Stuart Jaffe

Max, Sandra, and Drummond return with more from The Max Porter Paranormal Mysteries. Ghosts of the American Revolution, a family trapped by magic, the most powerful coven in the Carolinas -- all this and more in the series that takes real history and mixes it with ghosts, witches, curses, and even Max's mother.

OLD RIVALS, NEW ENEMIESFor many years, Max Porter and his team have been caught between Mother Hope and Grandma Mobley, two witches that hated each other for over a century. Both witches hold power and both are dangerous.But now, their hatred has finally boiled over, and that power is about to be unleashed. Now, Max finds himself the rope in a tug-o-war that threatens to destroy his budding family, if not all of North Carolina. He will have to risk everything he knows and loves, push himself further than ever before. Because Max Porter will be in the fight of his life.And his death.

THE PARALLEL SOCIETY RETURNS Roni and Gram head to Ireland to inspect an open rift beneath an Abbey church. Just another day closing universes for the Parallel Society, but an exciting day for Roni. It's a chance for her to get out of the library and into the real world. It's a chance to spread her wings a little more.But something is alive inside that rift -- something that wants to get out. The Abbey nuns are convinced the rift is a conduit to Heaven, and the thing inside is an angel. But Gram harbors a secret about the rift angel, one that haunts her. And soon Roni will learn that the nuns have secrets of their own.The lies and secrets would be plenty enough to deal with. But when the rift is breached and an angel set loose, Roni will wish she could be back in the underground library

The magic continues when North Carolina history mixes with the paranormal in the Max Porter Paranormal Mysteries. This highly addictive series will keep you turning pages late into the night. Fun, funny, suspenseful, and scary, this edition of the bestselling series is loaded with hundreds of excitement-filled pages

As a private investigator in North Carolina, most of Marshall Drummond's cases involve that other world - the one with ghosts and spells, the one with witches and curses, the one most people never see or want to see.Welcome to the Marshall Drummond Case Files. Stories that explore the dark mysteries and thrilling adventures of 1940s PI, Marshall Drummond, before he died and became the ghost detective found in the bestselling Max Porter Paranormal Mysteries.This first installment details five harrowing cases involving everything from stolen minds to stolen souls, from witch curses to witch cures, from the criminal underworld to the supernatural underworld. It's all here. It's all waiting for you.

Delve into a world both Real and Supernatural when North Carolina history mixes with the paranormal in this pulse-pounding series. The Max Porter Paranormal Mysteries is a highly addictive series that'll keep you turning pages late into the night. Fun, funny, suspenseful, and scary, these three tales give you tons of excitement-filled pages "Southern Bound gets it right A great blend of ghosts and gumshoes. If you like haunting mysteries you'll love Southern Bound " - Edgar-nominated author, Joel GoldmanSOUTHERN BOUND (Book 1)When Max and Sandra Porter moved down to North Carolina, they thought they were getting a new beginning - good job, good pay, and a lovely little place in Winston-Salem. But the family that hired him to research land deals in North Carolina is not all that they seem. And when Max discovers that his office is haunted by Marshall Drummond, PI - a ghost from the 1940s - what started as a simple research job sinks him neck-deep in a world of old mysteries and dangerous enemies. One in which ghosts, witches, curses, and spells exist. One in which something as innocent as a book can turn deadly.SOUTHERN CHARM (Book 2)When Max and the gang are hired by an art forging ghost to find a lost painting, Max thinks it'll be easy money. But villains old and new come out, and the race is on for the painting and the secrets it contains. A race that will lead Max into a mess of magic spells, haunted houses, ancient curses, and even Blackbeard the Pirate.SOUTHERN BELLE (Book 3)Max thought he had enough trouble dealing with one witch in Winston-Salem. But a new case brings to light an entire coven of witches. Angry, cursed, dead witches. Lucky for Max he has the aid of his partner, the ghost of 1940s detective Marshall Drummond, and his sharp-witted wife, Sandra. Together, they'll face enemies at every turn, and things only get worse when the mysterious Hull family and the FBI start poking into Max's life. He'll need all his team can give with a case that involves the theft of a cursed bell, dark magic, spirit possession, and ghastly murders. All in all, just another day at the office for Max Porter.

When a boyfriend from Sandra's past hires the Porter Agency to investigate a haunted firehouse, Max and Drummond know there's going to be trouble. Yet nobody is prepared for the twisted path they embark on. A path that takes them into a harrowing murder, a botched curse, and the rumblings of a witch war.But after Sandra's life is placed in jeopardy, Max throws off the gloves. To save her, he's ready to take on the toughest witches in all of North Carolina if he must - nothing will stop him when his love is on the line.Join Max, Sandra, Drummond and the rest of the gang as they battle witches, ghosts, curses, and more in another exciting paranormal mystery.

With a year in the Parallel Society under her belt, Veronica "Roni" Rider still feels like an outsider. Relegated to the basement library, she seeks some way to assert herself and find her place. Her chance arrives when she is sent on a mission into the Infinity Caverns to locate mystical stones in a lost universe. But the journey unearths many of the team's secrets, and the pressures upon them threaten to destroy their fragile group.Then they discover the hellspiders and all bets are off.

Old Power, New Corruption Max Porter has had his share of odd cases. That goes with the territory when one of your partners is the ghost of a 1940s detective. But the idea of being hired by a witch coven to save witches seems wrong from the start, and it only gets worse. Bad enough that Max can't trust anything his clients say, but his own wife is being lured closer into becoming a real witch - something that terrifies Max and sows distrust. Add to that a mysterious group of witch hunters, a long dead curse brought back to cause havoc, and power players in the shadows, and it's no wonder The Porter Agency is stretched to the breaking point. Between fighting their enemies and fighting each other, this may end up the toughest case of their lives. One that could alter the balance of power among all witches for years to come.

There are other worlds. Other universes. And sometimes, they slip into our own.When Veronica "Roni" Rider discovers this, she also learns that there are three people tasked with saving our universe - her grandmother and two seventy-year-old friends.But it's hard to defend your world with a bad back and arthritis.Tossed into a new reality that she never expected, Roni must decide if she will step up and join the team or forever leave behind all she has learned and all she cares about.Oh, and she'll have to save the universe, too.

To found a colony on a new world, they left everything they knew behind. With no possibility to return, only the hope of a better life keeps them going. But for Rica, Pimly, and Craig, the bizarre death of a friend leads them into a twisting maze of lies and deceit. The more they uncover, the stranger their new world becomes. Every step forward turns the place they have come to call home into a labyrinth of secrets with mysteries hidden inside. They will struggle against law, murder, and madness in their pursuit of the truth.But some truths are worse than lies.