Amanda M. Lee

Northern California beckons the Mystic Caravan crew and they're looking forward to some down time after their previous stop. Emotions are running high and the workers are desperate to return to their normal lives. Poet Parker and Kade Denton, for instance, have a new camper to move into and they're both excited at the prospect of an adventure that has nothing to do with monsters. All that changes on their first night in a new camp when wendigo howls fill the air and trouble comes knocking at their metaphorical door. One wendigo is nothing to worry about but when ghosts start calling every night, only maintaining a distance because of the dreamcatcher, things take a turn for the worse. That's when the ghosts start invading Poet's dreams, leaving her on the precipice of death without outside intervention. All roads lead to a place called Falk, a forgotten logging town that died during the Great Depression. It seems the town is long gone but a bevy of ghosts remain, as does a secret so terrible that the entire foundation of the Mystic Caravan world is about to be rocked. A fight is coming, and both sides are readying for battle. For Poet, things aren't as easy as they seem, though. What happens when the monster you think you're fighting isn't a monster at all and the so-called victims are the ones who need to be taken down?

Charlie Rhodes is back on her feet and ready for action. Luckily for her, The Legacy Foundation officially has its first job in weeks and they're on the hunt for ... werewolves.It seems two campers have gone missing, the campsite littered with strange animal prints. Charlie is excited for adventure but sometimes wishes are more dangerous than they seem.After meeting a woman and her daughter in the woods - and getting a gander inside her head - Charlie finds she's on two missions. She wants to find a werewolf and, even more, she wants to find out what makes the secretive Zoe Lake-Winters tick. There's something about the woman that sends Charlie's curiosity into overdrive ... and that's not always a good thing.The Michigan woods are full of dark surprises and Charlie is in for a few herself. She's hiding a secret, but so are many others, and some of those secrets are worth killing for.This outing may be one for the record books, especially when multiple mysteries reveal themselves at one time. Survival isn't always easy, but in this instance, it will be more difficult than Charlie ever imagined.Sit back and enjoy the show, because the secrets are going to be flying fast and furious ... and so is the danger.

The truth is out there ... probably. Hemlock Cove may be a town where real witches are pretending to be humans pretending to be witches, but something legitimately strange is afoot. What looks to be an aircraft of some sort goes down in Potter's Field and, of course, every looky-loo in the area turns out to watch it burn. When the federal government shows up to take over the scene and shuts down access to the site, Bay Winchester is suspicious. Things only get worse when her boyfriend Landon Michaels is ordered to abstain from sharing information from her. Conspiracy theories start flying fast and furious when alien bloggers descend on the area and Aunt Tillie starts throwing around her science fiction knowledge ... which is all gleaned from television, movies and books. In her head, Bay knows that the odds of an alien craft landing in Hemlock Cove are fairly long. In her heart, though, she can't quite ignore the prospect ... especially when certain things start happening to further Aunt Tillie's wild suggestions. Bay is determined to find answers, and she's taking her family along for the ride. This time, though, she's going up against the federal government ... and only one faction will come out victorious. The Force will be with them. Okay, Aunt Tillie will be with them. She's a force to be reckoned with, though.

Welcome to Eternal Springs, home to more than a thousand "normal" people and four feisty witches. Just a tip, the witches are more fun. Especially Skye Thornton, an air witch about town who would rather be on the mainland than a touristy island that's home to four climate zones and a gaping hole under the local school that allows monsters to creep through and wreak havoc on the community. A reporter, Skye likes to be in the thick of things - she's a busybody and proud of it - until she quite literally trips over a dead body at the island resort. In quick order, she finds herself fighting off monsters while trying to discover one of the human variety. Since she can't keep clear of trouble, Skye is determined to track down a murderer, fight off a wishing well beast and stay away from a local security chief who she's always hated ... or has she? It's a full slate of activity for Skye and her witchy friends. The laughs and insults will be flying fast and furious. Of course, so will the danger. Look out world, here come four witches with attitude, and they're not taking any prisoners.

Hadley Hunter is the new witch in a town overflowing with paranormal beings. She's ready to settle, but odd things keeping cropping up and knocking her off her game. In addition to dating Moonstone Bay's sheriff Galen Blackwood, Hadley has her hands full when she helps discover a body at a local festival and uncovers a decades' old feud between two warring families. The stories are flying fast and furious and the suspects are racking up. At the top of the list is local enigma Booker, a mysterious soul who Hadley is determined to chase until he starts giving answers about his hidden past. Galen and Booker are at odds - and it's over more than just the dead body - and Hadley feels caught in the middle. When another witch shows an interest in her magical development, Hadley is eager for a breather. Unfortunately for her, the old witch in town might not be on the up and up. Hadley has a lot to do. She needs to solve a murder, figure out what's up with the other witch and get to know a few more locals. That's on top of bonding with a grandfather she didn't even know she had. She doesn't have a job but she's always working at something ... as long as she survives to see another fantastic island sunrise, that is.

Life should be good for Aisling Grimlock. She's engaged to a great guy, she's getting the hang of being a reaper, and her rich father spoils her rotten on a regular basis. All that changes when a series of storms hit and the Michigan populace starts turning downright dangerous. The streets are running with blood as people turn on one another for no good reason and the hospital is filling up with the sick and injured. That's on top of the ones who are dying in terrible fashion ... and leaving nothing but angst in their wake. Right from the beginning, Aisling is convinced the storms are magical in origin. Of course, because she's prone to theatrical fits, no one believes her ... until the storms hit a little too close to home and Aisling herself is in danger from the one person she trusts above all others. As a cop, Griffin Davenport is used to putting his life on the line. What he's not comfortable with is being a threat to the people he's supposed to be helping. The storms, you see, don't affect reapers but those they love are in a heap of danger. Aisling is determined to find the source of the storms, even if it leads to someone in her own family. She's willing to claw, scratch and fight until the danger is eliminated. She's also willing to whine, cajole and beg if it means she gets her way. A big fight is coming, and it will be under a cloudy sky. Will the Grimlocks live to reap another day or have they finally found an enemy that's big enough to take them out?

The primary election is almost here and Avery Shaw is in her glory. Her boss has unleashed her on the leading candidates - including two of whom she downright loathes - and Macomb County's leading reporter (and pot-stirrer extraordinaire) is about to turn the election on its ear.She just needs to find a story first.When her nemesis Tad Lancaster loses a volunteer, Avery sniffs out a bigger story ... or at least she thinks she does. She has a pile of documents, too many insidious ideas to wrangle, and a long-suffering boyfriend who can do nothing but shake his head.Avery is determined to find out the truth, even if it doesn't lead to Lancaster's downfall. She only has a limited time to do it, too, and the clock is ticking down to election day.In short order, Avery has to uncover a pile of financial corruption, irritate her co-workers to the point where they don't want to steal her story, hook her ex-boyfriend up with a new girlfriend, survive family dinner, convince her boyfriend she's not chasing ghosts but rather something that's really there, and save Macomb County's election process for the people.Oh, she also needs to figure out a way to avoid a baby shower, too.It's all in a day's work for one hard-working and fast-talking reporter. She just needs to survive the final showdown to prove to everyone exactly how superior she really is.

Mystic Caravan Circus is heading to the West Coast, and while everyone is happy for the change of scenery there's a pall settling over the group. Poet and Kade are in a good place and planning for a change, but it's something Poet can't focus on because she feels as if someone is watching ... and whoever it is has evil in his or her heart. The festival location is different, and instead of space, the circus denizens have festival workers and artisans on every side. They're open and exposed, and hiding their secret has never been more important. When one of their own goes missing, Poet is determined to figure out exactly what's going on. The answers won't be easy, though, and there are all different types of evil. A fight is coming, and the enemy is different from anything they've ever faced. They're outnumbered and might find themselves outmaneuvered. Who will survive? More importantly, who will be lost to something even worse than death? Sometimes death really is better.

Hadley Hunter has lived a normal life, in a normal suburb, with a normal job and a normal father. All that changes when a grandmother she didn't even know existed dies and leaves her a fabulous lighthouse on Moonstone Bay Island. Hadley, ready for an adventure, decides to check things out and finds herself plunged into a world she never envisioned. From the naked woman swimming in the ocean outside her back door, to the hot sheriff who seems to be hiding a secret, Hadley is intrigued from the start. That's before magical things start happening - including to Hadley - and a body washes up on the beach. It seems Moonstone Bay has a killer on the loose ... and he may be stalking Hadley, although no one can figure out why. Things are about to spiral for Moonstone Bay's newest reluctant - and baffled - witch. She has to learn about the past, investigate the present and hold on to her future for dear life. Along the way she will meet a bevy of new friends who have a few particular abilities ... and a lot of really odd quirks. Set sail for adventure, because once you visit Moonstone Bay, you'll never be the same again.

Life in the Winchester world is about to get turbulent. Aunt Tillie is on a rampage - what else is new, right? - and she's about to teach her nieces a lesson about messing with her. Bay and her cousins believe Aunt Tillie is a little too involved with her soap operas, so she curses them into a world that's one big soap opera ... and it's one created in Aunt Tillie's convoluted mind. Prepare yourself for a world of underground cities, mobsters, over-sexed hospitals, and back-from-the-dead heroes and heroines ... along with so much more. That's on top of Aunt Tillie, the diva of the story, who has not only an evil twin but an eviler one, too. Things are about to get out of control. That's exactly how Aunt Tillie wants them to be, though, so strap in and enjoy the ride.

Hemlock Cove is bustling with activity. FBI Agent Landon Michaels has officially moved in with his girlfriend Bay Winchester, Mrs. Little is planning an impromptu festival and there's a new witch in town. The question is: Is Scarlet Darksbane a real witch? Bay is in the middle of all of it. She has her hands full thanks to her imminent purchase of The Whistler ... and the fact that Landon and Thistle seem to be butting heads while sharing the same roof. Thistle isn't long for the guesthouse, but the weeks of overlap before she moves promise to try Bay's patience. Things only get worse when one of the renaissance festival performers is found dead in the town square and Bay and her wacky cohorts find themselves in the middle of another messy mystery. The murder has ritual overtones, and Bay is worried that everyone will start pointing fingers at the real witches if a suitable suspect isn't found. That's only one of her problems, though. It seems the new witch - who seems to be focused on entrenching herself in Hemlock Cove as fast as possible - might also be a suspect. She's definitely on Aunt Tillie's radar, and the elderly Winchester is determined to uncover all of Scarlet's secrets. It's up to Bay, Landon, Aunt Tillie and the rest of the motley crew to figure out the truth and head off a killer before another victim falls prey to a demented fiend with murder on his or her mind. The big question is: Will Bay survive to uncover the truth or will she be the next victim?

Charlie Rhodes has a new life and it's not exactly what she thought it would be.She's psychic, telekinetic and eager to learn from her knowledgeable co-workers at The Legacy Foundation. She's also nervous, frightened and on edge ... mostly because she's exactly the sort of oddity the group is looking to study and she's desperate to keep her secret from the very people who are searching for her.When word comes down that a chupacabra may have been sighted in Texas - perhaps even killing a man in an old abandoned mining town - Charlie is eager to show her worth. She's part of the first team that descends on Hooper's Mill, and there's definitely an air of danger lingering over the town.Charlie can feel it. She can sense ... something. It's lurking in the town and watching. Unfortunately for Charlie, she can't get a handle on whether she's looking for a human or animal. She just knows that it's dangerous ... and it wants to kill anyone who crosses its path.When one member of the team goes missing, Charlie realizes she's running out of time to solve a mystery in the present that has ties to the past. All the while she's trying to ensure her own future as the jaws of death - in the form of a mythical creature - snap at her heels.It's all hands on deck for another adventure, and this time the stakes might be so high not everyone survives.

Aisling Grimlock should be happy. She's living with and engaged to the man of her dreams, her mother isn't eating people ... at least out in the open, her best friend is distracted by wedding details ... mostly, and there are zombies running around Detroit. Yeah, it's that last one that's driving her crazy ... especially because no one in her family believes her when she spouts the tall tale. Aisling Grimlock is a reaper in trouble. She's got big decisions in front of her and nonstop trouble chasing behind. The dead appear to be rising ... and they've got their eyes (and teeth, for that matter) trained on Aisling and her family. Even though the rest of the family thinks she's exaggerating - or even lying because she's looking for attention - they're determined to help before Aisling goes over the edge. It seems there might be a little something going on, and Aisling might have been right all along. You know what that means, right? Yes, she's doing her "I'm right" dance ... and then ducking for cover. It's going to take every Grimlock to fight this enemy, and even then, Aisling will be isolated in the end. The question is: Can she win the day or is she destined to join the creatures stalking her?

Avery Shaw is living the dream ... kind of.She's officially moved to her dream house and her boyfriend Eliot Kane is making her host a housewarming party to show off the new digs to her family. All is going well - other than the endless arguments over food and hiding from Avery's family, of course - until one of Avery's enemies comes calling.Avery's former boyfriend Jake Farrell broke up with Cara Carpenter weeks before but she's still stalking him ... and Avery in the process. When Cara turns up dead at a high-profile event, not only is Jake a suspect, but Avery and Eliot are, too.The Michigan State Police wrestle the investigation from Jake, promptly turning Avery from the hunter to the hunted. The state police investigator assigned to the case is all up in Avery's business - and Avery is cracking under the pressure even as she insists on covering the case, much to almost everybody's chagrin.From the stress associated with the new house, Grandpa's constant naked visits to the pool, and Eliot's insistence that Avery own up to something illegal, things are starting to get tense.Avery is on her heels for a bit before starting to put the pieces together. When the truth comes out, though, the answers are welcome but the danger is not.Can Avery survive to irritate everyone another day? Or will Michigan's favorite reporter finally succumb to a mouth she can't quite seem to control?