Tag Archives: Supernatural
Ann Hite. Ghost on Black Mountain. New York: Gallery Books, 2011.
Nellie Clay falls hard for winter-eyed, curly-haired Hobbs Pritchard. In no time at all they are married, paying no heed to Nellie’s mama, who warns that she sees death in her tea leaves. It’s 1939, and despite the Depression that … Continue reading
Joyce and Jim Lavene. A Touch of Gold. New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 2011.
Life in Duck, North Carolina, during the off season can be slow for the residents of this Outer Banks hamlet. Although the town is fairly small, its history, lore, and spirit more than make up for its size. The quiet … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Coast, Dare, Lavene, Jim and Joyce, Mystery, Novels in Series
Nicholas Sparks. The Best of Me. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2011.
Amanda Collier and Dawson Cole both live in Oriental, North Carolina, but they might as well be from different planets. Amanda is a daughter of one of the oldest, most respected families in the town, while Dawson’s kin make up … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Coast, Pamlico, Romance/Relationship, Sparks, Nicholas
Anne V. Wigg. Filex 13. New York: Xlibris, 2007.
Tiffany Silver lives in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina with her husband Shadow and two young children. She has a happy existence running a small dress shop while Shadow works as an oceanographer, and they are surrounded by friends and family. … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2007, Coast, New Hanover, Wigg, Anne V.
Teresa D’Amario. Shewolf. Culver City, CA: Freya’s Bower, 2007.
Veterinarian Anna Callaway has always had a special talent with animals. Beyond her skill with a scalpel, sutures, and other tools of the trade, Anna has some extra gifts. These include extremely sharp eyesight, more strength than she should have, … Continue reading
Kat Meads. When the Dust Finally Settles. Spokane, WA: Ravenna Press, 2011.
Clarence Carter died unexpectedly, giggling at the irony of it all, flipped over and pinned under his Oliver tractor on account of a wayward tree stump. Bewildered but rather amused by suddenly finding himself a ghost, he wanders back through … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Coast, Currituck, Historical, Meads, Kat, Novels Set in Fictional Places
Sain, Leanna. Magnolia Blossoms. Kingsport, TN: Twilight Times Books, 2010.
Sweet Magnolia Poinsett (understandably) loathes her name, preferring instead to go by Maggie. At 25, tough and worldly Maggie is a photographer for the prestigious National Geographic magazine, until she contracts malaria on a shoot in Zaire. Ordered to rest, … Continue reading
Ted Miller Brogden. Jigsaw. Charleston, SC: T.M. Brogden, 2010.
Cape Thomas is going through a mid-life crisis. He has just lost his job as a pilot, and the woman he has loved for over a decade is slipping further away from him. To make matters worse, Cape had a … Continue reading
Filed under 2010, 2010-2019, Brogden, Ted Miller, Coast, Suspense/Thriller
Toby Tate. Diablero. Norcross, GA: Nightbird Publishing, 2010.
The Death Defier, or Diablero, is a creature who once was human but who acquired magical powers that allowed it to escape death. But maybe death is a better fate than to live as a death defier–a collection of bones … Continue reading
Filed under 2010, 2010-2019, Coast, Horror, Hyde, Pasquotank, Suspense/Thriller, Tate, Toby
Andrea Johnson. Blood of My Blood. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2009.
Samantha thought her life was on the upswing when she was adopted from an orphanage by Janet and Paul Rivers who brought her to live with them and their two children in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Samantha began to blossom, making … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2009, Coastal Plain, Horror, Johnson, Andrea, Novels Set in Fictional Places, Onslow
