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  • A Ghostly Mortality by Tonya Kappes

    A Ghostly Mortality by Tonya Kappes

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    That ghost sure looks . . . familiarOnly a handful of people know that Emma Lee Raines, proprietor of a small-town Kentucky funeral home, is a “Betweener.” She helps ghosts stuck between here and the ever-after—murdered ghosts. Once Emma Lee gets them justice they can cross over to the great beyond. But Emma Lee’s own sister refuses to believe in her special ability...
  • A Panicked Premonition by Victoria Laurie

    A Panicked Premonition by Victoria Laurie

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling Psychic Eye Mystery series continues with P.I. Abby Cooper facing the ultimate locked room murder... Professional psychic and FBI consultant Abby Cooper has used her inner visions to get her out of many a scrape and solve many a crime but she s about to face a murder scene that will put all her powers to the test...
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  • A Grave Prediction by Victoria Laurie

    A Grave Prediction by Victoria Laurie

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    In Victoria Laurie's latest Psychic Eye Mystery, Abby Cooper learns that following the money often leads to murder....When Abby is sent to Los Angeles to help train FBI officers to use their intuition, she encounters a case that only she can solve: a series of bank robberies in which the thieves made off with loads of cash but left no clues...
  • A Ghostly Reunion by Tonya Kappes

    A Ghostly Reunion by Tonya Kappes

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Emma Lee Raines sees dead peopleProprietor of the Eternal Slumber Funeral Home, Emma Lee can see, hear, and talk to ghosts of murdered folks. And when her high school nemesis is found dead, Jade Lee Peel is the same old mean girl—trying to come between Emma Lee and her hot boyfriend, Sheriff Jack Henry Ross, all over again...
  • Under the Willows by Pamela McCord

    Under the Willows by Pamela McCord

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    After her husband is killed by a drunk driver, Kelly Harris and her son TJ move into a sprawling Victorian house in Ohio that her husband inherited from his grandmother. Dealing with her overwhelming grief is a struggle as she adjusts to life in a small town. And, just as she’s beginning to feel more comfortable, life takes another unexpected turn...
  • A Ghostly Demise by Tonya Kappes

    A Ghostly Demise by Tonya Kappes

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The prodigal father returns—but this ghost is no holy spirit When she runs into her friend's deadbeat dad at the local deli, undertaker Emma Lee Raines can't wait to tell Mary Anna Hardy that he's back in Sleepy Hollow, Kentucky, after five long years. Cephus Hardy may have been the town drunk, but he didn't disappear on an epic bender like everyone He was murdered...
  • Remembrance by T.K. Eldridge

    Remembrance by T.K. Eldridge

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I was three when I watched my mother die.Now I'm back in Muckle Cove digging into her murder.They say coming home is never easy, but what I'm finding goes so much deeper than anyone could have imagined.Ancient magic, modern politics, and my mother's ghost all point to some truth in the past that could change my present forever.If it doesn't kill me first..
  • Sleep with the Lights On by Maggie Shayne

    Sleep with the Lights On by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Through the eyes of a killer...Rachel de Luca has found incredible success writing self-help books. But her own blindness and the fact that her troubled brother has gone missing have convinced her that positive thinking is nothing but bull.Her cynicism wavers when a cornea transplant restores her sight...
  • Night Will Find You by Julia Heaberlin

    Night Will Find You by Julia Heaberlin

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    A scientist with a special gift riles a wasp's nest of conspiracy theories while investigating a cold case in this riveting novel from the acclaimed and bestselling author of Black-Eyed Susans and We Are All the Same in the Dark.When she was ten, Vivvy Bouchet saved a boy’s life by making an impossible prediction...
  • Calamity at the Carnival by London Lovett

    Calamity at the Carnival by London Lovett

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Spring is in the air. Flowers are blooming, birds are singing, Jackson's kisses keep coming, and despite the occasional moodiness of her ghostly housemate, Sunni is looking forward to the season.It's spring break in Firefly Junction and the Stockton Traveling Carnival has come to town. Sunni finds herself saddled with an uninspiring story assignment...
  • Double Trouble by London Lovett

    Double Trouble by London Lovett

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Firefly Junction meets Port Danby as Lola and Lacey take a trip to the Cider Ridge Inn in Double Trouble. Sunni Taylor is finally going to meet Lola Button, the quirky antique dealer who sold her some rather unusual old photos of Cider Ridge Inn. When Lola arrives with her best friend, Lacey Pinkerton, Sunni and Lacey find they have a lot in common...
  • Allegiance by Wanda Wiltshire

    Allegiance by Wanda Wiltshire

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The second book in the Betrothed Series. Having returned home, Marla seems to quickly forget her Faery Prince, Leif... And strangely, she starts seeing her best friend Jack in a different way... Tensions mount within this doomed love triangle after Leif, unwilling to part with his betrothed, strikes a deal with his father, the fiery King Telophy, to travel to Earth to win Marla back...
  • An Enchanting Case of Spirits by Melissa Holtz

    An Enchanting Case of Spirits by Melissa Holtz

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When a fortieth birthday celebration leads to a ghostly visitor, four friends find themselves navigating surprising mysteries and spiritual hijinks, in this clever debut from Melissa Holtz.Alyssa Mann isn’t adventurous, not since her husband died and she found herself the single mom of a teenage daughter...
  • The Beast Within by Erin McCarthy, Bianca D'Arc

    The Beast Within by Erin McCarthy, Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    "New York Times"-bestselling author McCarthy teams up with Bianca D'Arc and Jennifer Lyon for a spooky, sexy anthology featuring a trio of superb paranormal stories. "The Howling" BY Erin McCarthy - When Liv Lugaru's boyfriend Sebastian disappears, she finds comfort in his brother's arms. But Sebastian is much closer than Liv realizes..
  • The Haunting of Brynn Wilder by Wendy Webb

    The Haunting of Brynn Wilder by Wendy Webb

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    After a devastating loss, Brynn Wilder escapes to Wharton, a tourist town on Lake Superior, to reset. Checking into a quaint boardinghouse for the summer, she hopes to put her life into perspective...
  • Talyn by Holly Lisle

    Talyn by Holly Lisle

    Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    In a world where technology is magic, and war is the only way of life, Talyn is a soldier, one of thousands trained from childhood to protect her country from the monarchist Eastil, who would take away the personal freedoms of the Tonk. Talyn long ago embraced her fate: to die in battle...
  • Dead Woman's Pond by Elle E. Ire

    Dead Woman's Pond by Elle E. Ire

    Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    2022 Goldie Award Finalist - Paranormal/Occult/Horror No matter how Flynn Dalton tries to avoid it, the supernatural finds her.At first it’s not so bad. Flynn’s girlfriend, Genesis, is a nationally known psychic, which makes Flynn uncomfortable for both paranormal and financial reasons, but she can handle it. As long as no one makes her talk about it...
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    horror  magic  mystery  paranormal  queer  f-f  fantasy  contemporary
  • The Ghost Clause by Howard Norman

    The Ghost Clause by Howard Norman

    Rated: 3.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    National Book Award Finalist Howard Norman delivers another “provocative . . . haunting”* novel, this time set in a Vermont village and featuring a missing child, a newly married private detective, and a highly relatable ghost (*Janet Maslin, New York Times)Simon Inescort is no longer bodily present in his marriage...
  • The Witch Hunter by Max Seeck

    The Witch Hunter by Max Seeck

    Rated: 3.51 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    A shocking murder in an affluent Helsinki suburb has ties to the occult in this thrilling US debut from Finnish author Max Seeck.A bestselling author’s wife has been found dead in a gorgeous black evening gown, sitting at the head of a formally set dinner table. Her most chilling feature—her face is frozen in a ghastly smile...
  • Hex by Rebecca Dinerstein Knight

    Hex by Rebecca Dinerstein Knight

    Rated: 3.27 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    'Wise, funny, suspenseful' JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER 'Reads like a botanist's cross-breeding of The Secret History and Department of Speculation' Emma Straub Nell Barber, an expelled PhD candidate in Biological Science, is exploring the fine line between poison and antidote, working alone to set a speed record for the detoxification of poisonous plants. Her mentor, Dr...
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    horror  magic  contemporary  queer  fantasy  f-f  witches  humor
  • The Incubus Impasse by Amanda M. Lee

    The Incubus Impasse by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Charlie Rhodes is at a crossroads in her life. Her big secret is out – at least with the most important person in her life Jack Hanson – and now they have to deal with a whole new reality.Things are going relatively well when the Legacy Foundation is sent on a mission to Charleston. It seems women are dying under strange circumstances: open windows, no immediate sign of violence, locked doors...
  • Dandadan, Vol. 7 by Yukinobu Tatsu, 龍幸伸

    Dandadan, Vol. 7 by Yukinobu Tatsu, 龍幸伸

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Okarun and the others emerge victorious in their fight against the serpent god, but one lingering threat remains—the Evil Eye’s possession of Jiji. Even Grandma Seiko’s exorcism is of no use...
  • As Dead As It Gets by Katie Alender

    As Dead As It Gets by Katie Alender

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 33 ratings
    It's been three months since Alexis helplessly witnessed Lydia Small's violent death, and all she wants is for her life to return to normal. But normal people don't see decaying bodies haunting photographs. Normal people don't have to deal with regular intrusions from Lydia's angry ghost, sometimes escalating to terrifying attacks. At first, it seems that Lydia wants revenge on Alexis alone...
  • The Morganville Vampires, Volume 4 by Rachel Caine

    The Morganville Vampires, Volume 4 by Rachel Caine

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Now together in one volume, the seventh and eight books in the Morganville Vampires series show that even without an evil masyer vampire controlling the town, Morganville is still a dangerous place to be - for humans and vampires alike... FADE OUT Without Bishop ruling over the town of Morganville, life has changed - dramatically...
  • Witchy Tales by Amanda M. Lee

    Witchy Tales by Amanda M. Lee

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Look out Hemlock Cove, Aunt Tillie is on a rampage. What else is new, right? She’s determined to move her wine business to the next level, and she needs twenty-four hours of peace and quiet to do it. There’s only one thing standing in her way. Well, make that a whole family of obstacles … and one ticked-off FBI agent...
  • Thirst No. 5: The Sacred Veil by Christopher Pike

    Thirst No. 5: The Sacred Veil by Christopher Pike

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    It's no dream. At last the truth of what happened during those hellish days has come back to her. In her five thousand years as a vampire, Alisa - or Sita, as she was originally called - has experienced the equivalent of fifty lifetimes. Every moment of her immortal life is seared deep into her being. Every person she has loved, every victim she has killed - their faces are forever part of her...
  • Eleventh Grade Burns by Heather Brewer

    Eleventh Grade Burns by Heather Brewer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 44 ratings
    Things have taken a darker turn for the half-human teenager with an appetite for blood. Joss, a vampire slayer and Vlad’s former friend, has moved back to Bathory. A mysterious and powerful new vampire, Dorian, appears with a shocking secret and an overwhelming desire to drink Vlad’s blood. And Vlad’s arch enemy, D’Ablo, has a sinister plan to eliminate Vlad once and for all...
  • A Mad Zombie Party by Gena Showalter

    A Mad Zombie Party by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    The battle rages on.Ali Bell and Cole Holland's crew of zombie slayers thought they'd won the war against Anima Industries, the evil company responsible for capturing and experimenting on zombies in an effort to discover the secret to immortality. In the last epic clash, the slayers lost many of their crew and closest friends...
  • Tenth Grade Bleeds by Heather Brewer

    Tenth Grade Bleeds by Heather Brewer

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 46 ratings
    In Tenth Grade Bleeds , it’s another sucky year at Bathory High for Vladimir Tod. The evil vampire D’Ablo is hunting for the ritual that could steal Vlad’s powers. His best friend Henry doesn’t want to be his drudge anymore. And as if all that weren’t enough, it’s getting harder for Vlad to resist feeding on the people around him...
  • The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore

    The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 66 ratings
    The Rise of Nine is the next thrilling instalment in the gripping Lorien Legacies series by Pittacus Lore.'Number Four is a hero for this generation' Michael Bay, director of Transformers***Until I met John Smith, Number Four, I'd been on the run alone, hiding and fighting to stay alive. Together we are much more powerful...
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