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First in a new series featuring paranormal investigators Ellen and Monty Drew. Ellen claims to possess a sixth sense, but Monty, a former PI, only believes what he can see. The Drews are summoned to a Southern California bible college after workers report hearing mysterious voices at night. When they encounter the unhappy ghost of a young girl, Monty's skepticism is shaken, but he resolves to help his wife free the trapped spirit.

Alexis Silver has spent a century dancing between two worlds: the deep, dark ocean that made her a mermaid and the human shores she can never fully leave behind. But when a playful midnight swim near a cargo ship reveals a darker truth: a young woman hidden below deck, destined for a nightmare, Alexis knows she can’t turn away. Soon, Alexis launches a daring, high-speed rescue across the waves. Saving one life won’t change the world. But for Alexis, tonight, it’s enough. Fans of Samantha Moon and urban fantasy will love this heart-racing, emotional short adventure in the Alexis Silver...

I’m a hunter. But I don’t hunt the usual game you might find in forests. I hunt monsters. For most of my adult life, I’ve imagined the moment I finally come across a certain vampire, the one who took my family from me and left me with a scar on my wrist in the shape of a bite. All my kills are leading up to this one moment... the moment I end the bastard for good. So when I find myself face to face with what I think is a vampire in the woods—one with the same eyes, the same long, black hair, and the same snarling fangs as the one all those years ago, I make my move. But this monster...

The legend says Spirit Mountain kills anyone who dreams of it. Seventeen-year-old Beth didn't believe in local ghost stories when her dad moved them to a snowy, isolated town in the Northwest. She was too busy mourning her mom, hating her new school, and trying not to fall apart. But the dreams start anyway. A white mountain under moonlight. A black void at its summit. A whisper promising she has just seven nights left. As the countdown ticks, Beth learns she’s not alone. Logan, the boy at school with haunted eyes of his own, is dreaming it too. Together they uncover a decades-old murder,...

Finally—a real vacation day. After fighting witches, banshees, demons, and Norse goddesses, Samantha Moon just wants three quiet days in Paris. And for once, she might actually get them. There’s sightseeing at the Eiffel Tower, family selfies at the Louvre, and romantic evenings along the Seine with Kingsley. Even Allison and the kids seem relaxed. But Samantha can’t help worrying—being a vampire mom on vacation is never that simple. She has to sneak away for a feed, mind-control the memories of anyone she drinks from, and deal with weird psychic tugs that make her visit the still-...

A quiet Tennessee town. A pair of gruesome murders. A warlock with secrets centuries old. Gabriel Radu seems like an ordinary man in the small Southern town of Denmark—if you overlook the antebellum mansion, the centuries of accumulated occult knowledge, and the fact he’s over three hundred years old. As the patriarch-in-waiting of a powerful magical family, Gabriel tries to keep his head down, help his neighbors, and avoid any supernatural trouble. But trouble has a way of finding him. When Sheriff Billy McCain shows up at Gabriel’s door with photos of two homeless men murdered in ...

Some trains only run at night. And some passengers never come home. Judd hears it every night. The distant whistle. The grinding wheels on abandoned tracks. No one else believes him—not his mother, not the neighbors. They say the tracks were torn up years ago. But the train keeps calling. Determined to prove he isn’t crazy, Judd sneaks out on his bike after midnight, flashlight and sandwich in tow. He finds the old depot, the crumbling platform, the ghostly tracks gleaming in the moonlight—and Reggie, the ragged old man who warns him about what really comes through here. Because the ...

Legends say the gold belongs to the famed goddess, Sekhmet. But a map belonging to Nick Caine says otherwise...at least to Nick. He has returned to Egypt to claim the treasure, along with Ishi, Marie Da Vinci, and an old friend of her father's, Akiiki Mubarek.

Los Angeles County park ranger Jack Carter is about to discover that not all is as it seems in his tranquil life. Once responsible for patrolling the many public parks, in particular the popular Griffith Park with its famous observatory and zoo, Jack is about to discover that a whole new kind of animal roams his woods.

Most brides have some anxiety over their wedding, but not too many have to worry a dead person might spoil it. Detective Maddy Wimsey is looking forward to her handfasting to Caius. Mostly. She’s simultaneously on edge and can’t wait. About the only thing capable of going wrong is her catching a homicide investigation complicated enough to push back the date.

Paranormal Women’s Fiction from bestsellers HP Mallory and JR Rain! Living in Misty Hollow hasn’t been perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s been a nice break from always being on the run. But owing to the nightmares that keep plaguing my daughter, Luna, I know we can’t stay here much longer. And adding in the fact that another two vampires have just moved to town? Yeah, that’s an added reason we can’t stick around. Even though I might be a bruja, I’m still a witch. And the rule that witches and vampires hate one another still stands. Of course, I can’t seem to...

Books 1-3 in the bestselling Nick Caine series of treasure-hunting thrillers, including: TEMPLE OF THE JAGUAR (Book #1) Nick Caine is a part-time archaeologist and full-time antiquities thief. His inglorious skills catch the attention of the beautiful Marie Da Vinci, who offers the looter the chance of a lifetime... To locate the legendary La Ciudad Blanca—The Lost White City. Purportedly filled with riches beyond belief—along with fiendishly clever booby traps—La Ciudad Blanca would be the score of a lifetime for Nick Caine. But they’re not alone in their search. Close behind is an...

When a shy ten-year-old named Bri walks into Samantha Moon’s office with her very first case file—“The Bike Rack Mystery”—Sam knows she’s in for more than babysitting. Together with her daughter Tammy, Sam joins the pint-sized detective on a quest to track down a rusted, three-hooped bike rack that keeps appearing and disappearing around town. What starts as a cute Scooby-Doo romp soon turns stranger, with hints of haunting, dimensional folds, and a surprising encounter with a time-traveling, world-hopping inventor. Through it all, Sam remembers why she loves being a PI: the joy...

Two gates down. Three to go. And the next may be her undoing. Penelope Callas has survived the first two gates of the Underworld, but each trial has left deeper scars. With her sister’s soul still lost and Ares growing more dangerous, Pen must now face the third gate, where illusions twist reality and trust can become a deadly trap. As her divine powers begin to surge and her connection to the gods intensifies, Pen finds herself questioning who she truly is. The path forward grows more treacherous with every step, and not every ally can be counted on. To survive what lies ahead, Pen must ...

Back home from her first mission, Solstice confronts a scarier problem than a lizard the size of a garbage truck: immortality. She won’t exactly live forever, but ten thousand years isn’t much different. In the blink of an eye to her, everyone she loves will be gone. True, being the only elf in the world is a lonely future, but at least she has her cat to talk to. Good thing he talks back. Solstice doesn’t have too long to mourn as someone thoughtfully sends a magical assassin to take her mind off the family she’ll eventually lose. She’s fairly certain the Ordo Sanguinem Aeternam ...

Los Angeles County park ranger, Jack Carter, is about to discover that not all is as it seems in his tranquil life. Once responsible for patrolling the many public parks, in particular the popular Griffith Park with its famous observatory and zoo, Jack is about to discover that a whole new kind of animal roams his woods.

A girls’ trip to Peru sounds like the perfect escape for Samantha Moon—just her kids, best friend, and a promise to play tourist instead of vampire detective. But Machu Picchu isn’t just a breathtaking ruin. It’s a powder keg of ancient magic waiting to blow. When Sam and Tammy sense something dark stirring among the Incan stones, they realize their mere presence is awakening a centuries-old anchored curse. If left unchecked, it will open a gateway to something monstrous—hungry for human souls. By night, they return to the ruins, battling ghostly warrior spirits, navigating ...

It’s the calm before the storm… When my ex, Alton, arrived in Windy Ridge, I never thought he’d decide to stay. That was a big assumption on my part because now that Alton’s here, I can’t get him out of my business. And there’s a part of me that seems to be just fine with that. I don’t know what’s going on with this vampire physiology of mine, but it seems like I can’t keep my fangs retracted where Dean and Alton are concerned, and that’s gonna send me right into crazy territory. And what’s worse? The two of them are now working together—trying to build up some kind ...

Something's stalking the streets of London's West End. People are dying, and all signs point to a killer of unfathomable strength and brutality. On the night of the full moon, Doctor John Watson is called upon to save a colleague who's been brutally attacked by what appears to have been a pack of wild dogs. As his friend succumbs to his wounds, his dying words seem to implicate a "wolf man." Confused, Dr. Watson turns to his good friend for help.

He’s not a vampire; he just drinks blood. Aaron Parker was born with a rare condition: canines too long, and a darkness he doesn’t understand. On the run after a violent act, he reinvents himself as “Fang,” a ghost in the system with nothing to lose… except his mind. Then one night, in a vampire-themed AOL chatroom, he meets her. She’s smart. Witty. Strange. And hiding secrets of her own. Fang doesn’t know her name, not yet, but he knows one thing: she’s not like anyone he’s ever met. And maybe, just maybe… she’s just like him. Years later, he finds her in real life. ...