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  • The Crane Diaries: Homecoming by Apryl Baker

    The Crane Diaries: Homecoming by Apryl Baker

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    New Orleans is a city known for its paranormal history—and it’s the place Emma Rose Crane, AKA Mattie Hathaway, has come home to. She hopes she can start over in New Orleans, where her ability to see ghosts isn't so freaky...
  • The Lodge by J.L. Bryan

    The Lodge by J.L. Bryan

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    More than a century ago, the Sea Islands of Georgia's coastline were the playground of the ultra-wealthy. Carnegies, Morgans, Rockefellers and other aristocrats of the Industrial Age built luxurious southern beach retreats on islands like Cumberland and Jekyll to escape the icy winters of New York...
  • The Crane Diaries: The Red Church by Apryl Baker

    The Crane Diaries: The Red Church by Apryl Baker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the swamps of New Orleans sits an old church. Its history is steeped in blood and death. For over a century, this abandoned church has inspired fear, and the rumors of the creatures that inhabit it have kept the locals away. The church has been sold, but work on the property has stalled...
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    dark  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  friendship  horror
  • 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...
  • The Ghost Files 3.5 by Apryl Baker

    The Ghost Files 3.5 by Apryl Baker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tick tock… Mary Cross has been forced to accept the world of the supernatural because of an experience that left her with the ability to hear—but not see—the supernatural. She survived three weeks of being kidnapped and tortured, and it has left her emotionally and physically scarred...
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    demons  ghosts  paranormal  book  fiction  horror  male-mc  sad
  • Sunset to Sunrise by Trina M. Lee

    Sunset to Sunrise by Trina M. Lee

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The absence of the two biggest power players in the city puts Kale Sinclair in a tough position. Maintaining control of The Wicked Kiss isn’t easy for one barely holding together delicate fragments of sanity.When word reaches Kale of a growing vampire rebellion, he laughs it off. Until he learns that their target is Arys Knight. Kale would love to take a shot at Arys...
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    dark  demons  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  horror
  • Devil's Door by Lee Mountford

    Devil's Door by Lee Mountford

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Halloween night, 1982. Many people were brutally killed or simply vanished at the Blackwater Hotel—formerly Perron Manor. The events of that night have always remained a mystery.Until now...Ray and Rita Pearson, along with their daughter, Chloe, move into the hotel to help with its renovation and grand opening. All under the watchful eye of the mysterious owner, Marcus Blackwater...
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    dark  demons  ghosts  paranormal  spirituality  adult  book  fiction
  • Raven: The Balance: Book Two by Nick Shamhart

    Raven: The Balance: Book Two by Nick Shamhart

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Raven is the second book in The Balance series - a collection of paranormal thrillers 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...
  • Painted Devils by Robert Aickman

    Painted Devils by Robert Aickman

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Stories included:RavissanteThe Houses of the RussiansThe ViewRinging the ChangesThe School FriendThe Waiting RoomMarriageLarger Than OneselfMy Poor...
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    ghosts  gothic  paranormal  adult  anthologies  fiction  horror  noir
  • Beyond by Catina Haverlock, Angela Larkin

    Beyond by Catina Haverlock, Angela Larkin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ***Sequel out 2018***“Dangerous. Wrong. She could be so close to finding out who I really am, and I don’t want to think about how badly that could damage her. If I have any conscience,I’ll turn and run. But I can’t let her go.” Presley Hale has no idea the guy she just told off in the school parking lot died in a drowning accident four months ago...
  • The Judgement by Lucian Bane

    The Judgement by Lucian Bane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ruin wakes up on Earth knowing only one thing: to Judge and Execute.As an Angel of Judgment with no memory of his origins and no ability to communicate, he seeks help from Isadore, the first human he comes into contact with. Without realizing, he binds molecularity with the OCD Neuroscientist, and slowly becomes permanently attached to her...
  • Dark and Dangerous Things by Kelly Martin

    Dark and Dangerous Things by Kelly Martin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The final showdown has begun. With Abel in the hospital and Molly stronger than ever, it is up to Elise and newly released Silas Ford to figure out a way to send Molly back to Hell for good. She won't make it easy, of course. She has bargains to keep. Elise Morgan is ready for this to all be over...
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    ghosts  gothic  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  horror  supernatural
  • The Ghost of Gabrielle Bonet by M.L. Bullock

    The Ghost of Gabrielle Bonet by M.L. Bullock

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Screaming Woman Haunts the Mobile History Museum Can Cassidy Uncover the Truth About This Entity? Museum curator Carl Fletcher is terrified by a mysterious woman seen haunting the museum...
  • Graveyard Shift by Michelle Dorey

    Graveyard Shift by Michelle Dorey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The newest eerie tale from best selling author Michelle Dorey Serenity Lodge is haunted. Don’t ask the residents suffering dementia if that’s true. Ask the nurses. Amanda Ennis is the new nurse at Serenity Lodge nursing home. It’s a dream job after years of the hectic pace in the emergency room of a large hospital...
  • The Maelstrom of the Leaf Academy by M.L. Bullock

    The Maelstrom of the Leaf Academy by M.L. Bullock

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Jocelyn Graves left the Leaf Academy after her solo investigation, she was determined to return for another look. Only not by herself. The Gulf Coast Paranormal team accompanies Jocelyn as she faces down her fears at the haunted school...
  • Whispers in the Dark by Laurel Hightower

    Whispers in the Dark by Laurel Hightower

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rose McFarland is a trained killer--a Memphis S.W.A.T. sniper with a secret. Her team knows about the burn scars that lurk under her clothes, a legacy of the house fire that killed her father and brother sixteen years before. Her supervisors know that she spent two years in a rehabilitative facility, healing and learning to cope with the emotional trauma of the fire...
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    paranormal  ghosts  dark  gothic  horror  fantasy  fiction  grief
  • Prince of Deception by Jenny Hickman

    Prince of Deception by Jenny Hickman

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Find your soul's one true matefor she will save you from your fate.Rían O'Clereigh heard that fortune shortly after he was cursed, and he's been searching for this "mate" ever since.Sort of.Well, not really. But he figured if she existed, she would find him.And she finally has.Lady Aveen Bannon. Beautiful. High-born. Human.Unfortunately, to break Rían's curse, Aveen needs to die...
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    paranormal  ghosts  dark  demons  romance  fantasy  new-adult  fiction
  • Gus Was A Friendly Ghost by Jane Thayer

    Gus Was A Friendly Ghost by Jane Thayer

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Back in print from Purple House Press!There was once a friendly ghost, by the name of Gus, who lived in an old house in the country. Mr. and Mrs. Scott and their twins, Susie and Sammy, lived there too during the summer. Then autumn came and the Scott family left. Which meant Gus had nothing to do but sit around. One day, during a walk, he met Mouse, who was cold and hungry...
  • Perron Manor by Lee Mountford

    Perron Manor by Lee Mountford

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    DescriptionPerron Manor—a place evil calls homeSisters Sarah and Chloe inherit a house they could never have previously dreamed of owning. It seems too good to be true.Shortly after they move in, however, the siblings start to notice strange things: horrible smells, sudden drops in temperature, as well as unexplainable sounds and feelings of being watched...
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    demons  ghosts  gothic  paranormal  spirituality  adult  book  fiction
  • 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...
  • Fearscape by Simon Holt

    Fearscape by Simon Holt

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Vours: Evil demonic beings that inhabit human bodies on Sorry Night, the darkest hour of the winter solstice.It's been a year since Reggie first discovered the Vours, and the winter solstice is approaching once again. It will be another night of unspeakable horror for those unlucky enough to be taken by the Vours, because this time, she won't be able to stop them...
  • Between by Mary Ting

    Between by Mary Ting

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    As the alkins head back to Crossroads, Claudia leads her normal life; but not for long. Having a special soul, Claudia attracts danger, and she soon finds out who Gamma asked to watch over her. The Twelve, known as Divine Elders on Earth, are very much involved when they find out that Aliah, one of the God's first angels, escaped from the Abyss when the gates were opened by Aden...
  • 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...
  • The Ravenous Dead by Darcy Coates

    The Ravenous Dead by Darcy Coates

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He'll never let go...Keira, hired as Blighty Graveyard’s new groundskeeper, lives surrounded by the dead. They watch her through the fog. They wordlessly cry out. They’ve been desperately waiting for help moving on—and only Keira can hear them. But not every restless spirit wants to be saved.Sometimes the dead hate the living too much to find peace...
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    dark  ghosts  gothic  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  hauntings
  • Tales of Horror and the Supernatural by Arthur Machen

    Tales of Horror and the Supernatural by Arthur Machen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Best of Arthur Machen's short stories: The Novel of the Black Seal, The Novel of the White Powder, The Great God Pan, The White People, The Inmost Light, The Shining Pyramid, The Bowmen, The Great Return, The Happy Children, Out of the Earth, N, The Children of the Pool, The Terror...
  • Legacy by Michelle Dorey

    Legacy by Michelle Dorey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Keira Swanson is flunking out of school...again. She’s flitted like a butterfly from one college program to another. The only thing she’s ever finished has been the last call at dance clubs. Everything changes in a New York minute when her parents decide it’s time for tough love and cut her off. No more credit cards, no more cash allowance and OMG they cancelled her apartment’s lease...
  • The Ghost Tree by Sara Bain

    The Ghost Tree by Sara Bain

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A newcomer to a small town must contend with a 17th century poltergeist intent on murder Five years after the death of his wife, MacAoidh Armstrong moves into a smallholding in southern Scotland with the intention of living a self-sufficient existence. Although he’s heard the steading has a reputation for being haunted, the pragmatic Highlander does not believe in ghosts...
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    ghosts  gothic  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  horror  psychological
  • In a Lonely Place by Karl Edward Wagner

    In a Lonely Place by Karl Edward Wagner

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Contents:In the PinesWhere the Summer EndsSticksThe Fourth Seal...
  • A Haunting in Rose Grove by Rockwell Scott

    A Haunting in Rose Grove by Rockwell Scott

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A malevolent entity. A violent haunting. A house with a bloody history. Jake Nolan left it all behind, but now he must return. Jake has it all — a new home, an amazing girlfriend, and nearing a promotion at work. Best of all, he feels he’s finally moved on from the horrors of his traumatic past...
  • Dark and Dreadful Things by Kelly Martin

    Dark and Dreadful Things by Kelly Martin

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You can't believe everything you see. Reeling from the events that took place at the King House, Abel Hale and Elise Morgan have been sent to a new haunting at the house of Cody Cain. Except thanks to overhearing a private conversation between Abel and the evil Silas Ford, Elise isn't sure she can trust Abel, much less work with him...
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    ghosts  gothic  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  horror  supernatural
  • Dark and Devious Things by Kelly Martin

    Dark and Devious Things by Kelly Martin

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Now that Abel Hale and Elise Morgan have been forced to hunt ghosts for Silas Ford's television show, things are about to get all kinds of freaky. Their first case involves Shonda King, a mother in Kentucky whose friendly childhood ghost has turned into an adult nightmare. Shonda, terrified for the safety of her family, wants Abel and Elise to get rid of the ghost-- by any means necessary...
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    ghosts  gothic  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  horror  supernatural
  • The Exorcist's Apprentice by Mark Lukens

    The Exorcist's Apprentice by Mark Lukens

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For centuries the Roman Catholic Church has employed a select few to investigate the most extreme cases of demonic possession, haunted places, and paranormal activity. Often, the calling of an Investigator is passed down from father to son.After surviving a tragic accident, seventeen-year-old Danny Lambert is sent to live with his father, Paul, who is an Investigator for the Church...
    Categorized as:
    demons  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  death  fiction  horror
  • Band of Demons by Rob Blackwell

    Band of Demons by Rob Blackwell

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The highly anticipated sequel to the Kindle bestseller A Soul to StealThe past is always at your heels…Quinn O’Brion and Kate Tassel, two community journalists, tapped into a dark power last Halloween in order to stop a vicious serial killer. But they are still grappling with their new abilities—and wondering if what they unleashed may soon consume them...
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    dark  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  horror  mystery
  • Nemesis: The Death of Timmy Quinn by Kealan Patrick Burke

    Nemesis: The Death of Timmy Quinn by Kealan Patrick Burke

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "We no longer need the sun to cast our shadows, for we have become them."For over twenty years Tim Quinn has lived in the shadow of death. Now, the Curtain has come down and the dead no longer need him to facilitate their vengeance...
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    dark  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  horror  supernatural
  • Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural by Henry Mazzeo, Henry James

    Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural by Henry Mazzeo, Henry James

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Collection of 17 tales of the supernatural. These are all in the best tradition of the supernatural story -- authentically eerie, but more about the human spirit than about spooks and specters. Well-known authors are presented here in what, for them, is an unusual manner: a rich vein of British and American imaginative fiction...
  • The Unsettled Dust by Robert Aickman, Reece Shearsmith

    The Unsettled Dust by Robert Aickman, Reece Shearsmith

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Robert Aickman, the supreme master of the supernatural, brings together eight stories in which strange things happen that the reader is unable to predict. His characters are often lonely and middle-aged, but all have the same thing in common: they are brought to the brink of an abyss that shows how terrifyingly fragile our piece of mind actually is...
  • The Devil's Evidence by Simon Kurt Unsworth

    The Devil's Evidence by Simon Kurt Unsworth

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A new case of unsolvable murders brings Hell to Heaven in the explosive sequel to The Devil’s Detective.Hell is burning out of control. Thomas Fool, Hell’s first Information Man tasked with investigating the endless stream of violence in Hell, has been promoted to the head of the newly expanded Information Office...
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    dark  demons  ghosts  gothic  paranormal  religion  spirituality  adult
  • Shepherd's Warning by Cailyn Lloyd

    Shepherd's Warning by Cailyn Lloyd

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For years the abandoned MacKenzie mansion remained hidden in rural Wisconsin. Rumors and stories of apparitions, odd noises, accidents, and strange deaths in or near the property were enough to convince the townsfolk it was haunted and they stayed away...
  • December by Phil Rickman

    December by Phil Rickman

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the twelfth-century ruins of the Abbey, it is said every stone was cemented in blood. On December 8, 1980, that blood will run again...In the ruins of a haunted medieval abbey, four musicians hope to tap into the site's dark history. The experience almost destroys them. Years later, the original group is forced to return to the abbey, to confront the old evil they discovered...
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    dark  ghosts  gothic  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  fiction
  • The Farm by Amy Cross

    The Farm by Amy Cross

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    One farm. Two tragedies, thirty years apart. And a tortured figure whose presence connects both incidents... In 1979, the Bondalen family farm in Norway is home to three young girls. As winter fades to spring, Elizabeth, Kari and Sara each come to face the secrets of the barn, and they each emerge with their own injuries...
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    ghosts  gothic  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  horror
  • Dark and Deadly Things by Kelly Martin

    Dark and Deadly Things by Kelly Martin

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Since Elise Morgan left her father’s reality television show, Dark and Deadly Things, she put the ghost-hunting life behind her, able to comfortably watch from her couch. Her father has resorted to faking the hauntings that thrill America, but he could never fool Elise. She can see the dead. When the Halloween episode airs live on television, something goes horribly wrong...
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    dark  ghosts  gothic  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  death
  • Grave Girl by Amy Cross

    Grave Girl by Amy Cross

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Sam Marker ran away from her old life, all she needed was a job and somewhere to live. Anything would do. And then, one fateful day, she saw that the town of Rippon was looking for a new gardener...Unfortunately for Sam, the 'garden' is actually a cemetery, and it just so happens to contain the deadliest grave in the world...
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    dark  ghosts  gothic  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  horror
  • Lucifer's Flood by Linda Rios Brook

    Lucifer's Flood by Linda Rios Brook

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “The sensation of falling was terrifying…we tumbled out of the realm of the heavenly light into perpetual darkness. We had not seen darkness before--not like this anyway...   A strange man shows up at the office of language expert Samantha Yale with a mysterious scroll written in an even more mysterious language...
  • A Warm Place to Call Home by Michael Siemsen

    A Warm Place to Call Home by Michael Siemsen

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Frederick is a demon living life to the fullest ... Except, it's other people's lives.UNPAID READERS ARE SOMEHOW SAYING:★★★★★ “Prepare yourself to root for what’s wrong and to hope for the worst” ★★★★★ “Draws you in from the outset…” ★★★★★ “I love him! He’s a jerk! I love him!” ★★★★★ “…couldn’t put it down until the last page was turned.” ★★★★★ “…a moving story, and all-too-real...
  • Angels on Fire by Nancy A. Collins

    Angels on Fire by Nancy A. Collins

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Struggling artist Lucy Blackford though she'd seen and done it all when she walked out onto her room to commit suicide. That's when she found a naked man with slimmer wings -- a real-life angel. But Joth is hardly the stereotypical cherub -- no angel from the mind of Nancy Collins could be. Despite her best efforts, Lucy falls in love with the unattainable...
    Categorized as:
    dark  demons  gothic  paranormal  adult  angels  book  fiction
  • The Spirit by D. Nichole King

    The Spirit by D. Nichole King

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Carrie Reese doesn’t believe in ghosts—until she falls in love with one.From the moment he walks through the door, a cool breeze surrounds Carrie. She knows Lucas is too good to be true...and he is. Because he’s dead.Devastated over her parents’ divorce, 17 year-old Carrie is spending the summer with her grandparents in Villisca—the creepiest town in Iowa...
  • Inside Perron Manor: Investigating Britain's Most Haunted House by Lee Mountford

    Inside Perron Manor: Investigating Britain's Most Haunted House by Lee Mountford

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to Perron Manor - Britain's Most Haunted HouseIn 2014 a group of paranormal researchers conducted a weekend-long investigation at the notorious Perron Manor. The events that took place during that weekend were incredible and terrifying in equal measure. This is the full, documented story...
    Categorized as:
    dark  ghosts  paranormal  spirituality  adult  audiobook  book  fiction
  • The Haunting of RedRise House by Caroline Clark

    The Haunting of RedRise House by Caroline Clark

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dark things happened in RedRise House. Acts so bad they left a stain on the soul of the building. Now something is lurking there... waiting... dare you enter this most haunted house? Rosie is running from her past. Looking for peace and a new beginning. House sitting in the luxurious and romantic RedRise House seemed like a perfect plan to rediscover herself and rebuild her life...
  • The Grief Frequency by Kealan Patrick Burke

    The Grief Frequency by Kealan Patrick Burke

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After losing his wife in a car accident, a husband struggles with survivor's guilt. But in the dark, he realizes that the dead are never very far away. Not when there are secrets yet to be uncovered. Because Paul hasn't lost everything. Not yet...
    Categorized as:
    dark  ghosts  paranormal  adult  anthologies  fiction  horror  marriage
  • A Taste of Magic by McKenzie Hunter

    A Taste of Magic by McKenzie Hunter

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For a fleeting moment, I had magic. Powerful magic. But the Dark Prince’s enemy stole it from me, making them the most powerful being in the world. Their primary goal is to destroy everything close to the Dark Prince, and that includes me...
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