New Releases by Darynda Jones

A Library Reads Pick The blockbuster conclusion to the bestselling Sunshine Vicram trilogy Some people greet the day with open arms. Sheriff Sunshine Vicram would rather give it a hearty shove and get back into bed, because there’s just too much going on right now. There’s a series of women going missing, and Sunny feels powerless to stop it. There’s her persistent and awesomely-rebellious daughter Auri, who’s out to singlehandedly become Del Sol’s youngest and fiercest investigator. And then there’s drama with Levi Ravinder—the guy she’s loved and lusted after for years. The guy who might just be her one and only. The guy who comes from a family of disingenuous vipers looking to oust him—and Sunshine—for good. Like we said, the new day can take a hike. Compulsively readable, laugh-out-loud funny, and brimming with big-hearted characters, A Hard Day for a Hangover will have readers cheering to the very last page. "Fans will be delighted." -Publishers Weekly

When Donovan St. James' precocious charge asks him--no questions asked--to tail the doctor who keeps their ragtag team patched up, he wants to refuse. Not because the saucy teen is getting too big for her britches, ordering him around like a mob boss, but because the woman stirs feelings in him he would rather not explore. However, when evil threatens the doc's life, he realizes he has no choice. Sia saved his life once. He will try to return the favor. He just prays he can do it without losing his heart.Running from the supernatural entity that has destroyed entire worlds to have her, Sia thought she'd found a haven on Earth with a motley team of warriors protecting the girl destined to save humanity. But when Sia's found, she realizes something on this plane is more scrumptious than her: that very teen. So, she runs--and Donovan St. James follows. Nothing is more alluring than a scruffy biker with a lacerating gaze. And she vows to tell him that...if they survive.

From the New York Times bestselling author Darynda Jones comes the second novel in her laugh-out-loud Sunshine Vicram mystery series, A Good Day for Chardonnay. Running a small-town police force in the mountains of New Mexico should be a smooth, carefree kind of job. Sadly, full-time Sheriff—and even fuller-time coffee guzzler—Sunshine Vicram, didn’t get that memo. All Sunshine really wants is one easy-going day. You know, the kind that starts with coffee and a donut (or three) and ends with take-out pizza and a glass of chardonnay (or seven). Turns out, that’s about as easy as switching to decaf. (What kind of people do that? And who hurt them?) Before she can say iced mocha latte, Sunny’s got a bar fight gone bad, a teenage daughter hunting a serial killer and, oh yes, the still unresolved mystery of her own abduction years prior. All evidence points to a local distiller, a dangerous bad boy named Levi Ravinder, but Sun knows he’s not the villain of her story. Still, perhaps beneath it all, he possesses the keys to her disappearance. At the very least, beneath it all, he possesses a serious set of abs. She’s seen it. Once. Accidentally. Between policing a town her hunky chief deputy calls four cents short of a nickel, that pesky crush she has on Levi which seems to grow exponentially every day, and an irascible raccoon that just doesn’t know when to quit, Sunny’s life is about to rocket to a whole new level of crazy. Yep, definitely a good day for chardonnay. Praise for the Sunshine Vicram series "Laugh-out-loud funny, intensely suspenseful, page-turning fun."--New York Times Bestselling author Allison Brennan "A Bad Day For Sunshine is a great day for the rest of us."--New York Times bestselling author Lee Child *Best of Suspense Magazine 2021*

Divorced, desperate, and destitute, former restaurateur Defiance Dayne finds out she has been bequeathed a house by a complete stranger. She is surprised, to say the least, and her curiosity gets the better of her. She leaves her beloved Phoenix and heads to one of the most infamous towns in America: Salem, Massachusetts. She's only there to find out why a woman she's never met would leave her a house. A veritable castle that has seen better days. She couldn't possibly accept it, but the lawyer assigned to the case practically begs her to take it off her hands, mostly because she's scared of it. The house. The inanimate structure that, as far as Dephne can tell, has never hurt a fly. Though it does come with some baggage. A pesky neighbor who wants her gone. A scruffy cat who's a bit of a jerk. And a handyman bathed in ink who could moonlight as a supermodel for GQ. She decides to give it three days, and not because of the model. She feels at home in Salem. Safe. But even that comes to a screeching halt when people begin knocking on her door day and night, begging for her help to locate their lost objects. Come to find out, they think she's a witch. And after a few mysterious mishaps, Dephne is beginning to wonder if they're not right.

Newly indoctrinated witch, Defiance Dayne discovers there's more to life after forty than she'd ever imagined possible. Especially if one is a charmling, one of only three in the world, with enough magics to make her a target for every power-hungry warlock out there. When one of them sends a hunter to town, she knows it's time to take her talents seriously before the hunter takes her life. She decides she has three things to do before she can die. Find out who killed her beloved grandmother, teach her BFF the finer points of spellcasting before she blows up the world, and figure out how serious her relationship with the Adonis living in her basement really is. If it's heading in the direction she's hoping for, she can die happy. Though, admittedly, she'd rather not. Die. Happy or otherwise. None of that will matter, however, if she can't figure out how to foil the supernatural assassin who's been sent for her. Until then, it's business-and hopefully romance-as usual. Now if she can only figure out how to tame a lacuna wolf.

Cent sept ans, deux mois, quatorze jours, douze heures et trente-trois minutes... Plus d'un siècle dans le noir, entourée de spectres, tout ça pour avoir ramené une innocente d'entre les morts. De quoi devenir dingue ou presque, mais pas non plus l'éternité à laquelle Charley était condamnée. Alors pourquoi est-elle revenue sur Terre ? Qu'est-il arrivé à Reyes ? À Pépin ? À leur dimension ? Et pourquoi ces nouvelles questions au sujet de la mort de sa mère ? Et du rôle de l'oncle Bob ? Et où est la machine à café ? « Drôle et attachante, sexy et surprenante, Charley Davidson a tout pour plaire. À lire absolument ! Personnellement, j'attends déjà le prochain tome... » J.R. Ward, auteure de La Confrérie de la dague noire

Mon nom c'est Charley et je suis la Faucheuse. Les morts, je connais : j'en vois depuis que je suis née. Des fois, je les aide à faire des trucs du genre laisser un mot à leurs proches ou traquer leur assassin... Ca tombe bien parce que je suis aussi détective privée ! Pratique, non ? Ce qui l'est moins, c'est que les gens autour de moi ont du mal à y croire. Comme Swopes, l'agent avec qui je bosse : je voudrais qu'il me lâche un peu la grappe. Cela dit, je pourrais le gérer si je n'avais pas d'autres chats à fouetter... comme ce bel inconnu qui vient me rendre visite toutes les nuits dans des rêves torrides et dont j'aimerais bien découvrir l'identité...

Grim Reaper Charley Davidson is back in the final installment of Darynda Jones’ New York Times bestselling paranormal series--Summoned to Thirteenth Grave. Charley Davidson, Grim Reaper extraordinaire, is pissed. She’s been kicked off the earthly plane for eternity –which is exactly the amount of time it takes to make a person stark, raving mad. But someone’s looking out for her, and she’s allowed to return after a mere hundred years in exile. Is it too much to hope for that not much has changed? Apparently it is. Bummer. She’s missed her daughter. She’s missed Reyes. She’s missed Cookie and Garrett and Uncle Bob. But now that she’s back on earth, it’s time to put to rest burning questions that need answers. What happened to her mother? How did she really die? Who killed her? And are cupcakes or coffee the best medicine for a broken heart? It all comes to a head in an epic showdown between good and evil in this final smart and hilarious novel.

Grim Reaper Charley Davidson is back in the twelfth installment of Darynda Jones’ New York Times bestselling paranormal series, The Trouble with Twelfth Grave. Ever since Reyes Farrow escaped from a hell dimension in which Charley Davidson accidentally trapped him, the son of Satan has been brimstone-bent on destroying the world his heavenly Brother created. His volatile tendencies have put Charley in a bit of a pickle. But that’s not the only briny vegetable on her plate. While trying to domesticate the feral being that used to be her husband, she also has to deal with her everyday life of annoying all manner of beings—some corporeal, some not so much—as she struggles to right the wrongs of society. Only this time she’s not uncovering a murder. This time she’s covering one up. Add to that her new occupation of keeping a startup PI venture—the indomitable mystery-solving team of Amber Kowalski and Quentin Rutherford—out of trouble and dealing with the Vatican’s inquiries into her beloved daughter, and Charley is on the brink of throwing in the towel and becoming a professional shopper. Or possibly a live mannequin. But when someone starts attacking humans who are sensitive to the supernatural world, Charley knows it’s time to let loose her razor sharp claws. Then again, her number one suspect is the dark entity she’s loved for centuries. So the question becomes: Can she tame the unruly beast before it destroys everything she’s worked so hard to protect?

Pour Charley Davidson, une journée typique comprend des maris infidèles, des personnes disparues, des hommes d'affaires véreux... et des démons, des dieux maléfiques et des gens morts. Beaucoup, beaucoup de gens morts. Détective privé à temps partiel et Faucheuse à plein temps, Charley doit également apprendre à vivre avec sa nouvelle condition de déesse toute-puissante et mère de la sauveuse de l'univers. Les forces de l'enfer sont prêtes à tout pour la détruire, et entre les morts qui l'entourent et ceux qui voudraient la voir morte, Charley a fort à faire. Mais avec le fils de Satan à ses côtés, la Faucheuse pourrait bien avoir le dernier mot. « Hilarant et émouvant, sexy et surprenant. Indispensable ! » J.R. Ward, auteure de La Confrérie de la dague noire

Détective privé à temps partiel et Faucheuse à plein temps, Charley Davidson s'est toujours posée d'innombrables questions : pourquoi je vois des gens morts ? Qui est le beau gosse surnaturel qui me suit partout ? Comment je fais pour enlever le chewing-gum des cheveux de ma soeur avant qu'elle se réveille ? Mais « comment je fais pour piéger trois dieux différents ? », c'est nouveau. Et comme ces dieux ont pour but de tuer sa fille, pas d'hésitation ! Pourtant, l'un de ces dieux a volé son coeur il y a longtemps. Est-il trop tard pour le ramener dans le droit chemin ? Avec une fugitive, un homme accusé du meurtre d'une femme toujours en vie, et un pendentif en verre qui met le monde surnaturel dans tous ses états sur les bras, Charley a fort à faire pour sauver le monde... « Hilarant et émouvant, sexy et surprenant. Indispensable ! » J.R. Ward, auteure de La Confrérie de la dague noire

"A typical day in the life of Charley Davidson involves cheating husbands, missing people, errant wives, philandering business owners, and oh yeah...demons, hell hounds, evil gods, and dead people. Lots and lots of dead people. As a part time Private Investigator and full-time Grim Reaper, Charley has to balance the good, the bad, the undead, and those who want her dead. In this eleventh installment, Charley is learning to make peace with the fact that she is a goddess with all kinds of power and that her own daughter has been born to save the world from total destruction. But the forces of hell are determined to see Charley banished forever to the darkest corners of another dimension. With the son of Satan himself as her husband and world-rocking lover, maybe Charley can find a way to have her happily ever after after all"--

«Hilarant et émouvant, sexy et surprenant. Indispensable!» J.R. Ward, auteure de La Confrérie de la dague noire Mon nom ? Jane Doe. En fait, pas vraiment, mais comme je ne m'en souviens pas... Oh, et je peux voir les morts. Plus bizarre encore, tous ceux qui m'entourent depuis que je me suis réveillée sans mémoire semblent me cacher des choses. Heureusement, parmi eux il y a ce cuisinier hyper sexy qui me fait craquer - même si je sais qu'il ment comme il respire. Alors il a intérêt à bien se tenir, parce que je suis décidée à découvrir la vérité, et tant pis pour lui s'il se met en travers de ma route !

If one door closes and another one opens, your house is probably haunted. —Bumper Sticker As a Part-time PI and fulltime grim reaper, Charley Davidson has asked a lot of questions throughout her life: Why can I see dead people? Who is the hot supernatural entity following me? How do I get gum out of my sister’s hair before she wakes up? But, “How do I trap not one malevolent god, but three?” was never among them. Until now. And since those gods are on earth to kill her daughter, she has little choice but to track them down, trap them, and cast them from this dimension. There’s just one problem. One of the three stole her heart a very long time ago. Can the Razer, a god of absolute death and destruction, change his omniscient spots, or will his allegiances lie with his brothers? Those are just a few of the questions Charley must answer, and quick. Add to that a homeless girl running for her life, an innocent man who’s been charged with murdering the daughter of a degenerate gambler, and a pendant made from god glass that has the entire supernatural world in an uproar, and Charley has her hands full. If she can manage to take care of the whole world-destroying-gods thing, we’re saved. If not, well... Those are just some of the questions Charley must answer, and quick. Add to that a homeless girl on the run for her life, a man who''s been framed for murdering a woman who is still very much alive, and a pendant made from god glass that has the entire supernatural world in an uproar, Charley has her hands full. If she can manage to take care of the whole world-destroying-gods thing, we''re saved. If not, well...

Grim Reaper Charley Davidson is back in the ninth installment of Darynda Jones'' New York Times bestselling paranormal series

VOUS SAVEZ, CES MAUVAISES CHOSES QUI ARRIVENT AUX GENS BIEN ? C'EST MOI. Douze chiens de l'enfer se sont échappés. Leur but : me tuer, moi, charley Davidson, faucheuse hors du commun et détective privée à mes heures, et rapporter mon cadavre à Satan. Mais j'ai d'autres chats à fouetter : comme mon père disparu alors qu'il menait une enquête des plus étranges ou encore mon ex-meilleure amie qui me hante nuit et jour, une épidémie de suicides qui laisse les autorités perplexes et mon fiancé qui s'est attiré les faveurs d'une célébrité locale... Le moins qu'on puisse dire c'est que je ne passe pas la meilleure semaine de ma vie.

"Bonus chapter inside only in the print edition"--Cover.

La plupart des filles y réfléchiraient à deux fois avant de se fiancer à Reyes Farrow... Je ne suis pas comme la plupart des filles. Il est le fils unique du diable et moi une faucheuse en formation accro au café. Ce qui devrait nous rendre incompatibles. Et même ennemis. Mais il est aussi ténébreux, sensuel, sexy à se damner et tout ce dont j'ai jamais rêvé. Et je suis aussi détective privée. Alors quand un fichier du FBI concernant l'enfance de Reyes me tombe entre les mains... je sais que je ne devrais pas l'ouvrir. Sauf que je ne peux pas m'en empêcher. Et ça, c'est une très mauvaise idée !

Lead me not into temptation. Follow me instead! I know a shortcut! --T-shirt Twelve. Twelve of the deadliest beasts ever forged in the fires of hell have escaped onto our plane, and they want nothing more than to rip out Charley Davidson''s jugular and serve her body to Satan for dinner. So there''s that. But Charley has more on her plate than a mob of testy hellhounds. For one thing, her father has disappeared, and as she retraces his last steps she learns he was conducting an investigation of his own, one that has Charley questioning everything she''s ever known about him. Add to that an ex-BFF who is haunting her night and day, a rash of suicides that has authorities baffled, and a drop-dead sexy fiancé who has attracted the attentions of a local celebrity, and Charley is not having the best week of her life. But all of that barely scratches the surface of her problems. Recent developments have forced her to become a responsible adult. To conquer such a monumental task, she''s decided to start small. Really small. She gets a pet. But how can she save the world against the forces of evil when she can''t even keep a goldfish alive? A tad north of hell, a hop, skip, and a jump past the realm of eternity, is a little place called Earth, and Charley Davidson, grim reaper extraordinaire, is determined to do everything in her power to protect it. We''re doomed. The print edition includes a bonus chapter not available in the e-book edition.

Detective del paranormale, insuperabile cacciatrice di anime... Charley Davidson è tornata! E sta ingurgitando quantità enormi di caffeina per restare sveglia, perché ogni volta che chiude gli occhi vede lui: Reyes Farrow, il figlio di Satana metà umano e metà supermodello, che la conduce in qualche avventura sensuale. La soluzione? Non chiudere occhio, costi quel che costi. Avrà anche imprigionato Reyes per l’eternità, ma come può riuscire a risolvere un caso di scomparsa, occuparsi di un dottore “egomaniaco”, calmare il padre brontolone, e affrontare una banda di motociclisti intenzionati a commettere un omicidio, se il figlio del diavolo non vuole proprio arrendersi con i suoi piani di seduzione... e di vendetta? Dalla penna irriverente di Darynda Jones, autrice bestseller per New York Times e Usa Today, tornano le dis-avventure dell’investigatrice più sarcastica, pazza e coraggiosa della narrativa paranormal.

Charley Davidson—part-time private investigator and full-time Grim Reaper— is back in this new novel from the New York Times bestselling author

De courts récits qui vous permettront de replonger dans les univers des plus grands noms de la bit-lit ! Dans Parce que j'ai pêché, retrouvez la Faucheuse hors pair, Charley Davidson, de Darynda Jones.

Il mio nome è Charley Davidson e non sono una donna come le altre. Ricordo ogni singolo istante della mia esistenza, e parlo con i morti. Devo anche aiutarli a staccarsi per sempre dalla loro vita terrena. Come se ciò non bastasse, faccio l’investigatore privato. Dicono che ho un carattere esplosivo, e una determinazione che mi aiuta a non perdere di vista la realtà. Da qualche tempo, poi, una presenza eterea e oscura, sensuale e terribilmente familiare mi perseguita... Charley è tutto fuorché una donna comune, e fra piste da seguire, tracce da decifrare e pericoli sempre in agguato, non ha un attimo di tregua... Ora la resa dei conti si avvicina, e mentre una fitta rete di misteri la avvolge sempre più, lei ha una sola certezza: niente le impedirà di andare fino in fondo per scoprire cosa si nasconde dietro le sue origini. A movimentare la sua ricerca, però, arriva lui... Ma chi è questo essere affascinante e misterioso che impedisce a Charlotte di concentrarsi, che la distrae, e che le fa sentire un desiderio che non riesce a controllare? Entra anche tu in un mondo popolato da personaggi intriganti, presenze seducenti e pericolose... e lasciati spiazzare dall’ironia di un’autrice travolgente che farà parlare di sé.

Never underestimate the power of a woman on a double espresso with a mocha latte chaser high. —T-shirt Charley Davidson isn''t your everyday, run-of-the-mill grim reaper. She''s more of a paranormal private eye/grim reaper extraordinaire. However, she gets sidetracked when the sexy, sultry son of Satan, Reyes Farrow, moves in next door. To further complicate matters, Reyes is her main suspect in an arson case. Charley has vowed to stay away from him until she can find out the truth...but then dead women start appearing in her apartment, one after another, each lost, confused, and terrified beyond reason. When it becomes apparent that her own sister, Gemma, is the serial killer''s next target Charley has no choice but to ask for Reyes'' help. Arsonist or not, he''s the one man alive who could protect Gemma no matter who or what came at her. But he wants something in return. Charley. All of her, body and soul. And to keep her sister safe, it is a price she is willing to pay. Charley Davidson is at it again in Fifth Grave Past the Light, the sexy, suspenseful, and laugh-out-loud funny fifth installment of the New York Times bestselling series by Darynda Jones.

From Darynda Jones, the New York Times bestselling author of Death and the Girl Next Door and Death, Doom & Detention, comes Death and the Girl He Loves, the exciting third book in her new young adult series Darklight The fate of the world is not something a girl wants on her shoulders, and that is especially true for Lorelei McAlister. Unfortunately for her, that is exactly where the world''s fate has decided to take up residence. Lorelei has seen firsthand the horrors that lie beneath our everyday world. And those horrors are getting her friends killed. Because of this, she agrees to leave the sanctity of her hometown and is sent to a different world entirely. A boarding school. But even here she is being watched. Someone knows what she is. What she carries inside her soul. And on top of that she''s seeing visions. This is nothing new for Lorelei. But these visions are something more: death, destruction, and the end of the world. Lorelei must face the fact that there are people who want her dead, and no matter where she goes, no matter how far she runs, the lives of her friends and family are in mortal peril. Lucky for her, her friends and family include the handsome Angel of Death, a fiercely protective half-angel, and a ragtag group of loyal supporters who aren''t afraid to get a little dirty in the name of fighting pure evil.

En la última y explosiva entrega de la saga, Charley Davidson regresa para solucionar un nuevo caso y tratar de salvar la ciudad de un pirómano que podría ser su ex... A veces ser un ángel de la muerte apesta. Desde que fracasó en su último caso, Charley se ha cogido un par de meses sabáticos para sumergirse tranquilamente en las cálidas aguas de la autocompasión. Pero cuando una mujer se presenta en su casa pidiendo ayuda porque está convencida de que alguien intenta matarla, no tiene más remedio que sacudirse la pena y ponerse manos a la obra. Mientras tanto, el grandioso y macizo hijo de Satán, Reyes Farrow, ha sido absuelto de todos los cargos. Ha salido de la cárcel y de la vida de Charley, tal y como ella quería. Sin embargo, la ausencia de Reyes ha afectado seriamente a su vida sexual y, aunque tiene otros problemas más serios -como el hecho de que la ciudad haya sido tomada por un pirómano, que bien podría ser su ardiente ex, lo cierto es que le está costando mucho mantenerse alejada de él... Reseñas: «Inteligente y perversamente divertida.» Publishers Weekly «Seamos sinceros: la escenas de sexo son de lo más calientes.» Library Journal

From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Third Grave on the Right" comes the exciting follow-up to "Death and the Girl Next Door."

Welcome to the world of grim reaper extraordinaire, Charley Davidson. Try as she might, there''s no avoiding her destiny. Sometimes being the grim reaper really is, well, grim. And since Charley''s last case went so awry, she has taken a couple of months off to wallow in the wonders of self-pity. But when a woman shows up on her doorstep convinced someone is trying to kill her, Charley has to force herself to rise above . . . or at least get dressed. It becomes clear something is amiss when everyone the woman knows swears she''s insane. But the more they refute the woman''s story, the more Charley believes it. In the meantime, the sexy, sultry son of Satan, Reyes Farrow, is out of prison and out of Charley''s life, as per her wishes and several perfectly timed death threats. But his absence has put a serious crimp in her sex life. While there are other things to consider, like the fact that the city of Albuquerque has been taken hostage by an arsonist, Charley is having a difficult time staying away. Especially when it looks like Reyes may be involved. Just when life was returning to normal, Charley is thrust back into the world of crime, punishment, and the devil in blue jeans in this hilarious fourth installment in the New York Times bestselling series from Darynda Jones. .

Darynda Jones, author of The New York Times bestselling series that began with First Grave on the Right, brings us Death and the Girl Next Door, a thrilling Young Adult novel garnering high praise and early buzz from major authors Ten years ago, Lorelei''s parents disappeared without a trace. Raised by her grandparents and leaning on the support of her best friends, Lorelei is finally beginning to accept the fact that her parents are never coming home. For Lorelei, life goes on. High school is not quite as painful as she thinks it will be, and things are as normal as they can be. Until the day the school''s designated loner, Cameron Lusk, begins to stalk her, turning up where she least expects it, standing outside her house in the dark, night after night. Things get even more complicated when a new guy—terrifying, tough, sexy Jared Kovach—comes to school. Cameron and Jared instantly despise each other and Lorelei seems to be the reason for their animosity. What does Jared know about her parents? Why does Cameron tell Jared he can''t have Lorelei? And what will any of them do when Death comes knocking for real? Thrilling, sassy, sexy, and inventive, Darynda Jones''s first foray into the world of teens will leave readers eager for the next installment. "Unique, witty, and touching—I LOVED THIS BOOK!" —P.C. Cast, New York Times bestselling author of The House of Night Series

De stoere en sexy Charley Davidson is een privédetective met een bijzondere gave: ze kan doden zien. Daarom wordt ze regelmatig ingeschakeld om moorden op te lossen. Maar de laatste tijd is er nog iets anders aan de hand: regelmatig krijgt Charley in haar dromen bezoek van een knappe, mysterieuze jongen. Wat hij met haar doet is met geen pen te beschrijven. Wie is hij? En leeft hij echt of is hij ook een dolende geest? Charley weet niet wat ze op het spel zet als ze zich aan hem overgeeft, maar hem weerstaan kan ze ook niet! Darynda Jones won met Eerste steen rechts de Golden Heart® voor de Beste Paranormale Roman. Haar debuut vormt de start van een driedelige serie, waarin Charley Davidson de hoofdrol speelt. Tweede steen links is het volgende deel en verschijnt in 2013 in Nederland. Darynda woont in New Mexico, samen met haar man en hun zoontjes.