Christina Harlin

Biography

Christina Harlin is the author of the "Othernaturals" series, featuring the adventures of a ghost-hunting team, each with his or her own otherworldly talents, passions and secrets. Her stand-alone works of supernatural fiction are "Deck of Cards" and "Never Alone". With co-author Jake C. Harlin, she has published the outrageous parody of romantic thrillers, "Dark Web." Together, Christina and Jake conduct the podcast "Underground Book Club", where they present talk and advice about self-published writing and writers. Having worked for over twenty years as a legal secretary and paralegal in law firms in Kansas City, Christina's experiences there have played no small role inspiring her comic mystery series of Boss books chronicling the ongoing misadventures of Carol Frank. Christina enjoys computer games, puzzles, great television, movies, and novels.

Christina lives in the Kansas City area with her family.

Where to find Christina Harlin online

Series

Othernaturals
The paranormal adventures, investigations, and passions of the Othernaturals, stars of their own popular webshow: Rosemary the telepath, Andrew the psychic, Stefan the medium and his ghostly best friend Brentley, Kaye the healer, Sally the vampire, Greg the ghost-spotter and Judge, the animal empath.

Books

Othernaturals Book Six: Witches
Series: Othernaturals. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 91,210. Language: English. Published: September 1, 2019. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Paranormal » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal
The Othernaturals travel to the Ozark Mountains to meet a notorious witch as they continue their popular paranormal show. The elderly witch has asked for their help. Those folk who live on her mountain in the crumbling town of Slope have become little more than sleepwalkers content to work themselves to death. Can this curse be stopped before an endless storm destroys the town?
Dark Web: A Romantic Thriller Parody by Georgia Petherbridge and Carroll Gingham
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 76,790. Language: English. Published: January 19, 2019. Categories: Fiction » Humor & comedy » Parody, Fiction » Romance » Action/adventure
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.
Othernaturals Book Five: Swarm
Series: Othernaturals. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 90,720. Language: English. Published: March 25, 2017. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Occult, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Supernatural
"Swarm" is the fifth book in the paranormal series "Othernaturals". The progressive Perkins Institute for Paranormal Research invites Rosemary's gifted crew to meet a man who has allegedly come back from the dead. But this wonder proves to be the lure into a sinister plot from beyond the grave, the resurrected man a pawn of a spirit, aged and powerful, whose target is Rosemary herself.
Othernaturals Book Four: Preta
Series: Othernaturals. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 86,470. Language: English. Published: May 10, 2016. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Occult, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Supernatural
Rosemary Sharpe leads her Othernaturals team into the mountains to investigate a hunger hex. In the secluded mansion they find an infection spreading out of control, sending the houseguests into a ravenous frenzy. The victims become the "preta," warped by a vengeful entity targeting anyone who has led a life of greed. Preta is the fourth book of paranormal investigations by the Othernaturals.
Othernaturals Book Three: Bloodfather
Series: Othernaturals. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 93,480. Language: English. Published: October 23, 2015. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Supernatural
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. Bloodfather is the third book of the Othernaturals series, the paranormal investigations of the psychically gifted Othernaturals team.
Othernaturals Book Two: Lucid
Series: Othernaturals. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 80,210. Language: English. Published: April 27, 2015. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Horror » Ghost
The Othernaturals return: Rosemary the telepath; Andrew the psychic; Stefan the medium; Sally the vampire; Kaye the healer; Greg the ghost-spotter; and Judge the animal empath. 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. In this second book of the series, dreams reveal many secrets.
Othernaturals Book One: Possessed
Series: Othernaturals. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 83,130. Language: English. Published: October 5, 2014. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller, Fiction » Women's fiction » Chick lit
(5.00 from 1 review)
“Possessed” is the first book in the new series by Christina Harlin about paranormal investigators Othernaturals. Join the team: telepathic Rosemary, disgraced psychic Andrew, renowned healer Kaye, an animal empath and his beloved cat, a psychic vampire more cheerleader than bloodsucker, a director who can see ghosts, and a haunted medium who shares head space with dead man.
Deck of Cards
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 87,470. Language: English. Published: January 29, 2014. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Occult, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
Nina Clay designs games for a living, but never imagined she would become part of one. James Turner owns a deck of cards that hold within them the power to win anything, if the player is willing to pay the costs. Nina finds herself inducted into a new level of risk, able to win whatever she desires. But is there something else at play? The price of winning could be higher than Nina ever imagined.
My Boss is a Wanted Woman
Series: The Carol Frank "Boss" Mysteries, Book 3. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 76,150. Language: English. Published: January 12, 2013. Categories: Fiction » Women's fiction » Chick lit, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
Carol Frank is back! In the third “Boss” book, Detective Gus Haglund asks Carol to go undercover. Her assignment: investigate a bigshot attorney while acting as his temporary secretary. Mystery-fan Carol loves the idea of playing detective, until she suspects she is spying on the wrong attorney, and that Gus may know much more than he has told her. How much trouble can Carol find in only a week?
Orphans in Space: A Fearless Trek into Bad Sci-Fi Movies
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 83,720. Language: English. Published: April 7, 2012. Categories: Nonfiction » Entertainment » Humor & satire » Form / essays, Nonfiction » Entertainment » Entertainment industry
Bad science fiction movies beware! 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. 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
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 86,600. Language: English. Published: September 24, 2011. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Ghost
Pastor Michael Cooper died on the day a boy went missing. Selected to read the diary of the man of God is Sarah Shale, a woman in a town where she is fiercely unwelcome. The town wants her gone, but the new pastor wants her help, for Cooper left more of himself in the church than words. As Cooper reaches from beyond the grave, so does another ghost – a soul whose death has yet to be avenged.
My Boss is A Dead Man
Series: The Carol Frank "Boss" Mysteries, Book 2. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 88,220. Language: English. Published: February 7, 2011. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
(5.00 from 1 review)
In this follow-up to the hilarious My Boss is a Serial Killer, a bad boss from Carol Frank's past has disappeared under mysterious circumstances, and Carol is at the top of the suspect list. The fact that she might have hatched the murder plot herself does not make things easier for her or for her boyfriend Gus Haglund, nor does the fact that her fingerprints are on the murder weapon!
My Boss is a Serial Killer
Series: The Carol Frank "Boss" Mysteries, Book 1. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 87,940. Language: English. Published: September 20, 2010. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths
(4.00 from 1 review)
Carol is your average recently divorced, workaholic young woman, until Detective Gus Haglund comes to her office, questioning her boss about the death of a client. But when Gus and Carol discover a pattern of dead clients, and her boss is suddenly missing, Carol is determined to keep herself from being literally buried in paperwork! A hilarious tale of romantic suspense and office politics.

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Christina Harlin's favorite authors on Smashwords

Smashwords book reviews by Christina Harlin

  • The Orb Chronicles: The Winds of Change on Aug. 10, 2019

    Alex Robins is a fairly good writer who has a fun idea here - a difficult near-future world where strangely specific superpowers are randomly distributed. Three friends with powers join the rebels, lots of fighting ensues. This setup would be great as an anime. It will be interesting to see what he does next.
  • Insurrection on Aug. 10, 2019

    I found this book to be absolutely hilarious, and though sci-fi spoofing may have not been Mr. Benge's intention (he's a dry and cagey writer), I had a blast reading it.
  • Into the Other on Aug. 10, 2019

    I love stories based loosely on fairy tales, and in this one, Rumpestiltskin comes to modern times in the form of Calder, a man who barters with a young woman for her first born child.
  • The Tri-Rep on Aug. 10, 2019

    Mr. French's writing is unpracticed and unedited. That must be said. On the other hand, if you ignore the mistakes and let the story lead you down its strange dark road, you'll find some shocking revelations. How you cope with them is up to you. I had to think, analyze, and discuss with a friend. You can't say that about just any old book.
  • The Sigil of Saturn on Aug. 10, 2019

    This brief tale of a young woman with the ability to slide between dimensions and, unexpectedly to her, a new power of mind-reading, has a lot going for it. A great setting, beautiful descriptions of locations, particularly New Orleans, and a completely shameless sense of New-Age wonder. I'd only complain that the story is extremely compacted, one event bouncing off the next, as if we're hearing a jittery friend tell us about this weird movie she saw last night and only hitting the high points. Slow down, there, Ms. Desmond - we'd like to hear more!
  • Children of Legend on Aug. 10, 2019

    Mr. Brooks has an interesting idea here in taking the heroes of his other books and showing us their childhoods. Therefore this is not so much a story as a "backstory" but if you like his other books, it will probably interest you.
  • Revenge on Aug. 10, 2019

    An intriguing idea of people getting "second chances" at life thanks to a mysterious afterlife department that allows one to make a choice on whether to return or move on. The story is somewhat rushed and disorganized, but it may settle into a better rhythm in the sequels.
  • Swords and Sorcery on Aug. 26, 2019

    This is a fairly standard fantasy adventure, but it is written with some flair, and populated with likable characters.