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Books 22, 23, and 24 in the international #1 bestselling "Vampire for Hire" series, including: MOON ELDER (Book #22) Wealthy, reclusive families seldom hire private investigators for ordinary jobs. So when a woman from such a family asks Samantha Moon to locate her missing brother, the vampire detective suspects all is not quite as it seems. Indeed, it doesn't take her long to discover her suspicions prove valid, though she's not prepared for exactly how deep the rabbit hole goes... Straight into the depths of madness. The trail to the missing brother leads her to bizarre people wielding ...

Denmark was supposed to be easy. City tours, good food, and not a single cursed forest in sight. But Samantha Moon’s vacation plans hit another supernatural snag when her teenage daughter, Tammy, strikes up a conversation with a literal goddess. Freya, Norse deity of war, death, and love, has been biding her time inside an innocent-looking statue, waiting for the right person to help her. Tammy’s powerful telepathy makes her the perfect candidate—and Sam is less than thrilled about her kid moonlighting as an oracle for an ancient being. When Freya reveals a crisis on Bornholm, the ...

She thought she’d heard it all. Then the hangman called. Psychic witch Allison Lopez has dealt with angry spirits, ancient gods, and haunted radio stations. But nothing prepares her for the call that comes in during her live show: a man describing the unseen hands squeezing the life from his throat in the dead of night. Desperate to help, Allison heads into California’s high desert, where an old mining town’s bloody history refuses to stay buried. There’s a spirit here with murder in its heart, fueled by anger, greed, and a century-old hanging tree. As Allison’s visions reveal a ...

Something stirs in the murk of the Volga River, something big, emerging at night to sow mayhem and death along the banks. And Since Solstice Winters is already stranded at ground zero, she agrees to help, even though coping with giant lizards is far from her skill set as an intrepid reporter for a paranormal tabloid. Yay for being the only elf in the world. After narrowly escaping the Ordo Sanguinem Aeternam, she winds up sharing a flat halfway across the world from home with the enigmatic Cristiano, an agent of the secretive organization she may have obligated herself to join.

Prague was supposed to be all castles and cafés—just another chance for Samantha Moon to play tourist with her supernatural family. Instead, they find themselves battling an ancient monster made of living clay. When a massive golem starts rampaging through Prague’s historic streets, Sam, Kingsley, Allison, and the kids dive in to stop it. But destroying a creature powered by ancient Hebrew magic isn’t as simple as hacking off limbs—it rebuilds itself again and again. Only precise knowledge of mystical runes will save the day. While Anthony delivers the world’s worst Czech puns, ...

Lieutenant Miguel Alverez is a broken man. Through retreat and defeat at every turn he has been given one final mission: to take a group of survivors to the mountains of New Mexico where the last American stronghold lies. Plans change, however, and when his plane is shot down and those who survived are ambushed all seems lost until a thin, bearded man called Jonathan Fisher comes to their rescue.

Solstice Winters never expected her job as a photojournalist would involve stopping a death god. She’s only ever wanted the same things as anyone else—a nice career, a safe place to call home, and no magical assassins trying to kill her. Alas, there’s nothing like an unexpected dimensional misalignment to ruin plans. The rapid flood of magic into the world changed her from simple reporter to secret agent in mere months. It also revealed the truth of her being an elf. Her investigation into who wants her dead stalls when a paranormal entity shows up in her apartment pleading for help. ...

Books 25, 26, and 27 in the international #1 bestselling "Vampire for Hire" series, including: MOON BLADE (Book #25) Vampire private eye Samantha Moon must find a killer, save a child, and wage war on an unimaginable enemy—in Moon Blade by USA Today bestselling author J.R. Rain. Sam doubts Detective Sherbet's new homicide case is the work of a vampire... Until she sees the body. Ever since that night in Hillcrest park so long ago, Samantha Moon knew her life would be far from ordinary. She never expected the weirdest part would be watching Tammy and Anthony turn into adults. Other than ...

Samantha Moon finally has it all: a fat inheritance from her (ex) vampire sire, enough money for the vacation of a lifetime, and a promise to her kids to make this summer unforgettable. So instead of Hawaii, she books a two-month grand tour of Europe—first stop: a real medieval castle in Ireland. But relaxation? Ha. Not in this family. Sam, her teenage kids, her werewolf boyfriend Kingsley, and witchy best friend Allison barely check in before things get weird. A shadowy apparition haunts their suite. Anthony's toxic farts rival any demon stench. And a literal banshee screams an omen of ...

A family vacation to Scotland was supposed to be easy. Bagpipes, castles, and maybe spotting Nessie from the shore. Samantha Moon has other plans: keep her family safe, keep her vampire side secret, and make sure the only monsters they see are in the gift shop. But on Loch Ness, some legends are more than marketing. When a demonic horror attacks their rickety tour boat, Sam and her supernatural crew must battle it in the dark waters—while hiding the truth from the mortal captain. Between Anthony’s constant Highlander impressions, Tammy’s sassy eye-rolls, Allison’s witchy banter, and...

After exorcising a murderous spirit in London, Samantha Moon needs a real vacation. Finland seems perfect—snowy cabins, cozy fires, and family time. But this forest has teeth. When a centuries-old witch fixates on Allison’s soul, Samantha’s best friend ends up cursed into a talking mouse, and a thousand feral cats swarm the resort in supernatural frenzy. Sam, Kingsley, and the kids brave the frozen woods to fight back against illusion traps, teleport-blocking wards, and the Baba Yaga–style sorceress who won't take no for an answer. It’s mom versus monster in the dark, with Anthony...

The staying power of the world's most dashing secret agent and the evolution of the James Bond franchise are explored in this smart yet nostalgic collection of essays. Leading writers, including Raymond Benson, J.A. Konrath, Raelynn Hillhouse, and John Cox, discuss the 10 sexiest Bond girls, the best villains, and the controversy surrounding the latest actor to play James Bond. Topics covered range from the playful - how to build a secret lair and avoid the perennial mistakes made by would-be world dominators - to the thought-provoking.

As a private investigator in uber creepy Shadow Pines, Max Long had no shortage of missing person cases. Unfortunately, they all ended the same way...with dead bodies. Whenever someone vanished, the official cause always said the same thing: animal attack. Shadow Pines always bristled with paranormal rumors and wild conspiracy theories. However, the truth is far more terrifying than rumors: vampires made the scenic mountain town their personal feeding ground. Nature abhorrs a vacuum, but it also seeks balance. When someone dear to Max becomes a missing person case, he faces the most ...

An inexplicable change has happened to the fabric of the universe, evidently driving some dark masters insane. An Ohio-class nuclear missile sub is about the worst place imaginable for a werewolf to have an existential crisis. Though mermaids aren't well equipped to fight other supernaturals, Alex isn't about to let nukes hit the US. Even if it kills her.

Magical forces don't always play nice. In fact, they can be downright evil. Life is going fairly well for Detective Maddy Wimsey. At 35, she's an accomplished detective, practicing Wiccan, has a wonderful relationship with her long-time boyfriend, and even a much-needed vacation after dealing with a cursed gem. Alas, her break doesn't last long. A creeping darkness interrupts the solace of the woods with a supernatural vendetta against her coven. Maddy had opened a particular can of worms looking into the past, and the entity has decided to make her a target.

Cops sometimes rely on hunches to guide them, but Detective Maddy Wimsey takes it a step further: Magic. August opens with the bad omen of a suicide that she suspects is more than it appears. However, before she can even start to find evidence that won't get her a date with a shrink, an even worse case walks in the door. A local nurse claims she suspects one of her co-workers of murdering patients. Unfortunately, the woman has even less evidence than Maddy's belief that a spirit is throwing people off tall buildings. However, something about the story rings too true to brush aside.

As if learning vampires truly existed didn’t shock him to his core already, Max grapples with the reality that he’s been given real magic. Indeed, he has the power of all four elements literally at his fingertips. They say every good private eye story starts with a crying girl walking through the door. Crystal hadn’t been the first upset woman to ask Max for help, not in a town with a murder rate far worse than any big city. Unfortunately, he’d made the biggest rookie mistake of all...falling in love with a client. As if becoming romantically entangled didn’t complicate matters ...

Detective Madeline Wimsey tends to stand out with her wild red hair, pentacle amulets, and offbeat methods, but she has a tool few other cops use - magic. After a man turns up dead in a grisly satanic rite, her fellow detectives are quick to crack jokes. Since they can't tell a pentacle from a pentagram, Maddy's happy to get the case. She suspects the ritual to be the work of amateurs, a theory that pans out when they track down the pack of clueless high school students who made the shrine in the woods. But then Maddy learns that the Devil's Eye is watching her....

Coping with being attacked and left for dead isn't easy, but Samantha Moon is grateful that she survived - until she suspects she didn't. Vanishing from mirrors is only the first of a series of bizarre events that defies explanation, even to her trained investigative mind. A severe allergy to the sun, alertness at night, inability to eat food that isn't blood, and worst of all: She can't remember the last time she needed the bathroom.

London was supposed to be the normal stop on Samantha Moon’s European vacation. Just some fish and chips, museums, and maybe a cheeky photo with a palace guard. Instead, she finds herself face-to-face with an old, familiar evil—one that once stalked Victorian alleys with a butcher’s knife. Turns out Jack the Ripper was never just a man. He was a spirit of pure murder, possessing killer after killer for generations. And now it’s loose again, jumping hosts across modern London. When the blood starts flowing, Sam and her supernatural crew must hunt it down before it claims more victims...