Olivia R Burton: 14 books

Despite how things went last time Gwen helped Mel on a case, she gives into the bribe he offers and agrees to let him drag her through miles of gravestones and gobs of mud on a freezing, stormy night. It's not for nothing, at least: Mel's been hired by a rich couple to locate their stubborn kid and...

A kiss from a lovely stranger, a surprise houseguest, an ill-gotten meal, and an uncomfortable feeling in the pit of his stomach: It’s been a strange day for Stanley Sneedley. Poppy is a whirlwind of inappropriate caresses, flirtatious winks, and double-talk, but Stanley still can’t help...

“I’m a wizard,” says the girl with the rainbow hair. Not ten seconds ago, Gwen thought eating lettuce was going to be the worst part of her day. Now there's a stranger in her office eating her chocolate and trying to pay her five hundred bucks to help steal something. Might as well give...

Mel Somerset's had a bad week. The kind of week where everything goes wrong. The kind of week where you can't properly grow eyebrows and a woman gets shot to death in your living room. The kind of week where nothing feels real except the sting of loneliness and the fading smell of blood. The kind...

Christmas should be about Santa Claus and feasting, not sea creatures and freezing to death. Easily bribed with sex and chocolate, Gwen finds herself shipwrecked, frozen, and screaming for her life across the churning waves. Owen asked for her help on what was supposed to be a simple job, but...

Gwen's back home for the worst birthday of her life. Yes, it's nice to see her family, great to get presents, and exciting to find that her uncomplicated, unlabeled friend with benefits just so happens to be in the area. But her mother loves feeding her vegetables, Gwen can't go two minutes...

There's an assassin in town trying to catch a murderer, a lovesick werewolf trying to get lucky, and Gwen Arthur still has a mysterious magical marauder stealing her sugar stash. On top of all that, Gwen's estranged ex-husband Stanley's in town asking for a favor. She's got to help, of course,...

"Will you marry me?" Mel asks, making Gwen suspect maybe his presence has finally given her an aneurism. Of course she won't, she thinks, before he offers her the most delicious cupcake she's ever eaten. Hang on, she reconsiders, maybe this could work. Mel's not completely sure it can...

Gwen Arthur's just a cake-obsessed empath, trying to get through life without any more encounters with fairies, vampires, or demons. Mel Somerset's a gumshoe werewolf who flirts with everyone and makes Gwen want to tear her hair out. Or, at least he should be. Suddenly it's seven A.M....

It’s just like Finn to turn a romantic trip into a hostage situation. Veruca had intended to enjoy a fun weekend full of bawdy banter and spontaneous sex with her hot boyfriend. Now she’s racing to track down a bunch of housewives, stop them from sacrificing her man, and make nice with...

It starts with a trail of bodies, and things get so much worse. The Prince of Hell’s come asking Veruca to help him track down and protect a banshee from the queen of all Fairy. She’s the best suited for the task, both because she’s a badass Reaper with friends in low places, and because...

Finn's a failure—at necromancy and life in general. "It's not my fault," he'd insist, looking deep into your eyes as he lifts your wallet. You'd catch him, of course. Because he's a failure. Veruca, on the other hand, is competence personified. She has to be, working as a Reaper...

There’s nothing Finn wouldn’t do for his true love, even if she does have to spend February 14th in stuffy meetings analyzing charts and graphs. While she tends to her empire, antics abound at home, where Finn’s cutting out paper hearts, setting the table for a fancy dinner, and risking his...

Finn's turned Veruca's life upside down in the best possible way. He's generous, beautiful, funny, and the best lover she's ever known. He's also a magnet for trouble, attracting it like he's the floor and it's the buttered side of toast. Despite that, when an emissary of the fae shows up accusing...