Welcome!
Christina Harlin is the author of supernatural thrillers including the Othernaturals series featuring the adventures of a team of ghost-hunters, each with his or her own otherworldly talents, passions and secrets. Look for Othernaturals Book Seven: Halloween in Fall 2020.
Christina's other works of supernatural fiction are Deck of Cards and Never Alone (where you may recognize the origins of some events in Bloodfather). She is also the author of the Carol Frank "Boss" series. And now, she's delighted to be working alongside co-author Jake C. Harlin on a number of projects, including the hilarious romantic thriller parody, Dark Web.
In her spare time Christina enjoys computer games, puzzles, great television and great novels. She is an avid movie fan who writes about film under the pseudonym Fearless Young Orphan at www.themovieorphan.com. She lives in the Kansas City area with her family. You can also visit Christina on Facebook with any questions or comments, or at goodreads.com.
Christina's other works of supernatural fiction are Deck of Cards and Never Alone (where you may recognize the origins of some events in Bloodfather). She is also the author of the Carol Frank "Boss" series. And now, she's delighted to be working alongside co-author Jake C. Harlin on a number of projects, including the hilarious romantic thriller parody, Dark Web.
In her spare time Christina enjoys computer games, puzzles, great television and great novels. She is an avid movie fan who writes about film under the pseudonym Fearless Young Orphan at www.themovieorphan.com. She lives in the Kansas City area with her family. You can also visit Christina on Facebook with any questions or comments, or at goodreads.com.
Sample or purchase Christina's books at the following sites:
Amazon (Othernaturals Paperbacks available!)
Kindle
Barnes & Noble
Smashwords (PDF and many other formats available)
Amazon (Othernaturals Paperbacks available!)
Kindle
Barnes & Noble
Smashwords (PDF and many other formats available)
Othernaturals Book Six: Witches
Christina Harlin, 2019
The popular paranormal web series, Othernaturals, began their sixth season the hard way, battling a bizarre curse that turned human beings into mindless hunger demons. Now, the team travels deep into the St. Francois Mountains, a wilderness with as many ghost stories as people, to trace the cause: a witch on a mountaintop, weaving her spells and hexes into grimoires older than herself. This they must do under the threat of a violent and seemingly endless storm.
The witch herself, 94-year-old Cloda Baker, asks for assistance. Something is wrong with those who live on her mountain, in the crumbling town of Slope. They have become little more than sleepwalkers content to work themselves to death. Cloda believes the Othernaturals can solve the problem – but a solution and a rescue may not mean the same thing. Cloda’s younger sister, Ardelia, the only resident of Slope immune to the destruction and the only one who can still speak her mind, is the one determined never to say the truth aloud.
Witches is an episode told by women. Telepathic team leader, Rosemary, feels a strange connection with Ardelia, a common experience in their lives that shaped them both. Miraculous healer Kaye must come to terms with a ghostly encounter from her past that she has always kept secret. Psychic vampire Sally has a midnight encounter with one of Slope’s desperate residents, hardening her resolve to free them of the dangerous magic - for Sally has a personal reason for mistrusting Cloda Baker.
Witches is the sixth book of Othernaturals paranormal adventures. There are secrets to be shared.
Christina Harlin, 2019
The popular paranormal web series, Othernaturals, began their sixth season the hard way, battling a bizarre curse that turned human beings into mindless hunger demons. Now, the team travels deep into the St. Francois Mountains, a wilderness with as many ghost stories as people, to trace the cause: a witch on a mountaintop, weaving her spells and hexes into grimoires older than herself. This they must do under the threat of a violent and seemingly endless storm.
The witch herself, 94-year-old Cloda Baker, asks for assistance. Something is wrong with those who live on her mountain, in the crumbling town of Slope. They have become little more than sleepwalkers content to work themselves to death. Cloda believes the Othernaturals can solve the problem – but a solution and a rescue may not mean the same thing. Cloda’s younger sister, Ardelia, the only resident of Slope immune to the destruction and the only one who can still speak her mind, is the one determined never to say the truth aloud.
Witches is an episode told by women. Telepathic team leader, Rosemary, feels a strange connection with Ardelia, a common experience in their lives that shaped them both. Miraculous healer Kaye must come to terms with a ghostly encounter from her past that she has always kept secret. Psychic vampire Sally has a midnight encounter with one of Slope’s desperate residents, hardening her resolve to free them of the dangerous magic - for Sally has a personal reason for mistrusting Cloda Baker.
Witches is the sixth book of Othernaturals paranormal adventures. There are secrets to be shared.
Othernaturals Book Five: Swarm
Christina Harlin 2017
“When someone with Judge’s power threatens an Old Testament plague, we need to take it seriously.”
The invitation to the Perkins Institute for Paranormal Research was a last-minute surprise for the Othernaturals, something to fill the summer days before the team resumed its ordinary investigations. Rosemary, Andrew, Greg, and Judge accept the Institute's offer to meet its current subject: Xander Teller, a young man who believes he came back from the dead. He is the unpredictable guest of the Perkins Institute, often slipping away to commit minor acts of ecological vandalism to appease the forces that gave him a second life and those protecting him now. Science can offer no explanation for his reappearance in the world of the living. Rosemary believes she and her team might do better.
The lure of the progressive Perkins Institute is strong. Greg Hatchett is fascinated by the haughty, seductive Dr. Walter Walton, a paranormal scientist who resents the interference of glorified ghost-hunters into his empirical studies. Animal empath Judge Duncan is enamored by the Perkins Institute’s ecological goals, its research on bee colonies, the two mysterious women who tend the hives, and their strange black bees. Unnerved by ominous stories of a parallel dimension that relies on our Earth to sustain it and means soon to declare its dominion, Andrew and Rosemary find themselves tempted closer toward a passion they both crave and fear.
Xander has a strange warning for the Othernaturals. He was returned to life specifically to lure Rosemary within the grasp of an aged, jealous entity. For some time, Rosemary has known that something beyond physical Earth was watching her. With her team beside her and the remarkable power she inherited from her grandfather, she is confident there is nothing to fear from a mere ghost, even an ancient one. What Rosemary fails to understand is that the greatest threat against her is not a force beyond her world, but the loyalty and protection she offers those she calls her friends.
Swarm is the fifth book of paranormal investigations by the gifted cast of the webshow Othernaturals.
Christina Harlin 2017
“When someone with Judge’s power threatens an Old Testament plague, we need to take it seriously.”
The invitation to the Perkins Institute for Paranormal Research was a last-minute surprise for the Othernaturals, something to fill the summer days before the team resumed its ordinary investigations. Rosemary, Andrew, Greg, and Judge accept the Institute's offer to meet its current subject: Xander Teller, a young man who believes he came back from the dead. He is the unpredictable guest of the Perkins Institute, often slipping away to commit minor acts of ecological vandalism to appease the forces that gave him a second life and those protecting him now. Science can offer no explanation for his reappearance in the world of the living. Rosemary believes she and her team might do better.
The lure of the progressive Perkins Institute is strong. Greg Hatchett is fascinated by the haughty, seductive Dr. Walter Walton, a paranormal scientist who resents the interference of glorified ghost-hunters into his empirical studies. Animal empath Judge Duncan is enamored by the Perkins Institute’s ecological goals, its research on bee colonies, the two mysterious women who tend the hives, and their strange black bees. Unnerved by ominous stories of a parallel dimension that relies on our Earth to sustain it and means soon to declare its dominion, Andrew and Rosemary find themselves tempted closer toward a passion they both crave and fear.
Xander has a strange warning for the Othernaturals. He was returned to life specifically to lure Rosemary within the grasp of an aged, jealous entity. For some time, Rosemary has known that something beyond physical Earth was watching her. With her team beside her and the remarkable power she inherited from her grandfather, she is confident there is nothing to fear from a mere ghost, even an ancient one. What Rosemary fails to understand is that the greatest threat against her is not a force beyond her world, but the loyalty and protection she offers those she calls her friends.
Swarm is the fifth book of paranormal investigations by the gifted cast of the webshow Othernaturals.
Othernaturals Book Four: Preta
Christina Harlin 2016
They are isolated in the mountains, the hunger is growing, and they are running out of time.
Rosemary Sharpe leads her Othernaturals team to the mansion in the Rocky Mountains where her rock-star grandfather and his friends once gathered. Among the musicians and artists who still commune there are a wolfish groundskeeper, whose animal magnetism is irresistible to psychic vampire Sally Friend, and an unwelcome intruder from Rosemary's own carefully guarded past.
The Othernaturals have come to help a former freedom rocker who has fallen under a hunger hex. In the secluded mountainside mansion, however, they find not one hexed woman but an infection spreading out of control, sending the houseguests into a ravenous frenzy. The victims are becoming the "preta," warped by a vengeful entity targeting anyone who has led a life of greed. One by one, avenues of escape disappear, and the house falls further into madness.
Whether the infection's spread is natural or paranormal, someone seems determined to keep the Othernaturals trapped on the mountain until all souls have been judged - and in the world of the preta, the guilty are punished, but the innocent are eaten.
Preta is the fourth book of paranormal investigations by the gifted cast of the webshow "Othernaturals".
Christina Harlin 2016
They are isolated in the mountains, the hunger is growing, and they are running out of time.
Rosemary Sharpe leads her Othernaturals team to the mansion in the Rocky Mountains where her rock-star grandfather and his friends once gathered. Among the musicians and artists who still commune there are a wolfish groundskeeper, whose animal magnetism is irresistible to psychic vampire Sally Friend, and an unwelcome intruder from Rosemary's own carefully guarded past.
The Othernaturals have come to help a former freedom rocker who has fallen under a hunger hex. In the secluded mountainside mansion, however, they find not one hexed woman but an infection spreading out of control, sending the houseguests into a ravenous frenzy. The victims are becoming the "preta," warped by a vengeful entity targeting anyone who has led a life of greed. One by one, avenues of escape disappear, and the house falls further into madness.
Whether the infection's spread is natural or paranormal, someone seems determined to keep the Othernaturals trapped on the mountain until all souls have been judged - and in the world of the preta, the guilty are punished, but the innocent are eaten.
Preta is the fourth book of paranormal investigations by the gifted cast of the webshow "Othernaturals".
Othernaturals Book Three: Bloodfather
Christina Harlin 2015
The boy’s ghost showed them where he died, then led them to the creature that had killed him – a creature still burning with rage and desire.
Disgraced by his involvement in the tragic death of four women ten years before, psychic Andrew Fletcher hid from the public eye until Rosemary Sharpe and the Othernaturals team convinced him to join their ghost-hunting web show. Now Andrew has the chance to redeem himself by solving a decades-old mystery in the small town to Clancy, Missouri. A child went missing, the case unsolved for over thirty years, until Andrew discovers that the boy’s ghost was merely waiting for someone who could hear him speak. Andrew must keep one brutal truth from the boy’s mother, but in doing so, his reputation as a psychic might be saved.
Jon’s ubiquitous ghost has silently watched over the small town and his tormented mother since his death. To show the team his gratitude for their help, Jon leads them to the site of a bizarre haunting, a church possessed by a bloodfather ghost, the terrible remnants of the man responsible for Jon’s death. This is no ordinary haunting, the bloodfather no harmless spirit but a powerful force built from a lifetime of bloody, secret rites. When the team ventures inside the church, Stefan McCandless’s best friend, his resident ghost Brentley, is abducted into the bloodfather’s oblivion, the bloodfather making one demand for Brentley's return: Bring me Ashley James.
Now, with Brentley’s safety, Stefan’s peace of mind and Andrew’s reputation at stake, the Othernaturals are working against time, against the belief-driven power of sympathetic magic, against a soul that long ago descended into madness that reached beyond death.
Author's Note: Want to read Ash and Sarah Albright's story? Never Alone (2011), by Christina Harlin is the story of their meeting almost 25 years before in the town of Clancy, under the eyes of two ghosts with their own dark connection.
Christina Harlin 2015
The boy’s ghost showed them where he died, then led them to the creature that had killed him – a creature still burning with rage and desire.
Disgraced by his involvement in the tragic death of four women ten years before, psychic Andrew Fletcher hid from the public eye until Rosemary Sharpe and the Othernaturals team convinced him to join their ghost-hunting web show. Now Andrew has the chance to redeem himself by solving a decades-old mystery in the small town to Clancy, Missouri. A child went missing, the case unsolved for over thirty years, until Andrew discovers that the boy’s ghost was merely waiting for someone who could hear him speak. Andrew must keep one brutal truth from the boy’s mother, but in doing so, his reputation as a psychic might be saved.
Jon’s ubiquitous ghost has silently watched over the small town and his tormented mother since his death. To show the team his gratitude for their help, Jon leads them to the site of a bizarre haunting, a church possessed by a bloodfather ghost, the terrible remnants of the man responsible for Jon’s death. This is no ordinary haunting, the bloodfather no harmless spirit but a powerful force built from a lifetime of bloody, secret rites. When the team ventures inside the church, Stefan McCandless’s best friend, his resident ghost Brentley, is abducted into the bloodfather’s oblivion, the bloodfather making one demand for Brentley's return: Bring me Ashley James.
Now, with Brentley’s safety, Stefan’s peace of mind and Andrew’s reputation at stake, the Othernaturals are working against time, against the belief-driven power of sympathetic magic, against a soul that long ago descended into madness that reached beyond death.
Author's Note: Want to read Ash and Sarah Albright's story? Never Alone (2011), by Christina Harlin is the story of their meeting almost 25 years before in the town of Clancy, under the eyes of two ghosts with their own dark connection.
May 28, 2015 - What could be more fun than ghost-hunting? This!
I was a guest on Darkness Radio out of the Twin Cities with hosts Dave Schrader and Tim Dennis, talking about the paranormal adventures I've had while researching for the Othernaturals series. This is a really fun show for anyone interested in the paranormal!
Here are links; come and listen! Hour One Hour Two
I was a guest on Darkness Radio out of the Twin Cities with hosts Dave Schrader and Tim Dennis, talking about the paranormal adventures I've had while researching for the Othernaturals series. This is a really fun show for anyone interested in the paranormal!
Here are links; come and listen! Hour One Hour Two
Othernaturals Book Two: Lucid
Christina Harlin 2015
The team from the popular paranormal webshow Othernaturals continues their adventure: Rosemary the telepath; Andrew the psychic; Stefan the medium with his ghostly best friend Brentley; Sally the vampire; Kaye the healer; Greg the ghost-spotter; Judge the animal empath; and Judge’s cat, team mascot Vladimir.
Ghosts, hauntings, possessions, or curses. These paranormal investigators have seen them all. But this time, the subject of their investigation is something new. A tomato farm in the small town of Clancy is the site of a mysterious brand of telepathy: anyone who sleeps there experiences the same dream of a white wolf. The dreamer, accident-survivor Ivy Robbins, has the ability to pull others into her dreamscape where they can share this other world with her and all others who are drawn in. In the dream world, there are no rules. All things are possible. Fantasies are played out and passions indulged, fears come to life, and no secret remains one for long.
Hidden in the heart of southern Missouri, Clancy does not welcome paranormal investigators. A local church group, their angry leader pushing her own vengeful agenda, will do whatever it can to drive the Othernaturals out of town, including dredging up scandalous rumors of Andrew’s past. Andrew knows all too well that no good deed comes without a price.
Heedless of price or danger, Rosemary Sharpe lets nothing stop her from producing her show and pursuing answers, not the pleas of a ghost who wishes only to put his grieving mother at ease, nor threats from the the evil spirit of the axe-murderer Rosemary still holds trapped in the corner of her mind. As she and her team explore deeper into the strange world of their dreaming hostess, they grow ever closer to truly knowing each other.
Christina Harlin 2015
The team from the popular paranormal webshow Othernaturals continues their adventure: Rosemary the telepath; Andrew the psychic; Stefan the medium with his ghostly best friend Brentley; Sally the vampire; Kaye the healer; Greg the ghost-spotter; Judge the animal empath; and Judge’s cat, team mascot Vladimir.
Ghosts, hauntings, possessions, or curses. These paranormal investigators have seen them all. But this time, the subject of their investigation is something new. A tomato farm in the small town of Clancy is the site of a mysterious brand of telepathy: anyone who sleeps there experiences the same dream of a white wolf. The dreamer, accident-survivor Ivy Robbins, has the ability to pull others into her dreamscape where they can share this other world with her and all others who are drawn in. In the dream world, there are no rules. All things are possible. Fantasies are played out and passions indulged, fears come to life, and no secret remains one for long.
Hidden in the heart of southern Missouri, Clancy does not welcome paranormal investigators. A local church group, their angry leader pushing her own vengeful agenda, will do whatever it can to drive the Othernaturals out of town, including dredging up scandalous rumors of Andrew’s past. Andrew knows all too well that no good deed comes without a price.
Heedless of price or danger, Rosemary Sharpe lets nothing stop her from producing her show and pursuing answers, not the pleas of a ghost who wishes only to put his grieving mother at ease, nor threats from the the evil spirit of the axe-murderer Rosemary still holds trapped in the corner of her mind. As she and her team explore deeper into the strange world of their dreaming hostess, they grow ever closer to truly knowing each other.
Othernaturals Book One: Possessed
Christina Harlin 2014
When a ghost-hunting episode of the popular paranormal web series Othernaturals goes bad, two cast members quit, and Othernaturals producer, telepath Rosemary Sharpe, finds herself carrying the ghost of an axe murderer on her shoulder.
Now she must hire two new members for her team before her show moves on to investigate a haunted dormitory at a state university, all the while keeping her angry companion at bay. Disgraced psychic Andrew Fletcher and renowned healer Kaye Whittington sign on, joining Rosemary’s team that includes an animal empath and his traveling companion Vladimir the cat, a psychic vampire who is more cheerleader than bloodsucker, and a haunted medium who shares head space with his best friend who died twenty years ago. Even the show’s director can see ghosts.
Rosemary’s philosophy is that the supernatural doesn’t need to be real, as long as her viewers believe that it is, but her own extra passenger has other ideas about avenging himself on the team that abducted him from his haunting grounds – and on any innocent spirit they may encounter. But Rosemary inherited her famous rock star grandfather’s powerful telepathic ability to control a room. An evil spirit has attached itself to her, but exactly which one of them is in the possession of the other? Passions and paranoia are all part of the package, when filming an un-reality show. Possessed is the exciting first book in the new series by Christina Harlin.
Christina Harlin 2014
When a ghost-hunting episode of the popular paranormal web series Othernaturals goes bad, two cast members quit, and Othernaturals producer, telepath Rosemary Sharpe, finds herself carrying the ghost of an axe murderer on her shoulder.
Now she must hire two new members for her team before her show moves on to investigate a haunted dormitory at a state university, all the while keeping her angry companion at bay. Disgraced psychic Andrew Fletcher and renowned healer Kaye Whittington sign on, joining Rosemary’s team that includes an animal empath and his traveling companion Vladimir the cat, a psychic vampire who is more cheerleader than bloodsucker, and a haunted medium who shares head space with his best friend who died twenty years ago. Even the show’s director can see ghosts.
Rosemary’s philosophy is that the supernatural doesn’t need to be real, as long as her viewers believe that it is, but her own extra passenger has other ideas about avenging himself on the team that abducted him from his haunting grounds – and on any innocent spirit they may encounter. But Rosemary inherited her famous rock star grandfather’s powerful telepathic ability to control a room. An evil spirit has attached itself to her, but exactly which one of them is in the possession of the other? Passions and paranoia are all part of the package, when filming an un-reality show. Possessed is the exciting first book in the new series by Christina Harlin.
Dark Web: A Romantic Thriller Parody by Georgia Petherbridge and Carroll Gingham
Christina Harlin and Jake C. Harlin, 2019
(Note from Christina Hariln - Hello Friends! I'm thrilled to include this book on my webpage, written in cooperation with my son and best friend, Jake C. Harlin, an aspiring writing talent in his own rite. We put our own spin on the romantic thriller and it's a hoot!)
You may have read romantic thrillers before, but you’ve never read this one. Yet.
From the dynamic new writing team of Petherbridge and Gingham comes this cutting-edge saga of Beth Gorges, a gorgeous single mother and a beautiful computers expert (same lady) for the Government, and the complicated, brooding loner cop Steve Hansom, the only man sexy enough to help her in the fight against an enemy so big that Beth will need thirty-two monitors to see it.
After the suspicious death of her husband at the hooves of remorseless destiny, Beth was left in a man’s world, working as a woman. She’s used to challenges, but none as terrifying as trying to get that promotion in front of Jebediah Crypt, the terrifying spinner of webs . . . the Dark Web, a secret internet threat that no one knows about which works underneath the real internet to commit worldwide international crimes. Beth’s computer expertise is the most important thing in the world to her, until it leads her to a sinister plot to overtake the world with evil technology, and sends her on the run for her life elbows first. Now her cutting-edge expertise will become the most important thing in the world, to the world.
Lucky for us, Beth has a man at her side: devastatingly handsome homicide detective Steve Hansom. Steve’s a lone wolf, and he’s been stalking his prey, the Dark Web, his entire career. He’s got a little bit of magic ability and he’s never afraid to use it, unless it’s against demons: his inner demons. This complicated guy may be Beth’s best-looking hope. Together they race in cars into the tense thrilling sexy journey toward their fateful destination, whatever that may be. The Dark Web must be stopped at all costs. But what will it cost Beth to trust Steve - the one man she can never trust . . . with her heart?
Christina Harlin and Jake C. Harlin, 2019
(Note from Christina Hariln - Hello Friends! I'm thrilled to include this book on my webpage, written in cooperation with my son and best friend, Jake C. Harlin, an aspiring writing talent in his own rite. We put our own spin on the romantic thriller and it's a hoot!)
You may have read romantic thrillers before, but you’ve never read this one. Yet.
From the dynamic new writing team of Petherbridge and Gingham comes this cutting-edge saga of Beth Gorges, a gorgeous single mother and a beautiful computers expert (same lady) for the Government, and the complicated, brooding loner cop Steve Hansom, the only man sexy enough to help her in the fight against an enemy so big that Beth will need thirty-two monitors to see it.
After the suspicious death of her husband at the hooves of remorseless destiny, Beth was left in a man’s world, working as a woman. She’s used to challenges, but none as terrifying as trying to get that promotion in front of Jebediah Crypt, the terrifying spinner of webs . . . the Dark Web, a secret internet threat that no one knows about which works underneath the real internet to commit worldwide international crimes. Beth’s computer expertise is the most important thing in the world to her, until it leads her to a sinister plot to overtake the world with evil technology, and sends her on the run for her life elbows first. Now her cutting-edge expertise will become the most important thing in the world, to the world.
Lucky for us, Beth has a man at her side: devastatingly handsome homicide detective Steve Hansom. Steve’s a lone wolf, and he’s been stalking his prey, the Dark Web, his entire career. He’s got a little bit of magic ability and he’s never afraid to use it, unless it’s against demons: his inner demons. This complicated guy may be Beth’s best-looking hope. Together they race in cars into the tense thrilling sexy journey toward their fateful destination, whatever that may be. The Dark Web must be stopped at all costs. But what will it cost Beth to trust Steve - the one man she can never trust . . . with her heart?
Deck of Cards
Christina Harlin 2014
Nina Clay designs games for a living, but she never imagined she would become part of one.
Into her life comes James Turner, a retired attorney who owns a game unlike any she has seen before, a simple deck of cards that hold within them the power to win anything, provided the player can afford the stakes and is willing to pay the costs. Nina finds herself inducted into a new level of risk, able to win whatever she desires: a love affair for her lonely friend, a book thought lost to time, the perfect solution to summoning a particularly frightening Satan, or the inaccessible love of her life. Maybe Nina is being invited to play only as a fellow gamer, or maybe her part in this game is far more demanding. Despite being much older than 32-year-old Nina, James Turner is sexy and seductive, more than ready to take the place of the man who broke her heart. But were relationships ever meant to be this easy, or is there something else at play? Nina suspects there is more going on, between her, James, and this deck of cards, than anyone has dared to tell her, and the price of winning could be higher than she ever imagined.
Christina Harlin 2014
Nina Clay designs games for a living, but she never imagined she would become part of one.
Into her life comes James Turner, a retired attorney who owns a game unlike any she has seen before, a simple deck of cards that hold within them the power to win anything, provided the player can afford the stakes and is willing to pay the costs. Nina finds herself inducted into a new level of risk, able to win whatever she desires: a love affair for her lonely friend, a book thought lost to time, the perfect solution to summoning a particularly frightening Satan, or the inaccessible love of her life. Maybe Nina is being invited to play only as a fellow gamer, or maybe her part in this game is far more demanding. Despite being much older than 32-year-old Nina, James Turner is sexy and seductive, more than ready to take the place of the man who broke her heart. But were relationships ever meant to be this easy, or is there something else at play? Nina suspects there is more going on, between her, James, and this deck of cards, than anyone has dared to tell her, and the price of winning could be higher than she ever imagined.
My Boss is a Wanted Woman: A Tale of Lies, Love and Lunch Meetings
Christina Harlin 2013
Law office manager Carol Frank thinks that her life couldn’t get much better until her boyfriend, Detective Augustus “Gus” Haglund, asks her to go undercover for a week.
Though Carol’s friends and family had been pushing for a marriage proposal, detective work is the second-best thing Gus can offer. Always a fan of detective stories, Carol jumps at the chance to act as temporary secretary to Nathan Walsh, a real estate attorney who may be using his practice as a cover.
Once Carol is in place, she learns that there is more happening at this firm than even Gus seemed to realize, and that she is not the only detective on the case. Brash insurance investigator Jim Loredo suspects that another attorney, egomaniac Kristen Rogers, is either in big trouble or is the cause of it, and the more Carol learns, the more she agrees with him. Too bad she can’t convince Gus of the same – yet when Carol discovers that Gus is withholding important information about the case, including his own possible connections to Nathan Walsh, she begins to wonder exactly who is telling her the truth.
As Carol navigates the labyrinth of her undercover job, she must fend off the advances of a sex-crazed septuagenarian, the wrath of a quick-tempered drama queen, and the endless phone calls of a germ-phobic “helicopter” mom in the next cubicle. Lucky for Carol, she has the support of her best friend attorney Bill Nestor, who is never too busy to come to the rescue.
What should an undercover secretary do when she thinks she’s watching the wrong suspect? How does a secretary avoid being tagged as a “computer whiz?” How many instructions does it take to make a ham sandwich? Why is it so hard to find enough chairs for an important meeting? Exactly how many more outfits can Carol stand to lose to violent crime? These, and many other questions, will be answered when Carol Frank discovers, My Boss is a Wanted Woman.
My Boss is a Wanted Woman is the third book in the romantic mystery Boss series by Christina Harlin, following My Boss is a Serial Killer and My Boss is a Dead Man.
Law office manager Carol Frank thinks that her life couldn’t get much better until her boyfriend, Detective Augustus “Gus” Haglund, asks her to go undercover for a week.
Though Carol’s friends and family had been pushing for a marriage proposal, detective work is the second-best thing Gus can offer. Always a fan of detective stories, Carol jumps at the chance to act as temporary secretary to Nathan Walsh, a real estate attorney who may be using his practice as a cover.
Once Carol is in place, she learns that there is more happening at this firm than even Gus seemed to realize, and that she is not the only detective on the case. Brash insurance investigator Jim Loredo suspects that another attorney, egomaniac Kristen Rogers, is either in big trouble or is the cause of it, and the more Carol learns, the more she agrees with him. Too bad she can’t convince Gus of the same – yet when Carol discovers that Gus is withholding important information about the case, including his own possible connections to Nathan Walsh, she begins to wonder exactly who is telling her the truth.
As Carol navigates the labyrinth of her undercover job, she must fend off the advances of a sex-crazed septuagenarian, the wrath of a quick-tempered drama queen, and the endless phone calls of a germ-phobic “helicopter” mom in the next cubicle. Lucky for Carol, she has the support of her best friend attorney Bill Nestor, who is never too busy to come to the rescue.
What should an undercover secretary do when she thinks she’s watching the wrong suspect? How does a secretary avoid being tagged as a “computer whiz?” How many instructions does it take to make a ham sandwich? Why is it so hard to find enough chairs for an important meeting? Exactly how many more outfits can Carol stand to lose to violent crime? These, and many other questions, will be answered when Carol Frank discovers, My Boss is a Wanted Woman.
My Boss is a Wanted Woman is the third book in the romantic mystery Boss series by Christina Harlin, following My Boss is a Serial Killer and My Boss is a Dead Man.
Orphans in Space: A Fearless Trek into Bad Sci-Fi Movies
Christina Harlin (2012)
Bad science fiction movies beware! The Movie Orphan has been tracking you, and your day of reckoning has come. Christina "Fearless Young Orphan" Harlin, writer and editor of The Movie Orphan, presents this compilation of essays that humorously skewer shameful science fiction films of the last two decades. No sub-genre is safe, as we tackle invasions, colonizations, attacks, supernatural love stories, time travel, alternate realities, powers of the mind, mad scientists, and the heartbreak of the remake. If you love your science fiction bad, your movies worse, and your sarcasm thick, this is the most important book you will ever read!
Never Alone
Christina Harlin 2011
Michael Cooper wanted to stay forever in the church he built. He may have succeeded.
Six years ago, charismatic Southern Baptist minister Michael Cooper died abruptly on the same day a young boy went missing from the small town of Clancy. Called upon to read the lifetime of journals written by the enigmatic man of God is graduate student Sarah Shale, alone in a small country town where her presence is fiercely unwelcome. Cooper’s devoted congregation, led by the menacing Deacon Kashman, wants nothing more than to be rid of her. Cooper’s protégé, the earnest young Pastor Ash Albright, is a man with his own agenda, who needs something else from Sarah. The journals contain revelations both shocking and grotesque, which could create a disaster of his church or a martyrdom of a dead man.
As her research progresses and threats escalate against her, Sarah fears that Michael Cooper may have left more of himself in the church building than just his words on paper. Yet as Michael Cooper reaches for her from beyond the grave, so does another ghost – a young protector whose death has yet to be avenged. Emotions run deep in this highly charged drama of star-crossed passions, buried secrets, ghosts real and imaginary. Willingly or not, the church’s secrets are becoming hers, and Sarah must tread carefully through the minefield of human relationships while she works to unearth the dark corners of the past and the unexplored regions of lonely hearts.
Christina Harlin 2011
Michael Cooper wanted to stay forever in the church he built. He may have succeeded.
Six years ago, charismatic Southern Baptist minister Michael Cooper died abruptly on the same day a young boy went missing from the small town of Clancy. Called upon to read the lifetime of journals written by the enigmatic man of God is graduate student Sarah Shale, alone in a small country town where her presence is fiercely unwelcome. Cooper’s devoted congregation, led by the menacing Deacon Kashman, wants nothing more than to be rid of her. Cooper’s protégé, the earnest young Pastor Ash Albright, is a man with his own agenda, who needs something else from Sarah. The journals contain revelations both shocking and grotesque, which could create a disaster of his church or a martyrdom of a dead man.
As her research progresses and threats escalate against her, Sarah fears that Michael Cooper may have left more of himself in the church building than just his words on paper. Yet as Michael Cooper reaches for her from beyond the grave, so does another ghost – a young protector whose death has yet to be avenged. Emotions run deep in this highly charged drama of star-crossed passions, buried secrets, ghosts real and imaginary. Willingly or not, the church’s secrets are becoming hers, and Sarah must tread carefully through the minefield of human relationships while she works to unearth the dark corners of the past and the unexplored regions of lonely hearts.
My Boss is a Dead Man: A Tale of Passion, Greed and Job Interviews
Christina Harlin (2011)
Carol Frank has enough on her plate, working as the office manager at a new law firm while trying to rekindle a romance. Being suspected of murder certainly throws a monkey wrench in the works. But a bad boss from Carol's past - one her friends will know as the Psychotic Sadist - has disappeared under very mysterious circumstances, and Carol is at the top of the Kansas City Police Department's suspect list. The fact that, years ago, she might have hatched the murder plot herself does not make things any easier for her, nor does the fact that her fingerprints are on the murder weapon.
Finding the solution isn't in her job description, but Carol was never one who could leave a mystery alone. The course of her investigation reveals much more than she expected. How does one conduct a successful job interview with a kleptomaniac? Is the most prestigious law firm in town cloning its secretaries? Is it possible to fit both herself and Gus Haglund into her tiny shower stall? How does one talk to her boyfriend's ten-year-old son? And just exactly how many uses are there for a collection of glass paperweights? Once again, Carol pours all her secretarial skills into solving the puzzles of passion, greed and job interviews that emerge when she realizes, My Boss is a Dead Man!
Carol Frank has enough on her plate, working as the office manager at a new law firm while trying to rekindle a romance. Being suspected of murder certainly throws a monkey wrench in the works. But a bad boss from Carol's past - one her friends will know as the Psychotic Sadist - has disappeared under very mysterious circumstances, and Carol is at the top of the Kansas City Police Department's suspect list. The fact that, years ago, she might have hatched the murder plot herself does not make things any easier for her, nor does the fact that her fingerprints are on the murder weapon.
Finding the solution isn't in her job description, but Carol was never one who could leave a mystery alone. The course of her investigation reveals much more than she expected. How does one conduct a successful job interview with a kleptomaniac? Is the most prestigious law firm in town cloning its secretaries? Is it possible to fit both herself and Gus Haglund into her tiny shower stall? How does one talk to her boyfriend's ten-year-old son? And just exactly how many uses are there for a collection of glass paperweights? Once again, Carol pours all her secretarial skills into solving the puzzles of passion, greed and job interviews that emerge when she realizes, My Boss is a Dead Man!
My Boss is a Serial Killer: A Tale of Murder, Romance and Filing
Christina Harlin 2010
Legal secretary Carol Frank is great at her job, even if she must cope daily with the extreme quirks of her obsessive-compulsive boss, Bill Nestor. Attorney Bill produces wills and other estate documents for his clients, many of whom are elderly widows who, for some mysterious reason, later commit suicide. Or do they? Carol takes notice of the high mortality rate of Bill's clients when a criminally attractive detective comes to the office asking questions. Though at first her interest in the case is purely an interest in the detective, she begins to suspect that there is something more going on with Bill's client list than customer service.
Revealing a conspiracy while navigating the waters of office politics isn't covered in the company policy handbook, and Carol must find answers to some hard questions. Is it acceptable to work for a killer, as long as he's polite? Do kinky sex games with a detective signify underlying psychoses, or just that she's easy? Does a secretary have to get pre-approved paid-time-off in order to run for her life? When one is attacked at the office, does destruction of clothing count as a tax write-off? These and many other murder, romance and filing dilemmas will be tackled in My Boss is a Serial Killer.
Legal secretary Carol Frank is great at her job, even if she must cope daily with the extreme quirks of her obsessive-compulsive boss, Bill Nestor. Attorney Bill produces wills and other estate documents for his clients, many of whom are elderly widows who, for some mysterious reason, later commit suicide. Or do they? Carol takes notice of the high mortality rate of Bill's clients when a criminally attractive detective comes to the office asking questions. Though at first her interest in the case is purely an interest in the detective, she begins to suspect that there is something more going on with Bill's client list than customer service.
Revealing a conspiracy while navigating the waters of office politics isn't covered in the company policy handbook, and Carol must find answers to some hard questions. Is it acceptable to work for a killer, as long as he's polite? Do kinky sex games with a detective signify underlying psychoses, or just that she's easy? Does a secretary have to get pre-approved paid-time-off in order to run for her life? When one is attacked at the office, does destruction of clothing count as a tax write-off? These and many other murder, romance and filing dilemmas will be tackled in My Boss is a Serial Killer.