More from Jess McConkey
LOVE LIES BLEEDING
To what lengths would you go to keep a past buried?
Samantha Moore is a golden girl—with a perfect job, a perfect man, a perfect life—until a random act of violence changes everything. Unconscious for two months, Sam awakens from her coma a different person—bitter, in constant pain, and forced to endure medications that leave her nauseated and paranoid, struggling to keep a grip on reality.
Furious with her family for sending her away to a small, remote town to recuperate—placed completely under a physical therapist’s care and robbed of what little freedom she has left— Sam lashes out at the “nice people” all around her who claim to have only her best interests in mind. But are her violent outbursts the by-product of her condition . . . or something else entirely? Strange things are happening here— and either Samantha Moore is losing her mind or her friendly new neighbors are far more dangerous than they appear to be. . . .
“Haunting, mysterious, and subtly romantic, this debut under Shirley Damsgaard’s pseudonym is inspirational and full of hope.”
—RTBookReviews.com
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WITCH WAY TO MURDER
Thirtysomething Ophelia Jensen wants to live a quiet life as a small-town librarian. She’s created a comfortable existence with her kooky, colorful grandmother Abby, and if it had been up to her, they could have lived out their days—along with Ophelia’s dog, Lady, and cat, Queenie—in peace and quiet. But to Ophelia’s dismay, she and Abby aren’t a typical grandmother/ granddaughter duo. She possesses psychic powers, and Abby is a kindly witch. And while Ophelia would do anything to dismiss her gift—harboring terrible guilt after her best friend was killed and she was unable to stop it— threatening events keep occurring, forcing her to tap into her powers of intuition. To make matters worse, a strange yet devastatingly attractive man is hanging around Ophelia’s library, and no matter how many times she tells him she has sworn off men forever, he persists. Soon this handsome newcomer reveals he’s following a lead on a local drug ring, and then a dead body shows up right in Abby’s backyard. And much as Ophelia would like to put away her spells forever, she and Abby must use their special powers to keep themselves and others out of harm’s way.
CHARMED TO DEATH
Ophelia Jensen’s good witch granny Abigail revels in her paranormal powers. But Ophelia never asked for her bothersome psychic abilities— especially since they proved worthless when the thirtysomething librarian’s best friend Brian was murdered by a still-unknown assailant.
Now, five years later, another friend is gone, killed in almost identical fashion. Even dear old Abby isn’t safe, distracted as she is by her fight to prevent a massive mega-polluting pig-farming operation from invading their small Iowa town. And Ophelia can’t count on her snarling, scoffing nemesis, police detective Henry Comacho, to get the job done, so she’ll have to take matters into her own hands. Because a common thread to the crimes and a possible next victim are suddenly becoming troublingly apparent . . . Ophelia Jensen herself!
THE TROUBLE WITH WITCHES
Ophelia has always considered her psychic abilities an imposition, except for those times she’s been able to put her paranormal talents to good use— as when a friend asks her to help find a missing teenager. Unfortunately it means she and Abby, her kindly, canny sorceress granny, will be taking to the road to pursue the vanished girl in the wilds of Minnesota.
The signs are pointing toward the secluded new age research facility of Jason and Juliet Finch, who live with their troubled—and possibly matricidal—thirteen-year-old niece. A bizarre local murder that follows their arrival—along with the appearance of a mysterious Native American shaman— only emphasizes the urgency of Ophelia and Abby’s hunt, drawing them into a web of dark secrets and to the last place they’d ever wish to be: a cottage in the woods where true evil quite possibly resides.
WITCH HUNT
Small-town librarian Ophelia Jensen is finally starting to embrace her lot as one of the “chosen”—a psychic and folk magick practitioner, aka a witch. Expert loving guidance from her magickally adept grandmother Abby helps—and adopting Tink, an exceptionally talented teenage medium, has given Ophelia’s life new purpose . . . until a brutal murder clouds the sunshine of their days.
Ophelia’s coworker and best friend Darci is distraught when her cousin is implicated in the small Iowa town of Summerset’s most recent murder—the violent death of a biker. Unfortunately for Darci’s cousin, her fingerprints are all over the murder weapon. She claims she’s innocent, but it’ll take Ophelia and Abby more than a good incantation or two to get to the bottom of this crime— what with ghosts, crooked cops, secret identities, and a small army of outlaw bikers thrown into this devil’s brew.
THE WITCH IS DEAD
Life is busier than ever for witch Ophelia Jensen. In addition to her day job at the library, she—with the help of her grandmother Abby—is preparing to officially adopt Tink, the young medium she has taken under her wing. So when Ophelia’s elderly Aunt Dot, eager for adventure, wants to investigate the murder of a funeral director in the neighboring town, Ophelia tries to say no. But then Tink’s dog pulls a skull out of the woods—a skull that may belong to a murder victim.
Finding mysterious bones in the woods isn’t the only strange thing that has happened to Tink lately. She’s been having visions of ghastly ghosts imploring her for help. But before Ophelia can connect the apparitions with the murder, Tink is kidnapped! Ophelia and Abby will have to battle a creepy crematorium owner and an invasion from some modern-day body snatchers to find their protégé . . . or else they’ll have to hold a séance just to speak to her again.
THE WITCH’S GRAVE
Cupid has cast his spell on good witch Ophelia Jensen. The practical, pragmatic, law-abiding librarian has just begun letting down her hair with Stephen Larsen, the author of some of the most scandalous crime exposés ever written. It’s a match made in the stacks—until the would-be lovers take a quiet countryside stroll and shots ring out.
A murderer, not magick, made Stephen disappear—and Ophelia might be next. The sheriff warns her and her grandmother Abby not to meddle, but after another shooting leaves them shaken, the women can’t help but get involved. A sinister stalker is trailing Ophelia, and she’ll have to summon all her powers to prevent herself from ending up six feet under.
THE SEVENTH WITCH
Small-town librarian and psychic Ophelia Jensen hails from a long line of wise and wonderfully gifted women. There’s her grandmother Abby, a talented witch, along with her great- aunt Mary, who’s about to celebrate her hundredth birthday. But as Ophelia learns, when she and Abby travel to North Carolina for the centennial celebration, their family secrets aren’t just magickal—they’re murderous as well.
Someone in the sweet Southern town wants Abby dead. Could it be a rogue witch in Ophelia’s own family? A vengeful local witch desperate to settle a bitter feud decades in the making? Ophelia must use all her talents to save her loved ones—before the witching hour comes upon them, and bad blood turns deadly.
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