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Three Sisters Island collection by Nora Roberts
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsDance Upon the Air: When Nell Channing arrives on charming Three Sisters Island, she believes that she's finally found refuge from her abusive husband - and from the terrifying life she fled so desperately eight months ago . . . But even in this quiet, peaceful place, Nell never feels entirely at ease... -
Irish Born by Nora Roberts
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsThree sisters are bound by the timeless beauty of Ireland in #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts’ Irish Born trilogy. Born in Fire. The eldest Concannon sister, Maggie is a reclusive, stubborn, and free-spirited glassmaker—with a heart worth winning…. Born in Ice. A lover of hearth and home, Brianna Concannon is a practical and nurturing innkeeper—whose heart is an open door…... -
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Liam by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsShe’s looking for a fresh start…she finds him. Nylah Walker knows what it’s like to be protected. You don’t grow up with five brothers without having someone close by, watching your back at all times. She craves independence, and Cradle Mountain is her fresh start. Her new beginning...Categorized as:
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Merry Me: Book 15 in The Jerry McNeal series (Jerry McNeal) by Sherry A. Burton
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFeeling guilty at not having made his engagement to April official over the Christmas holidays, Jerry seeks to join her and Max for their annual after-Christmas getaway to Frankenmuth, Michigan... -
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The Blood of Promise by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsMarsden Wyland is a walking bag of secrets. He’s walking the line between opening up to his new Pack, and keeping them from finding out what he’s really done. And on top of that, he’s seeing a ghost girl that can only mean one thing—he’s dying. The ghost is beautiful, and is there for him in hard moments, and showing up in memories, and nothing is making sense...Categorized as:
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Gingerbread and Ghosts by Agatha Frost
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsChristmas falls on Peridale, but that does not mean café-owner and part-time sleuth, Julia South, can sit back and enjoy the festivities. When the opening night of the annual Christmas play ends with Julia's elderly gran, Dot, fatally shooting a man in front of the whole village, Julia's world is turned upside down... -
Death at the Drive-In by Angie Fox
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsVerity's quest to save her friend takes her to a long-abandoned part of Sugarland where rockabilly ghosts rule. -
Southern Ghost Hunter Series by Angie Fox
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSouthern Spirits. When out of work graphic designer Verity Long accidentally traps a ghost on her property, she’s saddled with more than a supernatural sidekick—she gains the ability see spirits. It leads to an offer she can’t refuse from the town’s bad boy, the brother of her ex and the last man she should ever partner with. A Ghostly Gift... -
Thirty-Two and a Half Complications by Denise Grover Swank
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe fifth book in the USA Today Bestselling Rose Gardner Mystery series. There’s no denying trouble finds Rose Gardner like a divining rod finds water, especially when Rose lands in the middle of a bank robbery... -
The Ghost and the Church Lady by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 15 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. -
The Ghost and the Birthday Boy by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsLily and Ian’s families come to Frederickport to celebrate Connor’s first Birthday. Bringing the in-laws together is not always easy, especially when uninvited guests from the spirit realm show up. -
The Ghost and the New Neighbor by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLots of activity on Beach Drive, with wedding plans and preparing for the stork’s arrival. But it’s the new neighbor moving into Pearl’s house who has the neighborhood in a deadly uproar. Book 31 of the Haunting Danielle series, a Paranormal Cozy Mystery. -
The Ghost and the Mountain Man by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 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. -
Nancy Cornish PI by Amanda James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhere extraordinary things happen…you’ll find Nancy Cornish. Nancy Cornish has recently left her job at The Whistling Kettle Café in Padstow to start her own PI business. Nancy, seemingly an ordinary member of her community, has an extraordinary gift. She is able to make psychic connections with those who have passed, and objects belonging to those still living... -
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The Secret of the Chateau by Carrie Bedford
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA JUG OF WINE, A LOAF OF BREAD—AND DEATH. SHE KNOWS IT’S COMING; SHE HAS TO STOP IT! London architect Kate Benedict has barely shucked off her coat before she spots her host's aura, a swirling pattern above his head that Kate has come to recognize as a prediction of death within a few days. And she’s barely realized he’s in danger when he drops to the floor, shot by an unseen assailant... -
Heat Wave Homicide: Paranormal Cozy Mystery by London Lovett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA terrible heat wave has fallen over Firefly Junction and tempers are flaring. With triple digit temperatures and humidity thick enough you can cut it with a knife, a chili cook-off is the last place journalist Sunni Taylor wants to be but Prudence Mortimer, the owner of the Junction Times wants her to cover the event... -
Magical Musing by D.K. Bolton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMaeve has a choice to make, but her heart makes it easy. .. When shadowy forces threaten Maeve’s newfound friends and the town’s magical balance, she must embrace her inner witch and stubborn bulldog, Frank, at her side. But it’s not just shadowy forces that Maeve has to contend with—there’s also her family’s deeply buried secrets... -
A Crafty Killing by London Lovett
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSunni Taylor is looking forward to an easy and sweetheart filled month of February. After a few blissful months as lead reporter for the Junction Times, an unexpected shake-up at the newspaper leaves her reeling and frustrated. She finds herself once again having to cover mundane stories, like the Firefly Junction Craft Fair... -
Havoc at Wildwood Manor by London Lovett
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhat starts out as a long weekend off for Sunni Taylor quickly devolves into something more sinister. When Lana needs help with a family reunion at Wildwood Manor, Sunni lends a hand. Before the event gets underway, Camille Luxley, an unexpected guest, shows up to throw a wrench into Florence Davenport's precisely planned weekend... -
Kingdom of Shadows by Barbara Erskine
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn a childless and unhappy marriage, Clare Royland is rich and beautiful - but lonely. And fueling her feelings of isolation is a strange, growing fascination with an ancestress from the distant past. Troubled by haunting inexplicable dreams that terrify - but also powerfully compel - her, Clare is forced to look back through the centuries for answers. In 1306, Scotland is at war... -
Harper Connelly Mysteries Quartet by Charlaine Harris
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHarper Connelly Mysteries Quartet Another acclaimed paranormal mystery series by the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse novels that inspired HBO's True Blood. These four novels introduce a "winning heroine"* who uses psychic skills to help law enforcement provide justice for the dead. "A series that just might surpass all [Harris's] others in popularity... -
Smoke in the Mirror by Aimee Nicole Walker
Memphis Sullivan thought he was coming to Blissville to help his cousin out, but instead, he gained three meddlesome females, a tribe, and a permanent home. More than a year later, he owns a popular comic book and vinyl record store and doesn’t think his life could get any better... -
Fudge Bites by Nancy CoCo
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsHalloween on Mackinac Island is a season of fun tricks, but finding a corpse is no treat for fudge shop owner Allie McMurphy . . . NIGHT OF THE REALLY DEAD. It’s late October, off-season for tourists, but locals are up and lurching for the annual zombie walk charity event. Though everyone’s living it up, trouble is just a few pawprints away... -
In the Coils of the Snake by Clare B. Dunkle
Clare Dunkle's acclaimed fantasy trilogy-- now available in paperback. For thousands of years, young women have been vanishing from Hallow Hill, never to be seen again. Now Kate and Emily have moved there with no idea of the land's dreadful heritage--until Marak decides to tell them himself... -
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Sexting with a Ghost by Ashlynn Mills
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsDarcy. Starting over isn't easy. My boyfriend was abusive, my family controlling, and I lost my studio where I kept most of my work. The new room I'm renting isn't much to look at but the owner said I could use the basement as a new working space. Weird things start to happen the more I go down there and even though I'm the only person in the room, I can't help but get a feeling I'm not alone...Categorized as:
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Murder at the Pumpkin Patch by London Lovett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSunni Taylor's sisters, through their power of sisterly persuasion, have convinced her to host a Halloween costume party at Cider Ridge Inn. She's a little reluctant about the whole event and rightly worried about the actual ghost, who will, no doubt, be in attendance, but she decides to just relax and enjoy it... -
Fatal Feud by London Lovett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhile Sunni Taylor is embroiled in her own personal turmoil with Detective Brady Jackson, she's handed a new assignment to cover a longstanding feud between two families, the Plunketts and Carmichaels... -
Death at the Museum by London Lovett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSunni Taylor has once again settled into her journalist position under a new boss and a new lead reporter. The fact that the new lead reporter, Dave Crockett, just happens to be her sister's boyfriend makes things a little more complicated, but Sunni is determined to be content. She now has more time to spend planning for the opening of the Cider Ridge Inn... -
Trick or Trouble by London Lovett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSunni Taylor is moving forward on the remodel of the Cider Ridge Inn. She is anxious to start her bed and breakfast business. Unfortunately, the inn is not cooperating. It seems she is hit with one catastrophe after another. This time it's the plumbing... -
Gently Used, Still Works by J.B. Lynn
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAre the Concordia sisters about to get burned? Running One Woman’s Junk consignment shop, with its constant stream of quirky characters stopping in, is a lot for Winnie and her sisters Bea and Amanda to contend with. So is dealing with each other... -
Simon Says….Walk by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDetective Kate Morgan isn’t impressed with her latest case. A terrorized woman walks into the police station, with a message for Kate. Actually a message that drags Simon into the middle of it—no, make that front and center. A challenge has been issued, one that Kate is determined to solve, hopefully keeping Simon on the sidelines... -
Terror at Thornbridge Hotel: Paranormal Cozy Mystery by London Lovett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNormally, Sunni would balk at a mundane news story like the 250th anniversary of a hotel, but she’s excited to cover the event. Firefly Junction’s Thornbridge Hotel is not just any historical old relic. It is home to Thomas McRooney, a ghost who knew Edward Beckett when he was a tall, handsome Englishman riding around town on his steed... -
Luminosity by Abigail Boyd
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIncludes books 2, 3, and 4 of the Gravity series. In Uncertainty, Ariel finds out more information about her grandmother's visions and family secrets. An unexpected reunion turns her life upside down, and she doesn't know who to trust. In Luminosity, Ariel is haunted by reoccuring nightmares that bring her back to the spooky Dexter orphanage in search of something she once lost. -
If Looks Could Kill by Heather Graham Pozzessere, Heather Graham
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsMadison Adair didn’t witness her famous mother’s brutal murder. But she saw it. Saw the gloved hand. .. felt the knife strike. .. knew her mother’s terror. That was a lifetime ago. But the nightmares have returned; only, this time they’re of a faceless serial killer stalking women in south Florida. A killer she can’t see but who knows she is watching... -
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The Tarot Cafe, #5 by Sang-Sun Park
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsPamela, whose past has been veiled in darkness, journeys to Scotland to find the truth. Intoxicated by the scent of a mysterious perfume, she finds herself trapped in a nightmare where she relives her most painful memory again and again! Will salvation reach Pamela in time or will her search leave her in the dark to suffer forever? -
Founders' Day Fiasco: Paranormal Cozy Mystery by London Lovett
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFirefly Junction is in the middle of a huge Founders’ Day celebration and Sunni Taylor has been assigned to cover the colorful music and float-filled parade. When the organizer of the parade winds up dead, Sunni’s mundane assignment takes a new twist. Now, she finds herself in the middle of a murder that is complicated by the fact that the victim had more than a few enemies. -
House of Echoes by Barbara Erskine
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe past isn't always dead or buried. .. When Joss Grant, adopted at birth, inherits Belheddon Hall – a beautiful old house on the East Anglian coast – it is like a dream come true. Eager to begin a new life there with Luke, her husband, and Tom, her small son, she is also impatient to find out about her newly discovered family who lived there for generations... -
Murder On The House by Juliet Blackwell
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsSince word has spread that contractor Mel Turner can communicate with the spirits of the dead, it's been difficult to maintain a low profile. She embraces her new reputation, however, for the chance to restore an historic house in San Francisco's Castro District... -
The Calhouns: Catherine, Amanda and Lilah by Nora Roberts
Atop the rocky coast of Maine sits the Towers, a magnificent family mansion that is home to a legend of long-lost love, hidden emeralds - and four sisters determined the save their home against all odds. Courting Catherine - Headstrong beauty Catherine "C. C. " Calhoun wasn't going to let anyone take away the Towers. Especially not handsome hotel magnate Trenton St. James... -
Fragments by Monique Martin
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsProfessor Simon Cross and his assistant, Elizabeth West, thought their time traveling days were over. That's before they stumble across a World War II photograph -- with missing time traveler, Evan Eldridge, injured and in desperate need of help. They find Evan in 1942 London, ill and not quite sure what's happened... -
The Crossing of Ingo by Helen Dunmore
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsHelen Dunmore The Ingo Chronicles Series Collection 5 Books Set, (Stormswept, The Crossing of Ingo, The Deep, The Tide Knot and Ingo). -
Rasetsu, Vol. 9 by Chika Shiomi
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Supernatural Spin-off of Yurara! Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences T+. Final Volume! -
Hiding from the Light by Barbara Erskine
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFrom the three million copy bestselling author of Lady of Hay comes the big new novel by the bestselling author of WHISPERS IN THE SAND is a gripping tale of witchcraft and romance, past and present, as her modern-day characters are caught up in a battle that has been raging for hundreds of years. The parish of Manningtree and Mistley has a dark history... -
The Lost Soul by Suzy Turner
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDecember and Lilly have got their work cut out for them. Not only are they desperately trying to figure out the identity of the Lost Soul, and track him down, they've also got to investigate why Powell River's newest resident has got all of their men falling at her feet. But when they learn that the Nephilim might be involved, it becomes clear that they're all in extreme danger. .. -
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Legend by Dinah McCall, Sharon Sala
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs teenagers, Raine Beaumont and Joseph Colorado tasted the joys of first love, until her father's lies destroyed their fragile bond. Now, twelve years later, Raine receives news that will take her back to her hometown of Oracle, Arizona, where she will face her lost love again. Haunted by the memory of the boy she once adored, Raine was not prepared for the mysterious, seductive man before her... -
Shadows from the Grave by T.L. Haddix
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen it comes to murder, the past is never really dead. .. For ten years, Chase Hudson has carried the weight of his college girlfriend’s unsolved murder on his shoulders. When a ghost from the past comes calling, Chase’s friends and family become the targets of a serial killer who’ll stop at nothing to make Chase suffer... -
Blood on the Bayou: A Cafferty Quinn Novella by Heather Graham, Natalie Ross
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom New York Times best seller Heather Graham. .. It's winter and a chill has settled over the area near New Orleans. Finding a stream of blood, a tourist follows it to a dead man, face down in the bayou. The man has been done in by a vicious beating, so violent that his skull has been crushed in. It's barely a day before a second victim is found. . -
Deadly Divination by Kirsten Weiss
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsParanormal museum owner Maddie is no stranger to the bizarre. But when she receives a donated Yoruba divination bowl, she can’t shake the feeling there’s something deeply wrong. And when her investigation into the bowl leads her to a mysterious death and a cold case, the situation becomes more sinister than she could have imagined... -
Portrait of Jennie by Robert Nathan
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 13 ratings[LIBRARY EDITION Audiobook CD format in sturdy Vinyl Case with cloth sleeves that keep compact discs protected. ]. [Read by Stephen R. Thorne]. This supernatural love story is a masterpiece of modern fantasy. Eben Adams is a young painter in Depression-era New York just looking to make a living. His work has thus far left influential art dealers unimpressed... -
Mark of Royalty by Jennifer K. Clark, Stephonie K. Williams
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAt a time when royal infants are marked at birth, a royal advisor makes a terrible misstep — and an infant princess must be secreted away to save her life. Named Sarah by Miranda, the woman who agrees to raise the child as her own, the girl is unaware of her royal heritage — even though Miranda has done all she can to pair Sarah with the king's nephew, Lord Chad...Categorized as:
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