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The Ghost and the Church Lady by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen 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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Shadow in the Mine by Steve Higgs
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCalled to investigate a mystery at a local gypsum mine, paranormal detective, Tempest Michaels, expects to find a rational explanation for the strange events …… instead, he discovers a body and a horrified staff.Recent earthworks exposed something ancient, twisted, and above all evil. It has claimed one life already and the staff are terrified for who might be next... -
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Mirrors of Time by Juliette Harper
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNOTE: This expanded version of Mirrors of Time includes the material previously published as the novel To Love a Witch. Time. The Fourth Realm. Is it a discovery or a trap? Seconds away from making a clean getaway to a fantasy honeymoon in Paris with Lucas, Jinx gets sucked down a time-bending portal tunnel — with Glory... -
![Witch on Second by Juliette Harper]()
Witch on Second by Juliette Harper
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith Halloween just a week away, Jinx and Tori have their hands full helping to organize Briar Hollow’s first ever paranormal festival. Beau and the ghosts at the cemetery are eager to help make the event a success, but tensions remain high after the recent killings. Without a mentor to lean on, Jinx must become a stronger, more independent leader... -
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![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 ratingsIt’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... -
![Witch at Odds by Juliette Harper]()
Witch at Odds by Juliette Harper
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsResigned to her new life as a witch and determined to make a success of both that and her business, Jinx has a lot to learn. She sets out to both study her craft and get a real direction for her aunt’s haphazard approach to inventory. Not to mention the fact that she wouldn’t mind getting to know neighboring business owner Chase McGregor a lot better... -
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Sconed to Death by Tegan Maher
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNothing dresses a B&B up like big, fluffy baskets of flowers, but when Toni finds the greenhouse owner face down in his petunias, she has to find the killer before she's the one pushing up daisies.If you're looking for snarky ghosts, a twisted mystery, and a laugh-out-loud good time, join Toni, Dee, and the rest of the Mercy crew on their next spooky adventure... -
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Turnover and Die by Tegan Maher
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a beloved elder of the culinary community turns up dead at a cooking competition, it's up to Toni and her new circle of friends to solve the mystery .. -
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Bargain Haunter by ReGina Welling, Erin Lynn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy name is Everly Dupree and when my marriage ended, I more or less landed on my feet. I moved back home, bought a house, and found a job. Maybe not the best job in the world, but it paid the bills. But now my boss is dead and I'm the only one who knows it was murder. And the house? Well, it's a great house... full of interesting things and not haunted at all... -
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Medium Things by Erin Huss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy name is Zoe Lane, and I see dead people. I'm not your typical medium. The kind portrayed on your favorite television shows. The spirits who visit me aren't interested in reuniting with loved ones. Nope. The spirits I connect with have sought me out for one thing and one thing only: justice... -
![The Ghost and the Witches' Coven by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre]()
The Ghost and the Witches' Coven by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe mediums of Beach Drive don't take rumors of a witches' coven seriously-not until it threatens one of their own.Meanwhile, Officer Brian Henderson can no longer ignore the secrets of Marlow House... -
![The Ghost and the Mountain Man by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre]()
The Ghost and the Mountain Man by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLife is about to change for Brian Henderson, now that he knows the secrets of Beach Drive.Unbeknownst to Brian and the others, they have brought something else home with them after their misadventure in the forest. The spirit of a mountain man has followed them to Frederickport with a secret of his own... -
![Christmas Presence by ReGina Welling, Erin Lynn]()
Christmas Presence by ReGina Welling, Erin Lynn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m Everly Dupree, and I help the dead find peace whether I want to or not. This year, all I wanted for Christmas was a little peace and quiet, some time with family, and a glass of eggnog. What I didn't need was the ghost of my married past to rear its ugly head, or a ghost from the present to show up. If I'm going to have any future, I'll need to lay all the ghosts to rest... -
![Darker than Dark by Alexie Aaron]()
Darker than Dark by Alexie Aaron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGwen hates the dark. Most children do, but she has more reasons than most. At night when the lights go out, entities that are darker than dark crawl out of the woodwork and torment her. A call to mommy brings relief as the lights go on, and the darker than darks scurry away. But not tonight... -
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![The Garden by Alexie Aaron]()
The Garden by Alexie Aaron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe PEEPs team (Paranormal Entity Exposure Partners) has finally taken on a paying investigation. The owner of an isolated mansion wishes to donate the lease of the property to be used as an abuse shelter. There’s only one problem, it’s haunted. From the maids perpetually making up the beds to a banshee screaming in the upper hall, this house is more than hot with activity, it’s boiling... -
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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... -
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The Ghost and the Bride by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFamily and friends gather at Marlow House for Ian and Lily’s wedding. When an unexpected guest shows up Danielle tries to figure out who he arrived with and why... -
![The Ghost Who Lied by Bobbi Holmes]()
The Ghost Who Lied by Bobbi Holmes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLocals call the priceless antique necklace the Missing Thorndike. Could it really be cursed? According to Danielle’s stalker it is. Reluctantly, Danielle agrees to celebrate the First Anniversary of Marlow House’s Grand Opening. Her friends insist it is a way to move past the tragic events that occurred the past year. She even agrees to wear the Missing Thorndike for a second time... -
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The Ghost Who Stayed Home by Bobbi Holmes
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLeft 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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The Ghost of Christmas Secrets by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's hard to know who to trust when you're worth billions. Christmas brings uninvited family members to Marlow House, vying for Chris Glandon's favor. One of them may have already killed for it... -
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Witch at Last by Juliette Harper
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA lot has changed for Jinx Hamilton in just a few months. After the mishaps that befell her in Witch At Odds, Jinx just wants to enjoy the rest of the summer, but she’s not going to be that lucky. Just as she’s poised to tell her friends she’s a witch, secrets start popping out all over the place... -
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The Ghost Who Wasn't by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen 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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Infinite Moon by J.R. Rain, Matthew S. Cox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook #20 in the bestselling "Vampire for Hire" series!Dealing with one's greatest nemesis can be frustrating, but Samantha Moon is literally beside herself.From the moment Elizabeth escaped her mind prison, Sam and her family braced for the worst. With the plan now set in motion, only two things are known for sure: the plan is big, and it's going to be horrible... -
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A Ghostly Suspect by Tonya Kappes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA funeral, a ghost, a murder . . . It's all in a day's work for Emma Lee Raines . . .especially when the ghost turns out to be someone very dear to her heart. Debbie Dually, psychic and friend who has guided Emma Lee since the she was bopped on the head from a falling plastic Santa, local undertaker Emma Lee Raines is told she's suffering from “funeral trauma... -
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![NOLA by Alexie Aaron]()
NOLA by Alexie Aaron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFavors, be careful asking for them, because they have to be repaid. Repaying her debt Gerald Shem has sent Mia to New Orleans, Louisiana to be part of a team of sensitives and psychics who were coming together to aid in the crossing of lost spirits. Mia assumed that she was just replacing a team member that had fallen ill, but there is more at stake in the Big Easy than it appears... -
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Checking Out PEEPs Lite 9.1 by Alexie Aaron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey’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... -
![The Medium's Tale by Erin Huss]()
The Medium's Tale by Erin Huss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy 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... -
![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 ratingsLadies 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... -
![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 ratingsThey’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... -
![Never Forget by Alexie Aaron]()
Never Forget by Alexie Aaron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNever 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... -
![Eternal Maze PEEPs Lite 3.1 by Alexie Aaron]()
Eternal Maze PEEPs Lite 3.1 by Alexie Aaron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPEEPs Lite – more story, less filling. Plagued with my characters’ constant chatter in my head, I’ve decided to tell a few stories in between the novels of the Haunted series. Each novella will deal with one haunt investigated by the PEEPs (Paranormal Entity Exposure Partners) team with Mia and Murphy along for the ride. The novellas start after "Sand Trap," the third book in the series... -
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The Old House by Alexie Aaron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’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... -
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Homecoming PEEPs 3.2 by Alexie Aaron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMike, the face of Paranormal Entity Exposure Partners (PEEPs) has led with his Hollywood jaw, projecting his good looks, while hiding a very important secret from his colleagues. He’s been haunted since he was a child. This may have been the impetus behind him co-founding PEEPs, but it has also kept him from enjoying a good night’s sleep... -
![The Middle House: Return to Cold Creek Hollow by Alexie Aaron]()
The Middle House: Return to Cold Creek Hollow by Alexie Aaron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUnfinished business, we all have it. Projects left undone, a garden yet to be weeded, an email needing to be sent. In Mia’s case, it’s Cold Creek Hollow. It has been two years since the horrors there were successfully dealt with... -
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![Old Bones by Alexie Aaron]()
Old Bones by Alexie Aaron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvery family has a few skeletons in their closet.Meeting the future in-laws has Mia in a panic. She’d rather face a hoard of marauding ghosts than make polite conversation with the 150 relatives and friends that have arrived to check her out."If you are reading this then I, Giuseppe Basso, am dead. I have been murdered... -
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Puzzle by Alexie Aaron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA group of teenage boys enter an abandoned middle school with larceny on their minds. The tables are quickly turned when an entity of great power locks them in and forces them to play his puzzle games. Dave (Sand Trap), who is violently tossed out because he can see the ghost, calls Mia for help, fearing police involvement... -
![The Siege by Alexie Aaron]()
The Siege by Alexie Aaron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe dropping temperatures herald the coming of the holidays in northern Illinois. There are trees to be trimmed and packages to be wrapped. Mia is taking it easy while the PEEPs struggle with an infestation of poltergeists. Meanwhile, Big Bear Lake braces for the approach of the first winter storm. Two feet of snow is expected... -
![Renovation by Alexie Aaron]()
Renovation by Alexie Aaron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s do-it-yourself season and the DIY projects are in full swing with enthusiastic homeowners tearing down walls, sanding old floors and waking up ghosts. “It should be called DYI for do-yourself-in,” Mia commented as the calls for PEEPs flood the switchboards and crash their computers. Or did something else crash them? Meanwhile, Angelo searches for the soul of his lost friend... -
![Mind Fray by Alexie Aaron]()
Mind Fray by Alexie Aaron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn 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... -
![The Ghost of a Memory by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre]()
The Ghost of a Memory by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPast and present collide when a secret from the 1920s wreaks havoc on Marlow House.Walt struggles to remember what he may have forgotten before it’s too late... -
![Uncharted Territory by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson]()
Uncharted Territory by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGrab 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 Ghostly Secret by Tonya Kappes]()
A Ghostly Secret by Tonya Kappes
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEmma Lee Raines, proprietor of a small-town Kentucky funeral home, Eternal Slumber, is a “Betweener,” helps ghosts stuck between here and the ever-after— only murdered ghosts. After Emma Lee solves who murdered them, only then can they cross over to the Great Beyond, Big Guy In The Sky.Emma Lee is up against a cold case that happened before she’d even gotten her “Betweener” gift... -
![A Horribly Haunted Halloween by Heather Graham]()
A Horribly Haunted Halloween by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHalloween 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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A Bogie in the Boat by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou know what doesn’t go down well with morning coffee? A body in a canal. When a neighbor finds a grim discovery in the waterways of Venice Beach, Linx Maxwell gets an unexpected visitor in the form of a new ghost. The only problem? Her new ghost doesn’t see eye to eye with her old one. Detective Frank Bogle doesn’t know what to make of the young victim... -
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![Sand Trap by Alexie Aaron]()
Sand Trap by Alexie Aaron
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNot all sand traps occur on the links. Some may be found on a popular beach or lonely stretch of highway. A sensitive and two ghost hunters walk into a bar. The barman is silent and the barflies long dead. Sounds like the start of a joke, but it’s not. An active haunt in a derelict biker bar on Route 66 is a dream come true for the PEEPs team until it turns violent... -
![Ghostly Attachments by Alexie Aaron]()
Ghostly Attachments by Alexie Aaron
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt isn’t the chair rocking by itself that sends the young family fleeing in the middle of the night. It’s when it stops rocking and all hell breaks loose. This family needs help. Enter PEEPs (Paranormal Entity Exposure Partners) armed with the latest hi-tech gear and the ghost communication abilities of Mia Cooper. But this isn’t a normal case. Some of the ghosts aren’t playing fair... -
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Three Times Removed by M.K. Jones
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMaggie Gilbert and her children, Jack and Alice, live a pretty normal life. That is, until Maggie starts looking into her family tree. In doing so, she uncovers a dark mystery that endangers her children. She has to solve a mystery in the past, if she is to save her family in the present... -
![Poltergeist by James Kahn]()
Poltergeist by James Kahn
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom a dimension beyond the living, a terror to scare you to deathFrom the imageless eye of the TV set, from the flickering snowy light, it calls to Carol Anne, six years old and innocent.From beyond the world of the living, reaches out in unholy anger, ripping her from the arms of her family, into the thrall of the POLTERGEIST... -
![Veiled Passages by Terri Reid]()
Veiled Passages by Terri Reid
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA famous mystery writer drowns in a hotel bathtub… an accident or foul play? His ghost thinks it was murder. His mystery writer colleagues want to help Mary solve the case. Gary Copper is still on the loose and gunning for both Bradley and Mary. And, in between all of the murder and mayhem, Mary and Bradley are trying desperately to finally walk up the aisle...
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