Why am I passionate about this?

My grandmother had what we in the South call the sight. I have it as wellā€”that sense of foreboding. Of knowing what will happen next. Some call it a premonition, others Deja vu. Whatever you call it, I think itā€™s something weā€™ve all experienced at some point in our lives. Empathy, telepathy, telekinesisā€¦the list is endless. Thereā€™s no proof that psychic abilities exist, but thereā€™s no proof that they donā€™t, either. I find the concept fascinating, so when I started writing, it was a natural fit for me to combine my love for thrillers and mysteries with the added twist of psychic ability. I hope you love it too.


I wrote

Brain Storm

By Cat Gilbert,

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What is my book about?

Is she insaneā€¦ or psychic? Thatā€™s the question facing private investigator Taylor Morrison. She has the career sheā€™s dreamed of,ā€¦

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The books I picked & why

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Cat Gilbert Why did I love this book?

I have to say itā€”Charlaine Harris can write a good story. I read all the Stackhouse books, but it was when I found her Harper Connelly series that I was truly hooked. This book has all the elements I love: a complex female protagonist, good supporting characters, and a unique psychic ability.

Combine all that with great writing, and it doesnā€™t get any better. I read this book and then quickly flew through the rest of the series. This was the first book Iā€™d read featuring a psychic twist, and discovering this new genre opened the door to my writing journey.

By Charlaine Harris,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Grave Sight as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Harper Connelly had a lucky escape when she was hit by lightning: she didn't die. But sometimes she wishes she had died, because the lightning strike left her with an unusual talent: she can find dead people - and that's not always comfortable. Everyone wants to know how she does it: it's a little like hearing a bee droning inside her head, or maybe the pop of a Geiger counter, a persistent, irregular noise that increases in strength as she gets closer. It's almost electric: a buzzing all through her body, and the fresher the corpse, the more intense theā€¦


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Cat Gilbert Why did I love this book?

As much as I love complex, dark protagonists, I adore a lighter side now and then. I found it in this book with the main character, Shelby Nichols. She just makes me laugh.

I even found myself reading sections out loud to my husband, who laughed right along with me. Shelby is a wife and mother, and after being shot in the head, she develops the ability to read peopleā€™s minds. Her sudden awareness of what her teenage children and husband are thinking takes the plot up to a whole new level.

This is one ability Iā€™m glad I donā€™t have. I think Iā€™d rather not know.

By Colleen Helme,

Why should I read it?

4 authors picked Carrots as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A mind-reader, a mob-boss, and a hit-man. What could go wrong? More fun than you can imagine! Book 1 in the Shelby Nichols Adventure Series

"One of the best and rarest gems of the indie book market."~ Matthew LeDrew

USA TODAY and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author Colleen Helme offers a clever mix of mystery, laugh-out-loud humor, and page-turning adventure in the highly acclaimed Shelby Nichols Adventure Series.

Stopping at the grocery store for some carrots shouldn't be dangerous, but in Shelby's case, it changes her life forever. During a bank robbery, she is caught in the cross-fire and grazedā€¦


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The December Issue by J. Shep,

"a fresh narrative whose scale, ambition, and pathos elevate" -Pacific Book Review

"The December Issue warms up the soul from its first chapter to the last." -Chanticleer Book Reviews, 5 Stars

The joys of retirement feel imminent to columnist Paul Scrivensby, a native of the Great Lakes' very own St.ā€¦

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Cat Gilbert Why did I love this book?

My favorite part of this book is the supporting characters. T.J., Dobbs, and Sparkyā€”the wonder dog. Funny, smart, and wise, the two older gents carry the story from beginning to end, taking the townā€™s new arrival under their protective wings.

Itā€™s Jessie, the new girl in town, who has the psychic ability, but itā€™s T. J. and Dobbs, who figure out how to put the pieces together. Like all my favorite books, there is mystery, suspense, and romance, but what I really like is the psychic element. Itā€™s different from most.

By Ninie Hammon,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Black Water as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

From Ninie Hammon, the sorceress of psychological suspense, comes the first book of her long-anticipated and thrilling new Through The Canvas series: Black Water - a book that won't stop squeezing your book-loving heart before the final page.


Bailey Donahue was supposed to stay dead...


After witnessing her husband's murder, Bailey's been ripped from her life and secreted away in the Witness Protection Program.

Too bad the sleepy town of Shadow Rock was the wrong place to hide.


Believed dead by the mafia, Bailey finds herself trapped in a torturous limbo, walled-off from her old life. But that's where sheā€¦


Book cover of The Whispering Hollows

Cat Gilbert Why did I love this book?

Eloise Montgomery is my kind of protagonist. She survives a tragedy, suffers a great loss, and, waking up from a coma, finds herself with a new and frightening psychic ability. One that she puts to good use.

I like her grit and determination, along with her moments of doubt and despair. Sheā€™s human. A normal, everyday woman is thrust into a life she didnā€™t expect and is making the best of itā€”a situation I can identify with. Except for her psychic ability. That I donā€™t have, but how cool would that be?

By Lisa Unger,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked The Whispering Hollows as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger delivers a spellbinding novella, told in three parts, featuring reluctant psychic Eloise Montgomery. This in-depth exploration of Eloise is a perfect way for newcomers to be introduced to The Hollows, and experience the sense of place Unger is building that "rivals Stephen King's Castle Rock for continuity and creepiness." (The News & Observer - Raleigh)  It is also a treasure trove of insight and greater understanding of connections for those already drawn deep into The Hollows.  
Includes an author introduction to The Hollows, and an excerpt from the bestseller Ink and Bone--a chillingā€¦


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Elephant Safari by Peter Riva,

Keen to rekindle their love of East African wildlife adventures after years of filming, extreme dangers, and rescues, producer Pero Baltazar, safari guide Mbuno Waliangulu, and Nancy Breiton, camerawoman, undertake a filming walking adventure north of Lake Rudolf, crossing from Kenya into Ethiopia along the Omo River, following a herdā€¦

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Cat Gilbert Why did I love this book?

Loyalty. Love. Relationships. They are all essential elements in my favorite books, and nowhere are they more present than in this one.

Ann Kinnear, like my other favorite female psychics, is torn between doing what she feels she should and doing what sheā€™d like to doā€”which is to hide behind closed doors. Itā€™s the same dilemma I would have if I were gifted (or maybe itā€™s cursed) with an ability like Ann has.

As I had hoped, Ann chooses to make a difference, securing a spot as one of my favorite books.

By Matty Dalrymple,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked The Sense of Death as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

The dead will not be silenced, and Ann will do whatever it takes to solve the case of one womanā€™s lost life ā€¦ even if it means endangering her own.

ā€œA frighteningly meticulous villain and a formidable protagonist will have readers breezing through the pages.ā€ ā€”Kirkus Reviews

ā˜…ā˜…ā˜…ā˜…ā˜… ā€œAirtight. Crucial plot details lock into place in the denouement like the tumblers of a Diebold safe. The characters are clever, real, and enjoyable, but also organic, their emotions genuinely wrought; there is no formula for brilliant writing like this.ā€ ā€”Robert Blake Whitehill, Bestselling Author of The Ben Blackshaw Series

When aā€¦


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Brain Storm

By Cat Gilbert,

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What is my book about?

Is she insaneā€¦ or psychic? Thatā€™s the question facing private investigator Taylor Morrison. She has the career sheā€™s dreamed of, a solid reputation, and a good head on her shoulders. But now, all that has changed. Strange things have begun to occur around her. Things that canā€™t be explained.

In her search for answers, Taylor discovers that others know what she can do. People who will stop at nothing to control her and the ability she now possessesā€”even threatening her friends and family. Taylorā€™s once-ordered world erupts into chaos as she fights to protect the people she loves while struggling to control the power she doesnā€™t understand. Brain Stormā€”an action-packed story of friendship, love, and destiny.

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