The Wantland Files Series

"The Wantland Files gripped me from the beginning and didn't let go. Filled with suspense, romance, and mystery, this novel has all the right elements to keep you guessing until the end."--Tamara Grantham, RONE-award-winning author of the Fairy MD series   ★Oklahoma Book Awards Best Fiction Finalist★   She sees dead people. He's sure they don't exist.    Psychic Kimberly Wantland investigates paranormal disturbances. Her television show, The Wantland Files, catapulted her from private paranormal investigator to media sensation. She receives thousands of requests for help every day, but during her latest investigation at a young mother's house, Kimberly senses something different. And disturbing.   As if she didn't have enough problems with this case, renowned illusionist and confirmed skeptic Sterling Wakefield shows up unannounced, ready to disprove her psychic abilities.   A dark figure drifts through the halls.    Mysterious yowling echoes in the night.   Something dark haunts this house.    Before Kimberly can convince Sterling her powers can resolve this terror, she first must convince herself...

KBR 2019 Semi-Finalist Horror/Suspense Some spirits won't rest In peace.   Kimberly Wantland never needed anyone, especially not Sterling Wakefield, the arrogant if charming debunker of all things supernatural. Now he's her cohost and she's forced to adapt as The Wantland Files crew investigates The Crescent Hotel, the Most Haunted Hotel in America.   The Crescent always teemed with spirits, but a new presence is terrorizing the guests. He says only one word: Revenge.   Kimberly must determine what the malevolent spirit wants and exorcise it from the hotel. Determined to use her gifts to help those who have nowhere else to turn, Kimberly refuses to give up whatever the cost.   Only one thing is certain—Kimberly is running out of time to purge this nightmarish fury. That is, unless she's ready to join the ghosts of Crescent Hotel.

"In GHOSTS OF GUTHRIE, Lara Bernhardt not only tells a tale full of excitement, terror, and compelling characters--a narrative that roars like a speedboat down the River Styx; she also does it against a profound background of ideas about faith and what it means in modern-day America. Like her protagonist Kimberly Wantland, Bernhardt explores otherworldly questions she knows have no easy answers, determined to shed some light on what she discovers. It's a wonderfully satisfying and cinematic novel, richer and deeper than it has any right to be."--John Wooley, author of Wes Craven: The Man Aand His Nightmares and co-author of The Cleansing trilogy ★ KBR 2021 Semi-Finalist Horror/Suspense ★ The ghosts of the past always return to haunt you.  Psychic paranormal investigator Kimberly Wantland has gained celebrity with her hit television show The Wantland Files, resolving hauntings for people with nowhere else to turn. When a desperate family in Guthrie, Oklahoma pleads for help, she can't say no—even though she and her crew have no idea the secrets they're about to uncover. The Johnsons are a gentle, God-fearing family, with deep roots in the history of Guthrie. Their youngest daughter, Faith, has come down sick. And no doctor can cure this mysterious illness. With a mob of protestors harassing her every move, a poltergeist plaguing the family, and her relationship with Sterling heating up, Kimberly faces her most difficult case yet. But nothing stays buried forever. Kimberly will face down hell itself to defeat the spirit possessing Faith and to put the ghosts of Guthrie to rest.  

Hannibal, Missouri. Pulsing with history. And a 150-year-old unsolved disappearance.   Kimberly Wantland and her paranormal investigation team travel to Hannibal, Missouri for their Halloween episode to investigate The Old Catholic Church. Owner Jillian Olson is sure she knows who haunts the building and why he's antagonizing her. But Kimberly hears whispers of far more than the reported ghostly phenomenon. A dark figure implores her to help. But help who?    An empty grave and a disturbing experience inside a cave further confound the case. And as she struggles to piece together the mystery, Kimberly's psychic abilities fail her.   Her psychic senses out of control, Kimberly sees only two possible causes—Sterling's presence…or a dangerous force unlike any she's faced before. Kimberly fears this investigation may just be all trick and no treat.   A spooky Halloween must-read to add to your treat bucket!

'Tis the season to be haunted.   Christmas in New Orleans—a city brimming with cheery jazz, red and green bulbs lighting the streets, the spicy aroma of gumbo, and the cold chill of spirits asking Santa for the gift of redemption.   After a string of challenging cases, paranormal investigator Kimberly Wantland is looking forward to spending the holidays quietly with her friends in the Big Easy. But ghosts don't rest at the Cardinal Hotel. Her psychic connection has been damaged, but the moment she enters the hotel, a chill warns her that the historic building breathes with the whispers of ghosts past, present, and maybe even future.   While others sip hot cocoa with their loved ones, Kimberly faces a spirit that threatens those closest to her. A spirit that will stop at nothing to control her abilities.   It's the most haunting time of the year in this Christmas ghost story. Unwrap it today!