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Devious Minds by Colleen Helme, Wendy Tremont King
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsListening Length: 9 hours and 6 minutesIt’s been almost a year since a near-fatal gunshot wound left Shelby Nichols with the ability to read minds. In that time she’s faced one problem after another. She’s been shot at, framed for murder, and targeted by a serial killer, just to name a few... -
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House of Whispers by J.L. Bryan
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe luxurious Lathrop Grand Hotel is a Savannah institution that has entertained guests for more than a century and a half, offering some of the finest accommodations in the city. Famously haunted, the hotel draws tourists from around the world eager to encounter its numerous ghosts... -
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![The Graveyard Shift by Darynda Jones]()
The Graveyard Shift by Darynda Jones
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsGuarding a precocious five-year-old who is half-human, half-god, and 100% destined to save the world is no easy feat.Garrett Swopes was the ultimate skeptic until he met a certain hellion and her husband. They vanished after stopping a catastrophic event and left him, a mere mortal, in charge of protecting their gift to mankind... -
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For I Have Sinned by Darynda Jones
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsDarynda Jones revisits the sexy, suspenseful world of supernatural shenanigans she created in her Grave series with For I Have Sinned. In this Charley Davidson story, Charley helps a woman find out how she died and gives her the closure she needs to pass through to the other side...Categorized as:
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![Don't Let it Snow in Deadwood by Ann Charles]()
Don't Let it Snow in Deadwood by Ann Charles
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 24 ratings"I laughed (a lot), cried (a little), and wanted to stab a certain family member... -
![The Ghost and the Bride by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre]()
The Ghost and the Bride by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 22 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... -
![Fire and Earth by A.D. Starrling]()
Fire and Earth by A.D. Starrling
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsL.A. is teeming with demons. Only one man and his ragtag team of supernatural misfits can stop them. Three weeks have passed since Artemus Steele discovered that he is part angel, brother to a twin he knew nothing about, and now technically the unwitting leader of a gang of freaks... -
![Run for Your Midlife by Robyn Peterman]()
Run for Your Midlife by Robyn Peterman
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsLately, my life has been a big, fat, hairy midlife crisis. I could really go for a boring day or three.Apparently, there’s no rest for the over-forty crowd.Yes, I have fabulous friends.Yes, I have a beautiful baby.Yes, the ghosts are coming back home.Yes, I’m in love with the Grim Reaper... -
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Trouble Play by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis desert oasis has gone to the dogs, and Vista de Lirio is about to get bloody.(Not the dogs though. The dogs are fine.)Comedian Evy Lane thought she’d done it all, but taking on the role of mistress of ceremonies for the Desert Fancy Dog Show may be her most challenging gig yet... -
![The Ghost of Second Chances by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre]()
The Ghost of Second Chances by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen Clint Marlow's partner in crime is found murdered in the basement of Marlow House, Clint is the likely suspect. The only problem, Clint is dead. But that doesn't matter to the FBI agents investigating the case. Clint looks alive to them. Meanwhile, Danielle’s housemate Walt is coming to terms with his new reality, which is complicated with the FBI underfoot... -
![The Ghost and the Baby by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre]()
The Ghost and the Baby by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhile the residents on Beach Drive prepare for the welcomed arrival of a new baby, they are blindsided by the newest resident’s plans to close down Marlow House.No one is prepared for the deadly secrets the new neighbor unwittingly conceals.Walt knows more than he realizes. If he can just remember... -
![Alterant by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dianna Love]()
Alterant by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Dianna Love
In this explosive new world of betrayals and shaky alliances, the only Alterant not incarcerated faces an impossible task -- recapture three dangerous, escaped creatures before they slaughter more humans . . . or her. The way Evalle Kincaid sees it, saving mankind from total destruction should have cleared her name... -
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Haunting Charlie by Wendy Wang
Ignoring the dead can get you killed...All Charlie Payne wants is to lead a normal life and to be a good mom. But Charlie’s not exactly normal. She's from a long line of witches and she can see the dead. Which sometimes makes even going to the bathroom awkward as ghosts have no boundaries.Susan Tate has inherited a beautiful old southern mansion on the coast... -
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Destiny by P.T. Michelle
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen destiny is on the line, will love be enough to light the way? In order to save Ethan, Nara gets pulled deeper into his dark world, where everything she thought she knew about Ethan and herself turns on its head... -
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![Second Chance Spirit by Carrie Pulkinen]()
Second Chance Spirit by Carrie Pulkinen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe'll give her his heart...if the ghost doesn't take it first. 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... -
![Brazen Indulgences by Erin R. Flynn]()
Brazen Indulgences by Erin R. Flynn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNothing makes people more vulnerable than having to open up. And for someone like Jasmine Stewart who has so much hidden, it’s terrifying to have people know her secrets.Especially when people generally don’t react well to learning them.But life goes on, and when you have people who truly love you, they won’t let the darkness eat you and help you get back on your feet... -
![The Graveside Bar and Grill by Darynda Jones]()
The Graveside Bar and Grill by Darynda Jones
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen Donovan St. James’ precocious charge asks him—no questions asked—to tail the doctor who keeps their ragtag team patched up, he wants to refuse. Not because the saucy teen is getting too big for her britches, ordering him around like a mob boss, but because the woman stirs feelings in him he would rather not explore. However, when evil threatens the doc’s life, he realizes he has no choice... -
![The Hollow by Nora Roberts]()
The Hollow by Nora Roberts
In the small village of Hawkins Hollow, three best friends who share the same birthday sneak off into the woods for a sleepover the evening before turning 10. But a night of pre-pubescent celebration turns into a night of horror as their blood brother oath unleashes a three-hundred year curse... -
![The Grave Robber by Darynda Jones]()
The Grave Robber by Darynda Jones
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEric Vause is done.Done with ghosts. Done with hellhounds. And definitely done with asshole demons, mostly because he’d been possessed by one. Even now, five years later, the rage he absorbed from the creature has yet to wane, so he decides a road trip is in order. Surely some cool air, great scenery, and a case of Dos Equis will shake things loose... -
![The Haunting of Highdown Hall by Shani Struthers]()
The Haunting of Highdown Hall by Shani Struthers
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIf you sold your soul to the devil, could you ever get it back?The latest in a long line of psychically-gifted females, Ruby Davis can see through the veil that separates this world and the next, helping grounded souls to move towards the light - or 'home' as Ruby calls it. Not just a job for Ruby, it's a crusade and one she wants to bring to the High Street. Psychic Surveys is born... -
![Pandora's Box by Gracen Miller]()
Pandora's Box by Gracen Miller
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhere does the road to Hell begin? What happens when your son turns homicidal overnight and your husband disappears on his way to work? Do you cower in fear or fight for your life? Madison Wescott fights against the odds... -
![The Watchers by Lynnie Purcell]()
The Watchers by Lynnie Purcell
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe Watchers is the first book in The Watchers Series. It focuses on 16-year-old Clare Michaels and her journey to her mom's hometown of King's Cross. Long aware of her heritage - that she is the daughter of a fallen angel - The Watchers focuses on her first interaction with the world she has always hidden from... -
![Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend by Victoria Laurie]()
Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend by Victoria Laurie
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsVictoria Laurie's ghoulishly great follow-up to What's a Ghoul to Do? in her new Ghost Hunter Mystery series Northelm Boarding School on Lake Placid has the worst bully of all-a demon by the name of Hatchet Jack. M.J. Holliday, along with her partners Gilley and the handsome Dr. Steven Sable, are ready to send him back to the portal from whence he came... -
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Charade by Cambria Hebert
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDying at the hands of a psycho was a shock. Having my life returned to me by an angel was incredible. Being named a Supernatural Treasure and being given Sam as my guard was pretty darn awesome. Acquiring a debt for it all - well, I should have seen it coming... -
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![Con & Conjure by Lisa Shearin]()
Con & Conjure by Lisa Shearin
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsRaine Benares is a seeker who finds lost things and people. Ever since the Saghred, a soul-stealing stone that's given her unlimited power, has bonded to her, the goblin king and the elves have wanted to possess its magic themselves. Which means a goblin thief and her ex-fiancé-an elven assassin-are after her. To survive, she'll need the help of her notorious criminal family... -
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Ghost Walk by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsRediscover the thrills and chills of this classic paranormal romantic suspense, book 2 in the Harrison Investigation series, by the queen of the genre, New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham.Nikki DuMonde’s newest employee is standing at the end of her bed at four o’clock in the morning begging for help... -
![The Mortal Bone by Marjorie M. Liu]()
The Mortal Bone by Marjorie M. Liu
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen the bond Maxine Kiss shares with the demons tattooed on her skin is deliberately severed, the demon hunter is left vulnerable and unprotected. For the first time in ten thousand years, the demons have a taste of freedom. And as the little demons grow more violent and unpredictable, Maxine starts to fear they will lose their minds without her... -
![The Accidental Siren by Jake Vander Ark]()
The Accidental Siren by Jake Vander Ark
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMara Lynn is the most beautiful girl in the world. James Parker is the ordinary boy who discovers her power. James had his summer all planned out. He would enjoy the carefree days in the woods behind his castle home, avoid the maniacal Danny Bompensaro (and the worm-like scar on the back of his head), and shoot an epic movie with his best friend Whit... -
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Heaven's Most Wanted by Erin Bedford
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJane's life had never been ordinary. Why should it start now? When she found out she could make the angels she saw become corporeal, there was no way she could stop at just one, not when she could have all of them. It's hard to juggle three angels in her life and in her bed, but between her wits and their powers, Jane's detective agency has never done better... -
![The Indigo Solution by Patricia Rice]()
The Indigo Solution by Patricia Rice
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsCan a no-nonsense lawyer and a capricious free spirit solve crime without murdering each other?Evangeline Malcolm Carstairs, dog-walker and ghost-buster, has one goal—earning respect for her paranormal abilities. When ten-year-old Loretta Post walks into her Psychic Solutions Agency bearing two sad ghosts and claiming someone is trying to kill her, Evie is on the case...Categorized as:
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![Crochet and Cauldrons by Nancy Warren]()
Crochet and Cauldrons by Nancy Warren
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsEvery family has annoying relatives; mine just happen to be undead. My Grandmother, Agnes Bartlett, used to own Cardinal Woolsey’s knitting shop in Oxford then died and left her shop to me, without informing me that she wasn’t actually dead. She’s a vampire and part of the world’s strangest craft circle – the Vampire Knitting Club... -
![A Hard Day's Fright by Casey Daniels]()
A Hard Day's Fright by Casey Daniels
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhat happened to a teenager named Lucy one night in 1966 after a Beatles concert? She rushed the stage, kissed Paul, started home with her friends, and was never seen again-until cemetery guide and unintentional PI to the dead Pepper Martin sees her as a ghost. Lucy's spirit can't rest in peace until her body is found and buried...Categorized as:
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![The Night Is Forever by Heather Graham]()
The Night Is Forever by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA Ghost Rider in the Sky? What happened here, on a historic ranch outside Nashville, during the Civil War? And what's happening now? Olivia Gordon works at the Horse Farm, a facility that assists patients with mental and physical recovery; her specialty is animal therapy. She's always loved her job, always felt safe...until now...Categorized as:
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Demonically Tempted by Stacey Kennedy
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTess Jennings, now a member of the Memphis Police Department, is on her first cold case. The suspected suicide of Lizbeth Knapp ten years ago isn’t a theory her family accepts—they believe she was murdered. But the case is only one of Tess’s worries. Ghosts are talking, and word of her abilities rapidly spreads... -
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![Dark Passage by M.L. Woolley]()
Dark Passage by M.L. Woolley
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPeel back what we know as reality and there is an unseen world that is just waiting for you to enter. No one ever really dies and if we look hard enough we will find the unseen. The way through the veil has been closed for many centuries but great evil is being unleashed and the two worlds are merging... -
![Shadowing the Light by Miranda Turner]()
Shadowing the Light by Miranda Turner
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Everybody has their own agenda. Everybody.” Hunted for the unique blood that runs through his veins, half-angel, half-demon Gabriel Sinclair lives without expectations. On the run from forces on both sides of an ancient conflict, he searches for strength and peace in a world which only seeks to use him... -
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Wild Wild Death by Casey Daniels
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHer job has been cut, she's low on cash, and her detective sometime- boyfriend refuses to even talk about her ability to see the dead and solve their murders. So Pepper is most certainly down for a vacation to get her spirits up. But when her cute scientist friend Dan is kidnapped, Pepper soon stumbles upon another deadly mystery that brings her to New Mexico...Categorized as:
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![I'm With Cupid: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Valentines Day Novella (Witching After Forty) by Lia Davis, L.A. Boruff]()
I'm With Cupid: A Paranormal Women's Fiction Valentines Day Novella (Witching After Forty) by Lia Davis, L.A. Boruff
Ava Harper’s life has taken more twists and turns over the last few months than a mountain highway. It started when she arrived back home in Shipton Harbor, Maine. She wears many hats: Part-time bookstore clerk, part-time author, necromancer in training, full-time caretaker of a ghoul, soon to be girlfriend to the town sheriff. She’s still in denial of the latter... -
![Day of the Demon by Julie Kenner]()
Day of the Demon by Julie Kenner
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsKate Conner has incinerated hordes of demons, slow-danced with the devil, and has even saved the world from certain doom. But now she’s facing her toughest opponent teenage daughter, Allie.Allie wants to be a demon hunter just like her mom, and she refuses to take “no” for an answer. That all comes to a head, however, when they must face the truth about Allie’s true nature... -
![You're the One That I Haunt by Terri Garey]()
You're the One That I Haunt by Terri Garey
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe devil went down to Georgia . . . Nicki Styx has always known that the devil's in the details—but does he have to move in next door, too? Worse, he won't take no for an answer. Nicki would never leave her beloved boyfriend, ER doc Joe Bascombe, but hell hath no fury like a devil scorned... -
![Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman by J.B. Lynn]()
Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman by J.B. Lynn
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsMaggie Lee is not your average hitwoman. For one thing, she’s never killed anyone. For another, after hitting her head in the car accident that killed her sister, her new best friend is a talking lizard—a picky eater, obsessed with Wheel of Fortune, that only Maggie can hear...Categorized as:
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The Vision by Heather Graham
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsClassic paranormal romantic suspense from the queen of the genre! Rediscover this thrilling world where the dead can speak, only from New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham.When Deep Down Salvage begins the hunt for the Josephine Marie, it seems like any other dive…until Genevieve Wallace sees the vision of a dead woman in the water, her vacant eyes boring into Genevieve’s very soul... -
![Hell's Pawn by Jay Bell]()
Hell's Pawn by Jay Bell
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHell can be bittersweet… like the sting of unrequited love.After dying, John Grey finds himself in Purgatory, a pleasureless prison. Unable to stand the monotony, he makes a brave escape and falls straight into the arms of Rimmon, a sizzling hot incubus... -
![The Trouble With Witches by Shirley Damsgaard]()
The Trouble With Witches by Shirley Damsgaard
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWhen psychic librarian Ophelia Jensen is awakened in the middle of the night by an old friend, Rick, he amusingly asks, "Know where I can find a good witch?" But Ophelia soon learns that her friend needs help with a situation much more serious than his initial teasing suggests... -
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![The Dead Room by Heather Graham]()
The Dead Room by Heather Graham
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsClassic paranormal romantic suspense from the queen of the genre! Rediscover this thrilling world where the dead can speak, only from New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham.A year ago, archaeologist Leslie MacIntyre barely survived the explosion that took the life of her fiancé, Matt Connolly...Categorized as:
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Burn by Morgan Brice
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWitchbane Novella #2One 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... -
![The Tricksters by Margaret Mahy]()
The Tricksters by Margaret Mahy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsReality and the supernatural intertwine in this exciting and chilling novel from an award-winning author; As the Hamiltons gather at their holiday beach house, Carnival's Hide, for their Christmas celebrations, the warm, chaotic familty atomosphere is chilled by the unexpected arrival of three sinister brothers... -
![The Unholy by Heather Graham]()
The Unholy by Heather Graham
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe 1940s: Hard-boiled detectives and femmes fatale are box-office gold. In one iconic scene, set in a deserted museum, the private eye arrives too late, and the buxom beauty is throttled by an ominous Egyptian priest. Now: The Black Box Cinema immortalizes Hollywood's Golden Age in its gallery of film noir tributes. But the mannequin of that Egyptian priest is hardly lifeless...Categorized as:
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![Night Shift / Night Shadow by Nora Roberts]()
Night Shift / Night Shadow by Nora Roberts
Her voice was like whiskey, smooth and potent, but it was her contradictions that fascinated Detective Boyd Fletcher—the vulnerability beneath her tough-as-nails facade. Late-night radio announcer Cilla O'Roarke was being threatened by a caller, and it was Boyd's job to protect her no matter what...Categorized as:
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![Tomb with a View by Casey Daniels]()
Tomb with a View by Casey Daniels
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsCemeteries come alive for amateur sleuth/reluctant medium Pepper Martin. Cleveland's Garden View Cemetery is hosting a James A. Garfield commemoration. For tour guide and reluctant medium Pepper Martin this means that's he'll surely be hearing from the dead president himself...Categorized as:
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