New England Ghost

New England is filled with phenomena science cannot explain. Houses in which the floorboards creak and doors open on their own, waters upon which ghost ships sail, spooky sounds coming from the forest, eerie lights in the sky, and much more.

These are true ghost stories told by people from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. These New England ghost stories have been featured in our first 11 books and include: - ''...Whatever it was, it was not messing around. Instead it appeared to be protecting the location, ensuring that the property was safe from two people who had not made their intent clear... '' - ''... During the time my skin was melting into my shirt I was out of my body and looking down through the house...'' - ''... He just faded out of sight right there in the middle of a big ...

Still looking for answers to explain her uncanny ability to see her dead ancestors, Abby shifts her focus to spiritualists, seers, and psychics of all kinds. Meeting them with an open mind - and a healthy dose of skepticism - she wants to know if any of them genuinely share her strange experiences or if they're simply conning gullible people. When she ventures into a series of "readings" given by area psychics, she makes a startling connection that defies even her wildest expectations.

Ever since her first ghostly sighting, Abby Kimball has been trying to unravel the mystery of her newly discovered ability. So when she sees the apparition of a Revolutionary War soldier in the middle of the town green - just days before the annual Patriot's Day celebration, no less - she's determined to figure out her connection to the man. The ethereal soldier is not the only mystery in Abby's life.

Love breaks all the rules. Even those of the afterlife. Adele Monroe, recently widowed, loves her new home by the sea. At least until the overbearing, cantankerous spirit of the home’s former owner, a sea captain, makes himself known. The two must set a course for peaceful cohabitation, and Adele soon finds herself caring deeply for the unseen mariner. But how long can she carry on this association before the demands of the living force her to choose between life as she knows it and something far more mysterious? A retelling of R.A. Dick’s timeless classic, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, this...

These are true ghost stories told by people from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. These New England ghost stories have been featured in books 12 through 23 and include: - ''At that point my seven-year-old yelled from the backseat, ''Mom, what is going on? Why is that man see-through?'' Just then the man stepped up onto the sidewalk, and he was gone...'' - ''He replied, ''I am not like you. I don't get older anymore. '' I asked him why, and he said, ''because I died in an accident.'' He didn't say what kind of accident, but I started telling my ...

Retiree Gwen Andrews arrives at the Harbor Falls Bed & Breakfast expecting an evening of food and fun at the garden club’s Christmas party. Boy, is she wrong! First, she learns the B&B’s ghost is wreaking havoc.And then Gwen overhears a whispered blackmail threat.Because misfortune often comes in threes, a prickly club member tumbles down the servant steps during an impromptu house tour and dies.When the woman’s death is ruled suspicious, Gwen is enlisted for undercover sleuthing. Were mortal hands or spectral to blame? All the while, she’s juggling her personal life as one man ...

Salem attracts people from all points of the compass and the bewitching seaport is a magnet for the mysterious. Witchcraft and commerce, seafarers and slaves, even literature, combine to conjure up a ghostly brew of haunted happenings in this New England harbor town and surrounding North Shore haunts. Prepare to be chilled!

Welcome to the seaside town of New Shrimpton, where magic is in the air, shrimp can be scooped up by the barrel, and a murderer hides in plain sight… Alice Munroe is the only PI in town, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t have a little help. For one, she can speak to animals and plants… though her cat, the extravagantly grumpy Mr. Ploppers, sometimes makes her wish she couldn’t. Still, when that’s not enough, she has a few other magical tricks up her sleeve. Things go sideways, however, when she’s hired to investigate a death that everyone has written off as natural. Save for ...

Up until recently, Freeman has been known primarily as a "feminist" writer, for her classic stories like "A New England Nun", and "The Revolt of Mother". However, she also wrote many well crafted supernatural stories which have only recently begun to attract appreciative critical attention. These stories combine pragmatism and supernaturalism and are very much in the tradition of an "Americanized" Gothic.

Ella Bridges faces her most challenging investigation so far when the vicar dies suddenly at the May Day Fete. But with evidence scarce and her personal life unraveling in ways she could never have imagined, she misses vital clues in the investigation. Working alongside Sergeant Baxter of Scotland Yard, will Ella manage to unearth the clues needed to catch the killer before another life is lost? Or will personal shock cloud her mind and result in another tragedy?

An old mansion in Salem, moss-covered and gabled, broods over the destiny of a distinguished but troubled New England Family, the Pynchons. A haunting, centuries-old curse, a forceful probing of national and personal guilt, a romance between the young heroine and an attractive stranger all intertwine in this classic work by one of America's greatest novelists.

This story is about Jeffery Bloom, a self-made multi-millionaire. Who steps out of his normal life, of drug making and distributing, to buy a castle in the English countryside. It was bought sight unseen by Mister Bloom’s agent, and Jeffery finds himself at the front door at ten at night knocking with his knuckles on a solid hard wooden door. With little light, he failed to see the pull-cord for the chimes, that would alert the house of his presence. The limo driver, in the meantime, thinking the place looked spooky, wasted no time after dropping off Mister Bloom’s luggage on the front ...

Devlin Muir is having the worst day of his life. He lost his job, his girlfriend dumped him on Facebook, and his apartment exploded. In the midst of devastating chaos, a lawyer appears and informs him that he’s the long lost heir to the Foxley Mansion: a sprawling estate near Bar Harbor with a breathtaking view of the ocean. It certainly seems like the perfect place for an artist to hang out to lick his wounds and create, and since there’s nothing left for Devlin in Boston, he decides to relocate, and he heads for the quaint seaside village of Jenna’s Cove. But his new situation holds...