Dead and Kicking

Dead and Kicking
Author: Wendy Roberts
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2009-12-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101151900

Sadie Novak cleans up crime scenes for a living, and often finds herself face-to-face with the dead. Blessed—or cursed—with the gift of second sight, she can’t seem to finish a job without being visited by an earth-bound spirit... Sadie’s going through a rough time. Since her dad passed away, she's had to juggle her widowed mother, her lying boyfriend, Zack, her struggling business—and the fact that her father’s spirit is reluctant to move on. Now, on top of all that, Zack’s former flame has hired her to dig out the home of her hoarder mother. And that's when things get messy. Because in this house, Sadie finds some unexpected things. Like the seventeen-year-old mummified remains of an infant—along with a very angry ghost who seems determined to keep Sadie away. Then, aided by a team of her fellow psychics, Sadie unearths something even more terrifying: a host of secrets that someone will kill to keep buried...

Devil May Ride

Devil May Ride
Author: Wendy Roberts
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2008-12-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1440640556

Sadie Novak is blessed with the gift of second sight. More of a curse, really, when you’re the owner of a crime scene cleanup company and can’t get through a job without the ghost of a murder victim or two popping in for a chat. Sadie and her sexy partner Zack find themselves knee-deep in trouble on their latest job when they stumble over evidence of a chilling cult ritual in an abandoned meth lab where Sadie comes face to face with an evil spirit unlike any she's ever seen before. And it’s no coincidence that a depleted stash of stolen cash turns up at her next crime scene just in time to convince a gang of meth-deprived bikers that Sadie made off with their money. With a hell-raising band of bikers hot on her heels, Sadie has to act fast. She knows the threads are all connected—but how? It’s a shock to discover that everything is linked back to her own family—and a secret so dark it makes gossiping with ghosts look like child’s play…

The Lies We Told

The Lies We Told
Author: Camilla Way
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2018-10-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101989521

The highly acclaimed author of Watching Edie returns with a new novel of dark psychological suspense that explores how those closest to us have the most to hide... A daughter Beth has always known there was something strange about her daughter, Hannah. The lack of emotion, the disturbing behavior, the apparent delight in hurting others...Sometimes Beth is scared of her and what she could be capable of. A son Luke comes from the perfect family, with the perfect parents. But one day, he disappears without a trace, and his girlfriend, Clara, is desperate to discover what has happened to him. A life built on lies As Clara digs into the past, she realizes that no family is truly perfect, and uncovers a link between Luke's long-lost sister and a strange girl named Hannah. Now Luke's life is in danger because of the lies once told and the secrets once kept. Can Clara find him before it's too late?

Threat

Threat
Author: Sadie Moss
Publisher:
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2019-07-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781079275926

I have four boyfriends. Four official boyfriends. Go me. I may be a bit of a chicken when it comes to emotional stuff, but I finally laid it all on the line and told my men what I wanted. That I wanted them. Now that things are going so well in my personal life, I'm hoping to spend the semester at Griffin Academy enjoying my last bit of time with the guys before they graduate. So... why the hell does the universe always seem to have different plans for me? Threat is the fourth book in the Academy of Unpredictable Magic series, a medium-burn reverse harem story intended for ages 18+, featuring a badass chick and the four sexy men who fall in love with her.

The Inhuman Condition

The Inhuman Condition
Author: Clive Barker
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2001-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0743417348

A master storyteller and unrivaled visionary, Clive Barker has mixed the real and unreal with the horrible and wonderful in more than twenty years of fantastic fiction. The Inhuman Condition is a masterwork of surrealistic terror, recounting tragedy with pragmatism, inspiring panic more than dread and evoking equal parts revulsion and delight.

Sadie's Vow Book 1 - Home At Last

Sadie's Vow Book 1 - Home At Last
Author: Jenny Wheeler
Publisher: Jenny Wheeler
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2022-06-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1991162049

A deathbed promise. An impossible task. Will saving a loved one mean losing everything? New York, 1872. Sadie McGillicuddy’s word is her bond. Swearing to her dying mother to always protect her willful sister, she’s soon tested when her beautiful younger sibling runs off into the night. Jumping on a San Francisco train in hot pursuit, the resourceful young woman evades a gangland enforcer’s unwanted attention with the help of a handsome stranger. Count Dolphie Westerhoven’s future feels uncertain. Grieving a father who just left him penniless, the lone-wolf Austrian is traveling to San Francisco when an intriguing passenger slips into his private carriage. Quick to offer her protection at his aunt’s house, he fears there’s more to her story when her sister falls into a mob boss’s clutches and Sadie is delivered a warning – a severed hand. With her sister refusing to leave the mob boss’s clutches, Sadie despairs of getting them both out with their lives intact. And Dolphie is shocked when his mesmerizing new friend gives him the slip and appears to defect to the gang boss’s side, causing him to question if she’s been conning him all along. Can they set things right before they’re both caught in an outlaw’s trap? Sadie's Vow is the exciting first book in the Home At Last post Gold Rush romance historical mystery series. If you like engrossing characters, twisty suspense, and vivid settings brought to life, then you’ll love Jenny Wheeler’s fast-paced adventure. Buy Sadie's Vow to cross the heart and hope not to die today!

Deception on All Accounts

Deception on All Accounts
Author: Sara Sue Hoklotubbe
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2013-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0816598800

Is murder always a simple transaction? Don't bank on it. Sadie Walela's life is about to be turned upside down. One morning Sadie unlocks the door at the Mercury Savings Bank and confronts a robber who's been lying in wait for her and her fellow employees. He flees after stealing money and killing her coworker. When a whirlwind of events leaves Sadie herself under suspicion, she sets out to clear her name. This banker turned sleuth is suddenly plunged into an unfamiliar world in which people are not always as they appear-not her employer, not the homeless man she's befriended, not the police officer who takes an interest in the case, not the man she falls in love with. And, as she's beginning to imagine, not even herself. Sadie is a blue-eyed Cherokee living in northeastern Oklahoma, a half-blood who finds she sometimes has to adapt to get by in the white man's world, much as her father's ancestors did. In this story of robbery, murder, love, and intrigue, she faces adversity at each bend in the road, but in the tradition of her people she adapts and moves forward—even if it means having to re-think her relationships and expectations. Set against the backdrop of small-town Oklahoma and its Native culture, Deception on All Accounts draws readers into the real lives of contemporary American Indians as it shines a light on violence, corporate corruption, and prejudice in modern America. As Sadie Walela comes to terms with murder, romance, and her hopes for a career, she finds deception on all accounts.

Minders

Minders
Author: Michele Jaffe
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2014-01-30
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1101596414

"A dark, dangerous and twisty near-future mystery from the incomparable Michelle Jaffe. Don't miss this book!"--Melissa de la Cruz, New York Times Bestselling Author of Blue Bloods Q: If the boy you love commits a crime, would you turn him in? Sadie Ames is a type-A teenager from the wealthy suburbs. She's been accepted to the prestigious Mind Corps Fellowship program, where she'll spend six weeks as an observer inside the head of Ford, a troubled boy with a passion for the crumbling architecture of the inner city. There's just one problem: Sadie's fallen in love with him. Q: What if the crime is murder? Ford Winters is haunted by the murder of his older brother, James. As Sadie falls deeper into his world, dazzled by the shimmering pinpricks of color that form images in his mind, she begins to think she knows him. Then Ford does something unthinkable. Q: What if you saw it happen from inside his mind? Back in her own body, Sadie is faced with the ultimate dilemma. With Ford's life in her hands, she must decide what is right and what is wrong. And how well she can really ever know someone, even someone she loves. A high concept, cinematic read with a surprising twist, MINDERS asks the question: who is really watching who?

Stardust Valley

Stardust Valley
Author: T. L. Haddix
Publisher: T L Haddix
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2023-10-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

First loves and second chances. Forgiveness and forever? Life has beaten up on Sophie pretty harshly through the years, including the crushing heartbreak of losing the first boy she ever loved. The boy she’s never truly gotten over, Noah Campbell. She’s a lot less trusting than she used to be, with good reason. Aside from her best friend - Noah’s brother Eli - she’s been betrayed by everyone she ever cared about. But she’s never forgotten her feelings for Noah or been able to put them aside, no matter how much she’s wanted to over the years. Now that life and circumstances have thrown them together again, a clash is inevitable. A clash that starts with a stolen kiss... Noah has loved Sophie since he was a seventeen-year-old kid, but thanks to her manipulative cousin and his own youthful stupidity, he lost her. Being a stubborn Campbell, he takes a while to figure out the truth and his feelings and do something about them. Like… over ten years. It doesn’t help that he’s an introvert who’s a medium, who comes from a long line of people with abilities that “normal” folks don’t have, like shape-shifting. Yeah, there’s that complication. Can Noah and Sophie finally set aside their hurt and distrust? Or will they give up the chance for happiness with each other in the name of protecting their hearts?

Sea Breeze Volume 2

Sea Breeze Volume 2
Author: Abbi Glines
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 571
Release: 2016-05-03
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1481478842

This ebook bundle includes three books in Abbi Glines’s Sea Breeze series: Just for Now, Sometimes It Lasts, and Misbehaving. From New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Abbi Glines comes three books set in the steamy town of Sea Breeze, where physical attraction is the only way to beat the heat. Just for Now explores the dangerous chemistry between Preston and Amanda, while Sometimes It Lasts follows Cage York as he’s torn between his love of baseball and the girl of his dreams. Finally in Misbehaving, Jason moves to Sea Breeze only to find himself falling for the local bad girl.