Holy Halloween, Harlow!

Holy Halloween, Harlow!
Author: Gwen Gardner
Publisher: BookJaunts Books
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2024-09-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Let the Haunting Begin… The Local Rag newspaper is so slow, senior staff writer Harlow Grayson has nothing to do but talk to her dead co-worker, Crystal Ball. Desperate for a story, the pair follow a lead about headstone tipping to the local cemetery. Turned around in the expansive grounds, they find help from a homeless man scrubbing gravestones. When that man later arrives at the newspaper with tales of supernatural assault, Harlow dismisses it as fake news. The same old stories made the rounds every Halloween. But when the man’s body turns up on the Local Rag’s doorstep, Harlow can’t ignore it. After dismissing his story, her conscience insists she investigate his murder (along with some prodding from Crystal). As the two investigate the first murder, the local busybody turns up dead at the cemetery. From there, the two cases intertwine tighter than fake spider webbing. Can the amateur sleuths unravel the clues before the killer strikes again?

Shake, Rattle and Row, Harlow!

Shake, Rattle and Row, Harlow!
Author: Gwen Gardner
Publisher: BookJaunts Books
Total Pages: 51
Release: 2024-09-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Newly departed Crystal Ball has her hands full investigating her own murder, but she shifts focus to her great-grandmother’s disappearance in order to recover a missing family heirloom in time for her niece’s wedding. At first, Harlow Grayson refuses to take part in Crystal’s crazy scheme aboard a resurrected riverboat with iffy connections. But the lure of an entire month free of Crystal’s ghostly presence should they succeed reels her in like clickbait. When Harlow activates Crystal’s multicolored pen, she maneuvers between the physical and ethereal worlds and discovers not all is as it seems. Against the backdrop of 1920s glitz and glamor, cracks in the Starlight Riverboat’s makeup are showing. Can the sleuths solve the mystery and escape before things get out of hand? This mystery short side jaunt occurs during the first Ask Crystal Ball holiday novella, For Santa’s Sake, Harlow! and was first published in the Spirits in the Water short story anthology by Untethered Realms in 2017.

For Santa's Sake, Harlow!

For Santa's Sake, Harlow!
Author: Gwen Gardner
Publisher: BookJaunts Books
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2023-11-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Christmas Spirit takes on a whole new meaning… When Crystal Ball goes missing during the holidays, Harlow Grayson gets stuck writing the Ask Crystal Ball psychic column. Although Harlow is a firm skeptic, the column is popular, and a deadline is looming. But when Harlow activates a multicolored pen she finds in Crystal’s desk, releasing her ghost, everything Harlow thought she believed (or didn’t believe) is tossed out like used Christmas wrapping. How did Crystal wind up dead? She doesn’t know, but she’s determined to find out with Harlow’s help. Harlow wants no part of it, but it’s hard to argue with a ghost. After a second co-worker turns up dead, Harlow realizes that she’d better find the killer before the entire staff winds up in the obituary column. For Santa’s Sake, Harlow! Is a light paranormal cozy mystery novella infused with the holiday spirit, a spirit who loves the holidays — all of them! — and an investigative reporter who’s coming around to her new reality.

Lady Sings the Boos

Lady Sings the Boos
Author: Gwen Gardner
Publisher: Gwen Gardner
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2019-10-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

A jazz club without jazz? Franny, the lovable ghost of a Victorian madam of some repute, has taken to hanging out at a new club called the Blue Note, a 1940s retro WWII era jazz club. She’s crushing hard on the previous owner, a ghost named Eddie, who won’t let the new owner play live music on stage. Any attempt ends up in chaos, blown amps and shorted microphones. Franny’s plans to cozy up to the gangster proves impossible when his gang closes ranks. What's a ghost gal to do? Franny calls in her very much alive roommate, Indigo Eady, a seasoned ghost whisperer with a proven track record. She's got a way with spooks. But how is she to solve this mystery when she can’t get near Eddie?

Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Boos

Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Boos
Author: Gwen Gardner
Publisher: BookJaunts Books
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2024-10-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

When pirates have a score to settle, no one rests in peace. After a construction crew knocks a hole in the wall at the Blind Badger Pub, they unleash a spectral group of marauding pirates who pass through every night like clockwork. The pub resounds with their pounding footsteps and booming accusations of betrayal. Desperate to reclaim peace, pub owner Badger turns to his friend and ghost-whispering sleuth Indigo Eady to solve the unusual haunting. To stop the recurring paranormal activity, Indigo must join the pirates on their nightly loop through the pub, then somehow alter the cycle. But when the spooks are a bunch of eighteenth-century pillagers, one an ancestor of Badger’s, things get dicey for Indigo. Will Indigo survive the deadly ordeal when she steps into their world? This mystery short is a throw-back to Indigo’s teenage years previously published as Ghostly Guardian in the Twisted Earths anthology by Untethered Realms in 2014.

The Dare

The Dare
Author: Harley Laroux
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-10-31
Genre:
ISBN:

Jessica Martin is not a nice girl. As Prom Queen and Captain of the cheer squad, she'd ruled her school mercilessly, looking down her nose at everyone she deemed unworthy. The most unworthy of them all? The "freak," Manson Reed: her favorite victim. But a lot changes after high school. A freak like him never should have ended up at the same Halloween party as her. He never should have been able to beat her at a game of Drink or Dare. He never should have been able to humiliate her in front of everyone. Losing the game means taking the dare: a dare to serve Manson for the entire night as his slave. It's a dare that Jessica's pride - and curiosity - won't allow her to refuse. What ensues is a dark game of pleasure and pain, fear and desire. Is it only a game? Only revenge? Only a dare? Or is it something more? The Dare is an 18+ erotic romance novella and a prequel to the Losers Duet. Reader discretion is strongly advised. This book contains graphic sexual scenes, intense scenes of BDSM, and strong language. A full content note can be found in the front matter of the book.

Billionaire's Sin

Billionaire's Sin
Author: Michelle Love
Publisher: Blessings For All SC
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2022-12-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Ten dark holiday romance stories in one box set! Dark Christmas is a collection of passion-filled romances that will take you on a wild ride. Falling in love never felt so satisfying for every character in this steamy anthology of dark romance, suspense, and paranormal tales that will steam up your Christmas and take you into the New Year. Meet Emile and Seraphine; Pal and Jing-Mai; India and Teddy, and many more. Content inside: Le Petite Mort Vespa Velutina Ways to be Wicked Gods and Monsters Your Ghost The Iceman Cometh Junkyard Bettie Santa’s Little Helper The Fireman The Snow Angel

The Sacred Paw

The Sacred Paw
Author: Paul Shepard
Publisher: Viking Adult
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1985
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

California Babylon

California Babylon
Author: Kristan Lawson
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2000-11-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780312263850

Illustrated throughout, this one-of-a-kind guide to California's infamous sites covers movie locations; celebrity haunts; cult temples; sites of scandal, murder and mayhem; and the places where rock 'n' roll legends went down. 75 photos.

Boulder

Boulder
Author: Silvia Pettem
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2010-08-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 1614232601

Journey with Silvia Pettem through Boulder's history in Boulder: A Sense of Time & Place Revisited. Watch the evolution from a frontier mining town to the "Athens of the West." Learn of murder and bootleggers in the 1920s, survive the Great Depression and follow Boulder's postwar growing pains as the city matures and residents reflect on its past. Each article is a story in itself but only a small piece of what makes Boulder the city it is today.