edinburgh's Old Town, where a strange phenomenon threatens to disturb the delicate balance between the worlds of the living and the dead. Spirits who wish to cross over are vanishing, and it is up to the Ballard sisters to discover why...
  • Cid by Alexie Aaron

    Cid by Alexie Aaron

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Summer has arrived and, with it, an opportunity for Cid Garrett (paranormal investigator for PEEPS) to make some cash as a carpenter. His colleague Jesse Holden has hooked him up with a fill-in position on a multimillion dollar renovation on an isolated 1920s southern mansion called Hidden Meadow...
    Categorized as:
    ghosts  adult  book  fiction  horror  mystery  paranormal  supernatural
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    family  ghosts  adult  book  contemporary  cozy  demons  drama
  • 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...
  • 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:
    family  ghosts  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  cozy  fiction
  • 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...
  • Don't Let Go by Harper Fox

    Don't Let Go by Harper Fox

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    What’s haunting Lee Tyack? He’s moved in with Gideon Frayne, and they’re both loving their new lives. But the shadow is still there – a voice from hell that torments clairvoyant Lee, and which even the pragmatic copper Gideon can hear. Gideon’s determined to protect his lover. But after a serious injury on duty, Gideon finds out the hard way that he needs protection too...
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    family  ghosts  lgbtq  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime
  • Cold Shadows by J.L. Bryan

    Cold Shadows by J.L. Bryan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Paranormal investigator Ellie Jordan faces a difficult new case. Her new clients are a family haunted by multiple ghosts and a poltergeist that wrecks their home at night. Their seven-year-old son's invisible friends may not be imaginary at all, but the restless spirits of dead children...
    Categorized as:
    family  ghosts  audiobook  book  contemporary  crime  dark  death
  • The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman

    The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Master storyteller Alice Hoffman brings us the conclusion of the Practical Magic series in a spellbinding and enchanting final Owens novel brimming with lyric beauty and vivid characters.The Owens family has been cursed in matters of love for over three-hundred years but all of that is about to change...
    Categorized as:
    family  ghosts  lgbtq  adult  audiobook  book  british-isles  england
  • The Pretender by Rob Blackwell

    The Pretender by Rob Blackwell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A young girl slaughters her entire family in a quiet suburban neighborhood. The police say she snapped, but Soren Chase knows the truth...
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    family  ghosts  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  horror  mystery
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    family  ghosts  book  contemporary  cozy  female-mc  fiction  horror
  • Styx & Stoned by Boone Brux

    Styx & Stoned by Boone Brux

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Las Vegas! All expenses paid! Normally, a trip like that would be a dream come true for a widowed, mother of three, who just happens to be grim reaper. Here’s the thing though, situations rarely work out as I imagine they should. And usually not in my favor. This time isn’t any different...
    Categorized as:
    family  ghosts  adult  book  cozy  female-mc  fiction  horror
  • The Heir of Death by Becca Andre

    The Heir of Death by Becca Andre

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Elysia Mallory has never embraced her magic, not when doing so comes at the price of her sanity. Her family is cursed with bizarre necromantic gifts that have driven each recipient mad, and she doesn’t want to be another dead branch on the family tree...
    Categorized as:
    family  ghosts  action-adventure  alchemy  book  dark  fiction  gothic
  • Strange Girl by S.A. Hunter

    Strange Girl by S.A. Hunter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *You look awesome.* This is a typical text from Jake, the mysterious guy who saved Mary from the Shadowman. After everything had settled down, he started sending little messages to her. They brighten her day and make her feel special. She likes Jake. He's different like her. A freak. They send texts back and forth frequently, and Mary hasn’t told anyone about him. He's her secret friend...
  • Black Opal by Catie Rhodes

    Black Opal by Catie Rhodes

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Note: This novella is the second installment in the Peri Jean Mace series. The print version is approximately 180 pages. Please be aware before purchasing that this is a short novel. "I knowed you'd be coming." The voice came from next to my arm, male but high and reedy. "You here to make things right, ain't you?" Not according to Peri Jean Mace...
    Categorized as:
    family  ghosts  adult  book  contemporary  crime  fiction  horror
  • Lost Girl by Anne Francis Scott

    Lost Girl by Anne Francis Scott

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lost Girl - Readers' Favorite Award Finalist in Paranormal FictionRenowned sculptor Allison Weathers doesn't believe in ghosts. But when a tragic twist of fate leads her to the small mountain town of Dawson Mills, Tennessee, she soon learns that the dead don't always stay silent. Shadows begin to shift in the rambling, old Victorian farmhouse she's purchased. Voices come from nowhere...
  • Sweet Miss Honeywell's Revenge: A Ghost Story by Kathryn Reiss

    Sweet Miss Honeywell's Revenge: A Ghost Story by Kathryn Reiss

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Zibby Thorne doesn't know what possessed her to buy an antique dollhouse--she doesn't even like dolls. But when her friends and family start having bizarre accidents clearly connected to the dollhouse, she can't ignore the menacing structure any longer. Zibby is sure that one particularly creepy doll in a gray dress is somehow responsible for the trouble...
  • The Reason by Marley Gibson

    The Reason by Marley Gibson

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s not everyday you have a premonition of your own demise. But two months after Kendall had a vision of her own death, all is well in her world. Maybe some cosmic wires got crossed. Then Kendall gets a request by the mayor of Radisson to investigate the mayoral manor. Emily and Loreen warn her against it: This spirit is dangerous. But not even they can see just how dangerous...
  • Guardians of the Haunted Moor by Harper Fox

    Guardians of the Haunted Moor by Harper Fox

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Book 5 in the Tyack & Frayne Mystery seriesThe wedding is just the beginning…Gideon and Lee have spent a year in chaotic married bliss, with all the trimmings – a dog, tricky in-laws, and a baby girl they both adore. But even the best of lives can be fragile, and a shocking family loss hits their new world like a demolition ball...
  • Imaginary Numbers by Seanan McGuire

    Imaginary Numbers by Seanan McGuire

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The ninth book in the fast-paced InCryptid urban fantasy series returns to the mishaps of the Price family, eccentric cryptozoologists who safeguard the world of magical creatures living in secret among humans.Sarah Zellaby has always been in an interesting position...
  • Duck Duck Ghost by Rhys Ford

    Duck Duck Ghost by Rhys Ford

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sequel to Fish and GhostsHellsinger: Book Two Paranormal investigator Wolf Kincaid knows what his foot tastes like.Mostly because he stuck it firmly in his mouth when his lover, Tristan Pryce, accidentally drugged him with a batch of psychotropic baklava...
  • Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things by Martina McAtee

    Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things by Martina McAtee

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Three reapers. Two worlds. One prophecy.Seventeen-year-old Ember Lonergan has made an art of isolating herself. She prefers the dead. She spends her days skipping school in old cemeteries and her nights hiding from her alcoholic father at the funeral home where she works. When her own father dies, Ember learns her whole life is a lie...
    Categorized as:
    family  ghosts  lgbtq  action-adventure  book  dark  dark-fantasy  fae
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    family  ghosts  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction  horror
  • Brandon's Very Merry Haunted Christmas by A.J. Sherwood

    Brandon's Very Merry Haunted Christmas by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When Brandon Havili gets recruited by the FBI, he’s immediately assigned to shadow his brother and the psychic Donovan’s anchored to. Brandon doesn’t mind this in the slightest. He loves his brother, Jon seems cool, and it’s a great way to learn how to be an anchor, which is what the FBI wants him for. It’s supposedly three weeks of just following people around and observing...
    Categorized as:
    family  ghosts  lgbtq  adult  bodyguard  book  contemporary  fiction
  • 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..
    Categorized as:
    family  ghosts  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  demons  fiction
  • Chaos Choreography by Seanan McGuire

    Chaos Choreography by Seanan McGuire

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Fifth book in Seanan McGuire’s funny and fast-paced urban fantasy InCryptid series featuring ballroom dancer and monster expert Verity Price.Verity Price is back on the West Coast and getting back into the swing of the family business: cryptozoology...
  • Guardian Spirits by Jordan L. Hawk

    Guardian Spirits by Jordan L. Hawk

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Psychic medium Vincent Night and his lover Henry Strauss have spent months striving to uncover the dark secret harbored by Vincent’s dead mentor, James Dunne. Their only clue comes from a journal: Dunne was seeking to restore the Grand Harmonium, an artifact meant to breach the walls between life and death...
    Categorized as:
    family  ghosts  lgbtq  abuse  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Dark Rivers by Morgan Brice

    Dark Rivers by Morgan Brice

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One hundred years ago, a sheriff’s posse killed dark warlock Rhyfel Gremory, but his witch-disciples escaped, and their magic made them nearly immortal. To keep their power, each year one of the witch-disciples kills a descendant of one of the men in the posse, a twelve-year cycle that has cost dozens of lives, including that of Seth Tanner’s brother, Jesse...
  • Mistle Child by Ari Berk

    Mistle Child by Ari Berk

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In life, in death: family remains. Silas Umber has finally come into his own as the Undertaker of Lichport when a mysterious invitation calls him beyond the marshes to Arvale, the ancestral manor of the Umbers...
    Categorized as:
    family  ghosts  book  coming-of-age  dark  death  fiction  gothic
  • Legacy Witches by Cass Kay

    Legacy Witches by Cass Kay

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Coming from a long line of murderous witches hasn’t exactly been sunshine and rainbows for Vianna Roots. When she inherits the family’s haunted house after her mother dies, she decides flipping the rundown dump is her smartest move—but the ghosts that haunt her have a different plan...
  • 他们都说我遇到了鬼 [They All Say I Encountered a Ghost] by Cyan Wings, 青色羽翼

    他们都说我遇到了鬼 [They All Say I Encountered a Ghost] by Cyan Wings, 青色羽翼

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hello, everyone. My name is Shen JianGuo. I’m a night school teacher. I mainly teach the subjects of (Marxist) philosophy and ethics. I occasionally review new policies and measures for the students. I never see my colleagues and students during the day. The training institute classrooms are all abandoned schools, hospitals, or houses...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  ghosts  romance  fantasy  fiction  horror  mlm  paranormal
  • 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:
    lgbtq  ghosts  romance  horror  fantasy  paranormal  magic  dark
  • Sisters of Salt and Iron by Kady Cross

    Sisters of Salt and Iron by Kady Cross

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sisters of Salt and Iron by Kady Cross released on Feb 28, 2017 is available now for purchase...
    Categorized as:
    family  ghosts  abuse  book  bullying  demons  female-mc  fiction
  • Her Loving Husband's Curse by Meredith Allard

    Her Loving Husband's Curse by Meredith Allard

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    How far will you go to protect the one you love?Finally, after many long and lonely years, James Wentworth’s life is falling into place. Together with his wife, Sarah, the only woman he has ever loved, he has found the meaning behind her nightmares about the Salem Witch Trials, and now they are rebuilding the life they began together so long ago.But the past is never far behind for the Wentworths...
  • Angel City by Jon Steele, Jonathan Davis

    Angel City by Jon Steele, Jonathan Davis

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jon Steele’s electrifying new novel brings together his unforgettable characters from The Watchers in an action-packed romp that easily stands alone, even as it reveals more of the earthly—and cosmic—mysteries of the Angelus trilogy...
    Categorized as:
    ghosts  lgbtq  adult  angels  book  demons  fiction  historical-fiction
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