Author: Amanda

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Cross Trail Middle School Chapter 2

About ten minutes later, the old, loud, unit was in James’s office window, blocking out the sun and slowly cooling the room. James was in the kitchen with Amelia, making coffee before going into what was going to be a very tight space with the whole team today. “I want to make Madelyn stay in […]

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Cross Trail Middle School Chapter 1

It was eighty-five degrees outside, but in headquarters, it had to be coming up on a hundred. James walked in to start his shift at noon and was tempted to immediately walk right back out as the thick air enveloped him in sticky heat. But he was in charge and if the others were tolerating […]

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Westminster (NCPU15) Author Letter

(Note: This letter contains spoilers for Westminster (North County Paranormal Unit 15), publishing September 5, 2026, as well as previous books in the series.) I already wrote over on Patreon about my preteen love of all things Buffy the Vampire Slayer. So I won’t go deep into that over here. But it was exciting to […]

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Pinewood Corner Kitchen Chapter 25

The knock at the front door startled Gabriella, who immediately wondered where she’d left Ricky’s paintball gun. It wasn’t Adele, of course not. And not just because she’d probably fled the country, but because the shadowed figure on the other side of the frosted window was far too large to be her. But Gabriella wasn’t […]

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Pinewood Corner Kitchen Chapter 24

As soon as they got to headquarters, Bradley went straight back to the gray bedroom, closing the door behind him. That was a little unusual, but Gabriella realized that if his usual haunt in the back bedroom was locked, they’d be down a workspace and, even possibly more angry than she’d ever seen him, he […]

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Pinewood Corner Kitchen Chapter 22

All three of them were allowed to go home the next day. Since they’d been closer to the hallway, most of the weight of the ceiling had missed them and they hadn’t gotten more than bruising. It had been the psychic pulse from Steve Chapman that had knocked them all unconscious and thankfully, there was […]

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Pinewood Corner Kitchen Chapter 21

Gabriella was thirsty. Her throat was completely dry and her head sent little pulses of pain through her with every heartbeat. Was she hungover? She remembered something about a dance night, but she hadn’t accepted the offer. She’d been at work. Because she needed to solve the Chapman case and- Her eyes snapped open and […]

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Pinewood Corner Kitchen Chapter 20

“So you’re saying that they’re all out to get us?” Jan Chapman asked, her eyes wide behind her green plastic glasses. “What?” James said, taking a step backward. “No, that’s not at all what I’m saying.” Gabriella didn’t want to be here. Not that she would have accepted any offers to skip this meeting. She […]

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The Northern Worcester County branch of the Foundation for Paranormal Research is one of the organization’s top investigation and cleanup teams. So when a case comes in involving a century of mysterious disappearances, they figure they’ll be done before their lunch break is supposed to end. Investigators James and Amelia go to the site while their coworkers remain behind. But in seconds, Amelia vanishes in the cursed house and the others are forced to find her with no help from their bosses. Will they be able to get her back or will the house claim one final victim?

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