DID SOMETHING FOLLOW THEM BACK? A relaxing antique shopping trip with friends turns sinister for Tina. What begins as a yearly tradition - scouring small towns for vintage treasures - takes a chilling turn. This year, a ghost tour adds an unsettling layer to their adventure. Among her eclectic finds, Tina buys a coveted reading chair, but bringing it home unlocks a Pandora's box. Her cheerful disposition darkens, replaced by irritability and unfounded jealousy. Forgetfulness and sleepwalking become nightly occurrences. Vivid nightmares and disturbing premonitions plague her waking hours. Is she being haunted by an unwelcome spirit, or are her loved ones gaslighting her? As an arsonist and murderer terrorize the town, Tina's friend Wanda becomes suspicious. Could a malevolent entity from their ghost tour be attached to the chair, manipulating Tina? Determined to unravel the horrifying history of the chair and save Tina from her descent, Wanda journeys back to the quaint town they visited. Will she uncover the truth in time, or will Tina and her friends become victims of a chilling legacy? Experience this new terror twice with multi-award-winning author Erik Dean's dual endings. Get your copy! Other Books by ERIK DEAN: DEVILISH DUST WRAITH GARBAGEMAN CRYPTIC CRUEL and UNUSUAL CRUELER and MORE UNUSUAL

It's been three years since a local college girl went missing, leaving a trail of theories about what really happened in the Morgan Estate.

A magical secret, a hidden world of fae, and a single mom on the edge. Welcome to my midlife crisis. I love my smart, kind, and funny daughter. We may not have much, but we get along without any of the normal teenage drama. Or at least we did, until my daughter got curious about her biological father. Now our world is falling apart. A handsome client threatens my employment. A monstrous black wolf shows up on our doorstep. A mysterious masked woman begins stalking us. And that’s not mentioning the fae. I didn’t expect to have a midlife crisis involving magic, but it doesn’t matter. I may be just a single mom, but I’ll do anything to protect my daughter. Even if it kills me. Join Melissa Hartley as she goes on a magical journey only a mother could take. For readers of Paranormal Women’s Fiction who like strong female protagonists, witty banter, and a hint of romance. Now a complete series!

Beneath the surface, the dead are waiting… When mermaid private investigator Alexis Silver is summoned by her CIA handler for a “quiet favor,” she expects another classified errand. Instead, she’s flown to rural Oregon, where a long-forgotten reservoir hides a drowned town, and a Cold War listening post built to monitor something the Agency still refuses to name. But the lake holds more than secrets. As Alex dives into the sunken streets of Haskell Springs, she finds spirits drifting through ruined storefronts and ghostly figures glaring from the windows of submerged houses. Some plead for help. Some want justice. And some want vengeance. The deeper she goes, the more Alex realizes the truth: the dead are growing stronger, bold enough to reach into the world above and kill the innocent. When Alex learns that the spirits plan to destroy a vulnerable family, she races to intervene, only to discover the haunting is tied to something far older, stranger, and more powerful than restless ghosts. To stop the killings, Alex must navigate spectral politics, ancient magic, government secrets, and a mystery buried since 1952. But saving the living means confronting a force the CIA once tried to hide at the bottom of a lake… one the spirits won't let go without a fight. Sunken towns. Angry ghosts. Hidden artifacts, and a mermaid detective caught between the dead and the classified. Silver Lake is a fast-paced paranormal mystery filled with danger, dark humor, and the unstoppable heart of Alexis Silver: mermaid, mother, and supernatural detective. Dive in if you dare.

When science and secrets collide, where cures can kill, and the best intentions lead to deadly peril. Determined to avoid an arranged marriage, Lady Olivia stowed away inside a dirigible. Only to find herself imprisoned in a castle with no hope of rescue. So much for proving herself a worthy spy. Worse, survival hinges upon feigning marriage to the suspected double agent she was tailing—the handsome scientist Lord Rathsburn. A mad count has kidnapped Rathsburn’s sister, and demands as the price of her freedom Rathsburn’s greatest invention: a bone-hardening technology to transform the count’s guardsmen into invincible soldiers. Neither can trust the other. But their lives depend on working together: to keep their captors off-balance long enough to perfect Rathsburn’s technology, free his sister, escape the clutches of the count and—most of all—to keep this groundbreaking research out of enemy hands. The Silver Skull is a steampunk-infused gaslamp fantasy romance where a clever woman and a brilliant scientist are trapped together in a German castle, forced into a fake marriage and a single bed. With enemies-to-allies-to-lovers tension, mad science, and medical espionage swirling around them, romance, adventure, and danger spark at every turn. The Silver Skull is the second story in the Elemental Web Tales, although all books in the Elemental Web—Chronicles, Tales & Stories—can be enjoyed as standalones. This is a STEAMY read with a guaranteed happily ever after for women in STEM and the men who are their match. ELEMENTAL WEB CHRONICLES: The Golden Spider, The Silver Skull, The Iron Fin, Venomous Secrets, Icy Betrayals ELEMENTAL WEB TALES: A Trace of Copper, In Pursuit of Dragons, A Reflection of Shadows, A Snowflake at Midnight, A Ghost in Amber, A Whisper of Bone, Flight of the Scarab ELEMENTAL WEB STORIES: The Tin Rose, Kraken and Canals, Rust and Steam, Black Sand and Blood

"An author who knows the horror genre very well. Suspenseful and gripping right up to the chilling finale!" –William Jack Sibley, author of Here We Go Loop de Loop Crime reporter John Blackwood is looking for answers to the biggest story of all time-a mystery older than creation itself. But making this deadline won't be easy, especially if a murderous cult tied to Judas Iscariot and a trio of ravenous vampiric sisters can stop him It all begins with an ancient grimoire hidden centuries ago in the wilds of Spanish Texas by a secret order of Catholic warrior-priests to keep the tome's deadly secrets from falling into the wrong hands. Unearthed in modern times, the forces of evil will let nothing stand in their way to possess the book and restore an insane, renegade angel to power. As a new ice age borne of the dark arts threatens to engulf the planet, Blackwood is running out of time to save mankind from enslavement... or worse. Can a mere mortal outwit sinister beings beyond comprehension while preventing the apocalypse? Daughters Drear by Thomas Edwards is a bone-chilling tale of horror you won't be able to put down.