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message 1: by MJ (new)

MJ | 1617 comments Not sure exactly how to explain what I’m looking for, but I seem to be in the mood for real world paranormal rather than urban fantasy or everyone’s supernatural (even tho I do love those stories too ;).

I guess (anything, but) along the lines of a psychic helping out cops or a character being a witch without of the flash and sparkle hexing. Maybe tarot reader or clairvoyant who has an ‘everyday life’ and isn’t sitting under a neon ‘see your future here’ sign.

Haunted house and/or the ‘actual’ psychic (someone who knows they are psychic in some form and has agreed to deal with the problem) or the ‘accidental’ psychic (someone who’s walked into the house and is now having to come to terms with the fact they are actually in a haunted house and somehow can interact with the situation) who’s having to deal with something that is not the norm for the world around them and not something they could explain to the cops if things go wrong.

Even something like vampire/s or weres, as long as it’s not based in fantasy...?

Let’s see, I like these, but I’m looking for something for more real world than the below.

- Trueblood: just goes straight into supernatural
- GuildHunter or Psy Changeling series by Nalini Singh: they are real world... in their own real world, so rules and things are different straight up.
- I’ll try and think of more

The book that set me on this interest is Berkley Street by Ron Ripley. The MC was a child when the family moved into a haunted house and the ghosts started harassing him, and no one believed. As an adult, he has to try and sort things out with the house that has its own ideas. Again, everyday life where ghost and haunted houses are for the movies and crazies, but it is his reality.

Thanks :)


message 2: by Alex (new)

Alex 80558483 | 249 comments Alexie Aaron her Haunted series is great!
The first one in the series is The Hauntings of Cold Creek Hollow by Alexie Aaron
Also, anything by Darcy Coates, all awesome reads.
Two more are J L Bryan, Ellie Jordan series, and if you want something a little different and are not opposed to historical romance, Chasity Bowlin, The Haunting of a Duke (Dark Regency, #1) by Chasity Bowlin .


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message 5: by MJ (new)

MJ | 1617 comments I’m working thru these list, thanks


message 6: by Gillian (new)

Gillian | 342 comments You might like some stuff on the following list:
Popular Psychic Mystery Books


message 7: by MJ (new)

MJ | 1617 comments That’s great, thx


message 8: by MJ (new)

MJ | 1617 comments Any more suggestions? (Real world prn)


message 9: by ...cats? (new)

...cats? | 470 comments The Changeover by Margaret Mahy is about a girl who gets drawn into a world of witches while dealing with everyday life in a New Zealand suburb

The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke is about a group of child thieves in Venice; there is a significant magical item that comes up late in the book but plays an important role in their lives

Doll Bones by Holly Black keeps is about three children navigating their complicated friendship and dealing with the possible but not confirmed existence of a ghost

Rhymes with Witches by Lauren Myracle is about a girl discovering that the popular girls in her school use a sort of magic to maintain their status


message 10: by MJ (new)

MJ | 1617 comments Thx


message 11: by Ashlan Brooks (new)

Ashlan Brooks (captured_bookish) | 15 comments Hush, Hush is the first book in a series where the love interest is supernatural but the heroine must keep it a secret and help him hide his true nature at school and in public


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