Spirits & Spells is a podcast by USA Today bestselling authors Heather Marie Adkins & Alex Owens, both of whom are obsessed with things they can't explain - especially the weird, the witchy, and the woefully spectral.Step beyond the veil with twenty-one spooky tales of TRUE supernatural encounters by some of today's hottest paranormal authors. Between these pages, you'll witness a pair of disembodied legs cross the street and wake up beside ghostly felines; you'll experience visits...

Witnesses saw Lorraine Young arrive home. Her 1977 black Malibu is parked beside her twenty-seven-foot Holiday Rambler trailer. Her windows and doors are bolted from the inside, but she’s not there.Stella Kirk has the instinctive ability to frame a question in a way that elicits a long-buried answer. As the owner of Shale Cliffs RV Park, she tackles the disappearance of one of her seasonal residents with a vengeance.Aiden North, a police detective and her high school sweeth...

Hope is always the last thing to die in a man.As a Navy SEAL, I’ve been through hell and back.So, when my life was turned upside down by my brother’s disappearance, I didn’t give up hope.But, I did give up Sidney.Her smile, her lips, her sweet scent, all of it haunted my dreams. And, when it didn’t, she was the only thing keeping me alive while the world exploded around me.Some of my comrades have tasted the “exotic” women, but they ...

Her dear friend is dead. She finds the body. Follow Stella Kirk and Detective Aiden North as they uncover Paulina McAdams' secrets. Will a diary reveal her life story once the code is broken? In their search for answers, Stella and Aiden untangle the clues of a clandestine affair, a long-held confidence, and a past indiscretion refusing to be left behind. Did a series of random encounters ultimately lead to blackmail and murder?This third Stella Kirk Mystery returns the reader to t...

The assumed accidental death of a young bride leads Detective Aiden North and Stella Kirk, the owner of the Shale Cliffs RV Park, into an investigation fraught with sibling secrets, revealing choices, and unforgivable misunderstandings. Which family member holds the ultimate power of influence? Will Lucy Painter’s murder be confirmed? Will the perpetrator be exposed? Will family ties be unbreakable to the end?

No Visible Means:No Visible Means: A Stella Kirk Mystery # 1 introduces the reader to Stella, the reluctant owner of Shale Cliffs RV Park, along with the motley crew of residents and staff who populate her property every summer.In this inaugural book of the series, witnesses saw Lorraine Young arrive home. Her 1977 black Malibu remains parked beside her twenty-seven-foot Holiday Rambler trailer. Her windows and doors are bolted from the inside, but she's no...

Sand In My Suitcase:Her dear friend is dead. She finds the body. Follow Stella Kirk and Detective Aiden North as they uncover Paulina McAdams' secrets. Will a diary reveal her life story once the code is broken? In their search for answers, Stella and Aiden untangle the clues of a clandestine affair, a long-held confidence, and a past indiscretion refusing to be left behind. Did a series of random encounters ultimately lead to blackmail and murder?This thir...

No More Deliveries: A Stella Kirk Mystery # 8 is the final installment in this cozy mystery series.In a personal letter to you, Stella tells the story of her last investigation with Aiden North. Means, motive, and opportunity are the cornerstones of every murder case, but are all three necessary?Stella, a former amateur sleuth, recalls her struggles as she pieced together jealousies, love triangles, protective parents, silent admirers, and undiscovered circumstance...

In May 1982, Hester Painter and Angus Raspberry find themselves embroiled in a murder investigation. They are depending on Stella Kirk to prove Angus isn't the perpetrator*.*My Inescapable Vow: A Stella Kirk Mystery #7 speaks to the bond between couples-a bond which may be worthy of personal sacrifice-or not.Follow Stella Kirk and Aiden North as they work through the entanglements of illegal activities, friendships, marriages, affairs, work colleagues, and communit...

Cheetah shifter Tabitha is facing expulsion, but when she hires a tutor to help, she never expected her long time crush to answer the call.Cheetah shifter Tabitha "Tabby" Long has always dreamed of going pro in sand volleyball, but when her return to school comes with the revelation she's not on the roster, all her dreams are put at risk. A bad magic test has landed her on academic probation, and if she can't pass the retest with a high score, her dreams of going p...

The Shale Harbour First Annual Writers Retreat abruptly ends when a budding author is found dead at the bottom of the stairs in the Shale Harbour Community Hall and Playhouse. He was a collector of the secrets of others; an unpleasant young man disliked by most. The workshop instructors have questionable backgrounds, partake in clandestine affairs, and are cloaked in confidential circumstances. Stella Kirk and Aiden North sort through the emotional noise, come to understand the victim's mo...

Stella Kirk and Detective Aiden North face complications related to friendships, buried secrets, and childhood trauma in their quest to discover the killer. Personal issues cloud the landscape, family ties prove weaker than assumed, and Stella faces the concept of feeling humiliated even when no one else is aware. The lives of others are never as we expect.