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Fresh college graduate Charlie Rhodes lands a job investigating unverified cryptids and monster sightings for the Legacy Foundation. She secretly harbors telekinetic and psychic abilities of her own, forcing her to hide her gifts while solving dangerous cases alongside her team.

You'll like it if you enjoy

  • A quirky, undercover psychic heroine
  • Snarky humor and witty banter
  • Cryptid investigations and quirky towns
  • A sweet, slow-burn romance

Good to know

  • Book 1 has slow and occasionally confusing pacing
  • Frequent cameos from the author's other book series

How it ends: Readers praise the sweet epilogue and note the finale wraps up Charlie and Jack's romance while teasing future spinoffs.

Tags

  • Female Lead
  • No Harem
  • Lighthearted
  • Mystery
  • Unique Magic System
  • No Gore

Reading order

  1. Cover for The Bigfoot Blunder (A Charlie Rhodes Cozy Mystery Book 1)

    Book 1: The Bigfoot Blunder

    288 pages2017

    Fresh out of college, Charlie Rhodes lands her dream job at the Legacy Foundation as a bona fide monster hunter. Her very first assignment takes her to the quirky town of Hemlock Cove, Michigan, where a woman's bizarre murder points toward none other than Bigfoot. Navigating eccentric locals at The Overlook inn and sorting through human suspects who had romantic ties to the victim, Charlie is determined to prove a cryptid did the deed. In The Bigfoot Blunder, Charlie dives headfirst into her wildest adventure yet.

  2. Cover for The Chupacabra Catastrophe (A Charlie Rhodes Cozy Mystery Book 2)

    Book 2: The Chupacabra Catastrophe

    262 pages2017

    Charlie Rhodes has a massive secret: she is psychic and telekinetic, making her the exact kind of oddity her colleagues study. In The Chupacabra Catastrophe, the Legacy Foundation travels to an abandoned mining town in Texas where a legendary chupacabra may have killed a man. Charlie senses a lethal menace lurking in the shadows, but she cannot tell whether the killer is man or beast. When a teammate suddenly vanishes, Charlie races to stop a vicious predator and protect her hidden powers from being exposed.

  3. Cover for The Werewolf Whoops (A Charlie Rhodes Cozy Mystery Book 3)

    Book 3: The Werewolf Whoops

    310 pages2018

    The Legacy Foundation heads deep into the Michigan woods after two campers disappear from a site covered in strange prints. In The Werewolf Whoops, Charlie Rhodes sets out on the hunt for a ferocious werewolf, only to find her attention divided when she meets mysterious camper Zoe Lake-Winters. Charlie cannot resist prying into the woman's mind and secrets, but the wilderness holds darker surprises than she anticipated. As multiple mysteries collide, Charlie must rely on her wits to make it out alive.

  4. Cover for The Megalodon Mix-Up (A Charlie Rhodes Cozy Mystery Book 4)

    Book 4: The Megalodon Mix-Up

    278 pages2018

    Life is looking up for Charlie Rhodes: she is thriving at work and officially dating the Legacy Foundation's handsome security chief, Jack Hanson. But in The Megalodon Mix-Up, duty calls them to Florida when a despised victim meets a bloody end, sparking rumors that an extinct prehistoric shark prowls the Gulf of Mexico. Set in the middle of a lively author conference, Charlie must navigate suspects at every turn while Jack dreads the beast's existence. With hungry sharks on the prowl, danger runs deep.

  5. Cover for The Undead Uproar (A Charlie Rhodes Cozy Mystery Book 5)

    Book 5: The Undead Uproar

    282 pages2019

    Charlie Rhodes is thrilled to head to New Orleans with Jack, ready to savor local food, music, and haunted tours. But business intrudes when dead bodies begin rising across town. In The Undead Uproar, the team investigates reports of actual zombies, sparking skepticism from Jack and curiosity from Charlie. Surrounded by the Big Easy's magic, Charlie realizes the city might hold answers to her own supernatural origins. To crack the case and save lives, she faces the terrifying prospect of revealing her magical secret.

  6. Cover for The Incubus Impasse (A Charlie Rhodes Cozy Mystery Book 6)

    Book 6: The Incubus Impasse

    282 pages2019

    Now that Jack knows Charlie's supernatural secret, the two form an unstoppable pair. In The Incubus Impasse, the Legacy Foundation heads to historic Charleston, where women seeking spots on a reality TV show are dying behind locked doors with open windows. The team suspects an incubus, but Charlie realizes she shares an uncanny resemblance to the victims, pointing toward a calculating human murderer in the entertainment scene. To survive a deadly predator, Charlie and Jack must pool their talents.

  7. Cover for The Killer Clown Calamity (A Charlie Rhodes Cozy Mystery Book 7)

    Book 7: The Killer Clown Calamity

    274 pages2020

    Just as a shocking family bombshell upends Charlie's world, the Legacy Foundation is dispatched to suburban Nashville to investigate horrific, bloody murders attributed to sadistic, magical clowns. In The Killer Clown Calamity, Charlie and Jack find themselves investigating the peculiar Mystic Caravan Circus. Crossing paths with circus leader Poet Parker, Charlie senses that this magical troupe guards deep secrets of its own. To stop the gruesome killings, Charlie must figure out whom to trust.

  8. Cover for The Banshee Brouhaha (A Charlie Rhodes Cozy Mystery Book 8)

    Book 8: The Banshee Brouhaha

    268 pages2020

    With proof that her new coworker is actually her brother, Charlie travels to Salem with him and Jack to track down her elusive birth parents. But family matters take a dangerous detour in The Banshee Brouhaha when a corpse is strung up on Salem Common, supposedly by ghosts. As the team investigates, Charlie realizes a malevolent presence lurks beneath the historic city's witchy exterior. Facing a haunting evil aimed directly at her, Charlie must confront her mysterious lineage.

  9. Cover for The Asylum Aberration (A Charlie Rhodes Cozy Mystery Book 9)

    Book 9: The Asylum Aberration

    266 pages2021

    Charlie Rhodes is finally unraveling the truth about her magical gifts and family history, but her missing father remains lost in Boston. In The Asylum Aberration, an assignment close to home offers the perfect opportunity: Heavenstone Asylum, an abandoned psychiatric hospital, is reportedly consuming construction workers. Charlie steps inside the crumbling halls only to find herself surrounded by tortured spirits trapped by a sinister legacy of medical horrors. To free them, she must brave a haunted labyrinth.

  10. Cover for The Wendigo Whoop-De-Doo (A Charlie Rhodes Cozy Mystery Book 10)

    Book 10: The Wendigo Whoop-De-Doo

    270 pages2021

    Reconnecting with her birth parents is complicated, so Charlie welcomes a distraction when the Legacy Foundation is called to Nighthawk, Washington. In The Wendigo Whoop-De-Doo, a group of graduating teens has vanished in an isolated boomtown with only an eccentric bootlegger left in residence. When mutilated bodies surface, Charlie is overwhelmed by psychic memories of the missing youth. Facing a terrifying forest creature and the lingering shadow of an evil witch, Charlie must brave the wilderness.

  11. Cover for The Haunted Hotel Hoopla (A Charlie Rhodes Cozy Mystery Book 11)

    Book 11: The Haunted Hotel Hoopla

    266 pages2022

    Savannah has long been on Charlie's bucket list, but her visit is anything but restful. In The Haunted Hotel Hoopla, five women vanish from the historic city, and the discovery of a body hints at a threat far worse than ordinary spirits. As Savannah's ghostly activity surges to alarming levels, Charlie throws herself into the investigation despite grief and shadowy enemies closing in. Unraveling the connection between the vanishings and the restless dead will require forming an unlikely alliance.

  12. Cover for The Krampus Kink (A Charlie Rhodes Cozy Mystery Book 12)

    Book 12: The Krampus Kink

    307 pages2022

    A promising lead on her past brings Charlie, Jack, and her newfound family to Estes Park, Colorado. But peaceful answers vanish in The Krampus Kink when a corpse turns up in the hotel's hedge maze—stalked by a fearsome horned creature out for murder. With the Legacy Foundation mobilizing backup, Charlie faces hotel staff hiding strange motives and a brewing showdown tied to a legendary holiday punisher. Alongside a meddlesome crossroads demon, Charlie must fight off an ancient malice.

  13. Cover for The Alien Anomaly (A Charlie Rhodes Cozy Mystery Book 13)

    Book 13: The Alien Anomaly

    250 pages2023

    In The Alien Anomaly, the Legacy Foundation arrives in Roswell, New Mexico, after three bodies are discovered mysteriously drained of fluids. While team leader Chris is convinced extraterrestrials are responsible and insists on camping at Bottomless Lakes Park, Charlie suspects an entirely different terror lurks in the subterranean depths. Between boisterous alien enthusiasts and a persistent ghost haunting her steps, Charlie must explore treacherous underground caves before the predator strikes again.

  14. Cover for The Rougarou Rigmarole (A Charlie Rhodes Cozy Mystery Book 14)

    Book 14: The Rougarou Rigmarole

    308 pages2023

    Charlie Rhodes returns to New Orleans to train her growing powers, but a horrific tragedy in the French Quarter pulls her right back into mystery. In The Rougarou Rigmarole, the murder of teenagers sparks fears that the legendary swamp beast known as the Rougarou is on the prowl. Alongside an eccentric visiting mage and an annoying fledgling crossroads demon, Charlie wades into dark bayou folklore to uncover the killer before the creature's rampage claims more innocent victims.

  15. Cover for The Grim Reaper Gaffe (A Charlie Rhodes Cozy Mystery Book 15)

    Book 15: The Grim Reaper Gaffe

    313 pages2024

    Everything Charlie Rhodes has uncovered about her magic and heritage leads to an epic showdown in Detroit. In The Grim Reaper Gaffe, Charlie finds herself in the center of an all-out supernatural clash, surrounded by mages, reapers, zombies, and powerful entities. A ruthless enemy, Sybil, is determined to extinguish Charlie's life to extend her own. With death closing in from every side, Charlie must harness all her strength and stand with her supernatural allies to fight for her freedom in the ultimate battle.

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