Young Adult Ghost

I still don’t consider myself a monster but I’m imprisoned by a group that insists I am the worst of monsters. I’m tormented. I’m tortured. Harassed. Harangued. And now I find myself dealing with the boy named after an angel. On. A. Regular. Basis. Oh, and lest I forget, I’m also dealing with a sadistic hunter who insists on leaving me bruised and battered. I want to be back at Netherside more than anything in the world. That doesn’t look likely. Not under these circumstances. I supposed I’ll be lucky if I survive this ordeal.

Everly’s the oldest, and that means she needs to take care of business—and her sisters—now that their mother is dead. Now that her sister Carissa is finally seeing that their mother’s death is suspicious, all she needs to do is prove it. And find out where the darkness that is threatening her family is coming from. It doesn’t help matters that a mysterious, hot ex from the U.K. shows up. Out of the blue. An ex who ghosted her. No, really. Ghosted. Not as in Casper, but as in poof! Now, she’s got to figure out a mystery and a man.

Calrod’s sworn off love, women, all that warm fuzzy stuff. You bet. This is one demon who’s determined to have a heart of stone. He’s got a good reason for this and isn’t interested in sharing his reasons. Cara Night’s got a secret of her own. One she hasn’t shared with anyone, not even her pregnant, demon-loving best friend. Okay, she’s got two secrets, but it seems that one of them is clearly written on her face. She’s in love with Calrod. She wants him, but there’s something off with the man. Something very off. She can’t put a finger on it and no one is interested in...

Olivia Tithe was excited for the summer and spending it with her best friend, Stern. But that was ruined when he was murdered...by Olivia's mother. Flashing forward, Olivia's life has been transformed since that awful night. After her mother's incarceration, Olivia must move on, but she hates her father's new fiancée, Heather, and with her dad's new real estate development (she calls it Ghost Town) in the works, she barely sees him. But a new boy, Austin, has kindled feelings inside her that she hasn't felt since Stern's death. Arriving at the same time as this new guy is a mysterious note that brings Stern's murder back to the forefront.

A half-blood by birth. Anissa Garnet is half-fae, half-vampire. And she’s not the daughter of just any fae, she’s the daughter of Gregor, the leader of the fae. Except now she’s made the mistake of walking away from her fae kind. As if that wasn’t bad enough, she left her mother’s kind—vampires—behind. Now this half-breed has gone rogue, but she hasn’t done it alone. Vampire clan leader no more. Jonah Bourke not only stepped down from being a clan leader, he also left behind his entire clan, the one he was destined to rule. All to merge his fate with Anissa, the slayer that ...

Betrayed, imprisoned, forgotten, Ronan must fight through the darkness, or be forever lost in its depths. Ronan, a revered dragon shifter leader, stood at the helm of the Nightshade Weavers, navigating his people through a world of shifting alliances and looming war. But when celebration turns into betrayal, he finds himself confined within the walls of an eternal cell, his fiery spirit extinguished into a persistent drip in the gloom. The world outside moves on, forgetting him in his dank prison, as he grapples with a maddening voice whispering of his death. Stripped of his freedom, his ...

The final book in the Condemned series! “I’ve spent decades being tortured by your memory. You swore you’d be mine. And instead, you ripped out my heart and left it to rot because you’re a coward.” The sadness that tainted her words was enough to slice Conan open as if she were the one holding the dagger. She pressed herself closer, his blade pressing into her neck. He wasn’t sure how there wasn’t blood. For a horrible second, he thought she was going to slice her own throat open, and his hand tensed. “I’ve been dead for years. Make it official or leave. I have work to do....

Supernatural horror short story from James J. Caterino, the author of Pop Star, The Promise, Time Travel Stories, The Girl from the Stars, Watch the Skies, The Last Neanderthal, and much more.

"The Ghost In The Crater" is a gripping tale of resilience, friendship, and the unyielding human spirit. Set in a close-knit community, the story unfolds after a tragic night of intoxication and violence that leads to the disappearance of Alex, a beloved friend. The events of that night, concealed by guilt and fear, haunt the lives of those involved.

Aithen’s having headaches that aren’t headaches. How’s he supposed to tell Olivia the truth about what’s happening to him? Haunted by memories he shouldn’t be remembering, memories of slaughtering of monsters. He’ll never be clean of the sins he’s committed. One monster. Himself. The second olivia knows who he really is, he’s sure she’ll recoil in disgust and hate him. To prevent that, he does the only thing he can. He removes himself form her life and leaves his heart—and hers—shattered. Olivia has a secret. Well, maybe more than one. Right now, she’s dealing with a...

For 16-year old Abigail Renshaw, the terrifying nightmares are not the worst part. When apparitions start leaking out of the nightmares into her waking life - well, that's a problem. But Abby's dealt with hallucinations before, and she's nothing if not resilient. Following clues from the nightmares, she convinces her mother to let her visit Harmony Springs, the small town in Florida where Abby was born, and where her grandmother still lives. There, Abby finds unexpected help from new friends: a compulsive teenage blogger named Molly Quick, and Molly's older brother Ray-Ray.

From William C. Morris and Edgar Award finalist Leah Thomas comes an ethereal, thought-provoking YA tale about a teen who can see ghosts...and helps them avenge their deaths. Dani’s best friend, Sarah, is a ghost. But maybe that’s normal when you’ve spent your childhood running from an abusive parent. Dani and Sarah might be more than friends, though Dani dares not say so. Dani is afraid that if he tells Sarah he’s trans, she won’t bother haunting him anymore. Sarah’s got good reason to distrust boys, having been strangled by one.

I shouldn’t be attracted to him. He has a reputation for bad things. He’s a rebel, often in detention. He also has a dark family history. I know all of these things. But the man that turned up at my detentions is nothing like I thought he would be. For a start, he doesn’t strike me as someone on the verge of being expelled. He does the work I tell him to do, without question. Sure, he’s a little broody about it, but something in his manner makes me wonder. He’s not some wild, untamed werewolf. He intrigues me. Maybe he’s not the criminal other people think he is. Maybe he’s ...

Mysterious murders, shadowy figures, and high school. Life can be hard, death can be harder. Cole Harper is dead. Reynold McCabe is alive and free. Mihko Laboratories has reopened the research facility and works to manufacture and weaponize the illness that previously plagued Wounded Sky. People are missing. The community has been quarantined. What deal did Eva strike with Choch? Who will defeat Reynold and Mihko? Time is running out.

Caught between love and loyalty, a dragon shifter leader must protect his clan and the woman he loves from an encroaching enemy, all while grappling with the impossible task of keeping his supernatural identity a secret. In the shadowy underworld of dragon shifters, Ronan stands as a bulwark against those who would destroy his clan. An imposing figure, he fights to keep his people safe, even as a traitor threatens to tear them apart from within. When he rescues a group of his kin, two beaten, bloodied traitors are left in his custody. But that's not his only problem. Enter Leeza Parish - an...

When Malyn Reed, seer of ghosts, fell in love with one, she knew it wouldn't end well, but when love pleaded with her heart, she was unable to deny it. Falling hard for the sexy southern gentleman, Beau Brogan, who died in 1910, her already strange life quickly turned into a life she'd never imagined, filled with love and heartache that would change her... for always. When Beau died, leaving him a mere ghost of himself, he thought it was his hell on earth, until Malyn moved in. Stealing the heart that hadn't beat in over one-hundred years, she gave him a new life that he'd never known, even...

Sixteen-year-old Ellie is dead, and now she's a ghost, trapped in the house she once called home. As her family grieves her loss, Ellie is left with haunting questions: Why can't she move on? What is keeping her tied to this place? And most of all—what really happened to her?

During the hot and humid summer of '57, Vivien Brennan’s father is sent to France to protect the free world during the Cold War. Vivien lives on a remote farm in Middle Tennessee with her grandma, mother, and sister. Compared to her earlier encounter with the nurse’s ghost last summer, life is idyllic. School is out and down the road from the farm, the ford of Little Duck River offers cool water. But rivers can be dangerous—even deadly. For the second time in Vivien’s life, a ghost seeks her help. But this is the specter of a Japanese girl unjustly imprisoned during WWII. The spirit...

Seventeen-year-old Li Lan lives in 1890s Malaya with her quietly ruined father, who returns one evening with a proposition - the fabulously wealthy Lim family want Li Lan to marry their son. The only problem is, he's dead. After a fateful visit to the Lim mansion, Li Lan finds herself haunted not only by her ghostly would-be suitor, but also her desire for the Lims' handsome new heir. At night she is drawn into the Chinese afterlife - a world of ghost cities, paper funeral offerings, monstrous bureaucracy and vengeful spirits.

It's been two months since Travis' family moved from their shabby old house to a development so new that it seems totally unreal. There's one place, though, where Travis can still connect with his old life: the Salinas library. Travis and his family used to go there together every Saturday, but now he bikes to it alone, re-reading his favorite books. Suddenly, Travis is seeing John Steinbeck's characters spring to life.