Archer Sullivan brings the mountains of North Carolina to life in The Witch’s Orchard, an atmospheric and twisty debut introducing private investigator Annie Gore. Former Air Force Special Investigator Annie has traded military life for PI work, and her latest case drags her deep into an Appalachian holler much like the one she grew up…
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The Hounding
A small village is shaken when strange occurrences begin to stir, particularly around a group of girls and an old, tightly woven community. Told through the alternating perspectives of the townspeople, the girls, and a grandfather named Joseph, the story weaves together suspicion, fear, and whispers that quickly grow into something far more dangerous. As…
A Grimm Reaper’s Guide to Catching a Killer
Sometimes it takes working with the dead to start living. Kathy Valence is 42, mid-divorce, and pregnant with her ex-husband’s baby which is not exactly the typical protagonist you’d expect in a paranormal mystery. Oh, and she’s also a reaper, working for S.C.Y.T.H.E. (Secure Collection, Yielding, and Transportation of Human Essences). Her job? Escort souls…
Coram House
Coram House by Bailey Seybolt is a slow-burn mystery inspired loosely by the real-life horrors of St. Joseph Orphanage. Through a mixed media format and lyrical prose, Seybolt transports readers to a small town steeped in secrets and silence. The novel follows Alex, an outsider who becomes entangled in the town’s haunted past and troubling…
Every Sweet Thing is Bitter
Providence hasn’t been back home since before she went to prison at the age of 17. But when her mom goes missing, she knows she has to go back, at least for her sisters. Though they’re more strangers than sisters now, Providence return is met with resistance, suspension, and welcome. As the town searches for…
Passion Project
Deep in depression – Bennet is barely surviving in New York City. After the death of her boyfriend, she though moving to the city he dreamed of living would help her through her grief. But all she’s done since moving there is hide away in her room watching Criminal Minds and avoiding any sort of…
Southern By Design
Newly divorced, Magnolia ‘Mack’ Bishop was so close to her dream of securing Charleston’s prestigious Historic Preservation Design Fellowship. With the loss of that dream her mother, the original Magnolia Bishop, has secured Mack a new design job with plenty of strings attached. When a home renovation television network reached out to Mack’s design firm…
Deadly Animals
Ava isn’t a normal teenager. Intrigued by death and the world around her, Ava latest enterprise is her roadside den, where she brings roadkill to monitor the rate of decomposition. When she stumbles upon the very real boy of a town boy who has been missing, Ava knows her hobbies could put her in an…
Things Don’t Break on Their Own
Robyn and Cat are hosting their sibling dinner party. In attendance is Robyn’s brother Michael and his new girlfriend Liv, a psychiatrist specialized in false memories. Cat’s brother Nate brings his new French girlfriend Claudette. Willa, Robyn’s high school friend, with her fiancé Jamie, is also present. As the night progresses, it’s obvious that Willa…
The Ministry of Time
Unpopular opinion alert: I don’t understand the hype around this book. Having nothing to do with the Spanish series of the same name (the title and time travel are literally the only similarities) the genre mash-up of time-travel, historical fiction, and romance is unique to say the least. Set in almost present-day Britian, the Ministry…