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Urban fantasy featuring strong heroines, their wonderful friends, and sexy heroes. Murder mysteries and police procedurals with ghosts and demons. Supernatural stories where sexy meets scary.

Rachel Graves writes detective stories with a spooky or sexy twist (sometimes both!). Click on the books below to learn more about her published works. A member of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Rachel uses research skills honed while getting a graduate degree in psychology, to create diverse magical worlds. A devout fan of Halloween, Rachel has lived in a cursed town and taken far too many ghost tours.

What I’m working on:

  • Final edits for The Laughing Dead, the next Elisabeth Hicks, Witch Detective book, coming this summer!
  • Last touches on Blood of the Faithful, Book 5 in the Death Witch, Supernatural Investigative Unit series, coming out in September
  • Drafting something totally new!

Series Starters Ready for a whole new world? These books start my ongoing series.

When ex-army witch Elisabeth Hicks is pushed into stealing a magical necklace for the scariest, sexiest vampire in town her first date in years ends with a dead body. It’s up to Elisabeth to protect her family, solve the mystery, and survive long enough to go on a second date.

Dead Man's Detective

When ex-army witch Elisabeth Hicks is pushed into stealing a magical necklace for the scariest, sexiest vampire in town her first date in years ends with a dead body. It’s up to Elisabeth to protect her family, solve the mystery, and survive long enough to go on a second date.
Bloodless bodies create a chilling pattern of deaths related to magical jewelry, forcing a dragon and a sorcerer to stop a magical serial killer.

Searching - Dragons of New York

Bloodless bodies create a chilling pattern of deaths related to magical jewelry, forcing a dragon and a sorcerer to stop a magical serial killer.
Determined to hide her identity as a death witch, Mallory Mors tries to start fresh as a supernatural investigator in Baton Rouge. But when her powers pose a problem, can her new witch friends and an irresistible vampire help her catch a dangerous killer?

Begin in Blood

Determined to hide her identity as a death witch, Mallory Mors tries to start fresh as a supernatural investigator in Baton Rouge. But when her powers pose a problem, can her new witch friends and an irresistible vampire help her catch a dangerous killer?

Stand Alone Novels Need a quick escape? These happily ever afters are waiting for you.

Being a mermaid torn between romance and  deadly instincts was hard enough. Now there’s a killer on the reef and Danika might be the only one who can stop them.

The Mermaid and The Murders

Being a mermaid torn between romance and  deadly instincts was hard enough. Now there’s a killer on the reef and Danika might be the only one who can stop them.
Can Demonology professor Sarah Prescott rekindle the best relationship of her life and save the world from destruction at the same time?

Dumping Her Demon

Can Demonology professor Sarah Prescott rekindle the best relationship of her life and save the world from destruction at the same time?
When her elderly aunt is found lost in the woods raving about monsters, Jess drops everything to travel to the small town where she spent her childhood summers. Leaving behind her crumbling marriage, she stumbles into a series of grisly killings.

Science and Shifters

When her elderly aunt is found lost in the woods raving about monsters, Jess drops everything to travel to the small town where she spent her childhood summers. Leaving behind her crumbling marriage, she stumbles into a series of grisly killings.