A Haunted Love Story


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When Mark Spencer and his family moved into the beautiful old Allen House in Monticello, Arkansas, they were aware of its notorious reputation for being haunted. According to local lore, the troubled spirit of society belle Ladell Allen, who had mysteriously committed suicide in the master bedroom in 1948, still roamed the grand historic mansion. Yet, Mark remained skeptical—until he and his family began encountering faceless phantoms, a doppelganger spirit, and other paranormal phenomena. Ensuing ghost investigations offered convincing evidence that six spirits, including Ladell, inhabited their home. But the most shocking event occurred the day Mark followed a strange urge to explore the attic and found, crammed under a floorboard, secret love letters that touchingly depict Ladell Allen's forbidden, heart-searing romance—and shed light on her tragic end. This haunting true ghost story includes several photographs of the Allen House.




Beautiful Haunting: A Ghost Love Story


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*****THIS IS A PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED BOOK IN THE SCRUPLES SERIES. THE TITLE AND STORY HAVE BEEN UPDATED*****Utah's life is a living hell. Well, it would be, if he had a life. A heroic firefighter, Utah lost his life attempting to save the victims of a four story structure fire. Now his tormented spirit wanders aimlessly in search of ending his pain-and theirs. But his nightmare has only just begun. A serial killer has resurfaced, adding to the tortured screams that haunt Utah day and night. But when Utah makes a desperate attempt to call 911, everything changes. He crosses paths with the beautiful and alluring Michelle Collins. Now he must enlist her help without losing the only thing he has left-his heart.Michelle Collins has always seen and felt things no one else could. A descendant of the Cherokee nation, Michelle carries the white buffalo totem, The Keeper of Souls, and works as a 911 dispatcher, using her gifts to help others. But nothing could prepare her for meeting the ghost of Utah Baines. He's gorgeous, intriguing, and definitely not alive. Michelle can't help but want him, even though her heart knows it could never be. When fate throws Utah and Michelle together to save a young girl's life, they form a bond that just might prove stronger than death...




Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story


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The acclaimed New York Times–bestselling biography and “emotionally detailed portrait of the artist as a young man” (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times) In the first biography of the iconic David Foster Wallace, D.T. Max paints the portrait of a man, self-conscious, obsessive and struggling to find meaning. If Wallace was right when he declared he was “frightfully and thoroughly conventional,” it is only because over the course of his short life and stunning career, he wrestled intimately and relentlessly with the fundamental anxiety of being human. In his characteristic lucid and quick-witted style, Max untangles Wallace’s anxious sense of self, his volatile and sometimes abusive connection with women, and above all, his fraught relationship with fiction as he emerges with his masterpiece Infinite Jest. Written with the cooperation of Wallace’s family and friends and with access to hundreds of unpublished letters, manuscripts and journals, this captivating biography unveils the life of the profoundly complicated man who gave voice to what we thought we could not say.




Ghosts of Christmas Past


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A present contains a monstrous secret. An uninvited guest haunts a Christmas party. A shadow slips across the floor by firelight. A festive entertainment ends in darkness and screams. Who knows what haunts the night at the dark point of the year? This collection of seasonal chillers looks beneath Christmas cheer to a world of ghosts and horrors, mixing terrifying modern fiction with classic stories by masters of the macabre. From Neil Gaiman and M. R. James to Muriel Spark and E. Nesbit, there are stories here to make the hardiest soul quail - so find a comfy chair, lock the door, ignore the cold breath on your neck and get ready to welcome in the real spirits of Christmas.




Breathe


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Jack is not a normal boy. He can talk to ghosts. In his new home, an aging farmhouse, he meets the Ghost Mother, a grief-stricken spirit who becomes very attached to him...too attached. He learns that the Ghost Mother is preying in the cruelest imaginable way on four child ghosts who are trapped in the house, stealing their energy to sustain her own. Before Jack can figure out how to help them, the Ghost Mother takes possession of his real mother’s body. Jack wants to fight back, but he has severe asthma and risks fatal attacks with any physical exertion. It will take all his resources, and his mother’s as well, to fight off the Ghost Mother and save the ghost children from a horrible fate.




Love at First Haunt


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A psychic who's afraid of ghosts… Is that even a thing? For medium Allison Gray, it certainly is. She's seen dead people for as long as she can remember, but a harrowing incident from her past has left her terrified of spirits. The one in Logan's house is no exception. Logan Mitchell is an empath, and while his gift of reading people's emotions has come in handy in the business world, it's about to drive him insane. Literally. If his psychic power doesn't make him crazy, the ghost that's haunting him soon will. He's given up hope of ever having a normal life, until he meets Allison. She could be the answer to his prayers, but even if she can overcome her fears, loving Logan will mean risking her life. If you like steamy romance with a spooky twist, you'll love this thrilling ghost story!




Ghost Cat


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There is a ghost in my house. I've only seen it out of the corner of my eye, but I think it is a cat, says a little boy in this comforting tale of love and loss. There's something oddly familiar about this ghost cat--it does lots of things that remind the boy of the cat he used to have. The boy's not sure why the ghost cat never stays for more than a few moments, or why the ghost cat has visited him in the first place. He follows the ghost cat all over his house, until finally it leads him to something new and wonderful. Bestselling author/illustrator Kevan Atteberry's artwork and story strike a perfect balance of evocative and haunting, as well as warm and hugely comforting to anyone struggling to cope with a loss. With a few carefully chosen words and simple, expressive illustrations, Ghost Cat captures both the poignancy of losing a pet and the importance of moving on without erasing or forgetting what came before. Winner of the Crystal Kite Award, Western Division A Bank Street Best Book of the Year Washington State Book Award Finalist




This Is Not a Ghost Story


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Nothing is as it seems in this chilling, twisting tale by bestselling author Andrea Portes, perfect for fans of Madeleine Roux and Danielle Vega. Rife with dark humor and chilling twists, This Is Not a Ghost Story is American Horror Story meets There’s Someone Inside Your House. It will have readers flipping back to the very first page after the shocking finale. I am not welcome. Somehow I know that. Something doesn’t want me here. Daffodil Franklin has plans for a quiet summer before her freshman year at college, and luckily, she’s found the job that can give her just that: housesitting a mansion for a wealthy couple. But as the summer progresses and shadows lengthen, Daffodil comes to realize the house is more than it appears. The spacious home seems to close in on her, and as she takes the long road into town, she feels eyes on her the entire way, and something tugging her back. What Daffodil doesn’t yet realize is that her job comes with a steep price. The house has a long-ago grudge it needs to settle . . . and Daffodil is the key to settling it.




The Haunting of Maddy Clare


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A woman of limited means and even less experience must confront a vengeful spirit in this haunting novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Broken Girls and The Sun Down Motel. 1920s England. Sarah Piper’s lonely, threadbare existence changes when her temporary agency sends her to assist an obsessed ghost hunter. Alistair Gellis—rich, handsome, and scarred by World War I—has been summoned to investigate the spirit of the nineteen-year-old maid Maddy Clare, who is said to haunt the barn where she committed suicide. Maddy hated men in life, and she will not speak to them in death. But Sarah is unprepared to confront an angry ghost—real or imagined—on her own. She’s even less prepared for the arrival of Alistair’s associate, rough, unsettling Matthew Ryder, also a veteran of the trenches, whose scars go deeper than Sarah can reach. Soon, Sarah is caught up in a desperate struggle. For Maddy’s ghost is no hoax—she’s real, she’s angry, and she has powers that defy all reason. Now, Sarah and Matthew must discover who Maddy was, where she came from, and what is driving her desire for vengeance—before she destroys them all....




A Haunting at Land's End


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A Haunting at Land’s End is a paranormal romance novel for the lovers of ghost and haunted house stories. This story begins as the Civil War is ending in Charleston, South Carolina, and moves through time to today. Most ghost stories skip around the reason for the haunting, however, this book tells the story from the perspective of everyone involved. Even the ghost Anna speaks. Allen and Susan are in love but can’t marry and begin a life together at the restored Land’s End until the ghost that’s causing so much trouble in the house has finally crossed over to the other side. Anna refuses to leave until she finds her baby, Rosemary, who Anna thinks is hiding and playing peek-a-boo with her.